MOCAD renovation winning awards even before construction begins
Great news from the Museum of Contempory Art Detroit last week about MOCAD’s upcoming redesign by Rice+Lipka Architects and urban design/landscape architects James Corner Field Operations.
This excerpt from HuffPost Detroit:
The design won the Architectural Review’s 2013 Future Project award in the “Old and New” category.
The judges hailed the MOCAD design as “an inspirational project that combines past and present in a well resolved and convincing manner. It creates new space for new creativity in a post-industrial city.”
The two firms will work to make the interior more energy-efficient. They’ll also reconfigure exhibit, event and storage area. Exterior changes will also create a brand-new outdoor event space.
Read more here.
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