March 21, 2007
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Lake|Flato Raises Pearl Brewery’s Spirits
Master planners Lake|Flato Architects, San Antonio, and developer Silver Ventures Inc. have teamed up to transition the abandoned Pearl Brewery in San Antonio into a lively, urban oasis. Taking cues from great urban spaces like Granville Island in Vancouver, B.C., but interpreting the design for San Antonio’s aesthetics, climate, vernacular, and client priorities, the team is quickly turning an abandoned brewery into a campus that is relevant to today’s residents and visitors in the River North area of the city.

2006 Award Winners Showcase North Carolina’s Architectural Best
AIA North Carolina celebrated a wealth of skill and design artistry in naming an unprecedented 19 award-winning projects from last year, selected from a field of 94 total entries submitted by AIA members across the state. Though vastly differing in form and function, each project was deemed by the jury to have met or exceeded benchmarks of outstanding architectural design, structural composition, and application of design theory. The jury members, all principals from San Francisco, were: RK Stewart, FAIA, Gensler; Allison Williams, FAIA, Perkins + Will; and Michael Willis, FAIA, Michael Willis Architects.


National Law Enforcement Museum to Grace Nation’s Capital
Glass design highlights openness, democracy
Plans for the National Law Enforcement Museum were unveiled February 28 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The above- and below-grade facility, designed by Davis Buckley, FAIA, will be 95,000 square feet, the largest law enforcement museum in the world when completed in 2011. The museum will be located near the U.S. Capitol and directly across from the National Building Museum and National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. Cutting-edge interactive exhibitions will allow visitors to learn about law enforcement, past and present.

 

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