Jurors noted:

The conversion of this big box retail into a public library was as stunning as it was resourceful.

The story of transformation the project told was clever and exposes that the impending theoretical death of retail can be instructive for our civic leaders and should serve as a reminder for us all that opportunity is always present.

Congratulations to the City of Olathe, our library programming partner Group 4, McCownGordon Construction, and the Gould Evans design team!

Learn more about the project here.

Read more, here: https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2020/08/24/best-places-to-work-small-extra-small-honorees.html

“For Gould Evans + Canary, it’s about a collective approach. It’s not about a single person, a single hand, or a single pen. It’s about a process. It’s an open process that tries to make an impact in a community at all scales.” said Trudi Hummel, AIA, while accepting the award. The firm thanked Edmundo Soltero, FAIA, for his nomination along with all of their forward-thinking clients that share in the desire to build great work together. Notable award-winning and current projects include the Salt River-Pima Maricopa Indian Community Justice Center, the reimagining of Arizona State University’s Sun Devil Stadium, The Biodesign Institute A+B at Arizona State University, the City of Phoenix 7^th Avenue Streetscape, Maricopa County South Court Tower, the South-Central Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Business Assistance and Land Use Planning Grant (City of Phoenix), and the Phoenix Central Station Transit and Mixed-Use Redevelopment currently in design. The studio’s multidisciplinary approach to design links the city form with architecture, interior, graphics and art. Behind each project is a process which debates to discover the best outcome or solution. Each designed response is site specific, establishing new spatial connections between environments and societies. This adaptive approach is intentional, creating spaces, moments and experiences to be enjoyed by local communities. Gould Evans + Canary represent an engaged design expertise with a reputation founded upon creativity and capability to tackle the complex, the socially embedded and the aspirational. For more details and information about Gould Evans, visit the Gould Evans + Canary website. Media Contact
Lia Fondrisi 602-792-1205 lia.fondrisi@gouldevans.com About Gould Evans
Located in Downtown Phoenix within the historic Warehouse District and led by Principals Trudi Hummel, AIA; Krista Shepherd, AIA, NCARB; and Melissa Farling, FAIA; this studio has had substantial local impact, working closely with communities to imagine a strong future for Phoenix. To learn more, visit www.gouldevans.com. About AIA
Founded in 1857, AIA consistently works to create more valuable, healthy, secure and sustainable buildings, neighborhoods and communities. Through more than 200 international, state and local chapters, AIA advocates for public policies that promote economic vitality and public wellbeing. AIA provides members with tools and resources to assist them in their careers and business as well as engaging civic and government leaders and the public to find solutions to pressing issues facing our communities, institutions, nation and the world. Members adhere to a code of ethics and conduct to ensure the highest professional standards.

World renowned architectural photographer Hélène Binet found a subject in the Justice Center (images above), capturing its spatial and contextual dimensions on black and white film.  The shadows and depth implicit in the photographs reflect the center’s architectural intent with respect to the landscape in which it stands.

Reflecting on the role of the Justice Center in tribal life, SRPMIC Senior Manager of Construction Daniel Angulo aptly noted:

“A certain formality is needed to respond to the small community where everyone knows everyone else. The Justice Center provides a unique but familiar place in the desert suitable for privacy, flexibility and retreat.”

The AIA AAJ Facilities award is focused on design strategies that thoughtfully depict the latest trends in construction of justice facilities in the United States, including sustainable justice principles. The awarded projects demonstrate quality of form, functionality and current architectural responses to complex justice design issues.

The AIA AAJ Jury commented that the SRPMIC Justice Center is “a timeless building with incredible attention to craft and execution, with the use of materials that are important to climate and sustainability.”

Melissa Farling, FAIA, principal at Gould Evans and former chair of the AAJ leadership group, accepted the award at the AIA/AAJ Fall Conference in San Diego last month. The jury for the 2019 AIA AAJ Justice Facility Citation Award was Frank J. Green, FAIA (Chair), RicciGreene Associates; Tedd Howard, Tedd Howard Strategic Project Leaders; Mehrdad Yazdani, Assoc. AIA, Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design; Barbara Marcille, Multnomah County Circuit Court; Mark Cavagnero, FAIA, Mark Cavagnero Associate Architects; Melanie Bevan, Ed.D., Bradenton Police Department and Elizabeth McDonald, AIA, Bjarke Ingels Group. For interested parties, a full list of 2019 winning projects can be viewed here.

Media Contact
Lia Fondrisi 602-792-1205 lia.fondrisi@gouldevans.com

Media
Gould Evans architectural staff are available to discuss how the SRPMIC Justice Center represents the tribe’s approach to the judiciary system on tribal land. Images from Hélène Binet are also available upon request. For more details and information about the SRPMIC Justice Center, visit the Gould Evans website.

About Gould Evans
Gould Evans believes that design enriches life and elevates the human spirit. We continue to rigorously reimagine our practice focusing our work on people and place, innovations and outcomes. We strive to exceed client expectations, integrate symbiotically with the earth and the environment, and promote discovery and diversity.  To learn more, visit www.gouldevans.com.

About Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Center (SRPMIC) is a sovereign tribe located in the metropolitan Phoenix area. Established by Executive Order on June 14, 1879, the Community operates as a full-service government and oversees departments, programs, projects and facilities. The Community is located in Maricopa County and is bounded by the cities of Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa and Fountain Hills. The Community encompasses 52,600 acres, with 19,000 held as a natural preserve.

