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Opinion: American Civil War Center in Court End (Museum of the Confederacy)

The former Museum of the Confederacy is an exemplary piece of modernism in Richmond, responding to its site and program critically. Now part of the American Civil War Center, the museum was designed in close proximity to the White House of the Confederacy, one of Richmond’s most significant, and infamous, historic buildings. Given its function …

Current: In Memory of Ulrich Franzen

Noted architect Ulrich Franzen died on October 6th at the age of 91. He was born in Dusseldorf Germany but emigrated to the United States when he was 15. Franzen attended the Harvard Graduate School of Design where he met architects such as Philip Johnson, Paul Rudolph, and I.M. Pei who he worked for following …