Midwest Archives - The Architect’s Newspaper https://www.archpaper.com/category/region/midwest/ The most authoritative voice on architecture and design in the United States. Mon, 13 May 2024 17:02:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Merritt Chase to redesign Downtown Entrance Plaza in Columbus, Indiana https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/merritt-chase-downtown-entrance-plaza-columbus-indiana/ Mon, 13 May 2024 16:03:00 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=376029 When architecture aficionados enter Columbus, Indiana, to bear witness to its myriad midcentury masterpieces, they often do so by passing through Downtown Entrance Plaza—a 1.5-acre green space split by State

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After Terry Boling’s death in January, two friends reflect on his impact on his students and the wider architecture community https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/terry-bolings-two-friends-wider-architecture-community/ Fri, 10 May 2024 20:22:23 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=375998 Terry Boling saw life the way he taught and practiced architecture: as never being truly finished. But that openness to ideas, opportunities, and connections was never an excuse for ambiguity.

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Washington University professor Michael Allen suspended for connection to Gaza campus encampment https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/washington-university-professor-michael-allen-suspended/ Thu, 09 May 2024 21:14:06 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=375668 Michael Allen, a senior lecturer at Washington University in St. Louis, was recently suspended after his arrest by campus police on April 27 in Tisch Park, not far from the

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Manica-designed Chicago Bears stadium could unravel policy-forward development in favor of a suburbanesque amusement park https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/manica-chicago-bears-stadium-policy-forward-development-amusement-park/ Wed, 08 May 2024 15:58:16 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=375677 Chicago’s mayors have a proclivity for Big Architectural Endeavors: Richard M. Daley is credited for transforming a parking lot and railyard into Millennium Park; Rahm Emanuel pushed the downtown Riverwalk

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SO – IL, OSD, and Library Street Collective unveil Stanton Yards, a new arts venue in Little Village, Detroit https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/so-il-osd-library-street-collective-stanton-yards-detroit/ Thu, 02 May 2024 16:10:30 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=375410 In Detroit’s Little Village, a historic neighborhood along the Detroit River,  SO – IL is designing a new arts campus together with Office of Strategy + Design (OSD) and Library Street Collective,

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RAMSA’s new art museum at Notre Dame has a hidden chapel with stained glass by Mimmo Paladino https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/ramsa-art-museum-notre-dame-chapel/ Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:59:16 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=374911 In South Bend, Indiana, the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art by Robert A.M. Stern Architects (RAMSA) opened its doors in December for the University of Notre Dame. The neoclassical art

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BIG and BNIM unveil Makers’ KUbe, a new diagrid structure made of mass timber for the University of Kansas https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/big-bnim-makers-kube-university-of-kansas/ Mon, 22 Apr 2024 19:35:26 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=374858 Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has released its vision for a new mass timber building that will host the University of Kansas School of Architecture and Design. Makers’ KUbe will serve

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Demolition of Mary Miss’s land art installation at Des Moines Art Center is paused, following lawsuit by the artist https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/demolition-mary-miss-des-moines-art-center-paused-lawsuit/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 20:11:36 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=374541 In Iowa, plans to demolish a land art installation from 1996 by artist Mary Miss at the Des Moines Art Center have been stopped, at least for the time being.

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TEN x TEN integrates community needs with experimental methods https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/ten-x-ten-community-needs-experimental-methods/ Tue, 02 Apr 2024 21:16:32 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=373767 This article is part of our series of profiles on The Architectural League of New York’s 2024 Emerging Voices winners published in the March/April issue of AN. The full list of winners can be

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Chicago-based firm Latent designs impactful, community-based architecture https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/chicago-based-firm-latent-designs-impactful-community-based-architecture/ Mon, 01 Apr 2024 19:38:58 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=373558 This article is part of our series of profiles on The Architectural League of New York’s 2024 Emerging Voices winners published in the March/April issue of AN. The full list of winners can be

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