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Urban Wilderness Gateway Park public meeting scheduled for September 18th.
An Urban Wilderness Gateway Park public meeting is scheduled from 6-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, at South-Doyle Middle School Library, 3900 Decatur Drive.
City officials, the Urban Wilderness Gateway Park design team (Vaughn and Melton Consulting Engineers, Port Urbanism, Equinox, Sanders Pace Architecture, Gresham Smith and Partners), and community stakeholders will be in attendance.
The design team for the Urban Wilderness Gateway Park project will present revised concepts based on feedback gathered through online surveys, a series of small group meetings with neighborhoods and community members, and the Public Input Exhibition and Block Party held in June 2018.
The gateway project is a $10 million City investment to create a linear park connection from downtown’s Morningside Park to South Knoxville, serving as an adventure portal into the Urban Wilderness. The project was made possible by Gov. Bill Haslam and the Tennessee Department of Transportation deeding the state property to the City for public use.
Like other projects throughout the 1,000-acre Urban Wilderness, the gateway park will reflect the community and its natural, historic, recreational and environmental assets.
The upcoming public meeting will share the results of the community-guided process to create a framework, vision and concept report as well as a phasing plan.
Learn more about the project by accessing the City’s Urban Wilderness Gateway Park page HERE.
Sanders Pace Architecture receives Merit Award at the annual AIA Tennessee Design Awards Gala.
The McIlwaine Friendship Pavilion on the campus of the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture received a Merit Award from the Tennessee chapter of the American Institute of Architects at the annual Design Awards Gala in Franklin, Tennessee. Located at the heart of the UT Gardens, the project is the first official outdoor classroom on the University of Tennessee campus. The pavilion provides a fitting setting for educational and cultural events while also serving as a much needed revenue source funding research and community outreach initiatives which are at the core of the mission of the UT Gardens.
The jury appreciated the analytical nature of the project which led to a careful, thoughtful, exquisitely detailed solution.
Urban Wilderness Gateway Park Block Party
The City of Knoxville held a block party event at the terminus of the James White Parkway to solicit input on the future of the area. A design team led by Sanders Pace Architecture and PORT Urbanism is working on the project with Phase 1 including a $10 million investment in infrastructure and amenities at what will become the main entry into Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness.
You can learn more about the project and the party at these links:
WBIR
City of Knoxville wants community input on Urban Wilderness
Inside of Knoxville
Knoxville throws a Block Party at future Urban Wilderness Gateway Park
The Knoxville Battlefield Loop project received honors at the annual TN ASLA Gala in Nashville. The project provides a comprehensive framework for the future development of a collection of significant cultural and historical sites located just 2 miles from downtown Knoxville. The first construction project to be implemented, the entrance to Augusta Quarry at Fort Dickerson Park, was recently approved by the City Council and will start construction this summer.
Brandon Pace receives Tau Sigma Delta Silver Medal at University of Tennessee 2o18 Awards Ceremony.
Brandon Pace was selected as the 2018 recipient of the Tau Sigma Delta Silver Medal, joining former Dean Bill Lacy and iconic professor Stroud Watson as recipients of the honor. The Silver Medal is awarded by chapters to a Professional with a record of distinction in design in the field of Architecture, Landscape Architecture or the Allied Arts.
Sanders Pace wins 2 awards at AIA East Tennessee Design Awards Gala
Sanders Pace Architecture received 2 awards at the annual gala. the Historic Ely Building project received an Award of Merit while the Pembroke Downtown Loft project received a Citation Award. Very proud of our team and these two projects.
Sanders Pace Architecture receives Community Impact Award
The City of Knoxville honored Sanders Pace Architecture with the Community Impact award during the 2018 Equity Awards breakfast which celebrates the local partners and projects that contribute to the city’s mission to revitalize low and moderate income communities and strengthen all neighborhoods. We’re thank Mayor Rogero and the Community Development Department for their support for important work happening in these inner city neighborhoods.
Read more about the honorees by clicking HERE.
John Sanders elevated to Fellowship in the American Institute of Architects.
The 2018 Jury of Fellows elevated 152 AIA members and two international architects to its prestigious College of Fellows for achieving a standard of excellence in the profession. The investiture ceremony will take place this summer in New York City as part of the annual AIA Conference on Architecture. Congratulations John on this well deserved honor!
For more information and to learn more about the others elevated check the February 23 issue of AIA Architect linked HERE.
Our Press Room project is featured on the Inside of Knoxville blog today. The project is an adaptive reuse of the 1925 Dewine Building in the historic Fourth and Gill neighborhood which will open as an event space and catering kitchen in March. Read more about the project HERE.
Press Room Rendering
Our Historic Ely Building project was a featured Houzz Tour on www.houzz.com. Click the link below to read the article or link to our own website post HERE.
“Houzz Tour: New Design Complements Historic Charm in Tennessee”
