(rshsdepot) Ft Wayne, IN

[Jim Dent <jdent1_@_optonline.net>]

Posted on Mon, Dec. 15, 2003

Architectural designs earn firms awards
They won for a golf course clubhouse at Notre Dame and a library renovation.
By Lynne McKenna Frazier
of The News-Sentinel

A golf clubhouse on a university campus, a library in a historic
northeastern Indiana town and a train station brought back from the dead
snared top honors in recent local architectural judging.

Three projects were honored in the Fort Wayne Chapter of the Architectural
Institute of America's biannual contest. This year's winners were:

* Honor Award: The University of Notre Dame's William K. and Natalie O.
Warren Golf Course Clubhouse -- Moake Park Group Inc.

* Merit Award: Renovation and expansion of the Eckhart Public Library in
Auburn -- Morrison Kattman Menze Inc.

* Citation Award: Renovation of the concourse of the Baker Street station -- 
Martin Riley Mock.

All are Fort Wayne firms.

Judges were AIA members from Toledo, Ohio.

Thirteen projects were submitted, one of the largest entry pools in recent
years, according to the chapter.

Here's what the judges liked about these three projects:

(Edited)

Baker Street Station
Even after much of the former Pennsylvania Railroad Station was converted
into office space, its concourse crumbled from its one-time glamour.
Decorative plaster, stained glass windows, terrazzo and marble floors and
brass ornamentation were lost under years of accumulated caked grime and
dirt.

Martin Riley Mock, who renovated space for its own offices in the first step
of reclaiming the structure, faced not only the challenge of restoring the
concourse. They wanted to use the space as a public venue, a place for
meetings and receptions. But that meant meeting current building codes in
the 1912 building.

Using historic photographs and postcards, architects re-created plaster
decorations, repainted the interior in a faithful color scheme, reproduced
the lighting, removed bricks from windows in the roof that had been bricked
over in World War II and installed new electrical and mechanical systems.

"Restraint and respect characterize the delicate restoration," the judges
said. "The grandeur of a great city's gateway is saved for the appreciation
of future generations of its citizens and visitors."

Victor L. Martin was partner-in-charge and project architect.



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