Riverview Towers Lobby Renovation - Testimonial
“Walsh Bishop was able to capture the essence of what we wanted. They promptly translated our ideas into a beautifully executed series of renderings that looked as if they had been prepared for a much more costly project. They have been sensitive to our need to work with a relatively modest budget and I am confident that we will have the most welcoming and quietly elegant lobby possible as a result of their creative flair and enthusiasm.”
Twenty Five Years!
Happy 25 year Anniversary Walsh Bishop Associates!
October 1st was the 25 year anniversary of the founding of Walsh Bishop Associates. A celebratory lunch was thrown at the Bulldog NE in Minneapolis where we enjoyed an emotional speech by founder/CEO Dennis Walsh and then shared a relaxed lunch and beverages. Walsh Bishop looks forward to the next 25 years of providing design excellence and innovation to our clients.
WBA Annual Golf Outing
On Friday, Walsh Bishop employee-owners braved a chilly rain during what has become a favorite Fall tradition, our annual golf outing. This year we played the beautiful course at Theodore Wirth Park and our game included such fun contests as the shortest drive, the most balls lost and the best and worst team attire. After golfing, we returned to the office for a barbecue dinner and despite the uncooperative weather, a great time was had by all!
Jodie Maruska to Present at Midwest Conference of ESOP Champions
On September 24, Walsh Bishop’s Jodie Maruska will lead a round table discussion on the topic of “October Ownership Month Activities” at the Midwest Conference of ESOP Champions. The Conference encompasses the Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa Chapters of the ESOP Association and will cover a variety of ESOP-specific topics over two days in Bloomington, MN. Jodie is presenting with Sheryl Neuman of Toll Companies and Betty Bollis of Amerequip and promises a fun and energetic discussion on ways to promote your ESOP during October’s ownership month. Walsh Bishop became a 100% ESOP company on January 1, 2008.
Cultural Fabrication: Grasping an Essence with Surrogate Hands
On Saturday July 25, Walsh Bishop Design Principal Stephen Knowles presented a lecture at Taliesin - The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Entitled “Cultural Fabrication: Grasping an Essence with Surrogate Hands”, the lecture was part of the 2009 Summer Taliesin Lecture Series that also features Kostas Terzidis and Michael P. Johnson.
Stephen’s presentation came out of an architectural journey that started with a desire to build edifices, from concepts, for cultures to grow in and around. Recognizing that the architect can only design around the materials he or she can utilize, the mind-hand-tool process of drawings, modeling, calculations and prototypes is an opportunity to experiment with concepts, geometry, matter and execution. The ultimate goal is to understand building culture by investigating, imagining and discussing the capacity of materials, assemblies and routines that diverge from contemporary building practices.
RAVE Awards Celebrate Residential Design
Walsh Bishop Design Principal Ed Wilms will lead a tour of the Ivy Hotel and Residence as part of the 2009 Residential Architects Vision and Excellence (RAVE) Awards being held on June 25. The RAVE Program was created by AIA Minnesota and Mpls-St. Paul Magazine to recognize excellence in residential design and raise awareness of the benefits of using an architect. This year’s awards take place at the Ivy, for which Walsh Bishop was architect, and include a special presentation on historical preservation. During the tour Ed will discuss our approach to this ambitious mixed-use development that incorporated an original 1930’s neo-Gothic building on a site of less than one-half acre. The project was largely completed in 2008 and includes a hotel, restaurant, health club and spa and residential condominiums.
Walsh Bishop extends it’s congratulations to the honorees of this year’s RAVE Awards!
Walsh Bishop is Moving!
Walsh Bishop is excited to announce that on May 29, 2009 we will be moving from our current location in the Oracle Building into our new office located in the North Loop neighborhood! Our new address will be:
900 North 3rd Street
Minneapolis MN 55401
All direct dial telephone numbers and email addresses will remain the same. Our general office telephone number of 612.338.8799 will also remain unchanged.
Watch this website for further updates!
Earth Day 2009
It’s that time of the year again! The 2009 Minneapolis Earth Day Watershed Clean Up is taking place on April 18 and Walsh Bishop will continue it’s history of participating in this fun and important activity with what we hope is a large team of WBA staff, family and friends! The LEAP Task Team is coordinating this event for the fourth year in a row and we hope to have some fun, help our community and set a good example of environmental stewardship. This year we will also be wearing blue in support of Architecture 2030’s “Two-Years, Nine-Millions Jobs” initiative. Go to www.2030architecture.com for more information on this important plan to add jobs and grow the economy by investing in the building industry.
Excellence in Concrete and Masonry
On Saturday February 21, Troy Goetz represented Walsh Bishop at the 27th Annual Minnesota Concrete & Masonry Contractor’s Association Excellence in Concrete & Masonry Design & Construction Awards Banquet. Northland Concrete & Masonry took home two awards for projects on which Walsh Bishop was the Architect. The Ivy Tower Hotel/Condos in Minneapolis won in the “Concrete-Structural” category and the Hilton Hotel in Bloomington won in the “Commercial-Set Stone” category. Congratulations Northland Concrete & Masonry!
Walsh Bishop takes top honors at G2E’s Casino Design Awards!
What a better way to kick off this year’s Global Gaming Expo than to be honored with 3 of this year’s Casino Design Awards, including 2008 Architectural Firm of the Year!
Walsh Bishop also took home Best Architectural Design for a Casino Resort Under $200M, for Turtle Creek Casino & Hotel, in Williamsburg, MI, and Best Lighting Design for a Casino Resort, for Black Bear Casino Resort, in Carlton, MN. The winning projects were announced at yesterday’s awards luncheon at G2E in Las Vegas.
Be sure to visit us in booth 511 and learn more about these award-winning projects!
