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When hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans 15 years ago this month, the site where the Louisiana Children’s Museum (LCM) (@louisianakids) now sits was under several feet of water. Back then, the museum was housed in a brick building in the Warehouse District. “The idea to move was not because of a plan to expand. It was motivated by a need for the city and state to invest in children differently,” says LCM CEO Julia Bland, whose mission for the museum went beyond entertaining children for a few hours. ⁠ ⁠ LCM engaged Seattle-based architecture firm @mithun_design, which includes a landscape architecture practice, to negotiate the 8.4-acre site, located within the world’s largest grove of live oaks, in City Park. The museum’s new 54,600-square-foot home is spread out between two linked two-story structures that were carefully sited to protect the oaks while enhancing the nearby lagoon.⁠ A diatom-shaped bridge over the lagoon features a fog sculpture by artist Fujiko Nakaya. ⁠ Read the story from our August issue at the link in our bio. Text by @josephineminutillo_, photo © @k7scott⁠ .⁠ ..⁠ ...⁠ ..⁠ .⁠ #landscapearchitecture #museumdesign #neworleans #architecturephotography

Posted: 08.11.2020

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Congratulations to our own Lake Lewis for receiving the Judge’s Commendation in the 2020 AIA National Architectural Photography Competition! The photograph is entitled “Dinner” and captures the “Bed Sitting Rooms for an Artist in Residence” installation by Allan Wexler at the Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh, PA. 📷: Lake Lewis

Posted: 08.06.2020

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Child’s Play: @archrecordmag explores the integrated building and landscape design of Louisiana Children's Museum (LCM) in New Orleans City Park. Visitors meander among live oaks, fog and wetlands in this hands-on learning environment. “We wanted it to be more welcoming, more beautiful, more inclusive,” says LCM CEO Julia Bland. Read the story: https://bit.ly/39UXncm (clickable link in bio) 📷: @k7scott

Posted: 08.05.2020