Downtown El Paso is in a slow but steady phase of transformation as preservation groups and visionary investors promote a revitalization of historic buildings designed by such regional architectural greats as Henry C Trost. Malissa Arras, President of the Trost Society explains that education is needed for the public in order to make further headway:… Read more »
As the largest school in the state, the University of New Mexico usually proposes the largest number of GO Bond projects. This year it is pitching five projects for a total of 39 million including a new health science center with a price tag of 12 million for planning, design, and construction. Other projects include… Read more »
When Martina Lorey began her career as an architect in El Paso in the early 1970’s, she was the only female architect. Times have changed in her 25 years as a designer, with many more women entering the field. In that time, Lorey has quietly and steadily built an impeccable reputation as one of El… Read more »
Downtown El Paso is recieving a much-needed injection of capitol by young investors willing to invest in several magnificent historic buildings designed during the Art Deco period of the 1920’s and 30’s. Developer Lane Gaddy recently purchased the 15 story Bassett Tower, formerly an office building, and has plans to transform it into a 100-room… Read more »
Construction Reporter’s Environmental Writer Tami Brunk interviewed Ed Mazria of Architecture 2030’s “2050 Imperative” and the significance of the first-ever unanimous vote for adoption at the International Union of Architects meeting at the World Congress in Durban, South Africa, this past August, 2014. Tami Brunk: Why did Architecture 2030 Develop the Imperative? Ed Mazria: We… Read more »
