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Sreenu Vaitla launches N G Architects
Sreenu Vaitla launches N G Architects, Interior Designer store at Jubille Hills.He showered praise on the N G Architects, Interior Designer.

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Fearing the planned $195 million sports arena near McCormick Place could be an architectural missed-shot, McPier officials today announced they have redrafted the search for architects in hopes of getting a better design for the project.

Jim Reilly, CEO of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authoritythe agency commonly nicknamed "McPier"said the original request for qualifications for architects was "pretty specific to firms who had experience with sports facilities." McPier's original conceptual drawings of the project appear with this post. The peak-roofed building in the center of the above image represents the arena.

Reilly said the new pitch is aimed at also getting top-drawer architects who have never designed sports facilities, but would be willing to team with firms that have.

"The Jeanne Gangs of the worldand I don't mean to point to her specifically," Reilly said, referencing the MacArthur Fellow whose firm, Studio Gang, designed Aqua Tower at Columbus and Randolph. "This way, some well-known or up-and-coming designer with no arena experience can apply. And in Phase 2 [of the process] they can team up with someone who does know that. That's our hope."

But can potentially better architecture make the project go down easier among critics who believe the 10,000-seat areana is a bad fit for the area? The center, which will also contain meeting spaces and will also be home to the DePaul Blue Demon basketball program, is planned for an area bounded by 21st Street, Indiana Avenue, Cermak Road, and Prairie Avenue?

"It's a tall order to come up with a design that can accommodate everything they want to accommodate," said Tina Feldstein, president of the Prairie District Neighborhood Alliance, a group that opposes the stadium. "It's a bad deal, period. No matter which way you slice it or dice it."

Reilly said designing the stadium in a relatively small site near a residential neighborhood could be a tricky enterprise.

"While I don't agree with the neighbors who just don't want [us] to build, I do agree with them that the typical arena has blank walls," Reilly said. "We don't want a blank wall...."

Under the plan, architects would submit their qualifications and experience to McPier officials. The agency, with the help of advisors, would select three to five finalists who would each receive a $50,000 stipend to submit detailed design concepts in a second phase. The winner would be picked by late August. McPier used a similar tact last year to select a design firm in charge of renovating Navy Pier. James Corner Field Operations won the bid and the competition drew proposals from world-class architects such as Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid and Chicago's SOM.

Reilly said he wasn't sure if the stadium would attract architects of that caliber, "but that is our hope."

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They would also be preparing a report to submit to the state government and the local authorities, said state Umno liaison committee chairman Datuk Zainal Abidin Osman.

"Although the building is now under a third owner, we are lucky to be able to find the first professionals who had worked on the building.

"They were contacted and they had also visited the building. They will soon get the technical report ready so we believe it is best to let them proceed and not politicise this incident further," he told reporters here this afternoon in the building.

Zainal Abidin also said an Australian wind consultant was also hired to ensure that the building could withstand strong winds and Menara Umno was winner of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects' 'Intelligent Building' award in 1998.

He also clarified again that Penang Umno was only renting two floors in the building, and was never the owner.

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CARLISLE, MA--(Marketwired - Jun 18, 2013) - Ganek Architects, Inc., an award-winning architecture firm with broad experience in historical, commercial and residential projects, today announced that they are the recipients of the 2013 Paul Tsongas Award for Historic Preservation projects. "The Tsongas Awards honor those who make historic preservation projects happen," states James W. Igoe, President of Preservation Massachusetts, a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the Commonwealth's historic and cultural heritage."Ganek Architects exemplifies the skill, creativity and pragmatic approach required to maintain the integrity of these historical sites, and make the vision a reality."

"These historic structures were once the life blood of New England," says Barry Ganek, AIA, LEED AP, CEO of Ganek Architects, Inc."It is deeply satisfying to restore them to the urban fabric; to take something that was desolate and forsaken and turn it into something that is vibrant and fully alive once again.That is what Ganek Architects is passionate about and why the recognition that this award brings means so much to us."

Barry Ganek also cites the firm's developer-centric design philosophy as a key to the success of historical renewal projects. "Just as form follows function, the bottom line is also an element of design.There is no reason why a project cannot be functional, beautiful and affordable all at the same time." "Design should be optimized to support the bottom line, not as a constraint, but as a parameter," agrees Ganek Architects' Senior Associate, Michael Wade."This philosophy has been central to making historical restoration projects workable for the developers who rely on us."

For more information about Ganek Architects, Inc, please visit http://www.ganekarchitects.com or call 978.371.9001

About Ganek Architects, Inc. Ganek Architects, Inc designs to the goals and needs of our partner developers. We always remain conscious of and responsive to their pro forma and timelines. We believe that the bottom line is a design element, not a constraint.We apply this philosophy to historic, commercial, residential, religious, municipal and industrial projects. Ganek Architects employs state of the art technology including Building Information Modeling (BIM), LEED expertise and advanced CAD to deliver value and precision to all projects.

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AMARILLO, TEXAS -- Scott Green of Top of Texas Roofing has his hands full these days. He's not alone. Roofing companies are particularly busy since the destructive hail storm June 4th.

He says he receives anywhere from 250 to 300 calls a day.

He says the last reports he's seen, that was the worst hail storm in Amarillo history.

Top of Texas Roofing is highly rated on the Better Business Bureau website.

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Green says there's another way.He says, "Call the City of Amarillo.Talk to Building Safety and they can tell you when they applief for their permits and when they became an Amarillo roofer."

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