For the past three years, visitors to Dinosaur National Monument, which straddles the border of Utah and Colorado, have been unable to enter one of the park’s top attractions: the Quarry Visitor Center.
When Mark Baker started his small Albuquerque, New Mexico, firm, Baker Architecture + Design, in 2002, he focused on small-scale projects: home additions, kitchen remodels, garages, and the like. In more recent years, Baker’s work has grown to include restaurants, spas, high-end custom homes, and elementary schools for Albuquerque’s public school system. Then the recession hit. “We had three big projects canceled at the same time,” Baker says. “February was horrible. We didn’t have any jobs that month.” Image courtesy RNL Design RNL Design has found a 'safe haven' in government work. One of the firm's current projects is a
Correction appended March 31, 2009 Years ago, the Garrett-Dunn House, a 19th century Italianate structure in Philadelphia credited to the architect Thomas Ustick Walter, who also designed the dome on the U.S. Capitol, was slated for demolition. Despite its dilapidated condition, preservationists succeeded in getting the house listed on the city’s historic register and convinced a developer to incorporate the house into a luxury condominium project. While it wouldn’t be preserved in a technical sense, the landmark would live on. Photo courtesy National Trust for Historic Preservation (top). Image courtesy Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners (above). The fate of
Gail Lindsey, FAIA Greg Franta, FAIA Image courtesy Mike Cox (top); Rocky Mountain Institute (above). Members of the green-building community are mourning the deaths of two influential and trailblazing architects. Gail Lindsey, FAIA, founder of the Wake Forest, North Carolina-environmental consulting firm Design Harmony, died February 2 of complications from liver cancer. She was 54. Greg Franta FAIA, principal architect and senior vice president of the Rocky Mountain Institute’s Built Environment Team, based in Boulder, Colorado, died in a single-car accident on a highway south of Boulder. Franta, 58, had been missing since February 9. His car and body were
Denver architect Peter H. Dominick, Jr., FAIA, will be remembered for his larger than life personality and his impact on redevelopment of the city’s urban core. But his legacy also includes three high-profile hotels designed for the Walt Disney Company: Wilderness Lodge and Animal Kingdom Lodge in Orlando, Florida, and the Grand Californian Hotel in Anaheim, California. Dominick, 67, died from a heart attack January 1 while cross-country skiing near Aspen, Colorado, where he was vacationing with his family.
Denver’s Clyfford Still Museum, set to open in 2010, will be a “a series of spaces that provide moments for introspection and repose,” according to Brad Cloepfil, principal of Allied Works Architecture, who unveiled his design at a press conference yesterday. The 31,500-square-foot building will sit in the shadow—literally—of the Denver Art Museum’s 2006 addition, designed by Daniel Libeskind. Images courtesy Clyfford Still Museum Brad Cloepfil, principal of Allied Works Architecture, has unveiled his design for the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver (top). The main lobby (middle). Typical galleries (above). In contrast to the Libeskind building, with its jutting angles
For much of its 11-year life, the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver (MCA) has been overshadowed by the better-known Denver Art Museum. Most recently located in a former fish market downtown, it struggled to attract visitors—despite some well-received shows put together by executive director and chief curator Cydney Payton. But on Sunday the museum will open its new, permanent home: a dark-gray glass box designed by the London-based architect David Adjaye, the rising star’s first public building in the United States. Click this link to hear a six-minute conversation between MCA Denver architect David Adjaye and RECORD reporter David Hill. Images:
For much of its 11-year life, the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver (MCA) has been overshadowed by the better-known Denver Art Museum. Most recently located in a former fish market downtown, it struggled to attract visitors—despite some well-received shows put together by executive director and chief curator Cydney Payton. But on Sunday the museum will open its new, permanent home: a dark-gray glass box designed by the London-based architect David Adjaye, the rising star’s first public building in the United States. Click this link to hear a six-minute conversation between MCA Denver architect David Adjaye and RECORD reporter David Hill. Images: