July 11, 201212 yr Imagine what $5M or $15M or $50M could do foe the orchestra or arr museum, too. Some high profile CLE donations in recent years have been $30M-$50M to hospitals... Arts organizations like CIA need it much more....
July 11, 201212 yr ^FWIW, the Orchestra and Art Museum have pulled in some 8 figure contributions in recent years, but yeah, I always a need for more to keep the quality top shelf. Great news. The story also has a rendering that I don't think we've seen before: http://media.cleveland.com/architecture/photo/perspectives-south-7-27jpg-8d6702a31bdaf4c4.jpg I was pretty bummed when the design commission was pulled from MVRDV, but this rendering is making me feel a little better about the newer design. Seems like the quality, color and opacity of those facade panels are going to matter a whole lot.
July 11, 201212 yr Is that purple brick? Strap, I was also bummed when they pulled MVRDV. Anyways, the new design seems really uninspiring. Especially under the great architecture of the neighborhood, and looking at the work this firm has produced, I just can't get excited about it. http://www.stantec.com/default.htm
July 11, 201212 yr Two thoughts: On the building- Viva le 50's! Can we count this as revivalism? On the firm: I hate how architects bog down their pages with too much Flash BS, so that flipping through their projects takes forever. Seriously architects, just show me the portfolio.
July 11, 201212 yr ^When done right, I think modern facade paneling systems look much, much better than the 1950s/60s/70s version, and recent designers have been a lot more creative composing color/geometry patterns with them, but yeah, I guess the comparison is unavoidable. And there's no guarantee they'll do this right. I don't know the inside story, but always seemd odd to me that CIA went from one extreme to the other, from avant designy wunkerkind firm to uber-bland, horizontally integrated, corporate firm. One other note: if they're naming it after PBL, it does sound as though the movie theater (future home of Cinemateque, presumably) will be prominent and designed with public viewing in mind, which should be a big improvement for local cinephiles. Hopefully there will be some kind of external markings to advertsie this great amenity.
July 11, 201212 yr Not digging the blue brick. That entire rear entrance is reading a little Club Cleveland to me (3219 Detroit Avenue). And that's not a good thing.
July 11, 201212 yr Not digging the blue brick. That entire rear entrance is reading a little Club Cleveland to me (3219 Detroit Avenue). And that's not a good thing. Okay. You've just ruined this project for me! Club Cleveland if you haven't seen it is an all time architectural low point. The purple brick is tacky beyond belief.
July 11, 201212 yr Ha, good call 8shades on the comparison to Club Cleveland, though the CIA project mercifully relegates that portion to the rear. http://goo.gl/maps/zk53
July 13, 201212 yr Where is the current Gund building that will be up for sale once this building is complete? Is it in a good spot for a residential building?
July 13, 201212 yr ^It is on East Blvd. across the street form the art museum and next to the CWRU law school.
July 13, 201212 yr Yeah, and its one hideous building! Cant wait to see it torn down! http://goo.gl/maps/CAiK It will open up a large 4.43 acres plot of land for development.
July 13, 201212 yr And I do believe aside from traffic right there (which is all over UC) that would be a good spot for mixed use/residential...view of the lagoon and such :D
July 13, 201212 yr And I do believe aside from traffic right there (which is all over UC) that would be a good spot for mixed use/residential...view of the lagoon and such :D I havent noticed any traffic over there anytime Im there. Maybe its worse during rush hour, but I think ive been around there then too. And yes, residential mixed use would be great there. University Circle is already awesome and keeps on getting better. There is so much potential there.
July 13, 201212 yr Yeah, and its one hideous building! Cant wait to see it torn down! http://goo.gl/maps/CAiK It will open up a large 4.43 acres plot of land for development. Zooming out a couple of levels and scanning to the left shows a pretty good view of the museum construction progress from June
July 16, 201212 yr Google maps - have noticed many very recent aerial map updates in CLE area... The latest roll-out is from mid June for the CLE region
August 26, 201212 yr did not see this video of CIA expansion posted... an extended version from channel 5... http://news.yahoo.com/video/clevelandwews-20910953/cleveland-institute-of-art-gift-extended-29954497.html
August 31, 201212 yr August is now almost histroy. Does anybody know if the CIA Board voted to schedule groundbreaking on the addition as mentioned in the news article announcing the Peter Lewis gift? I have not seen any news reports.
