OMA hired to build a multiuse tower, possibly with 26 floors or more, on Louisville's riverfront. It's all part of a $70 million project that three Louisville investors plan to build next to the Muhammad Ali Center. read , furthermore...
As a Louisvillian, I'll keep my fingers crossed that this works. I know the site (adjacent to my own thesis site), I've worked with the client, and the programmatic idea has been floating around for a while now.
I've seen plenty of these big plans fall through before, but maybe this time...
World-Renowned Architectural Firm to Design Museum Plaza in Louisville: A local team of developers has retained the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), a world-renowned architectural firm led by Rem Koolhaas and Joshua Prince-Ramus, to build a new landmark for Downtown Louisville. PRnewswire
oma won't be alone among starchitects in the vicinity. this project would be within 2-3 blocks of mies, graves, lee skolnick/beyer blinder bell; deborah berke; chu+gooding; johnson burgee; hargreaves; harry weese...
pei cobb freed designed a tower for this site several years ago but the client got in some financial/legal trouble.
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Re-Urbanism strikes again!
maybe the US office will now also be hiring. start inventoring your awards.
As a Louisvillian, I'll keep my fingers crossed that this works. I know the site (adjacent to my own thesis site), I've worked with the client, and the programmatic idea has been floating around for a while now.
I've seen plenty of these big plans fall through before, but maybe this time...
that's what starchitects are for.
World-Renowned Architectural Firm to Design Museum Plaza in Louisville: A local team of developers has retained the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), a world-renowned architectural firm led by Rem Koolhaas and Joshua Prince-Ramus, to build a new landmark for Downtown Louisville. PRnewswire
what's up with the "prince-ramus"? is he from paisley park, minnesota? weather forecast for 180 varick street must be purple rain!!!
oma won't be alone among starchitects in the vicinity. this project would be within 2-3 blocks of mies, graves, lee skolnick/beyer blinder bell; deborah berke; chu+gooding; johnson burgee; hargreaves; harry weese...
pei cobb freed designed a tower for this site several years ago but the client got in some financial/legal trouble.
oops. i forgot the project by stern less than a block away; a glaring omission since my office was the local partner.
stern = glaring omission
*chuckles under breath...
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