Mainebiz & Portland Museum of Art - Wed May 22, 2024
Portland, Maine, Approves Plan to Demolish Building for $100M Museum Expansion
In a low-key climax to an often-heated, months-long public debate, the Portland City Council on May 20 removed a downtown building's historic designation — and along with it a major obstacle to the Portland Museum of Art's (PMA) planned $100 million expansion in Maine's largest city....
Liebherr - Mon April 29, 2024
Lifting Off in Los Angeles With Liebherr Cranes
Simulating a real-life launch position, Bragg Companies utilized multiple Liebherr cranes to stack all flight certified components of the 20-story Endeavour space shuttle at the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center within the California Science Center....
WAAY-TV & CEG - Wed April 17, 2024
New Rocket Park at Huntsville, Ala.'s Space Program Museum Nearing Completion
It is springtime, and for many of us, the warm weather turns our thoughts to gardening, planting, cultivating and renewing our surroundings. The same tasks are happening right now at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, a popular museum in Huntsville, Ala., although its plantings are considerably taller....
WFMZ-TV - Mon May 15, 2023
Final Beam Hoisted Into Place Atop Downtown Allentown, Pa.'s Da Vinci Science Center
Construction crews topped off another major milestone in the construction of the new Da Vinci Science Center at PPL Pavilion on May 9 in downtown Allentown, Pa. Museum trustees, staff, elected officials, donors, partners and community members came together to watch the placement of the final steel beam on the structure, WFMZ-TV in Allentown reported....
Shelburne Museum & The Architect’s Newspaper - Thu May 11, 2023
Vermont's Shelburne Museum Chooses Designer for Native American Art Center
Vermont's Shelburne Museum, the largest art and history museum in northern New England, announced May 8 that it had chosen Adjaye Associates, an internationally acclaimed architecture studio to design the museum's new Perry Center for Native American Art....
The Architect’s Newspaper & CEG - Tue January 31, 2023
New Expansion of Greenwich, Conn.'s Bruce Museum Nearing Spring 2023 Finish
The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Conn., is on course to complete construction of its three-story, 43,000-sq.ft. addition in the spring. The new space at the renowned natural history and art gallery will feature the William L....
Bustler.net & Maine Monitor - Tue January 17, 2023
Portland, Maine's $100M Art Museum Expansion to Utilize Mass Timber
A Portland, Ore., design firm has been chosen to create the expansion of the Portland Museum of Art (PMA) all the way across the country in Maine's largest city. LEVER Architecture recently was named the winner in the much-heralded international competition to design the $100 million project that will add approximately 60,000 sq....
WCBD-TV - Thu November 03, 2022
Plans Unveiled for Patriots Point Annex Development Near S.C.'s Charleston Harbor
A 15-year project began Oct. 20 to bring new business to the Charleston, S.C., suburb of Mount Pleasant and money to the Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum located there. Although the construction will not officially get under way until 2023, the Patriots Point Development Authority Board and Bennett Hospitality hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of a five-phase effort....
Middletown Press - Tue November 01, 2022
Old Stamford, Conn., Telescope Removed to Make Way for New Planetarium
Once described as "a wonder of the space age," a telescope that served as the centerpiece of the Stamford Observatory in Connecticut for the last 57 years was moved so that a new planetarium can be built at the site....
Staunton News Leader & VMNH - Thu September 01, 2022
Waynesboro Branch of Virginia Museum of Natural History to Be Built in 2024
The Virginia Museum of Natural History (VMNH) in Martinsville, Va., announced that a second campus will be constructed in Waynesboro, Va., beginning in 2024, the Staunton News Leader reported Aug. 29. A news release from the museum noted that the Waynesboro campus currently is in its design phase, with updated drawings planned for release late this year, followed by design completion in 2023, and a tentative groundbreaking the following year....
