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Snøhetta previews new Omaha Children's Museum in Nebraska

2024-10-25T10:48:00-04:00

Snøhetta will follow up on its recent Joslyn Art Museum project with the design for the new Omaha Children's Museum in Nebraska. The project was updated this week and includes a 175-seat performance room, a cafe, and a play-workshop. Rubberized mounds placed in its forecourt will activate additional space, "inviting visitors to climb and play before experiencing everything the museum has to offer inside." Snøhetta also recently completed the 70,000-square-foot El Paso Children's Museum (aka La Nube) and Far Rockaway Library in Queens.

Image: Tegmark

Take a look inside Snøhetta's newly opened Joslyn Art Museum expansion

2024-09-10T15:40:00-04:00

The Joslyn Art Museum celebrates its grand reopening today following a $100 million Snøhetta-led expansion project that established the new 42,000-square-foot Rhonda & Howard Hawks Pavilion on its campus in Omaha, Nebraska.

Photo © Nic Lehoux, courtesy Joslyn Art Museum

Founding partner Craig Dykers shared: "Our goal has been to provide a harmonious place for guests, art, and gathering that will become a vessel for inspiration and creativity to flourish."

Photo © Nic Lehoux, courtesy Joslyn Art Museum

The restoration of the museum's 1931 Art Deco Joslyn Building was another key aspect of the project. Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture was integral to the design and execution of the new pavilion, which joins the Joslyn Building with Norman Foster's 1994 Suzanne & Walter Scott Pavilion via an atrium.

Photo © Nic Lehoux, courtesy Joslyn Art Museum

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Snøhetta's Joslyn Art Museum expansion teases first photos ahead of September opening

2024-08-09T11:39:00-04:00

Work on Snøhetta's Joslyn Art Museum expansion in Omaha, Nebraska, is wrapping up ahead of an anticipated September 10th opening. Since our last update, the new 42,000-square-foot Rhonda & Howard Hawks Pavilion has finished construction. Founding partner Craig Dykers says it will “become a vessel for inspiration and creativity to flourish.”

Bird's-eye view rendering of the completed Joslyn Art Museum expansion. Rendering courtesy of Moare.

The project is part of a multi-billion investment into downtown Omaha to which the Joslyn serves as a key cultural anchor. The existing 1931 Art Deco Joslyn Building was also renovated through the project, which is valued at $100 million. Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture is involved as a design partner.

Here are two more teaser photos the museum just released, showing details of the facade and the interior.

Image: © Nic Lehoux, courtesy of the Joslyn Art Museum.

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Snøhetta's Joslyn Art Museum expansion set to open in September

2024-02-26T14:06:00-05:00

The Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska, has shared new renderings and construction photos to go along with the announcement of the impending completion of a two-year, $100 million expansion project designed by Snøhetta and Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture.

The design establishes the new Rhonda & Howard Hawks Pavilion on campus while adding another 40% worth of gallery spaces to house the museum’s fast-growing collection. Joslyn’s CEO Jack Becker complimented the firms’ "sensitive and imaginative approach" in planning the 42,000-square-foot extension, which is one part of the broad-ranging reinvestment the state and other private entities are making into downtown over the next decades.

Rendering courtesy of Moare

A pink-colored aggregate was added to pre-cast panels on the pavilion’s exterior, referencing the marble materials used in the facades of the Joslyn’s other existing structures from 1931 and 1994. This trio of buildings welcomes the public via a new entrance made at Da...

Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg is announced as the next dean of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Architecture

2022-10-24T17:10:00-04:00

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg as the next dean of its College of Architecture following a national search that culminated in a three-candidate shortlist.

Van Den Wymelenberg is currently a faculty member at the University of Oregon, where he serves as the director of the School of Architecture and Environment in addition to holding concurrent positions as the associate dean for research for the College of Design and director of the Biology and the Built Environment Center and Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory.

Prior to his experience in Eugene, ’”Van Den Wymelenberg worked as a professor at the University of Idaho Boise, where he also founded the school's Integrated Design Lab. He has been credited with securing more than $40 million in research funding related to indoor environmental quality since 2004 and is the author of three books and over 100 peer-reviewed articles, according to a press release from the university.

