Now Open: The Museum of the American Revolution

The Museum of the American Revolution is now open in Philadelphia. OLIN collaborated with museum designer Robert A.M. Stern Architects, leading the design of the museum’s entry plaza, streetscape, and café terrace.  The grand opening coincided with the 242nd anniversary of the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World,” which marked the start of the Revolutionary War. Click here for more information on the museum’s landscape design. 

More coverage: 
"Grand Opening for Museum of the American Revolution," 6ABC News
"Museum of the American Revolution Opens in Philadelphia," Philly.com
"A New Museum of the American Revolution, Warts and All," The New York Times

The Hills at Vallco wins MIPIM Future Project Award

The Hills at Vallco recently won a MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project Award for Mixed Use Development in Cannes, France. The winners of the 16th AR MIPIM Future Project Awards were announced during the largest gathering of architects at MIPIM in Cannes.

The architectural industry elite came together from across the globe for a night of unrivaled networking and celebration of the world’s best future designs. The awards are a celebration of architectural excellence in unbuilt or forthcoming projects spanning 11 categories. All entries were assessed by an international jury chaired by Paul Finch, Editorial Director, The Architectural Review & The Architects’ Journal.

More coverage: 
"Cupertino: Unbuilt Hills at Vallco project receives architectural award," The Mercury-News
"Winners of the 2017 Architectural Review MIPIM Future Project Awards Announced," Arch Daily

OLIN on Finalist Team for UK Holocaust Memorial Competition

The finalist entries for the UK Holocaust Memorial have been released online and are on exhibit in London. The exhibit is the culmination of an international design competition to design a memorial to the Jewish Holocaust, accompanied by a learning center.  The memorial will be a new gathering place that will serve as a lasting testament to the victims and survivors of one of the darkest hours in world history.  It is intended to remind us of the fragility of humanity's conscience and to heighten awareness that all our actions in some way promote, create, or allow the events of the past and those taking place in our global community today.

The memorial will be located in Victoria Tower Gardens, one of London's Royal Parks, on the bank of the River Thames, adjacent to the Houses of Parliament.  OLIN is the landscape architect on the team led by Allied Works Architecture. The team’s scheme lifts and folds the landscape in the form of a tallit, or prayer shawl, creating a powerful memorial space below it, and leading to the learning center beneath the park.  The biodiversity of the meadow that envelops the memorial symbolizes the human diversity we seek in society.  Together the annual rebirth of the meadow, and the adjacent children's  play area and garden represent the great hope of humanity: our children.