Archinect

APRIL 13, 2024

The Oklahoma City Planning Commission voted yesterday , April 12th, to recommend its city council's approval of the proposed 1,907-foot-high tower design from AO (fmr. Architects Orange) that would become North America's tallest building when realized.

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MARCH 15, 2024

While many have wondered if the project is financially feasible in Oklahoma City, Matteson told The Oklahoman the entire $1.5 billion development is fully funded. But, Matteson admitted there are some outstanding questions about whether the tower can be built.

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Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2025

It's been a year since Oklahoma City's Legends Tower was first announced. The skyscraper is slated for construction in the post-industrial Bricktown neighbourhood of Oklahoma City, located between the city's downtown core and its riverfront area. In June, Oklahoma City Council approved an "unlimited height" for the skyscraper.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Gibbs College of Architecture at the University of Oklahoma will help preserve the legacy of the American School, one of the most important movements within midcentury modernism, thanks to the generosity of legendary professor Bob Faust ’s widow Sherry. A new landmark donation to the Christopher C.

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Deezen

APRIL 18, 2024

A height variance request for what is set to be the tallest skyscraper in the US located in Oklahoma City has been approved to move forward to the next stage. The Oklahoma City Planning Commission has granted approval of a height increase request for Legends Tower , a proposed supertall skyscraper.

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The Architect's Newsletter

AUGUST 19, 2024

A mercurial dispute is underway in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, concerning Price Tower—Frank Lloyd Wright’s only built skyscraper completed in 1956.

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Deezen

JANUARY 25, 2024

Local architecture studio Bockus Payne has renovated a 1970s commercial skyscraper in Oklahoma City , reformatting its interiors and landscape and completely replacing its exterior glazing. Other projects in Oklahoma City include a colourful restaurant with "eccentric" detailing. The photography is by Justin Miers.

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Deezen

JANUARY 22, 2024

California architecture studio AO and developer Matteson Capital have announced plans to change the height of a proposed Oklahoma City supertall skyscraper, which would make it the tallest building in the US if approved. The post AO proposes changes to make Oklahoma City skyscraper tallest in US appeared first on Dezeen.

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The Architect's Newsletter

JANUARY 23, 2024

Matteson Capital and AO, the developer and architect behind a new mixed-use development, Boardwalk at Bricktown, have come back from the drawing board with a new skyscraper design in Oklahoma The post AO and developers revise speculative Oklahoma City supertall to make it tallest building in U.S.

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Deezen

JANUARY 8, 2024

California studio AO Architects has put forward plans for a supertall skyscraper as part of a development in Oklahoma City that, if completed, will be the second-tallest building in the United States. The skyscraper will be part of a development called the Boardwalk at Bricktown in downtown Oklahoma City.

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Archinect

MARCH 28, 2024

The celebration comes after a recent bid for what would be North America’s tallest building in Oklahoma City, commissioned by Orange County-based developer Scot Matteson, has placed them in the international spotlight. Related: Archinect's coverage of the 1,907-foot Legends Tower proposal in Oklahoma City, which AO designed.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Tucked into a forested site, the project is located in Broken Bow, a town in southeastern Oklahoma that sits within the foothills of the Kiamichi Mountains. Far + Dang created a long Oklahoma cabin for three families The cabin was designed to serve as a nature retreat for three families from Dallas. The photography is by Mel Willis.

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BD+C

AUGUST 5, 2020

The North Academic Building and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (ME) at Oklahoma State University’s Center for Health Sciences has started construction.

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The Architect's Newsletter

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Developer Scot Matteson has revealed plans to build a whopping 1,750-foot supertall smack dab in the middle of Oklahoma City.

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designboom

APRIL 19, 2023

The post inside one of frank lloyd wright’s largest residences, the westhope mansion in tulsa, oklahoma appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. placed on a property of 1,9 acres, the two-story house is now for sale by Sotheby's International Realty.

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Archinect

AUGUST 4, 2024

Another contending scheme, part of the Boardwalk at Bricktown development from Architects Orange in Oklahoma City, will determine its final reported height of 1,907 feet later once its leasing picture takes better shape.

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Archinect

APRIL 7, 2023

” Cities like New York and Oklahoma City that maintain a higher share of these buildings may therefore face further economic difficulties as interest rates continue to climb and lending standards tighten.

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The Architect's Newsletter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

AN has learned that Oklahoma City’s preeminent ovate landmark, the First Christian Church, was demolished this morning. The post Oklahoma City’s egg-shaped First Christian Church has been demolished appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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ArchDaily

AUGUST 22, 2024

Image © Matt Gush via Shutterstock The Price Tower, Frank Lloyd Wright’s only realized high-rise building , and a beloved landmark in Bartlesville, Oklahoma , has been going through a financial controversy, with recent developments announcing an October auction, as revealed by the Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise.

