Architects Bruce Becker and William J. Lenihan appointed to U.S. Commission of Fine Arts

2024-06-17T14:47:00-04:00

Earlier last month, President Biden’s appointment of architects Bruce Redman Becker and William J. Lenihan to serve on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) was announced in Washington, D.C. The new appointments serve as replacements for James McCrery and Duncan Stroik following the culmination of their service to the 114-year-old body, which provides important design guidance for all new federal government projects in the capital.

Becker is the President of Westport, Connecticut's Becker + Becker, a 74-year-old firm known most recently for their award-winning redesign of Marcel Breuer's famous Pirelli Tire Building in New Haven. Lenihan is a principal at the Delaware/Philadelphia-based Tevebaugh Architecture. The pair join Billie Tsien, Justin Garrett Moore, HGA principal Peter Cook, and Lisa E. Delplace as other serving CFA members.

Delaware Students Have Just Built World's Tallest Lego Tower

2013-08-23T14:24:00-04:00

[...] after months of blood, sweat and tears a team of students from Wilmington, Delaware, broke the Guinness World Record and built the world's tallest Lego tower. For the students, this victory was personal. They struck a powerful blow to their Lego arch-rivals, previous record-holder, the city of Prague. The American Lego tower stands over 112 feet tall, and is made of more than 500,000 bricks!

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Architects Bruce Becker and William J. Lenihan appointed to U.S. Commission of Fine Arts

Delaware Students Have Just Built World's Tallest Lego Tower