September 9, 201212 yr CIA has a new website and contains this statement on the Phase II on the Campus UNification page... "Phase II—the construction of a new 91,000-square-foot building immediately west of and fully interconnected to the McCullough building on Euclid Avenue—will begin by the end of 2012. " http://www.cia.edu/student-life/our-campus/campus-unification
February 12, 201312 yr Bit dated, but good news for the expansion efforts! Cleveland Institute of Art will sell its East Boulevard site to Cleveland Museum of Art, CWRU By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer January 14, 2013 CLEVELAND, Ohio -- In a deal with big implications for the future of University Circle, the Cleveland Institute of Art is selling its valuable, 4.1-acre property on East Boulevard to the Cleveland Museum of Art and Case Western Reserve University for $9.2 million. Money from the sale will trigger completion of the $66.2 million expansion and renovation of the art institute’s Joseph McCullough Center for the Visual Arts at the nearby Uptown development, which the art college co-anchors with the new home of the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland ... ... More available at http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2013/01/the_cleveland_institute_of_art_1.html
February 12, 201312 yr The above was also posted and discussed starting here..... http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,2977.msg658603.html#msg658603 "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 14, 201311 yr Finally! http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/bza/agenda/2013/crr09-30-2013.pdf Board of Zoning Appeals September 30, 2013 9:30 Ward 9 Calendar No. 13-200: 11610 Euclid Avenue Kevin Conwell The Cleveland Institute of Art, owner, appeals to construct a new addition to the Joseph McCullough Center for the Arts on an acreage parcel located in a C4 General Retail Business District; requiring 137 accessory off-street parking spaces as calculated for colleges and universities and auditoriums pursuant to Sections 349.04© and (d) that require one parking space for each two employees, plus one for each ten seats in a classroom based on planned classroom capacity; one for each six seats or a total parking area equal to three times the gross floor area, whichever is greater. No additional parking spaces are proposed at the time of review for the project plan by the Zoning Section in the Cleveland Department of Building and Housing. (Filed 9-4-13) "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 16, 201311 yr Finally! ... require one parking space for each two employees, plus one for each ten seats in a classroom based on planned classroom capacity; one for each six seats or a total parking area equal to three times the gross floor area, whichever is greater. Yowza! Am I reading that correctly? As a university, without variance, you have to expand parking square footage three-fold of any new building square-footage?? Talk about a density killer.
February 12, 201411 yr Oh wow, you guys been holding out! I didn't know this thing had made so much progress.
February 12, 201411 yr thats insane! i didnt even know they broke ground on it, let alone gone this far. keep up with the pics!
February 12, 201411 yr Thanks for the pics - I haven't made it over that way recently so it's good to know it's coming along. clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
March 3, 201411 yr Not much here physically, just the beginning stages of the new Cinematheque... This, along w/ W 67th's Near West Theater, have to be the most important new-build neighborhood assets going on right now. (NWT just started digging Friday)
March 3, 201411 yr Not much here physically, just the beginning stages of the new Cinematheque... This, along w/ W 67th's Near West Theater, have to be the most important new-build neighborhood assets going on right now. (NWT just started digging Friday) Friday? Ahem.... http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,653.msg696702.html#msg696702 "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 4, 201411 yr ^Oops didnt see that I was going off their facebook page that mentions digging for a week til Mar 8 https://www.facebook.com/NearWestTheatre
March 18, 201411 yr One more level up. https://www.instagram.com/cle_and_beyond/https://www.instagram.com/jbkaufer/
March 18, 201411 yr Does any one know if the part that use to have the glass wall is going to be made into an atrium/light well of some sort? Or are the windows going to be removed and merged into a new interior floor plan?
March 18, 201411 yr Wow -- they're building fast! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
March 18, 201411 yr yeah its going up fast. a slight detour over to Constantinos today to see how the Cinematheque was progressing...
April 9, 201411 yr Steven Litt @steven_litt 5h Construction for expansion well under way at @cleinstituteart @inthecircle pic.twitter.com/v29E9rbd2x "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 9, 201410 yr How are some of these magically appearing in 'completed projects' again. Weird. And just for reference here is a render as I had forgotten what the final design would look like considering all the changes this thing has been through. Also thnx Clueless for all of your various updates. And for using a REAL camera!
October 9, 201410 yr ^ Liking how this is looking, except for the purple. CLE could always use some more color, but I am not digging purple, ever.
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