DESIGNBELT: THE BETRAM AND JUDITH KOHL BUILDING
March 13, 2011 in DesignBelt, Oberlin
The Bertram and Judith Kohl Building 2010
Jonathan Kurtz of Westlake Reed Leskosky
Cleveland Architecture Coloring Book
The Bertram and Judith Kohl Jazz Studies Building is a dynamic interplay of planes, concealing and exposing use at key moments. The rhythm of the skin sets the building apart from the conservatory’s three neo-Gothic structures by Minoru Yamasaki (a,b,c), while an exterior stair encourages the pedestrian to engage the building, leading them to a unique third-story public space. Here, Koolhaas (d) meets LTL (e) to create a fresh, innovative piece of architecture that is easily one of the best buildings in North East Ohio to be completed in the past several decades… (go to article)
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