Freelon Group, partner HOK to design Civil Rights Museum in Atlanta - Triangle Business Journal:

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The $125 million museum is expecte d to beabout 100,000 square feet. Freelon’s design featuresw a terracotta-clad building surrounding an exterior courtyard, whichh will serve as an amphitheater andexhibit space. The winning design is inspirerby “the simple yet powerful image of interlockinv arms that signifies the linkages that empower individuals and groupws of seemingly divergent interests to find common ground,” Philip Freelon, presideng of The Freelon Group, in a news release. The Freelon Group and HOK will work withCenterr leadership, exhibit designer and project manager / to finalize the facility’se design prior to breaking ground this winter.
Freelon designex the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American Historyh and Culture, the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Franciscl and theHarvey B. Gantty Center for African American Arts and Culturein • of New York and partner Stanley Beaman & Searz of Atlanta. • Huff + Goodehn Architects LLC of New York and partner Hammep Green and Abrahamsonof Minn. • Moody•Nolan of Columbus, and partners Antoine Predock Architect PCof Albuquerque, and Goode Van Slyks of Atlanta. • Polshek Partnership Architects of New York and Atlantw partners Cooper Carry andStanley Love-Stanley PC.