Two area landmarks make ‘Most Endangered’ list
This year’s list compiled by Indiana Landmarks includes the Taggart Memorial at Riverside Park in Indianapolis and a portion of historic downtown Greenwood.
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Rethinking Monument Circle in Indianapolis
IBJ gathered advice from local and national experts about what should be done to improve the city’s most prominent public space and where Indianapolis should look for inspiration.
Local architectural firm Woollen Molzan disbands
The venerable Indianapolis architectural firm that designed many of the city's most recognizable buildings—including the Minton-Capehart Federal Building—has closed and two of its leaders have joined a local competitor.
Insurance agency revives plans for downtown building
McGowan Insurance Group plans to build a $2.75 million, 19,000-square-foot building at 355 Indiana Avenue.
Sanford Garner one of 11 recipients of national young architects award
The award, given to architects licensed less than 10 years, will be presented at the AIA National Convention and Design Exposition in New Orleans.
Broad Ripple raising money to preserve historic buildings
A movement to protect historic buildings in Broad Ripple could target as many as 60 properties.
Fix-up list is long as Indianapolis prepares for 2012 Super Bowl
Plenty of opportunities await city officials bent on making downtown shine for the massive event.
Ratio Architects acquires North Carolina firm
Ratio Architects Inc., the area’s fourth-largest architectural firm, has acquired Cherry Huffman Architects in Raleigh, N.C.
Art museum closing design-centered gift shop
The Indianapolis Museum of Art will close its design-centered gift shop next year to make way for a display about the Miller house and gardens in Columbus, Ind.
State pushing to keep building-review wait times down
Wait times in the plan-review process for non-residential projects increased dramatically this year, creating a backlog of cases.
Builder’s lakeside home defies rustic expectations
Sparse interiors, vast windows and thoughtfully placed artwork define the look and feel of the Sundstrom home. Their minimalist approach gives top billing to the view and natural surroundings that originally persuaded the couple to relocate.
Federal courthouse in Indianapolis slated for green roof
Plants atop the Birch Bayh Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse are expected to cut costs in long run.
Tired-but-proud school buildings find new missions
More unneeded buildings are slated to be sold off by Indianapolis Public Schools, but creative people have turned other former schools into reuse gems.
New outlook for a decrepit city neighborhood
Just a few minutes northeast of vibrant Monument Circle lurks the most notorious graveyard of Indianapolis’ industrial heyday—at least 70 of the city’s 500 brownfields. Now planners and developers aspire to revitalize the most contaminated neighborhood in Indianapolis into a success story.
Couple makes home in Ulen mansion built by town’s founder
The talk of the town back in 1929, the Mediterranean-style house at 118 Ulen Blvd. is now simply home for husband and wife
Gary Katona and Jennifer Jones-Katona, former Indianapolis city dwellers who retreated to the quiet “town within a town”
15 years ago.
Secretary of state candidate leaves architectural firm
Vop Osili of Indianapolis-based A2SO4 is focusing full time on his run for secretary of state as the Democratic candidate.
CSO Architects plans new headquarters in former Bally’s gym
The 24,000-square-foot former fitness facility at 8831 Keystone Crossing is vacant and falling into disrepair.
Ivy Tech set to break ground on new downtown building
Ivy Tech Community College is set to start new construction at a former hospital site next to its downtown Indianapolis campus.
Glick Eye Institute designed to mesh architectural styles, ophthalmology researchers
The new home for the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute that’s rising from the ground at IUPUI must do a lot
of things well.
MOUNAYAR: Indianapolis should rediscover public spaces
Too few of the city's revitalization projects are connected by attractive sidewalks, streets, gardens and plazas.