Archinect - News 2024-05-19T14:57:29-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150003478/an-avenue-a-promenade-a-colonnade-not-a-terrible-new-structure An avenue, a promenade, a colonnade, not a terrible new structure Nam Henderson 2017-04-18T12:31:00-04:00 >2017-04-24T01:08:03-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ha/harai0menbw7y5pb.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>When the decision was made at the beginning of 2014 to relocate the Kirkland Museum, Hugh Grant, the institution&rsquo;s founder, insisted that the studio be moved to the new site along with the collections...The old studio is attached to the new construction via a glass curtain wall...One striking feature that will also be in the back is the original outhouse, with its marble toilet, which Grant had moved from the original site;</p></em><br /><br /><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/3s/3s259ltqhti1c4cg.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/ha/harai0menbw7y5pb.jpg"></p><p>Last month, Michael Paglia got a peek&nbsp;at the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.olsonkundig.com/projects/kirkland-museum-draft/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kirkland Museum</a>'s incomplete interior. The tour was led by Jim Olson, a partner with&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/49784837/olson-kundig-architects" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Olson Kundig&nbsp;</a><a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/49784837/olson-kundig-architects" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">architects</a>;&nbsp;Martha Rogers, also from Olson Kundig; and included several others who are intimately involved in the design and construction of the promising new building.</p>