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Archinect

AUGUST 9, 2024

A dispute over the sale of original items from Frank Lloyd Wright ’s Price Tower high-rise in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, has produced a series of UCC statements against the building’s current owners by the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy.

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Archinect

AUGUST 22, 2024

Embattled owners of the Frank Lloyd Wright -designed Price Tower building in Bartlesville, Oklahoma have announced an October auction in response to growing debt obligations, which have reportedly quadrupled to $2 million since a local couple purchased the landmark for just $10 early last year.

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Archinect

AUGUST 5, 2024

News The Oklahoma City Council approved a request for unlimited building height by the development team behind the proposed 1,907-foot-tall Legends Tower. Plus, Niall Patrick Walsh argued a " new DOE definition of a ‘zero emissions building’ is not only devoid of regulatory power; it is also a weak definition.

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Bustler

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The work of Bruce Goff and his many contemporaries to found a suis generis form of modern architecture in Oklahoma and California is the subject of a new exhibition being staged now at the Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center in Oklahoma City.

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The Architect's Newsletter

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

As part of its master parks plan for The Village, Oklahoma—a city of less than 10,000 people—landscape architecture firm LAUD Studio rehabilitated six residential parks.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The sale represents the first time Wright homes have been offered in a bundle, and follows a spate of other rare homes in Arizona , Northern California , Texas , and Oklahoma to have been listed in the.

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Archinect

MAY 27, 2022

Tulsa, Oklahoma’s ongoing transformation into the premier cultural capital of the southern Midwest region may about to get a useful new addition as local news outlets are reporting that Palm Spring-based architect Chris Pardo will design a $51 million mixed-use development located on a blacktop space in the city’s burgeoning Arts District. (..)

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Archinect

MAY 17, 2024

Noted architectural photographer Ty Cole is a co-curator along with University of Oklahoma associate professor Dr. Angela Person. Studio Gang , Diller Scofidio + Renfro , Brooks + Scarpa , and Gensler are among the firms whose conceptual designs are included. Capital Brutalism opens on June 1st.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Willis was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1928, coming of age in a post-war America defined by “self-made people” and influenced heavily by figures such as Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright.

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Architectural Record

DECEMBER 30, 2022

At the California AIA's Monterey Design Conference in October, over 800 audience members heard from various speakers including the including the nonagenarian designer of the infamous Oklahoma project.

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Archinect

AUGUST 3, 2022

Shepherd remembered last month in the Engineering News-Record.

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Dwell

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Location : 3309 Quail Creek Rd, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Price : $1,379,000 Architect : Herb Greene Year Built : 1962 Footprint : 4,300 square feet (four bedrooms, six baths) Lot Size : 0.51 Photo by Ty Faith See the full story on Dwell.com: One of Oklahoma City’s Most Extraordinary Midcentury Homes Seeks $1.4M

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ArchDaily

AUGUST 20, 2024

In contrast to the typical Olympic model, which often involves extensive new construction, Los Angeles is planning to leverage its existing infrastructure and venues spread across Greater Los Angeles, with most venues grouped in sports parks across Downtown Los Angeles, San Francisco Valley, Carson, Long Beach, and Oklahoma.

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Deezen

AUGUST 12, 2023

This live music venue in Oklahoma City was created by local interior designer AB Laffite as a "psychedelic funhouse" using carnival lighting strips and a palette of sunset hues. The post AB Lafitte creates colourful and "eccentric" music venue in Oklahoma City appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is by Justin Miers.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Two ongoing stories dominated the debate this year: plans for America's tallest tower in Oklahoma and the Neom news coming out of Saudi Arabia. Millions of you read Dezeen each year and tens of thousands of comments are left under stories debating and discussing the finer details of a project, an opinion or interview , or the news itself.

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Archinect

JANUARY 27, 2022

An expected temporary closure for the oldest art museum in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area has many vying for the not-too-distant debut of what promises to be an instant architectural icon. The Gilcrease Museum began demolition of its existing building Tuesday in order to make room for a new 91,300-square-foot facility designed by SmithGroup.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Aviation authority concerns delay US tallest skyscraper plans This week's newsletter also featured news that plans for the Legends Tower supertall skyscraper in Oklahoma City were postponed due to aviation concerns , designs ofFrida Escobedo's limestone-clad wing for The Met and an interview with NASA's Nujoud Merancy.

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Archinect

JULY 13, 2022

The 1,386-square-foot Googie design features a 44-foot lift and contributes to the eccentric architecture of the otherwise Art Deco-rich region, which includes other unique designs like the Cave House and BOK Tower , in addition to figures like late University of Oklahoma professor Bruce Goff, who now has his own dedicated annual festival.

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