Wednesday, April 3, 2013
University picks Weiss/Manfredi, Richard L. Bowen & Associates to design new $40 million college
A green roof, continuous studio loft and large glass and large glass walls will be among the features incorporated into the new Kent State University College of Architecture and Design. The university confirmed Tuesday that the partnership of Cleveland-based Richard L. Bowen & Associates with New York firm WEISS/MANFREDI was chosen from the four finalists in the design competition to build the 120,000-square-foot building. WEISS/MANFREDI will serve as lead designer with Richard L. Bowen & Associates as architect of record. Kent State President Lester Lefton made the official announcement Tuesday. "In our selection of this team, we not only get professionals who will create a spectacular new home for our College of Architecture and …
Monday, April 1, 2013
Plain Dealer reports Weiss/Manfredi, Richard L. Bowen & Associates to build new $40 million architecture building
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that Kent State University has chosen the architecture partnership that will build the university's new, $40 million home to its architecture program. The partnership of WEISS/MANFREDI Lead Designer + Richard L. Bowen & Associates Architect of Record was chosen by Kent State to design the new building, the Plain Dealer reported today. The firms were one of four partnerships vying to build the new College of Architecture and Environmental Design building as part of a design competition. The Plain Dealer reported the university released the news today but there has been no official word on who won the design competition. "There will be an announcement (Tuesday)," Kent State spokeswoman Emily Vincent …
Friday, February 1, 2013
More than 500 readers voted in our poll about the 4 proposed designs for Kent State's new architecture college. See who won.
The winning design proposal for Kent State University's new College of Architecture and Environmental Design building will be announced later this month. But Kent Patch readers have already chosen their favorite. During the course of several weeks more than 500 readers cast votes in our poll for the four design proposals. In the end, Patch readers preferred the design submitted by the partnership of Architecture Research Office and Bialosky + Partners. Here's how the votes broke down: The Patch poll has no direct bearing on which design will be chosen and constructed. A five-person jury will determine the winning firm, which will be announced in February. The jury is comprised of: Vivian Loftness, professor at Carnegie Mellon University; …
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Four firms in running to design new building on Esplanade
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The four finalists in the competition to design the new building for Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design will present their design concepts at a public presentation Thursday, Jan. 17, at 7 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the public, takes place on campus in the University Auditorium in Cartwright Hall, located at 650 Hilltop Drive in Kent. “Students, faculty, staff, alumni, Kent community members, professionals in architecture, interior design and other design professions, or those who have an interest in those areas, as well as the general public, are all invited to get a first look at what these world-class firms have developed for our new architecture building,” said Kent State President …
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Monday, November 19, 2012
Top 4 firms all have U.S. offices
Four finalists have been named in the competition to create a new College of Architecture and Design at Kent State University. The university released the names of four architecture firms who will be paid a stipend to design models of the new building, which will be built along Kent State's Esplanade extension to downtown. The four finalists selected for the last phase of the competition are: Kent residents may only recognize the name Richard Bowen and Associates, which is the firm designing the new Kent courthouse for Portage County. Though Westlake, Reed and Leskosky have designed several new buildings and renovations for Kent State, including the Math and Computer Science Building, the renovation of Franklin Hall for the School of …
Friday, October 12, 2012
Final firm to be selected by January
The architecture firms vying to design Kent State University's new architecture college have been narrowed from 36 applicants to eight semi-finalists. Douglas Steidl, dean of the university's architecture college, said he expects the eight semi-finalists — who have already been chosen — will be announced this week. The new building, which will stand on the Esplanade, will go through a design competition process instead of the usual design-build process. That means the winning firm will be chosen based on their submitted proposals for the new college. Steidle said of the eight semi-finalists the university will pick by November three or four firms, who will be paid a stipend to design models of the building. The winning firm will be chosen …
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
$211 million in renovation projects planned for main campus
The latest aerial, digital video commissioned by the Kent State University architect's office previews the more than $146 million in renovations planned for the Kent campus. The video circles above campus to show the buildings that will be renovated and the new buildings that will rise for the architecture and technology schools. An earlier video documented 100 years of construction on the Kent campus and was expanded to include the more than $100 million in downtown redevelopment projects. Click on the headlines below to read about the individual projects.
Eric
9:59 pm on Monday, April 1, 2013
Although this wasnt my first pick, it still should look pretty cool in downtown kent. Of course we should all just wait and see till its built. As to all the pessimistic comments: thank god none of you are in charge, for nothing would ever be accomplished because nothing is ever good enough for you. more ›