Project Specs Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture Washington, D.C. Hartman-Cox Architects << Return to article the People Architect Hartman-Cox Architects 1074 Thomas Jefferson Street NW Washington, DC 20007 ph: 202.333.6446 fx: 202.333.3802 www.hartmancox.com Senior partner: Warren J. Cox, FAIA Partner-in-charge: Mary Katherine Lanzillotta Project team: Greta Weidner, Seth Wilschutz, Julia Cobb, AIA, Kristin Gray, AIA, Jenna Neal, AIA, Rosina Negron, Melissa Kimball, Elizabeth Thompson, RA, Richard Houghton, RA Engineers Structural engineer Thornton Tomasetti Cutts ph: 202.822.8222 Mechanical, electrical, and telecommunications engineer URSCorp 2020 K Street NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006-1806 Consultants Security and fire protection

The Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery share a National Historic Landmark building in downtown Washington, D.C., recently renovated by local firm Hartman-Cox Architects and renamed the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, in honor of a generous gift from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.

ASAI Architecture's new National World War I Museum and finely reconstructed Liberty Memorial solemnly tell the story of the "War to End All Wars."

Project Specs Liberty Memorial and National World War I Museum Kansas City, Missouri ASAI Architecture << Return to article the People Architecture, interiors, landscape: ASAI Architecture Stephen Abend, FAIA Crichton Singleton, FAIA Consultants: Bob D. Campbell & Co. (structural) W.L. Cassell Associates (m/e/p); SK Design Group (civil) Ralph Appelbaum Associates (exhibits) John G. Waite & Associates (preservation) Architectural and Historical Research (history) Yarnell Associates (lighting); Acoustical Design Group Contractors: J.E. Dunn Construction Turner Construction   the Products Indiana limestone: Evans Limestone Waterproofing: American Hydrotech Elevators: Otis Elevators Skylights: Super Sky Products Steel windows: Hope’s Windows Roofing: Carlisle Roofing

In the past few years, New York City has been valiantly trying to turn around its deserved reputation for treating innovative architecture like an exotic disease that should be stamped out by courageous developers, bankers, and government officials.

New York City Renzo Piano Building Workshop with FXFOWLE Curtain-wall ingenuity eliminates the fear factor Fear factor. That was the obstacle the New York Times and its New York–based architect, FXFOWLE, faced when it was time to bid the curtain wall for the media giant’s new headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. Design architect Renzo Piano conceived of a brise-soleil made of horizontal rods to project 18 inches from the curtain wall. Simple in concept, confounding in execution, when one imagines finding a strategy that would work for a 52-story tower. “While this approach has been achieved on a smaller scale in

It wasn’t image consciousness or architectural publicity that convinced the board of the Hodgdon Powder Company to hire an architect to design its new production facility’s administration building near Herington, Kansas.

Project Specs An Office for Hodgdon Powder Company Herington, Kansas El dorado Architects << Return to article the People Architect El dorado Architects Principal in Charge: Josh Shelton Project Architect: Sean Slattery, AIA, LEEP AP Furniture Design and Fabrication: Brady Neely Engineer(s): Structural: Genesis Structures Metal Building Engineering: Steelmaster USA MEP: Lankford and Associates Landscape: el dorado inc Lighting: Derek Porter Studio General contractor: Kelley Construction Company Photographer Mike Sinclair, all photos Renderer(s) El dorado inc, all drawings CAD system, project management, or other software used: Vector Works   the Products Wall and Roof system:  Steelmaster USA; Qounset Profile applied

John Ronan's bright and bold Gary Comer Youth Center supports an ambitious agenda on Chicago's South Side.