Friday, May 04, 2007
USI Trustees select architect for University Center expansion
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In the regular meeting of the University of Southern Indiana Board of Trustees on Friday, May 4, 2007, the Trustees approved the recommendation of the Board’s Construction Committee to have the architectural firm of Holzman Moss Architecture design the University Center expansion and renovation project. The project will include design of the space occupied by the library before construction of the current Rice Library. Holzman Moss Architecture of New York will collaborate with the local firm of Hafer and Associates of Evansville. The New York firm is known for its pioneering use of stone by the firm’s principal Malcolm Holzman, who has been an innovator in the use of stone for decades. The Trustees were told Holzman is an accomplished architect with more than 100 building projects completed over the course of his professional career. Indiana projects he has worked on include the Mt. Healthy School and the Columbus Occupational Health Center in Columbus, Indiana, and the Marie P. DeBartolo Center for the Performing Arts on the University of Notre Dame campus. He served on the planning study for the Fort Wayne Museum of Art in Fort Wayne. The firm designed the Student Union Building at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, among other university buildings across the nation. In 2001 Holzman was the recipient of the first James Daniel Bybee Prize from the Building Stone Institute, which recognizes a body of work over a sustained period of time distinguished by excellence in design. He was honored especially for his work with Indiana limestone. His advocacy of architectural excellence extends to education and publications alike. In 1992 he became the first John R. Emens Distinguished Professor of Architecture at Ball State University. He has held similar faculty positions at City College of New York/CUNY, Syracuse University, University of Texas at Austin, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and others. As a writer, Holzman has been the American contributor to the Art Book and a member of the editorial board of the Mac Journal of the Mackintosh School of Architecture in Glasgow, Scotland, in addition to numerous articles for various national publications. He has completed commissions in 25 states, which represent some of this country’s most notable architecture. His work shows a diversity of design solutions, reflecting a wide range of building types and the application of materials unique to the region of each project. In other business, the Trustees passed a resolution of appreciation for Lauren C. Fultz of Seymour, Indiana. She is the student trustee on the board and will graduate summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in tomorrow’s Commencement ceremony. During her tenure on the board Fultz served as secretary and a member of the Long Range Planning Committee. She is the 11th student to have served on the USI Board of Trustees. |
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