Robinson Center
Inspired by the building’s Art Deco style, the parti and the interior of the performance hall employ angular geometric lines complementing the history of the building while providing a contemporary look to the future. Richard Olcott The renovation and expansion improves the acoustic performance of the performance hall by expanding it into existing conference spaces […]
Holland Performing Arts Center
The notational abstraction of a musical score inspired various techniques for interpreting time, rhythm and composition three-dimensionally. Through experiments with scale and surface, this lyrical approach synchronized the arrangement of the building’s physical and experiential characteristics. Richard Olcott, Design Partner Responding to the downtown context, the urban design strategy reinforces Omaha’s characteristic patterns of pedestrian […]
University of Michigan, A. Alfred Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
The building responds directly to the collaborative nature of the work that takes place inside, providing an architectural solution to the divergent needs of individual disciplines while bringing them together in innovative ways. Todd Schliemann, Design Partner Two laboratory blocks and a sinuous office ribbon are connected by bridges across a full-height, skylit, publically-accessible atrium. […]
The Ohio State University, Peter L. and Clara M. Scott Laboratory
Generic materials are combined to evoke a minimal and industrial aesthetic expressive of engineering. Todd Schliemann, Design Partner Three interconnected structures enclose a courtyard on three sides. A dedicated laboratory facility is designed for maximum flexibility; the structural module allows modifications to individual labs as needs change. Large “multi-purpose” spaces with moveable partitions permit a […]
William J. Clinton Presidential Center
Our design explorations led to a crystalline bridge, with formal and material qualities that resolve the inherent tension between monumentality and physical and intellectual accessibility. Richard Olcott and James S. Polshek, Design Partners The main body of the Center is elevated off the ground plane, allowing the new park to flow uninterrupted underneath and emphasizing […]