Best Landscape/Hardscape/Urban Development Project: Green Space Meets A Downtown Square
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
Photo by Timothy Hursley
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
Photo by Timothy Hursley
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
Photo courtesy of Buro Happold
City, parish and federal transit authority funds financed the $7.1-million Phase 1 project.
Phase 2 will reconfigure adjacent roadways in the area, funded by $1.9 million in leveraged federal dollars through the Louisiana Dept. of Transportation and Development.
"The refocusing of the downtown area is a new trend, an effort to try to bring people back downtown," Kirkpatrick says.
Key Players
Owner: City of Baton Rouge, La.
General Contractor: Arrighi Construction, Baton Rouge, La.
Lead Design: Brown+Danos & Joseph Furr, JV Inc., Baton Rouge, La.
Civil: ABMB Engineers Inc., Baton Rouge, La.
Structural: LBYD Engineers, Birmingham, Ala.
MEP: Apex Engineering Corp., Baton Rouge, La.
Submitted by Arrighi Construction
