Levine Museum of the New South is set to acquire 1800 South Boulevard in Charlotte’s vibrant South End, marking a transformative milestone for the Museum and establishing a new cultural anchor in the city’s most dynamic neighborhood.
The Museum has selected Pickard Chilton, a globally recognized architecture studio with extensive experience designing cultural and civic institutions, as the design architect to guide the site’s transformation through its phases of development.
“The Levine Museum of the New South project represents a rare opportunity to create an extraordinary place of lasting civic and cultural significance,” said Kristin Hawkins, Associate Principal at Pickard Chilton. “We are honored to partner with the Levine Museum to design a place that reflects the Museum’s enduring commitment to history, storytelling, and inclusive public engagement.”
In prioritizing health and wellness, the thoughtful additional of terraces, balconies, and roof gardens provide access to fresh air and respite from the controlled laboratory environment.
"We also incorporate atria and connecting stairs that create visual connections between floors, promote physical activity, and allow natural daylight to filter into the building. These features work together to support both physical health and mental wellbeing while maintaining the rigorous environmental controls required for laboratory work," Markese explains.
The architectural and engineering teams behind the renovation of 600 Fifth Street in Washington, D.C., updated a concrete-framed 1970s Brutalist building with a concrete frame into a modern corporate headquarters, and steel additions were at the center of the design.
Architects Pickard Chilton and Kendall/Heaton Associates, alongside structural engineer Thornton Tomasetti, were charged with delivering a modern, trophy-class building with 400,000 sq. ft of cutting-edge office space and 20,000 sq. ft of ground-floor retail.
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T3 RiNo, the first large scale mass timber building constructed in Denver, won a Best Project-level award in the Office/Retail/Mixed-Use category.