Washington University in St. Louis has selected McCarthy Building Companies as construction manager for two new facilities designed by internationally renowned architect Fumihiko Maki . The $28-million project represents the new construction phase of the Sam Fox Arts Center . The 65,000-sf Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will house state-of-the art exhibition and storage facilities for the university’s nationally recognized collection, as well as an outdoor sculpture garden; a gallery for use by faculty and students; the 3,000-sf Newman Mooney Museum; offices and classrooms for the Department of Art History & Archeology in Arts & Science; and the 13,000-sf Kenneth and Nancy Kranzberg Information Center.
The 38,000-sf Earl E. and Myrtle E. Walker Hall will house sculpture, painting, printmaking and ceramics studios as well as the Nancy Spirtas Kranzberg Studio for the Illustrated Book. Walker Hall replaces the off-campus Lewis Center , presently home to about half the Schools of Art faculty and students.
When completed, both new buildings will be integrated with three renovated arts facilities, Bixby, Givens, and Steinberg halls, to form a five-building complex encompassing the School of Art, School of Architecture, Department of Art History & Archeology, and the Kemper Art Museum and Art & Architecture Library. McCarthy initiated construction on the facilities in October 2004 with completion scheduled for July 2006.
