october 19, 2007
  From Community Waste to Cultural Asset
Tempe Arts Center rises from the ashes and celebrates the “Big Box” theory
What once was a landfill for the city of Tempe, Ariz., has been transformed into a magnificent 26-acre park and performing arts center. The Tempe Center for the Arts (TCA) is a $65.7-million project jointly designed by Barton Myers Associates, Inc., Los Angeles, and Tempe-based Architekton. The TCA offers patrons a state-of-the-art 600-seat proscenium theater, 200-seat studio theater, 3,500-square-foot gallery, and spectacular views of the Papago and Camelback mountains.

Walt Disney Family Museum Reuses Presidio Buildings
Page & Turnbull restoring historic Army post buildings for Walt Disney Family Museum
The Walt Disney Family Museum is now under construction at the 1,000-acre Presidio, the historic Army post in San Francisco overlooking the Golden Gate. San Francisco-based Page & Turnbull has designed 60,000 square feet of restoration plans that will encompass three buildings, including a 19th-century barrack. Founded by the Walt Disney Foundation, the Walt Disney Family Museum is slated to be completed in summer 2009.

A Simple House in the Country
Architect helps a friend reach a lifelong dream and reinforces one of his own
Perched on a hilltop in the middle of a pastoral 400-acre spread in rural Missouri, a country house is being constructed with a gabled roof, wraparound porch, and a unique three-story stone turret in the back. The 4,500-square-foot home overlooks dramatic views of a river valley, open country, and woodlands where deer, beaver, and pheasants roam. For a nature lover who appreciates the beauty and solitude of the countryside, it is paradise. Designed by architect Gerald “Jerry” A. Wild, AIA, of St. Louis-based Jerry Wild LLC Architects, the traditional house is scheduled to be completed in mid-December, just in time to celebrate with a Christmas family gathering. This unassuming St. Louis-style, two-story clapboard home is enabling its owner, Terry Wilson, to live his dream.

 

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