New Quinnipiac University Sports Center Doubles Up on Arenas

Canad Inns Destination Center-Grand Forks Boasts Sleek Design
Created by JLG Architects, the designers of the Canad Inn Destination Center of Grand Forks, N.D., illustrated the facility’s sleek, modern image using economical materials that connect the building to the rural landscape around it while conveying a cutting-edge, high-tech feel. The Canad Inns’ first foray into the U.S., this 13-story destination and entertainment facility recently opened this summer. It is meant to entice visitors to Grand Forks and complement the city’s convention center and indoor football stadium, the Alerus Center, which JLG Architects also designed in 2001. The architecture of both complexes is so integral that the two centers appear to be a seamless facility. They connect to each other by a climate-controlled walkway.

Museum Reasserts Presence on Olmsted Park
Ann Beha Architects’ extensive research saves a community treasure
The New Britain Museum of American Art has a fine history. It was established in 1903 by wealthy industrialist John Butler Talcott as a gift to the citizens of New Britain, Conn., and was the first museum in the U.S. that collected and exhibited solely American artists. Since 1937, the historic Landers House overlooking Frederick Law Olmsted’s Walnut Hill Park has provided an abode for the museum and undergone several renovations to meet its curatorial needs. Despite the museum’s attempts to remain current through expansions, the facility was no longer providing adequate space for the collection of more than 4,000 works of art, nor meeting the environmental needs for a modern museum.