Obama Presidential Center Building in Chicago, Architects, Winner, American Architecture
Obama Presidential Center in Chicago
Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects Partners – TWBTA Winning Architecture Practice
Feb 1, 2017
Landscape Architect Selected for Obama Presidential Center Building, Chicago
Location: Southside, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Obama Foundation Announces Landscape Architect for Obama Presidential Center
Chicago, IL ? the Obama Foundation have announced the landscape architecture team for the Obama Presidential Center (OPC). Working with the OPC?s previously announced architects, Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects and InterActive Design Architects, a team comprised of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA), Site Design Group, and Living Habitats will serve as the project?s landscape architects. MVVA will lead the landscape architect team in partnership with Site Design Group and Living Habitats, two Chicago-based firms. MVVA has led the design for many award-winning civic projects including Maggie Daley Park in Chicago and Brooklyn Bridge Park in New York. Site Design Group is a minority-owned firm with a successful track record of working on Chicago Park District projects in neighborhoods across the city. Living Habitats is a women-owned firm with an abiding commitment to sustainable and environmentally-integrated design work.
David Simas, Chief Executive Officer of the Obama Foundation, said, ?We are thrilled to announce that MVVA, Site Design Grou...