8.28.08 | Biloxi, MI | Daria Pizzetta, architect and senior associate with New York's H³ Hardy Collaboration Architecture designed the Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The new museum will be divided into three functional blocks. The southern block contains gallery and exhibit functions, the eastern block houses the auditorium, meeting rooms and administrative areas while the western block contains “Into the Storm,” a historical exhibit on hurricanes that replicates winds and tides, requiring a 900-square-foot reservoir tank. 

8.28.08 | New York, NY | Perkins + Will was awarded a contract from the Tourism Development & Investment Company partnering with an Abu Dhabi based developer for an urban mixed use and residential project on Saadiyat Island in the Marina District.  Perkins+Will will provide key architectural design services: Concept, Schematic Design and Design Development.

8.27.08 | Vista, CA | Carrier Johnson + CULTURE announced the groundbreaking for the City of Vista Civic Center, a municipal building designed for community and civic uses. Scheduled to open in 2010, the City of Vista Civic Center will consolidate city offices, an emergency operations center that doubles as a community room and event space, and the city council’s chambers into a single, environmentally innovative facility. 

8.26.08 | Chicago, IL | HOK Chicago completed a Marriott hotel project that features two separate Marriott-branded hotels in the same tower. The Marriott Residence Inn Suites is an extended-stay hotel with live-in amenities and can be recognized from the street for its horizontal architectural expression. The second Marriott is the SpringHill Suites, which features a vertical design exterior, also is an extended-stay hotel with small bar areas and separate sitting areas.