The Conceptual Design of the NewJACC has been completed! The Design Team is moving forward to the Schematic Design phase. What, you might ask, is a Schematic Design? Once the owner and the architects have an approved program (a list of elements desired in the project) and a concept for the project, the Schematic Design…

**On July 26, the 2nd series of meetings with the community, stakeholders, user groups and the architects took place at the Valley Public Library. This time, we were presented with four concepts to respond to and comment on.  These generated much valuable conversation, brainstorming, what-ifs and ideas for going back to the drawing table.  While none of these…

 **On June 7, a series of gatherings were held in Juneau with the community and the architects to continue the conversation about the elements and characteristics of our new Arts Center.  The Design Committee spent a morning generating broad vision concepts, then in the afternooon focus groups of stakeholders, including arts groups and technical experts, shared…

**On April 20, 2016, the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council Board confirmed the recommendation by the Architect Selection Jury to engage Northwind Architects of Juneau to design the Arts Complex and MRV as the alternate firm. Northwind will partner will Hacker Architects from Oregon and the Shalleck Collaborative from California. Design work will begin right away and will…