Archimania
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archimania is collective of designers and architects founded in 1995 and located in downtown Memphis Tennessee’s South Main Historic Arts District. The group is led by Todd Walker, FAIA,[1] and Barry Alan Yoakum, FAIA.[2]
In 2006, the firm won the architectural design competition[3] for Conservation Hall at the Tennessee Governor's Mansion.[4] The addition is mostly underground, with as its centerpiece "a meeting room capable of seating 160 guests, more for receptions, backed by a glass-walled oval atrium and courtyard that opens to the sky and channels light through the space surrounding it." Many materials used in construction were reclaimed: the wood for a staircase came from 200-year old logs fallen to the bottom of the Tennessee River, and materials for floors were retrieved from old, local buildings, including barns.[5]
Notable projects
- Christ Community Medical Clinic, Memphis[6]
- GE5 townhouses, Memphis (2005)[7]
- Infiniti showroom, Memphis Airport (2007)[8]
- Residence, Memphis (2007)[9]
- Conservation Hall, Tennessee Governor's Mansion, Memphis (2009)[5]
- Habitat for Hope retreat, Shelby Forest, Tennessee (2010)[10]
References
- ^ Bailey, Jr., Tom (16 June 2009). "Innovative Memphis architect quite a fellow Walker joins select few with AIA honor". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ Weber, Cheryl (11 July 2008). "House Proud: What architects learn about their profession and themselves by designing their own abode". Architect Magazine. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "Architect Chosen for Conservation Hall Project". Tennessee.gov. 22 September 2006. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ Bailey, Jr., Tom (21 March 2010). "American Institute of Architects Memphis honors renovation, innovation". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ a b Locker, Richard (29 September 2009). "Memphians planned governor's mansion change: Architects envisioned underground spaces". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "Christ Community Medical Clinic, Memphis". Architectural Record. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ "GE5: A simple concrete masonry exterior blends the GE5 townhouses in with the surrounding historic industrial architecture". Architectural Record. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ Hart, Sara (May 2008). "parkit here". Architectural Record. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ Saieh, Nico. "SkyCottage / archimania". ArchDaily. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ Bailey, Jr., Tom (18 April 2010). "Habitat for Hope builds retreat in Shelby Forest". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved 7 May 2010.