The American Heritage Center (above) will undergo remediation after the end of this school year. Lead architect Dale Buckinghman intends to make the building look similar to its current appearance.
The American Heritage Center will receive remediation as soon as school is out in May 2013.
World-class architect Antoine Predock designed the Centennial Complex from 1986 to 1993. In 2013, an architectural firm from Sheridan will remediate the building.
Lead architect, Dale Buckingham, of Buckingham Architects, has a goal of remediating the building with the “intent to maintain the same look” Dale Buckingham said.
These remediations should not affect the building’s visual aesthetic.
The Centennial Complex, which houses both the UW Art Museum and the American Heritage Center, is suffering from water leaks. The remediation will put a new roof on the building, which will hopefully stop the water intrusion, Buckingham said.
Buckingham Architects partners with several other companies from around the country to complete projects. The firm was started in 2000 and is relatively young, but has made its mark on Wyoming.
Across Wyoming, 30 communities have seen renovations and or redesigns by Buckingham. These include a school for kindergarten to eighth grade in Moorcroft and a new recreation center in Baggs.
The new home for the Honors Program at UW was a project also completed by Buckingham Architects. Buckingham and his associates also are working on modifications to the Biological Science’s mechanical systems.
The American Heritage Center, one of the largest non-governmental archives in the nation, houses countless rare documents. Water damage to these invaluable documents looms around the corner.
During the initial assessment, he noticed the mechanical systems needed repairs and upgrades “in order to better control temperature and humidity in the environment where rare and valuable art and documents are housed,” Buckingham said.
The first step is sealing the roof and removing the water mitigation. Once the facility is sealed and protected, the architects can begin to analyze the state of the interior of the building, Buckingham said.