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Each year, these awards honor the extensive planning efforts, initiatives, and individuals working to make healthier and stronger communities.

 

“The communities of Wichita and Westport are reprioritizing people,” said Graham Smith, Associate Principal at Gould Evans. “Both plans help establish people-centric areas within existing neighborhoods. They focus on public space design and development to create and protect walkable, human-scaled places. Our partners are improving quality of life in their communities — and we’re proud to collaborate with them in that process.”

The Westport District Master Plan is a neighborhood plan led by the Kansas City Planning Studio of Gould Evans and supported by the Westport Regional Business League, Historic Kansas City, and the City of Kansas City, Missouri. The Westport neighborhood is an attractive place for businesses and new residents seeking an urban, walkable environment. The Westport District Master Plan was the first plan in nearly 50 years to provide more definition and specifics of what this historic neighborhood needs to encourage future development, preserve its pedestrian-friendly character, and continue to thrive as the most authentically walkable area of Kansas City.

In partnership with the Wichita-Sedgwick County Metropolitan Area Planning Department, The Wichita: Places for People Plan won the APA Kansas Outstanding Plan Award for its study of key areas of potential redevelopment, along with opportunities to provide more walkable communities through infill development. The comprehensive plan identifies significant neighborhood development areas that can provide sizable impact to the community.

Gould Evans accepted these awards on October 10 at the 2019 APA Quad State Conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Gould Evans planning team members Dennis Strait and Abby Kinney also presented Productive Neighborhoods: Doing the Math to Uncover Hidden Realities in Our Communities, focused on the fiscal sustainability of cities and neighborhoods, at the conference on October 11.

For more information, see the client spotlights with Kim Kimbrough on the Westport District Master Plan and Mary Hunt on the Wichita: Places for People Plan.

 

Image From left: Dennis Strait, Principal at Gould Evans; Diane Binckley, Deputy Director of City Planning and Development at the City of Kansas City, Missouri; Abby Kinney, urban designer at Gould Evans; and Jeffrey Williams, Director of City Planning and Development at the City of Kansas City, Missouri, accepted the 2019 Outstanding Plan Award for the Westport District Master Plan at the APA Quad State Conference on October 10, 2019.

About Gould Evans Gould Evans believes that design enriches life and elevates the human spirit. We continue to rigorously reimagine our practice focusing our work on people and place, innovations and outcomes. We strive to exceed client expectations, integrate symbiotically with the earth and the environment, and promote discovery and diversity. Learn more at gouldevans.com.

Gould Evans Media Contact Jessica Kleoppel 816.263.2636 jessica.kleoppel@gouldevans.com

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The award program’s overall mission is to increase awareness of outstanding architecture and to honor the architects, clients, contractors, and consultants who work together to improve the built environment.

“We’re honored to receive two Design Awards from AIA New Orleans this year,” said Robert Riccardi, Principal of Gould Evans. “Both projects challenged our team to craft meaningful solutions while working thoughtfully within the constraints of tight urban sites and unique building programs. These projects embody the kind of endeavors we love working on…great client partners, the need for creative problem solving and the potential for positive social impact."

The CrescentCare Community Health Center is a premier health and wellness facility offering a full spectrum of accessible care, with particular focus on marginalized and at-risk populations of New Orleans. Reinforcing the CrescentCare’s mission of “equitable healthcare for all”, this new facility was designed to bring the client’s entire offering of wellness care under one roof to create a “medical home” for all. The multi-level building supports a unique story within, where a clinic and a community center combine to offer resources not only for treatment, but also health education, preventative services and empowerment methods.

Dear Rampart will act as the home base and event space for Dear World, an organization committed to creating unforgettable experiences every time for every person using its process of bringing honest stories to light. Located on Rampart Street in the Central Business District, this new facility will create a flexible environment to house Dear World sessions, amplify its message and be a catalyst in building trust in people to tell their stories. Three historic buildings will be combined, respecting Historic District and Landmark Commission regulations on the exterior, but with a new modern ‘insert’ on the interior to house the various functions.

This year’s Design Jury, made up of members from AIA Baltimore, took particular interest in CrescentCare’s contextual response, introduction of daylight into the spaces, focus on patients, and its strong social justice story. With Dear Rampart, the jury noted the sensitivity applied to the reimagining of three properties, respecting the buildings’ perimeters while also offering a new program that transcends them and creates a soaring event space.

Gould Evans has received AIA New Orleans Design Awards in past years for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Tulane University’s Yulman Football Stadium and Hertz Basketball & Volleyball Practice Center. The studio also recently received a World Architecture and Design Award (WADA) for the Cheick Hamala Diabaté Institute for the Performing Arts.

About Gould Evans
Gould Evans believes that design enriches life and elevates the human spirit. We continue to rigorously reimagine our practice focusing our work on people and place, innovations and outcomes. We intend to exceed client expectations, integrate symbiotically with the earth and the environment, and expand our perspectives for an inclusivity that promises surprising discovery and diversity.  To learn more, visit www.gouldevans.com.

Gould Evans Media Contact
Megan Krtek
(816)701-5422
megan.krtek@gouldevans.com

 

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