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Georgia Architecture

NS01- High Museum of Art, Atlanta
1980-83
Richard Meier Architects

NS02- High Museum of Art Expansion, Atlanta
2006
Renzo Piano Architects

NS03- Atlanta Symphony Center, Atlanta
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Santiago Calatrava Architects

NS04- Cinema, Duluth
1995
Richard Rauh & Associates

NS05- High Museum of Art, Atlanta
1980-83
Richard Meier Architects

NS06- High Museum of Art Expansion, Atlanta
2006
Renzo Piano Architects

NS07- Marriott Marquis, Atlanta
2007
Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates : TVS / TVS Interiors

NS08- One Museum Place, Peachtree St, midtown Atlanta
2006-10
David Chipperfield Architects
$70m approx. 37,000 sqm
mixed-use building: contemporary art gallery, approx. 80 luxury condominiums, private dining club, retail

NS09- Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah
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Moshe Safdie Architects

NS10- Wieland Pavilion, Woodruff Arts Center, midtown Atlanta
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David Chipperfield Architects
contemporary art gallery

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KENTUCKY
Kentucky Architecture

NS11- Biomedical / Biological Sciences Research Building, Lexington
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Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates with A. M. Kinney + HERA

NS12- Museum Plaza Louisville
2007-
REX

NS13- Museum Plaza Louisville
2007-
REX

NS14- Museum Plaza will change Louisville's skyline. This is what it will look like upon completion in 2010.
(PRNewsFoto/Museum Plaza)
Kentucky’s Largest Ever Public-Private Project - skyscraper
Kentucky building

NS15- The Ascent at Roebling’s Bridge, One Roebling’s Way, Covington
2008
Studio Daniel Libeskind

NS16- University of Kentucky - Biomedical / Biological Sciences Research Building, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates in association with A. M. Kinney + HERA
Construction Cost: $74.4m
Area: 185,000 sqft
Location: Limestone-Virginia precinct, University of Kentucky


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Louisiana

NS17- Holy Rosary Catholic Church complex
2004
Trahan Architects

NS18- Tim Hursley / The Arkansas Office
Holy Rosary Church

NS19- New Orleans Houses, Lower Ninth Ward
2008
Brad Pitt with various architects incl. Graftlab

NS20- 150 bright pink solar-powered and water-resistant houses
For homeless residents of New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Brad Pitt & his wife Angelina Jolie and their four children are residents of New Orleans
For charity Make It Right – run by Brad Pitt
New Orleans Houses
Officially opened by former President Bill Clinton in March 2008

NS21- Tim Hursley / The Arkansas Office
Holy Rosary Church

NS22- MIR housing
Make it Right Affordable housing
2008-
Trahan Architects

NS23- Piazza D’Italia, New Orleans
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Charles Moore
Famous postmodern design

NS24- Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge
2005
Schwartz/Silver Architects
with Eskew + Dumez + Ripple and Jerry M. Campbell & Associates

NS25- Turner Industries: IPS Facility
2008-
Trahan Architects

NS26- Zachary House
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Stephen Atkinson
Simple corrugated shack raised above ground

NS27- TEA Building
2008-
Trahan Architects

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MISSISSIPPI
NS28- Ohr-O'Keefe Museum, Biloxi
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Gehry Partners



 

 

southern historical architecture
001 Biltmore Estates/Vanderbilt Residence 002 Monticello 003 Virginia State Capitol
     
004 Thorncrown Chapel 005 Dolphin and Swan Hotels, Walt Disney World 006 High Museum
     
007 Humana Building 008 Hyatt Regency Atlanta 009 Disney World
     
010  The Breakers 011 Savannah Historic District 012 New Orleans French Quarter
   
013 Preservation Hall 014 Soniat House 015 Miami South Beach Art Deco Gallery
     
016 Beaufort 017 Historic Charleston 018 Graceland
 
019 Colonial Williamsburg 020 St. Luke's, Newport Parish Church, Isle of Wight County, VA 021 Adam Thoroughgood house, Princess Anne County, VA
022 Bacon's Castle, Arthur Allen house, Surry County, VA 023 College of William and Mary, Wren Building, Williamsburg, VA 024 The Capitol, Williamsburg, VA
025 Palace of the Governors, Williamsburg, VA 026 Stratford Hall, Thomas Lee house, Westmoreland County, VA 027 Westover, William Byrd II house, Charles City County, VA
028 Christ Church, Lancaster County, VA 029 Carter's Grove, James City County, VA 030 Gunston Hall, Fairfax County, VA
031 Mount Airy, Col. John Tayloe house, Richmond County, VA 032 Lake Ann Complex, Reston, VA 033 Mulberry Castle, St. John's Parish, Berkeley County, SC
034 St. Michael, Charleston, SC 035 Miles Brewton house, Charleston, SC 036 Monumental Church, Richmond, VA
037 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 038 Tennessee State Capitol, Nashville, TN 039 "Oak Alley", Alexander Roman house, near Vacherie, LA
 
 
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