Transitioning from high school to college can be daunting, so it’s important that incoming freshmen inhabit inviting dormitories. Connectedness is a key component in the design of University of Alabama’s new Tutwiler Residence Hall now under construction for first-year... Read more
North College Street Historic District in downtown Auburn is a trove of architecturally and historically significant buildings that date from 1848 to 1937. Of note is a Dutch Colonial Revival-style house designed in 1927 by Frederick Child Biggin, the... Read more
Birmingham planners and developers have long understood that parks improve the quality of inner-city life. As a result, the city has transformed swaths of derelict and underused land into vibrant urban parks and among the latest is the Parkside... Read more
Quality design affects quality of health, particularly for patients battling cancer. Architect Doug McCurry of TRO Jung|Brannen in Birmingham considered the role a building plays in the health of its inhabitants when he designed the new 60,000-square-foot Spencer Cancer... Read more
The firing at Fort Sumter was still 14 years away when the Grand Hotel in Point Clear was constructed in 1847. The 40-room hotel overlooking Mobile Bay not only survived the Civil War, but many natural disasters over the... Read more
Not merely a spot for students to hang out between classes, student commons are a fundamental part of campus life and serve many functions. TAG/The Architects Group, Inc. recently completed the new Student Commons Building at St. Paul’s Episcopal... Read more
Years before her name was synonymous with the civil rights movement, Rosa Parks worked as a seamstress in downtown Montgomery. A new city park has opened on the site of the former Montgomery Fair department store where Parks worked... Read more
Craig King and wife Cindy were looking to purchase a new building for the family’s 100-year-old business, J. P. King Auction Company. When they saw a building at 414 Broad Street in downtown Gadsden’s Historical District, it was possible... Read more
Entertainment venues that offer food, drink and games under one roof – a concept that has caught on in cities such as Nashville, Denver and Brooklyn – has come to Birmingham. An old Woolworth building in Birmingham’s Five Points... Read more
