Articles Tagged with ''Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects''

Barack and Michelle Obama Announce Conceptual Vision for Design of Obama Presidential Center

James Gauer

May 4, 2017

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The new complex, designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners, says Obama, will not be “an ego trip.”

Renderings Released of Obama Presidential Center Design Concept

Miriam Sitz

May 3, 2017

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The Obama Foundation has released the conceptual vision and site map of the Presidential Center in Chicago designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners and Interactive Design Architects.

Andlinger Center at Princeton University by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners

Princeton, New Jersey

Suzanne Stephens

November 1, 2016

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An energy research facility brings nature into its discreet, low-rise precinct.

Barack Obama Releases Statement on Presidential Library Location

The Obama Foundation confirms Jackson Park in Chicago as the official site of the project.

Anna Fixsen

July 29, 2016

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Sources may have confirmed Wednesday that the Obama Presidential Center was to be located in Jackson Park on Chicago’s South Side, but today the President himself made it official.

BREAKING NEWS

Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects to Design Obama Library

A site and design have yet to be revealed.

Anna Fixsen

June 30, 2016

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When Barack Obama was announced victorious in the 2008 presidential election—the first African American to hold the nation’s highest office—he told the crowd of tens of thousands gathered in Chicago’s Grant Park, “This is your victory.”

Designing Diplomacy: Top Firms Selected for New U.S. Embassies

“I believe in the power of architecture,” says director of Overseas Buildings Operations.

Fred A. Bernstein

March 23, 2016

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After reviewing the portfolios of six finalist firms, the State Department has chosen Studio Gang Architects to design a new U.S. Embassy in Brasilia.

Architectural Record Announces Winners of Second Annual Women in Architecture Awards

Miriam Sitz

September 8, 2015

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Today, Architectural Record announces the winners of its second annual Women in Architecture Awards, celebrating five architects for their contributions to the field while highlighting the increasingly visible role women play in the profession.

Obdurate by Design

The difficult cause of willful buildings that demand heroic efforts to preserve.

James S. Russell, FAIA Emeritus

September 16, 2014

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The difficult cause of willful buildings that demand heroic efforts to preserve. Photo © Peter Mauss/Esto The American Folk Art Museum in New York, by Tod Williams Billie Tsien, invited visitors to explore its many levels with narrow atriums and stairs lined with display niches. Though the public spaces of Boston City Hall choreograph a theatrical itinerary of light and shadow, many citizens and politicians find the building intimidating. Though it was indisputably a significant work of architecture, New York's American Folk Art Museum, designed by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, is being demolished. Its fate was sealed when Diller

MoMA Begins Demolition of Folk Art Museum Building

April 14, 2014

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Say Goodbye. Monday was your last chance for an unobstructed view of the celebrated facade on the Manhattan building Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects designed for the American Folk Art Museum. The Museum of Modern Art, the building’s new owner, began erecting scaffolding in front of the structure in preparation to demolish it. Despite loud protests from the architecture world and an attempt by Diller Scofido + Renfro to adapt the building, MoMA is tearing down the former Folk Art museum to accommodate an expansion of its own facilities. On April 15, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien issued the statement

One Small Move

Fred A. Bernstein

February 25, 2014

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In 1998, the Empire Theater, a 7.4-million-pound building on Manhattan's West 42nd Street, was moved 170 feet.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

Join us for this insightful webinar, where we'll delve into the principles of biophilic design and acoustical strategies.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

This webinar will explore the growing use of mass timber in K-12 schools and its transformative benefits across four key areas: health, well-being, durability, and sustainability.