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Get Lectured: University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Spring '21

2021-01-15T19:29:00-05:00

For their virtual lecture series, the University of Nebraska - Lincoln has focused their Spring semester lectures on "Building Justice- Design and Planning for a Just Society."

Archinect's ongoing Get Lectured compilation features each school's lecture series and their communication design prowess with graphic lecture posters.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

At the university, the Hyde Lecture "is a long-standing endowed program within UNL’s College of Architecture [...] To confront it, the 20-21 Hyde Lecture Series brings lecturers who believe that design and planning should be explicitly engaged with fostering a just society. Doing so is an act of hope requiring, not only, an awareness of true inequity, but also a compulsion to refute it in its many forms."

During their 2021 Hyde Lecture Series and continuing from their Fall series the school has planned 2 lunch and learns followed by 2 Hyde Lec...

Omaha's Joslyn Art Museum selects Snøhetta to lead ambitious expansion

2018-10-18T14:22:00-04:00

The Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha has selected the architecture firm Snøhetta for its recently announced expansion. The ambitious plans will add a new building to join the original Art Deco museum, built in 1931, as well as a later 1994 addition designed by Norman Foster.

Snøhetta's extension will add new galleries to the site, allowing Joslyn to better display and further expand its 12,000 piece permanent collection. In particular, the Museum plans on growing its collection of contemporary art, having been generously gifted over 50 high-profile works by the Schrager family last year. The new addition will further help propel the museum to a new position on the international stage.

"The Museum is one of Nebraska’s greatest assets," remarked Joslyn's CEO Jack Becker. On the selection of Snøhetta, he added that the firm behind the SFMOMA Expansion and the Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion is "a perfect fit for this project, not only for their visionary design, but also for their commit...

Get Lectured: University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2018-19

2018-08-21T14:57:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2018

With a new school year upon us, it's time for Archinect's latest Get Lectured, an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back regularly to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Architecture's 2018-19 Hyde Lecture Series “Enacting Change” invites speakers who utilize planning and design as tools for building agency in local and international communities. Check out this year's line-up of speakers below.

FALL 2018

Aug 24
Majora Carter / CEO of Majora Carter Group, LLC.
4:00 pm, Union Auditorium

Oct 5
Dan Pitera / executive director of the Detroit Collaborative Design Center, University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture
4:00 pm, Richards Hall, Room 15

Oct 26
Amie Sh...

Sarah Deyong named UNL Architecture Program Director

2018-05-25T14:51:00-04:00

Sarah Deyong, associate professor at Texas A&M University, has accepted the appointment of Architecture Program director with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Architecture. Deyong will assume her position with the college July 1st. [...] Deyong is known internationally for her research focused on the post-WWII period to the present, underscoring the symbiotic relationship between HTC and design practice.

"Today, we find ourselves in a dynamic situation, with new technologies and digital tools, for example," Deyong laid out the focus of her directorship. "The utility of history and theory is that it brings the longer, canonical perspective of how we define ourselves into play. We learn from both failures and successes. Since architecture is inherently collaborative, we best prepare our students for the interdisciplinary nature of contemporary practice when we define ourselves as a discipline with design at its core."

Get Lectured: University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2017-18

2017-08-16T12:32:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2017

Ready or not, the start of the school year is coming up. Back for Fall 2017 is Archinect's Get Lectured, an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back regularly to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss. Mark those calendars!

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Kicking off in September, check out the 2017-18 Hyde Lecture Series at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Architecture.

Sept 15
CRUZ GARCIA & NATHALIE FRANKOWSKI
WAI Architecture Think Tank
4:00 pm, Richards Hall 15

Sept 20
SHASHI CAAN
SC Collective
4:00 pm, Union Auditorium

Oct 5
JOSEPH BIONDO
Spillman Farmer Architects
4:30 pm 1516 Gallery, Omaha

Oct 11
PABLO SAVID-BUTELER
Sasaki Associates
4:00 pm, Sheldon Auditorium

Oct 25
SEAN LALLY
WEATHERS / Associate Professor School of Architect...

