Contest seeks downtown home design at affordable price
Downtown Indy has launched IN_fill, Designed to the Core, calling on Indiana architects to design a single-family home that can be built on an urban lot for $225,000.
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Athenaeum named National Historic Landmark
A downtown Indianapolis landmark designed by the grandfather of "Slaughterhouse-Five" author Kurt Vonnegut has been named a national historic landmark.
Revitalization of Speedway’s Main Street wins Monumental Award
The 39th annual event, which recognizes excellence in architecture, engineering, neighborhood revitalization and construction, took place Thursday at the Indiana Roof Ballroom.
Developer continues to revive intersection north of East 16th Street
Now that Cannon Ball Brewing is close to opening in the suddenly hot area, Reveal Properties is beginning to renovate an adjacent building on Bellefontaine Street for office and restaurant use.
Construction companies chosen for Ikea’s Fishers store
Swedish retail giant Ikea has hired a slew of contractors to build its Fishers store and is on schedule for a fall 2017 opening, it announced Wednesday.
Developer of Coke site plans to preserve much of historic building
The CEO of Hendricks Commercial Properties says saving the structure as part of a massive $260 million redevelopment is important to "everything we're trying to create there."
Greenwood works to get neighborhood on national register
The documentation of about 300 homes and churches north of Main Street is a vital part of the effort and will be used to make a case for the historical significance of Old Town.
Museum of Art celebrates architecture of the coffeepot
It’s a nice surprise—especially for those caught up in the current wave of coffee-mania—to find coffeepots in a museum. The contemporary design wing of the Indianapolis Museum of Art has several in its collection.
Suburban megachurch expanding into downtown with big purchase
Traders Point Christian Church has acquired a 104-year-old building at the corner of 12th and Delaware streets and plans to spend $2 million to renovate it.
Plan for event center in former Lockerbie church faces pushback
Several residents of the historic downtown neighborhood fear the center will bring excessive noise and trash to the area, in addition to creating more parking problems.
Fishers seeking to restrict retail along I-69 corridor
City Councilors soon will weigh tighter rules for stores and restaurants along I-69 to streamline the "hodgepodge" of development standards and give them greater say over new projects.
Design for TWG’s $70M Park at Pulliam Square receives approval
City approval of the design paves the way for TWG Development LLC to begin construction this fall on the downtown project at 307 N. Pennsylvania St.
UPDATE: Builder, trade groups sue Greenwood over new design standards
An Indianapolis-based home builder and two trade associations have filed a lawsuit against Greenwood, claiming the city has adopted architectural standards on new houses that will drive up prices so significantly that the costs would preclude home ownership for thousands of residents.
Flaherty & Collins walks the walk with move from suburbs to downtown
Responsible for a portion of downtown’s apartment boom, the developer hopes relocating to Regions Tower will attract the younger workforce it’s helping bring to the urban core.
LOPRESTI: Hinkle Fieldhouse innovative when it was built—and today
The arched steel trusses enabled the roof to cover a couple of acres without the need for beams, providing the vast and wide open spaces inside that would give the gazillion visitors to come in future years the sensation they had wandered into something that was part-gymnasium, part-national park.
Prominent local architect Woollen dies at 88
From the mid-1950s to the 2000s, Evans Woollen III and his architectural firm designed dozens of notable local residential, public and commercial buildings, including Clowes Memorial Hall, the Minton Capehart Federal Building and Barton Tower.
Transit center architect covets clean lines, eco-friendly features
The co-founder of Axis Architecture + Interiors says design is a collaborative, participatory process that’s based on research and listening.
Home tour: Italianate home in Old Northside gets modern revamp
The 8,500-square-foot house owned by real estate agent Joe Everhart and Ken Ramsay served as a clubhouse for seven decades before the couple turned it back into a home.
Financing unclear for Westfield’s $25M Grand Junction park
Westfield officials have finally chosen a design—a series of modern, glass-and-stone structures with walking paths and bridges—for Grand Junction Plaza, a project that’s already more than seven years in the planning.
Film about Pyramids, Cummins architect in the works
London-based film company Wavelength Pictures is producing a feature-length documentary about renowned architect Kevin Roche, who designed The Pyramids office complex in Indianapolis and numerous buildings in Columbus.