Munger residents praise unique living environment

Image Source: Michigan Daily

Munger Graduate Residences

As I’ve been here now for a year, I’ve come to realize that every moment here is a precious opportunity for students to learn, and of course that learning goes on in classrooms, but the students are only spending a fraction of their time in classrooms.
— University President Mark Schlissel
University officials and students highlighted the importance of community and diversity as they celebrated the opening of the Munger Graduate Residences on Wednesday, a project largely funded by University alum Charles Munger, a real estate mogul.
— The Michigan Daily

ENR MidAtlantic Announces Best Projects of 2015

ENR MidAtlantic is proud to announce the winners of its 2015 Best Projects competition, honoring the top projects in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. The George Washington University Museum | The Textile Museum wins the ENR Best Projects of 2015 award for Merit in the Cultural/Worship Category.
— ENR MidAtlantic

Memorial to Ukrainian famine of 1932-33 installed in Washington, DC

Image Source: Ukraine Today

Image Source: Ukraine Today

Holodomor Memorial

A memorial to victims of the famine in Soviet Ukraine which struck in 1932 and 1933 has been installed in Washington, a short distance from the US Capitol.

The famine it commemorates is known in Ukraine as Holodomor. Like a number of historians of recent years, including the late Robert Conquest and Yale professor Timothy Snyder, the memorial calls the famine a genocide which was intentionally carried out by the regime of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
— Ukraine Today

The sculpture of the Holodomor Memorial was installed in Washington, DC

Image Source: Embassy of Ukraine
 

Holodomor Memorial

On August 4, 2015 the sculpture of the Holodomor Memorial was installed in the very heart of Washington, DC near the U.S. Capitol. The event was attended by Valeriy Chaly, Ambassador of Ukraine to the USA, Larysa Kurylas, Artist, Michael Sawkiw, U.S. Committee for Ukrainian Holodomor Genocide Awareness 1932-1933, Mary Katherine Lanzillotta, Hartman-Cox Architects, as well as representatives of Forrester Construction Company and Laran Bronze Foundry.
— Embassy of Ukraine in the United States of America
 

Munger Graduate Residences opens at University of Michigan

The Munger Graduate Residences will provide our graduate and professional students with further opportunities to engage one another across different academic disciplines, backgrounds, and thought, while enriching their educational experience on our campus.
— University President Mark Schlissel
It’s a new kind of environment that allows residents to understand new perspectives, solve issues and bring evolved thinking into their careers.
— Greg Merritt, director of the Coleman-Munger Fellows Program and senior associate director of University Housing

Mayor Bowser Announces Architect Chosen to Design the District’s New Archives Building

District of Columbia Archives Building

Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that an architectural firm has been chosen to design a new state-of-the-art District of Columbia Archives building. The Department of General Services (DGS) selected Hartman-Cox Architects and EYP of Washington, DC to design a new facility to house the District’s historic records.
— DC.GOV
The selection of Hartman-Cox Architects and EYP of Washington, DC will allow us to continue to move forward with the design of the new Archives building, a facility that holds some of our most treasured historical documents. I look forward to seeing the designs unveiled as we continue this exciting journey that all of our residents can benefit from.
— Mayor Bowser

Planned federal courthouse to be 'bridge' between Mobile's business, De Tonti districts

New Federal Courthouse Mobile

Lee Becker, a partner with Hartman-Cox Architects in Washington, told Mobilians that his firm envisions the building serving as a “bridge” between the overlapping central business district and the De Tonti Square Historic District. He said the design team spent time in Mobile getting to know the surroundings and the history.
— AL.com
Our goal is to try to understand the character of the place and design a building that fits Mobile. Our goal here is to have this be the best experience of government that works.
— Lee Becker, Partner & Lead Designer

$89 million Construction Contract Awarded for New Federal Courthouse in Mobile

New Federal Courthouse Mobile

The federal government has awarded the main contract to build a new federal courthouse in downtown Mobile, meaning that a project more than a decade in the making may finally break ground by the end of the year.

The $89 million contract went to a team led by W.G. Yates & Sons, which will oversee the construction project from its office in Biloxi, Miss. A pair of architectural firms from Washington, D.C., URS and Hartman-Cox Architects, are also part of the team.
— AL.com

Hartman-Cox Architects wins two John Russell Pope Awards

American Pharmacists Association Headquarters & Francis L. Cardozo High School

The American Pharmacists Association Headquarters and Francis L. Cardozo High School have both received inaugural John Russell Pope Awards.

The Awards recognize the best work of individuals who contribute to the creation of classical and traditional architecture in the Washington Mid Atlantic region.
— Institute of Classical Architecture & Art

The Textile Museum’s new George Washington University home unites historic fabric and D.C. history

In 2011, the Textile Museum merged with the George Washington University Museum. Its collection now shares a 53,000-square-foot complex with the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana collection — maps, letters and drawings documenting D.C.’s history — plus research space and a gift shop.

’The core mission of the Textile Museum continues,’ museum director John Wetenhall says. ‘But it’s become wider and more generous. The galleries are more than twice as large as they were, and we have included far more context and interactivity.’
— The Washington Post

GW Museum | Textile Museum Countdown: Opening Kicks Off This Saturday

Performances, food trucks and tours will celebrate the George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum opening...

From a couture Givenchy gown to handwritten letters from the nation’s founding father, each object at the new the George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum tells a different story about history and culture. When the 53,000 square-foot museum complex finally opens Saturday, the D.C. community can immerse itself in the numerous narratives of people and place.
— GW Today

Museum Countdown: Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection Moves into New Home

As we countdown to the opening of the George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum on March 21, GW Today is giving readers a sneak peek at the newest arts hub on campus...

...Inside the Albert H. Small Center for National Capital Area Studies, located in the historic Woodhull House, Anne Dobberteen, M.A. ’12, sorts through the contents of a massive steel drawer. The compendium is filled with more than two centuries of D.C. history: A thin clipping from a newspaper called the National Intelligencer tells us the headlines of the day on Nov. 14, 1800, while a tollbooth ticket from 1833 reveals that it could cost anywhere from 1 to 20 cents to cross a road between Leesburg, Va., and Washington.
— GW Today

It's Time to Power Up the NCS Library

National Cathedral School Library

It’s flexible space, it’s beautiful, it’s resourceful, it’s environmentally responsible, and it’s technologically advanced...What will go in that space will be one beautiful view of the values of this school — about academic standards, personal excellence, and community commitment.
— Kathleen O’Neill Jamieson, Head of National Cathedral School