Get Lectured: University of Nebraska - Lincoln, '16-17

2016-09-27T13:42:00-04:00

Gearing up for another eventful school year this fall? Archinect's Get Lectured is back in session. Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss. Mark those calendars!

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Have a look at the upcoming lectures for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Architecture's 2016-17 Hyde Lecture Series.

Sept 29
Michael Bongiorno / Design Group
4 p.m. at Architecture Hall Gallery

Oct 14
Wendy W. Fok / Parsons School of Design | WE-DESIGNS
11 a.m. at Architecture Hall Gallery

Nov 9
Enrique Norten: Design Alliance Omaha Lecture
7 p.m. at Witherspoon Hall, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE

Nov 11
Emily Pilloton / Project H Design
4 p.m. at Richards Hall 15

Nov 18
Gena Wirth / Scape
4 p.m. at Richards Hall 15

Jan 25
Perry Kulper / U...

Katherine Ankerson named dean of UNL College of Architecture

2016-06-24T19:42:00-04:00

Katherine Ankerson, professor and head of the Department of Interior Architecture and Product Design at Kansas State University, has accepted appointment as dean of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Architecture. [...] Ankerson, who was a professor and associate dean in the UNL architecture college from 1996 to 2011 before her tenure at Kansas State, will assume the dean's post July 1.

Previously in the Archinect news: Scott Killinger named interim dean of UNL's College of Architecture

Omaha is building a Tri-Faith campus with a church, a mosque and a synagogue (no joke)

2015-12-29T14:35:00-05:00

A mosque, a church and a synagogue go up on the site of an old Jewish country club ... It sounds like the setup to a joke — but it's not. It's actually happening in Omaha, Neb. The Tri-Faith Initiative may be the first place in history where these three monotheistic faiths have built together, on purpose, with the intention of working together. [...] Similar initiatives are underway elsewhere. One in Berlin would house all three religions in a single building.

Similar tri-faith building initiatives are also germinating in other parts of the world: A church-mosque-synagogue, in Berlin

Get Lectured: University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2015-16

2015-09-24T15:04:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2015

Archinect's Get Lectured is ready for another school year. Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Our next featured poster comes from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln - College of Architecture.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Listed below are upcoming events.

FALL 2015

Sept 24
Sarah Whiting / WW Architecture; Dean, Rice School of Architecture - Rice University

Sept 30
Frank Barkow / Barkow Leibinger

Oct 30
Krista Ninivaggi / K & CO

Nov 13
Florian Idenburg / SO-IL, Harvard University

Nov. 16 + 17
Urban Thinkers Campus

Nov 20
Jimenez Lai / Bureau Spectacular, UCLA

SPRING 2016

Jan 22
Bradley Cantrell / Harvard GSD

Jan 29
Thomas J. Trenolone / HDR - Great Plains Studio(s),

Feb 12
Stewart H...

Omaha to improve its Metro (for free!)

2015-05-27T20:22:00-04:00

At the end of May, Metro will debut its FORWARD plan: a fully reconfigured bus network that emphasizes more frequency, better night and weekend service, direct lines through high-ridership corridors, and grid-style access to many parts of the city. The top five routes will now all get 15-minute peak service... Rather than lobby for more taxpayer funding or jack up fares, Metro looked for more efficient ways to use its existing resources.

Get Lectured: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Fall '13

2013-09-25T10:20:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2013

Here on Archinect we recently launched "Get Lectured", where we'll feature a school's lecture series--along with their snazzy posters--for the current season. Check back regularly to stay up-to-date and mark your calendars for any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Today's post features the full line-up in the Hyde Lecture Series Fall '13 + Spring '14 from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, College of Architecture.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

All lectures are on Friday @ 4:30 p.m. at The Ross in the UNL campus, unless otherwise noted.**

FALL 2013

OCTOBER

October 3
Marlon Blackwell / Architect, University of Arkansas
co-sponsored by AIA Nebraska

October 4
Kevin Alter / Alterstudio, The University of Texas at Austin
Public exhibition. Lecture at 4:30 in Ross Auditorium followed by reception from 5:30- 7:30 p...