Let’s get this out of the way at the top: I’m not a doctor and I won’t presume to understand how Covid-19 affects the human body. I am an architect. Architecture has always been a powerful way to help humans adapt to and thrive in the world around them. When it comes to this pandemic,…
Des Moines, Iowa-based substance architecture and Tim Hickman, AIA, LEED AP, served as juror, considering 28 submitted projects, for the 2019 AIA SD Design Awards. One of the four awards given was for the NSU Athletic Fields & Pavilion project by record architect COOP Architecture. The building’s story is something like this; Northern State University…
Last Sunday, the state of Oregon followed Minneapolis’ lead on zoning for single-family housing. Sioux Falls, and much of South Dakota, is facing serious housing challenges. This state-wide effort would allow duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, and attached townhomes in any Oregon community above 25,000 people that is currently zoned as single-family (and to a lesser degree…
Talking about building a stadium is cheap, so let’s talk. In the past, deals to build ballparks have been pretty straightforward. The city and team owners worked out a deal to build a stand-alone facility structured with subsidized city dollars along with ticket sales, sponsorships and other stadium revenue. That model is on a losing…