http://www.eldo.us Tue, 21 May 2013 19:53:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.eldo.us/12097/family-art-day-at-the-zoo/ http://www.eldo.us/12097/family-art-day-at-the-zoo/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 19:53:48 +0000 eldo http://www.eldo.us/?p=12097 Pack your minivans with your kids and the neighbors’ kids and prepare for a hands-on learning experience. Sunday, June 9th, in collaboration with PGAV Architects and BNIM, el dorado is sponsoring the Family Art Day at the Kansas City Zoo. Join us from 10AM-1PM in Swope Park’s Shelter #5 where we’ll explore creative ways to [...]]]> http://www.eldo.us/12097/family-art-day-at-the-zoo/feed/ 0 http://www.eldo.us/12051/camp-daisy-hindman-bathhouse-cabins/ http://www.eldo.us/12051/camp-daisy-hindman-bathhouse-cabins/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 21:28:11 +0000 eldo http://www.eldo.us/?p=12051 Great news from Kansas State University: We just found out that the KSU el dorado Studio picked up the 2013 Kremer Prize for best collaborative student project. Our 5th Year graduate architecture studio was recognized for its work at Girl Scout Camp Daisy Hindman, which included a Bathhouse and a prototype Cabin. The Bathhouse is [...]]]> http://www.eldo.us/12051/camp-daisy-hindman-bathhouse-cabins/feed/ 0 http://www.eldo.us/11982/remembering-byron-cohen-1941-2013/ http://www.eldo.us/11982/remembering-byron-cohen-1941-2013/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 23:07:15 +0000 eldo http://www.eldo.us/?p=11982 When KC native and former real estate developer Byron Cohen retired in 1980 to pursue his love of art, the Crossroads District was an area of empty warehouses and overlooked industrial buildings. In 1994, Byron invested in the Marietta Chair Company industrial building on Baltimore Avenue and opened the Byron Cohen Gallery for Contemporary Art. [...]]]> http://www.eldo.us/11982/remembering-byron-cohen-1941-2013/feed/ 0 http://www.eldo.us/11943/ksu-el-dorado-studio/ http://www.eldo.us/11943/ksu-el-dorado-studio/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 19:27:38 +0000 eldo http://www.eldo.us/?p=11943 Our Kansas State students are two weeks away from graduating. That means they’re two weeks away from finishing two cool and ambitious projects in their 5th year design-build studio. The first cool project is a cabin prototype for Camp Daisy Hindman in Dover, Kansas. KSU and el dorado teamed with the Girl Scouts or NE [...]]]> http://www.eldo.us/11943/ksu-el-dorado-studio/feed/ 0 http://www.eldo.us/11856/vote-now-for-the-2013-az-awards/ http://www.eldo.us/11856/vote-now-for-the-2013-az-awards/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:05:40 +0000 eldo http://www.eldo.us/?p=11856 Take a moment and vote for your favourite (sic) projects in Azure Magazine’s 2013 AZ Awards. The hip Canadian design publication (ah, that explains the erroneous u) recently chose 46 finalists from a pool of 677 entries spanning 38 countries. Four el dorado projects were among the finalists. By visiting Azure’s website and filling out [...]]]> http://www.eldo.us/11856/vote-now-for-the-2013-az-awards/feed/ 0 http://www.eldo.us/11819/eldo-recommends-crossroads-academy/ http://www.eldo.us/11819/eldo-recommends-crossroads-academy/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:27:12 +0000 eldo http://www.eldo.us/?p=11819 Kansas City’s downtown core is undergoing nothing short of an urban renaissance. There are large-scale icons–the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, the Sprint Center Arena, the Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity–and smaller, vital improvements–better parks, new grocery stores, countless streetscape and infrastructure projects. There are murmurs of other positive developments in the area, [...]]]> http://www.eldo.us/11819/eldo-recommends-crossroads-academy/feed/ 0 http://www.eldo.us/11783/hardesty-renaissance/ http://www.eldo.us/11783/hardesty-renaissance/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:41:53 +0000 eldo http://www.eldo.us/?p=11783 At the northeast corner of Kansas City’s Lykins neighborhood there’s a triangular swath of land, 18.3 acres in size. Driving past the cracking asphalt and the chain-link fences, you may see it as a long-abandoned eyesore, or you may miss it entirely. By now we know better. We see it as a site with unlimited [...]]]> http://www.eldo.us/11783/hardesty-renaissance/feed/ 0 http://www.eldo.us/11714/pizzabella-south/ http://www.eldo.us/11714/pizzabella-south/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:23:02 +0000 eldo http://www.eldo.us/?p=11714 Barring another early spring snowstorm, the patio at Pizzabella South will be opening soon. The new restaurant features the patented indoor-outdoor dining experience pioneered at Pizzabella’s original Crossroads location. It’s located in Overland Park’s new Mission Farms development and, based solely on good taste, we would call it the anchor tenant. What features make Pizzabella’s [...]]]> http://www.eldo.us/11714/pizzabella-south/feed/ 0 http://www.eldo.us/11573/theaster-gates-lecture-at-kcai/ http://www.eldo.us/11573/theaster-gates-lecture-at-kcai/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:09:16 +0000 eldo http://www.eldo.us/?p=11573 On Thursday, March 28, Theaster Gates visits KCAI’s Epperson Auditorium as part of the Current Perspectives Lecture Series. Theaster was raised in West Chicago. Though his work has spread throughout the world, he still resides in Chicago, and many of his projects are based there. Theaster’s art is indelibly linked to architecture and the issues [...]]]> http://www.eldo.us/11573/theaster-gates-lecture-at-kcai/feed/ 0 http://www.eldo.us/11555/kcbj-capstone-awards/ http://www.eldo.us/11555/kcbj-capstone-awards/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:58:04 +0000 eldo http://www.eldo.us/?p=11555 The Kansas City Business Journal recently announced its Capstone Award winners, and, on a long list of notable Kansas City projects, Girl Scouts Camp Prairie Schooner appeared again. The Trail Center at Camp Prairie Schooner was one of three winners in the Architectural Design category. We credit the success of the project to the owner, [...]]]> http://www.eldo.us/11555/kcbj-capstone-awards/feed/ 0