2024-12-03T13:16:24-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150288415/gould-evans-receives-6th-chicago-athenaeum-award-with-adaptive-reuse-library-project Katherine Guimapang 2021-11-15T15:21:00-05:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1f/1f7360efff2d9fd0b1bc7af5af0db24c.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/60732940/gould-evans" target="_blank">Gould Evans</a> is no stranger to executing award-winning <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/7562/library" target="_blank">library</a> and community-focused projects as a nationally recognized architecture and design firm. From the expansion of the 1970's Brutalist-style Lawrence Public Library to the renovations of New Orleans Public Libraries, the team at Gould Evans just added another prize-winning library project to their portfolio, the Olathe Indian Creek Public Library.&nbsp;</p> <p>The building has received accolades like the Honor Award by AIA Kansas City for its concept of developing a hub for "community and content creation &mdash; instead of only content consumption." On November 4, it was announced that the firm received its 6th Chicago Athenaeum Award for the Kansas-based project.&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/934228/the-chicago-athenaeum" target="_blank">The institution's</a>&nbsp;American Architectural Awards program highlights new and "cutting-edge" design projects within the United States.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4e/4ede5e0e46e24353e17d3b055b0c7df6.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4e/4ede5e0e46e24353e17d3b055b0c7df6.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image &copy; Michael Robinson/Courtesy of Gould Evans</figcaption></figure><p>The firm's Associate Principal Sean Zaudke shared: "Libraries of today are no longer about books or ma...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/62867722/workac-henning-larsen-and-so-il-compete-to-design-uc-davis-art-museum Archinect 2012-12-06T14:00:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/j9/j9dihh5x3apq4rbz.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The university believes this to be the first design-build competition for an art museum in this country. Each team gets four months to design a museum and prepare a bid for the museum.</p></em><br /><br /><p> The teams competing to build the museum are:</p> <ul><li> Contractor: Kitchell; design architect: WORKac; executive architect: Westlake Reed Leskosky</li> <li> Contractor: Oliver and Co.; design architect: Henning Larsen Architects; executive architect: Gould Evans</li> <li> Contractor: Whiting-Turner; design architect: SO &ndash; IL; executive architect: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson</li> </ul>