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CLEARWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM - MAIN LIBRARY I ,I I May 7, 1998 I Members of The City Commission City of Clearwater 112 North Osceola Avenue Clearwater, FL 34615 I I Dear Commissioners: Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects and Robert A.M. Stern Architects are delighted to have been selected as your first choice for the new Clearwater Library project! I Our team is comprised of two firms who represent the best and brightest in library design: I .:. The oldest and largest Tampa Bay architectural design firm with over 60 professionals, over 35 libraries designed, and 60 years of experience in award-winning Florida architecture I .:. A renowned New York design firm with over 135 professionals, an international reputation, over 29 years of experience, numerous library and fine arts projects, and significant Florida design expertise I I Both firms are specialists in urban planning and master planning of large municipal projects in addition to the design of libraries, cultural centers, fine arts and museum facilities. This enables the City of Clearwater to have the utmost confidence that the Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe/Robert A.M. Stern team is the most qualified to design your world-class signature library - the first step towards realization of the One City... One Future dream for Clearwater. I I We would appreciate your vote of confidence by confirming our selection as your new library design team! I Jonathan R. Toppe, AlA, NCARB Executive Vice President Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects, P.A. Robert A.M. Stern, FAIA Senior Partner Robert A.M. Stern Architects I I I I I I I I FIRM PROFilE Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects, P.A., AlA I Legal Name: Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects, P.A. 60 I Years in Business: Officers: Blanchard E. Jolly, AlA, Chairman of the Board William B. Harvard, Jr., AlA, President R. John Clees, AlA, Executive Vice President/Secretary Jonathan R. Toppe, AlA, Executive Vice President/Treasurer James A. Shawhan, AlA, Senior Vice President Steven M. Heiser, AlA, Senior Vice President Jeffrey E. Cobble, AlA, Senior Vice President John A. McCormac, AlA, Vice President Michael K. Hart, AlA, Vice President I I I Staff Size: 60 I By Classification: 21 Registered Architects 13 Graduate Architects 2 Registered Interior Designers 2 Construction Administrators 9 AutoCAD/Technical Support 13 Administrative Support I I Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects, P.A. was founded in 1938 by William B. Harvard, Sr. Our firm is the Tampa Bay Area's oldest and largest architectural firm and among the five largest in Florida. Fifteen Registered Architects and Interior Designers are stockholders. The professional staff consists of Registered Architects, Graduate Architects, Interior Designers, Field Representatives and a Professional Support Staff for a total of 60 members. I I I The firm's areas of expertise are library, office, educational, healthcare, fine arts, museums, theatres, exhibition design, public, governmental, religious, parking garage, interior design and space planning, historic preservation, postal and criminal justice facilities. Harvard Jolly's projects have received awards for the firm throughout its history, and two have won the American Institute of Architects 25-Year Test of Time Award. In the past three years alone, the firm has won 16 awards for excellence in design from the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council Future of The Region Awards competition. I I I Harvard Jolly maintains full-service offices in St. Petersburg, Tampa, Fort Myers, Orlando and Panama City. I I I I I JONATHAN R. TaPPE, AlA, NeARB Executive Vice President I YEARS EXPERIENCE Total Years Experience: 29 With Harvard Jolly: 18 I I REGISTRA TION Florida Registered Architect #5583 National Council of Architectural Registration Boards #19060 I I EDUCATION Master of Arts in Architecture University of Florida, 1971 Bachelor of Arts in Architecture University of Florida, 1969 I PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Institute of Architects Florida Association of the AlA AlA Tampa Bay Board of Directors, 1981-84 I I CIVIC ACTIVITIES All Children's Hospital Foundation Development Council Largo Cultural Center Friends of the Arts St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce Bd. of Governors 1990-93 Leadership Tampa Bay Founding Board Member 1987-92 Charter Class 1988 President 1988-89 Leadership St. Petersburg Class of 1 980 Planning Committee, 1981-91 Chairman, 1984-85 Leadership St. Petersburg Alumni Board 1984-90 President 1988-89 I I I I I I A WARDS St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce Member of the Year, 1989 Who's Who - South and Southwest University of Florida Hall of Fame I I PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Libraries Orange County Library System, Orlando East Orange Library Prototype Orlando Main Library Renovation Temple Terrace Library Additions and Renovations to Main Library Flagler County Library, Palm Coast Grant Application and New Library Central Ridge Library, Beverly Hills Grant Application and New Library City of Dunedin Main Library and Grant 153,000 Volumes Bruton Memorial Library Expansion, Plant City - 95,000 Volumes City of Gulfport