Kansas
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Project • By Newfloor S.r.l • Libraries
OLATHE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Olathe Public Library was founded in the city of Olathe, Kansas, United States, in 1883 by a group of three local women who founded the first women’s club called “Ladies Reading Circle”.
In 1999, the year in which The Library celebrates its 90th anniversary, the expansion of the new Olathe Indian Creek branch begins. The project of the raised access floor of the new Library was committed to Newfloor.
For this project, we produced and supplied over 800 square meters of raised access floor in collaboration with our national ceramic tiles supplier’s Caesar.
Key requirement for the project was the guarantee of resistance to the maximum loads with an admissible breaking load ≥ 1200 kg in the center of the side of th... More
Project • By Verner Johnson • Museums
Museum at Prairiefire
As the signature building of a new 60-acre suburban live-work-play development, the Museum at Prairiefire was designed as a civic hub featuring world-class traveling exhibits from the American Museum of Natural History. By engaging the local population in broader cultural and scientific experiences, while architecturally celebrating the rich story of the region, the Museum grounds it within a larger context and helps forge an identity for the community. Through the use of color and sculptural forms, the design boldly contrasts with the surroundings, but touches the sensibilities of the locality by orchestrating distinctive materials, shapes and technologies to produce a new and provocative regionalism.The design concept evokes the... More