Transformative Space
Design School Gallery Makes Campus Turn an About-Face
The Juliana Curran Terian Design Center Pavilion, by hanrahanMeyers Architects, reorients it’s adjacent and connected buildings towards a new campus focal point with light, dynamic metal, and glasswork. It references the school’s history of design and the social and economic history of its Brooklyn neighborhood and fosters an environment of creative collaboration.

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Tudor Place: Democracy Starts at Home
Peeling back the layers of a Neoclassical masterpiece and the architectural ideals that surround it
Tudor Place, designed by William Thornton and Washington D.C.’s most historically intact 19th-century residence, is in the midst of renovations that will restore its damaged stucco façade. Before the stucco is replaced on this exceptional and historical example of Federalist architecture, laser modeling technology will help the museum staff reconstruct the home’s development and phases of construction.

New Public Library in Hercules, Calif., Offers a “Sense of Place”
Facility first of its kind for city of 20,000
The Hercules Public Library, 25 miles north of San Francisco in Contra Costa County, officially opened last November, the first library for the city. Hercules was one of only two cities in California without a public library. The $10.4-million, 21,500-square-foot library was designed by San Francisco-based HGA Architects and Engineers (HGA) in association with Phoenix-based Will Bruder Architects. The library’s “sense of place” design features a prow-shaped wall of glass that juts out toward the street and is foiled by a dark brick exterior.

AIA Gulf States Region Celebrates Design Excellence
The AIA Gulf States Region celebrated traditional and Modern, new construction and rehabilitation, and stunning interiors and overall design excellence at their 2007 Honor Awards program on May 4 during the AIA 2007 National Convention in San Antonio. Jurors remarked on the overall excellence of work done in the Gulf States Region and particularly noted the important renovation and restoration work in response to Hurricane Katrina. Each of the region’s five states (Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee) garnered an award.