ffs + Sand in the City

form field studio is participating in the inaugural Sand in the City event happening May 20th at Wonderscope Children's Museum of Kansas City. We will be joining our team that includes Centric Projects and Contract Furnishings for a 6-hour sand-building competition with 10 other teams...all for a good cause.

Learn more about Wonderscope's mission!

Happy Holidays from form field studio!

We are enjoying the season working on some great projects like the new salon space for vincent + greer in Waldo at the Botwin Building.

Nancy and Vincent are a joy to work with and we look forward to their space being open in February.

ffs makes shortlist for Big Well

We are honored to be in the top 4 firms competing to design the new Big Well Museum + Visitor's Center in Greensburg, Kansas.

The selected firm will have the opportunity to express the storytelling that makes up the Big Well history, the tornado that reshaped the town, and how the people of Greensburg responded as a model green community.

It is an exceptional story.

Read more about the design selection process in the Kiowa County Signal.

Penn State Hockey Arena awarded!

We are thrilled that our friends over at Crawford Architects have been awarded the new 200,000sf Ice Hockey Arena at Penn State.

form field studio will be assisting Crawford in their sustainability goals of making this a LEED-rated feature facility. Crawford's team also includes Bohlin Cywinski Jackson out of Wilkes-Barre.

St. Peter's Master Plan completed

The final master plan has been completed and presented to our friends at St. Peter's recently. In our study, we have created a strategic plan to grow their church while retaining full function of their existing building during its renovation with addition of a new Worship Hall, entry vestibule, and feature tower.

The congregation will now begin fundraising to begin the initial construction for their revised facility.

new home for form field studio

Beginning in July, form field studio has a new home in Waldo. We are happy to be sharing space with Lisa Schmitz Interior Design at 107 E. Gregory.

Stop by and check out the new space!

a great start to 2010

Form Field Studio is beginning the year with a full plate. Our residential projects are progressing nicely with more opportunities developing.

We are working to complete construction documents on the multi-family housing renovation in Hyde Park.

Check back for photos to see how this existing space is transformed.

The master planning effort for St. Peter's is helping their congregation t

hink about their future growth and message. We have developed three options for them and are working to reach a final direction.

And lastly, we just finished our entry for the Fr

ee Green Who's Next open residential competition. This is a public voting competition open to practitioners internationally....and the v

ariety of work is outstanding.

Visit the site to see our entry and learn more about sustainable home design.

http://www.freegreen.com/whosnext/view/plan-general.aspx?id=123

New Year approaching

2009 has been an amazing year for Form Field Studio.

Here's an update of what we're working on.

Our second residential renovation for this year in Fairway, Kansas has just been permitted and will begin construction next week. We just finished initial programming with the St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Austin, Minnesota and will have round one of master planning options to them soon. And the new construction home in Iowa continues to evolve.

On the new projects front...we have started working with MAC Properties to renovate an abandoned building in Hyde Park into modern for-lease units.

We are very excited to announce that as of this autumn, we are now participating in the 1% program through Public Architecture. And it looks like our first partnership with a local non-profit is in the works. Learn more about the 1%!

www.theonepercent.org

FFS news

Summer has come to an end...but Form Field Studio is preparing for a busy autumn. Here are some highlights.

Design and documentation on the Fehling Residence in Fairway, Kansas is complete with construction now starting. Look for pictures soon!

The initial design phase for the Andringa Residence has begun. This custom residential home will be new construction for an Iowa family of six that explores passive systems and natural, reclaimed materials.

Also launched is an initial master planning process for St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Austin, Minnesota. This will be an opportunity for the St. Peter's congregation to explore how they will grow in the coming years tying into land use decisions and renovation of their existing facility.

Laura will be attending the AIA National Women's Leadership Summit in Chicago September 25th and 26th.

Deconstruction services

Form Field Studio has just completed work teaming up with PlanetReuse to provide deconstruction consulting services for Herod Elementary School in Houston, Texas. Herod is getting ready to commence construction on their new building with the existing to be dismantled after. PlanetReuse will be removing glulam beams, t & g structural paneling, brick, storefront, site furniture and more. Check out their website to see materials you can use in your projects. www.planetreuse.com