https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1480 en-us goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17873 Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17873-a-public-research-institute-at-the-university-of-arkansas-continues-the-schools-pioneering-embrace-of-mass-timber http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17136 Mon, 07 Oct 2024 00:29:39 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17136-in-san-diego-hga-and-akustics-revive-a-historic-theater-as-a-world-class-symphony-hall Surface parking lots at the motorcycle behemoth’s sprawling corporate headquarters will be transformed into community green space. 

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16030 Tue, 17 Jan 2023 11:06:45 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16030-heatherwick-studio-tapped-to-reimagine-harley-davidson-campus-in-milwaukee In developing the ceramic facade for a revamped studio-art wing for Macalester College’s Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, the architects at Minneapolis-based firm HGA started to feel as if they had enrolled in an art class of their own.

]]> 1511-janet-wallace-fine-arts-center-hga-architects-and-engineers.asp Sun, 15 Nov 2015 23:30:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/10220-janet-wallace-fine-arts-center Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center HGA designed a welcoming landscaped terrace to bring Macalester students up close and personal with the renovated studio arts building. The architects played with the pattern of the facade by varying the depth and placement of the generous windows and positioning the terra-cotta fins at various angles. Photo © Paul Crosby Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center The architects played with the pattern of the facade by varying the depth and placement of the generous windows and positioning the terra-cotta fins at various angles.Photo © Paul Crosby Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center HGA created a new arts commons on the site of the old central gallery. Photo © Paul Crosby Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center A slatted screen in the arts commons allows views into classrooms. Photo © Paul Crosby Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center The addition of a new, museum-quality art gallery just off the commons allowed Macalester to expand its curatorial possibilities. Photo © Paul Crosby Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center Phase II, completed last January, upgraded an existing studio arts wing. Photo © Paul Crosby Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center In a print-making studio in the phase II building, floor-to-ceiling windows bring in vistas of the surrounding campus. Photo © Paul Crosby Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center The transformation of the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center was conducted in two phases: the first expanded an existing music wing (at right), while phase II modernized the studio-art wing (at left). The latter phase took on a more industrial look, in part because of an updated boiler plant concealed below. Photo © Paul Crosby Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center The music wing's skin is meant to evoke rhythm and brass instruments. Generous windows in rehearsal rooms allow for views to campus. Photo © Paul Crosby Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center In the music wing's performance hall a dramatic slatted screen conceals acoustic curtains and integrates specially designed acoustic ledges. Photo © Paul Crosby Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center In the music wing's performance hall a dramatic slatted screen conceals acoustic curtains and integrates specially designed acoustic ledges.Photo © Paul Crosby Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center Generous windows in rehearsal rooms allow for views to campus. Photo © Paul Crosby Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center Photo © Paul Crosby Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center Image courtesy HGA Architects and Engineers Artists have long served as conduits for change in marginalized neighborhoods, braving difficult environments in exchange for low rent and often unwittingly paving the way for mainstream inhabitants.

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