[The Rumor Mill]

^^ Wasn't it Redemption that bid on the Center the first time, but it is New Spring now?

Where would a new Convention Center go, if the current one was sold?

 

A new convention center to replace the TD Convention Center would cost $150m+. That's the biggest reason the City didn't swap it for County Square and won't part with it until someone figures out how to pay for a new one.

[New Statues downtown...?]

Does anyone know why the AIA has decided to do this? I'm intrigued as to why it's not simply the Greenville AIA, but more impressively the AIA of the South Atlantic Region. Seems like an honor.

http://www.aiasc.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=...barticlenbr=124

[Carroll A. Campbell Jr. U.S. Courthouse]

Am I not allowed to have opinions?

Of course your are, that's not the point. The art of architecture is all opinions. Criticizing the work is completely fair game, not the artist. They've won enough design awards, they don't have anything to prove to anyone.

And, again, they are not designing the building.

Unfortunately, they are spending money on the old courthouse and not on the new courthouse: http://www.gsa.gov/graphics/pbs/American_R...nt_Act_2009.pdf

[Carroll A. Campbell Jr. U.S. Courthouse]

There better be some kick-ass architecture to make up for the lame height and location. Though, I'm not sure that firm will deliver. http://www.neal-prince.com/

That's not very polite. ICAR Collaboration Center not kick-ass enough for you? http://www.cvel.clemson.edu/images/Campus_...Tech-Center.jpg

And besides NPA are the local architects, they aren't the lead design architects.

Some light reading if you are interested:

Whole Building Design Guide-Federal Courthouses: http://www.wbdg.org/design/federal_courthouse.php

U.S. Courts Design Guide: http://www.wbdg.org/ccb/GSAMAN/courts.pdf