Norwich · 2007.0101
Architect Richard S. Sharpe, FAIA, of Norwich, Connecticut, died on January 1, 2007, at the age of 76. During his 50 years working in Norwich with his firm, Richard Sharpe Associates, PC, Sharpe designed the Norwich Superior Courthouse and oversaw the renovation and historic preservation of other local landmark buildings. Sharpe also designed the renovated Malaysian Embassy in New York City. His last project was the restoration, still ongoing, of the 1887 Flatiron building in Norwich. Sharpe also served for many years as chair of the Historic District Commission for the Norwichtown Green.
Chicago · 2006.1231
Joseph M. Valerio, FAIA, a founding partner of Chicago, Illinois-based Valerio Dewalt Train Associates (VDTA), has been named a 2006 Chicagoan of the Year for architecture by the Chicago Tribune. Also, VDTA recently promoted David Rasche, AIA, to principal, and Antonio Caliz to associate. An experienced project manager and designer, Rasche heads VDTA's information technology department. His current projects include a warehouse distribution center for McMaster-Carr in Elmhurst, Illinois, and a large-scale mixed-use project for Structured Development near downtown Chicago. Caliz joined VDTA in 2005, bringing 13 years of professional experience, including six years in Mexico and South America. He recently relocated to California to head the new VDTA West office in San Jose, where he is a designer and project manager for the eBay North Campus project.
Chicago · 2006.1213
Eckenhoff Saunders Architects (ESA) of Chicago, Illinois, has promoted William
Lampkin, AIA, and Matthew J. Wylie, AIA, LEED AP, to principal. Lampkin joined
the firm in 1992. Most recently he oversaw the $80 million campus expansion of
Highland Park Hospital. Wylie joined ESA in 1997 and works on sustainable
design, education, nonprofit, and religious projects. He is currently the
project architect for the Museum of Broadcast Communications. ESA has also
promoted Jeff Conner, AIA, and Michael Vinci, AIA, to associate principal.
Conner is project architect for the new Dana Hotel. Vinci is the senior
healthcare architect for all of the firm's healthcare projects.
Tianjin · 2006.1213
Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects of New York City recently unveiled its design
for a new 56-story luxury hotel and condominium building in the Tianjin
Economic-Technological Development Area in Tianjin, China. Located in the
center of a lake, the tower will comprise three intertwined cylindrical
components inspired by the twisting forms of cypress trees. The structural
form rotates two degrees per floor. Clad in green glass overlaid with a
stainless steel grid structure, the tower will provide panoramic views of the
surrounding area. Construction of the adjacent Bin Hai International
Exposition Center, also designed by the firm, is in its final phase. Tianjin
Architects & Consulting Engineers and the New York office of engineering firm
Weidlinger Associates Inc. collaborated on both projects.
Chicago · 2006.1213
SmithGroup principal Dan Mitchell, AIA, NCARB, has been named health and
science studio leader at the firm's Chicago, Illinois, office, which currently
operates as a single multidisciplinary studio focusing on health and science
projects. Mitchell has 25 years of experience and joined
SmithGroup in 2005. He previously spent 15 years as a project director and
senior vice president at the Chicago office of VOA Associates. Prior to that,
Mitchell was a project designer and then a project manager at the London, United Kingdom,
office of HOK International. SmithGroup's Chicago office will soon relocate to the historic Jewelers Building. Designed by the firm, the space features open work alcoves and daylit workstations. Also relocating will be SmithGroup's sister company, JJR,
a landscape architecture, planning, urban design, civil engineering, and
environmental science firm.
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