The notion of designing a history museum for the 21st century is a bit of an ironic endeavor for an architect. It is impossible to design a history museum without developing a philosophical perspective about the meaning of new architecture in the context of the history of human culture. Most architects trained in the Modernist/Bauhaus tradition are taught to ignore history and to allow functional concerns and new technologies to drive each architectural effort to be a revolutionary statement capturing the spirit of the age. By contrast, most historians see history as a continuum: more evolution than revolution. In architectural terms ‘21st century history museum’ is an oxymoron. In the case of all of our History Museum designs, the major challenge is to incorporate the history-based mission of the institution with the needs of a 21st century building serving 21st century audiences.
The following is a selection of our history museum projects:
Texas State History Museum
Austin, TexasArchitect for new building
Cincinnati Museum Center
Cincinnati, OhioDesign Architect for renovated and expanded building
Public Museum of Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, MichiganDesign architect for new building
National Infantry Museum
Columbus, GeorgiaArchitect for new building
Tampa Bay History Center
Tampa, FloridaArchitect for new building
World Golf Hall of Fame
St. Augustine, FloridaArchitect for new building
Hong Kong Museum of History
Hong Kong, ChinaPlanning and Conceptual Design
Kalamazoo Valley Museum
Kalamazoo, MichiganDesign architect for new building
Tubman African American Museum
Macon, GeorgiaArchitect for new building
National Museum of the Civil War Soldier
Petersburg, VirginiaArchitect for new building
NASCAR Hall of Fame
Atlanta, GeorgiaPlanning and Conceptual Design
River Heritage Center
Paducah, KentuckyPlanning and Conceptual Design
South Carolina State Museum
Columbia, South CarolinaPlanning and Conceptual Design
Dusable Museum of African American History
Chicago, IllinoisPlanning and Conceptual Design
USS Constitution Museum
Charlestown, MassachussettsArchitect for renovated and expanded buildings
