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| − | '''Polshek Partnership Architects, LLP''' is an architectural design firm located in New York City. Polshek Partnership was the | + | '''Polshek Partnership Architects, LLP''' is an architectural design firm located in New York City. Polshek Partnership was commissioned by the [[Clinton Foundation]] to create the architectural plans for the [[William J. Clinton Presidential Center]]. The firm had 130 employees in 2001, and is led by [[James Polshek]] and [[Richard Olcott]]. |
The modernist Library is essentially a long, rectangular box elevated forty feet off the ground. A two-story veranda is attached to three sides of the steel and glass building. Polshek's design for the presidential center was unveiled on December 9, 2000. | The modernist Library is essentially a long, rectangular box elevated forty feet off the ground. A two-story veranda is attached to three sides of the steel and glass building. Polshek's design for the presidential center was unveiled on December 9, 2000. | ||
Revision as of 20:28, 1 January 2008
Polshek Partnership Architects, LLP is an architectural design firm located in New York City. Polshek Partnership was commissioned by the Clinton Foundation to create the architectural plans for the William J. Clinton Presidential Center. The firm had 130 employees in 2001, and is led by James Polshek and Richard Olcott.
The modernist Library is essentially a long, rectangular box elevated forty feet off the ground. A two-story veranda is attached to three sides of the steel and glass building. Polshek's design for the presidential center was unveiled on December 9, 2000.
References
- Celestine Bohlen, "Built for Substance, Not Flash: James Stewart Polshek Says Architecture Should Serve People Instead of Egos," New York Times, January 22, 2001.
- Julie V. Iovine, "Spin Masters Molding Myth With T-Square," New York Times, December 14, 2000.
- Susan Strauss, ed., William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park (New York: Polshek Partnership, 2006).
