Author: National Endowment for the Arts, Architecture and Environmental Arts Program

Publication Year: 1976

Media Type: Report

Summary:

Abstract:

Architecture + Environmental Arts is one of the Endowment's twelve program areas. Its primary aim is the improvement of our built environment - a rather broad ranging target. The program has made available in its eleven year history approximately $17.5 million for projects ranging from the design of fountains as sources for masking urban noise to major regional planning studies.

A surprisingly large number of grants in these years have been awarded to organizations and individuals actively involved in investigating, planning and designing for the adaptive use of buildings and spaces. This booklet is a partial listing of those Endowment supported people and projects.

Adaptive use has become an important mode of conservation. It is a viable means of bringing new life to an old building either by restoring it to its previous use or by redesigning it for a new one. The end results can spur the revitalization of an entire area and make good sense not only socially and culturally, but also from a cost per square foot value.

The adaptable space types examined by grantees are referred to in the Original Use Index. It includes civic structures common to every community. The range of specific activities related to adaptive use - including public awareness, feasibility, and design projects - is revealed in the grant descriptions. Both the space types and activities listed are only suggestive of possibilities.

The grants represented in this booklet are only a sampling of Endowment funded projects. It is hoped that they will provide you with sources for further information, and above all, suggest a way to enhance the quality of life in your community. (Introduction)

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Alleys.
Arcades.
Archives.
Armories.
Arts Centers.
Auditoriums.
Banks.
Blocks.
Breweries.
Bridges.
Canals.
Churches/Temples.
Commercial buildings.
Corner stores.
Courthouses.
Customs houses.
Facades (elevations).
Factories and industrial buildings.
Fortifications.
Gatehouses.
Gymnasiums.
Halls.
Harbors.
Hotels.
Houses/housing.
Jails.
Libraries.
Lots.
Markets.
Military bases.
Mills.
Miscellaneous.
Missions.
Movie theatres.
Office buildings.
Opera houses.
Piers.
Police headquarters.
Post offices.
Power plants.
Pumphouses.
Railroad buildings/yards.
Recreational facilities.
Rest homes.
Rivers.
Roofs.
Schools.
Shipyards.
Sidewalks.
Squares and greens.
Streets.
Studios.
Theatres.
Towns.
Town halls.
Warehouses.
Waterfronts.
Yards.
Zoos.

Arts & Intersections:

Categories: Cultural Facilities