Archinect - News 2013-06-18T21:01:13-04:00 http://archinect.com/news/article/75123808/menil-collection-hires-michael-van-valkenburgh-to-enhance-houston-campus Menil Collection hires Michael Van Valkenburgh to enhance Houston campus Archinect 2013-06-12T18:51:00-04:00 >2013-06-12T18:51:32-04:00 <img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/sr/srwv9f8mgu3pqbfj.jpg" width="514" height="391" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>The appointment signals the start of implementing the Menil&rsquo;s master plan for its &ldquo;neighborhood of art,&rdquo; which consists of six buildings devoted to art spread across several blocks, as well as outdoor sculptures, green spaces and bungalows.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html> http://archinect.com/news/article/62476686/winner-of-austin-s-waller-creek-design-competition Winner of Austin’s Waller Creek Design Competition Alexander Walter 2012-11-30T18:39:00-05:00 >2012-12-07T09:13:35-05:00 <img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/51/51ui6pydtrb37vll.jpg" width="514" height="239" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>The multidisciplinary design team led by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates and Thomas Phifer &amp; Associates was recently named winner of Design Waller Creek: A Competition. Organized by the Austin, TX-based Waller Creek Conservancy, this international design competition called for ideas to revitalize a 7-mile stretch of Waller Creek, a neglected Austin urban ecosystem, and thus turning a "currently fragmented and undervalued section of the city into a vibrant, livable, and workable district."</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>