ELENBERG FRASER

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Katrina wreaks havoc on Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art

The storm slammed a casino barge into the shimmering steel facades of the unfinished $30 million Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, which was designed by Frank O. Gehry and due to open next year.

"Devastating," said Brian Zamora, project architect for the Gehry firm, who was waiting for photos to reach the Gehry office in California.

The campus of five buildings was designed to withstand 150 mph winds and a 14-foot storm surge.

"All our buildings are still standing and up, minus the one the barge flew into," Zamora said. "The Grand Casino barge is on the front of the site, lodged up against the African American Gallery. It wiped out the trees on the front half of the site. Everything around the site is gone. The neighborhood is gone."

The ceramics of George Ohr (1857-1918), the "mad potter of Biloxi," had been stored safely elsewhere. Marjie Gowdy, executive director of the museum, wrote by e-mail that the entire collection had been moved to the Mobile Museum of Art. She noted that Ohr's studio and shop had been destroyed by fire in 1894, and he had quickly resumed work.

"He is our inspiration," she said.

_from the Washington Post

New Orleans Flood Map

This free web site ( http://mapper.cctechnol.com/ ) provides the most accurate information currently available is intended to aid people affected by Hurricane Katrina. Click on the map or enter an address for water depth information.

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ogrydziak / prillinger architects

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RCR Arquitectes

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2005 ASLA Student Awards

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Surface Architects

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Hurricane Katrina

So you’re haunted by images of Katrina on the news? …and you’re looking for a way to make an impact?

Here are two links that can let you and/or your firm make a difference:
http://katrina.gouldevans.com/
http://archinect.com/emergency/

Both appear to provide a simple clearinghouse for those in the profession (though the former is reaching out to engineering and construction firms as well) who may be in need of resources and for those firms who have extra space and facilities.

Valerio Dewalt Train

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