WBA Project Featured in Casino Enterprise Management
The Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem is featured in the current issue of Casino Enterprise Management. Walsh Bishop Associates was the Interior Architect for this project and in the article, Design Principal Ed Wilms discusses the challenge of providing a design that incorporates the historical significance of the site (formerly the Bethlehem Steel Mill) yet has a modern and pliable tone for future development. The article can be read at:
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!
Another LEED AP at Walsh Bishop!
We are proud and excited to announce that Walsh Bishop Designer Lisa Monson passed her LEED-CI exam today! Congratulations Lisa!
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Two More LEED APs!
Walsh Bishop is excited to announce that we have two more LEED APs! Jocy Teske, Principal Design Manager and Ian Scott, Vice President and Design Principal, have both passed their exams. Congratulations to both!
Another LEED AP
Walsh Bishop is excited to announce that Design Principal Stephen Knowles has become a LEED-AP. Congratulations Stephen!
Certified Interior Designer
We are excited to announce that Walsh Bishop Senior Associate Doug Larson has achieved Certified Interior Designer (CID) status. Congratulations Doug!
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.
Another LEED AP!
Robb Jensen, a Design Manager and Associate at Walsh Bishop, has just passed his LEED exam! We are proud and excited to have another LEED AP on staff and continue to promote further accreditation firm-wide. Congratulations Robb!