Library - 70,000 Volumes Expansion and Renovation City of Seminole New Library and Community Center - 80,000 Volumes University of South Florida New Library, Sarasota Campus - 325,000 Volumes Azalea Joint City Library/Middle School Media Center, St. Petersburg - 38,000 Volumes Museums Florida International Museum, St. Petersburg Treasures of the Czars from the Kremlin Museum Splendors of Ancient Egypt Alexander the Great Titanic: The Exhibition St. Petersburg Historical Museum and Flight One Pavilion, St. Petersburg Salvador Dali Museum, Research Institute and 44,OOO-Volume Library, St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts Expansion, St. Petersburg Auditorium/Conference/Training Facilities Faith United Presbyterian Church, Seminole Education and Fellowship Hall St. Joseph's Hospital Conference Center, Tampa 700-Seat Multi-Purpose Meeting Facility with Full AN Services All Children's Hospital Education/Conference Center, St. Petersburg 500-Seat Multi-Purpose Facility with Full AN Services Caples Fine Arts Center, USF Sarasota Campus I I I WARD J. FRISZOLOWSKI, R.A. Vice President I YEARS EXPERIENCE Total Years Experience: 17 With Harvard Jolly: 10 I I I REGISTRATION Florida Registered Architect # 13140 I EDUCATION Associate in Applied Science/ Architecture, State University of New York at Farmingdale, 1980 Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, 1987 I PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS President of the AlA Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg Section, 1992 Vice President of the Florida Central Chapter, AlA, St. Petersburg Section, 1991 Associate Director of the Florida Central Chapter, AlA, St. Petersburg Section, 1990 Chairman of the Aesthetic and Historic Review Board, City of St. Petersburg Beach, 1992-93 City Commissioner, City of St. Pete Beach, 1994-95 Vice Mayor, City of St. Pete Beach, 1995-Present Member, Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council I I I I I I I I I I PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Orange County Library System, Orlando Orlando Main Library Expansion East Orange Library Prototype New Tampa Regional Library, Tampa New Facility - 100,000 Volumes City of Temple Terrace Additions and Renovations to Main Library Flagler County Library, Palm Coast Grant and New Library Central Ridge Library, Beverly Hills Grant, Schematic Design and Building Design 80,000 Volumes Carnegie Library/Mirror Lake, St. Petersburg Historical Restoration/Addition - 60,000 Volumes City of Dunedin Main Library and Grant 153,000 Volumes Bruton Memorial Library Expansion and Renovation, Plant City 95,000 Volumes City of Gulfport Library Expansion & Renovation 70,000 Volumes St. Petersburg Beach Library 50,000 Volumes {Pro Bono Study} Seminole Library and Community Center 80,000-Volume New Library BOR/USF/USGS Getting Building, St. Petersburg Addition to USGS Headquarters Pinellas Co. School Board Admin. Building, Largo USF Natural Sciences Building Expansion, Sarasota City of New Port Richey Police Headquarters New Facility, Needs Assessment and Site Selection, Building Program and Design City of Gulfport Municipal Complex and Police Headquarters Feasibility Study, Site Selection, Needs Assessment, Building Programming, Master Plan and Building Design of New 16,000 SF Facility I I I LIBRARY DESIGN EXPERIENCE Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects, P.A. I I Okeechobee County Library, Okeechobee New 15,500 SF Headquarters Library for County Library System - 2000 I City of Pinellas Park Public Library State Grant Application and Library Expansion - 2000 I Orange County Library System, Orlando .:. New Branch Library Prototype for 5 Sites - 1999 .:. East Orange Branch Library .:. Orlando Main Library Renovation I I Flagler County Library, Palm Coast State Grant Application and New 30,000 SF Facility - 1999 I City of Temple Terrace Public Library 20,000 SF of Additions and Renovations to Main Library - 1998 I John Hopkins Magnet Performing Arts Middle School Library and Media Center, St. Petersburg School Board of Pinellas County 16,000 Volumes - 1998 I I New Tampa Regional Library, Tampa New 80,000-Volume Regional Library - 1997 Winner of 1997 Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council Honorable Mention Future of the Region A ward in Development Category I I I lake Howell High School Library and Media Center, Winter Springs School Board of Seminole County 24,000 Volumes - 1997 I I I Mirror lake Public Library Restoration and Addition, St. Petersburg Historic Restoration and Expansion - 1997 40,000-Volume Addition - 1955 Winner of 1997 Preservation Award from the American Institute Of Architects Pinel/as Section, Tampa Bay Chapter and St. Petersburg Preservation, Inc Winner of 1997 Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council 2nd Place Meritorious Future of the Region A ward in Development Category Teague Middle School Library and Media Center, Altamonte Springs School Board of Seminole County 16,000 Volumes - 1997 Carillon Elementary School, Oviedo School Board of Seminole County 10,000 Volumes - 1997 City of Dunedin Main Library, Dunedin State Grant Application and New 153,000-Volume Facility - 1996 Citrus County Central Ridge Library, Beverly Hills State Grant Application and New 80,000- Volume Facility - 1995 City of St. Pete Beach Library, St. Pete Beach Library Master Planning and Interior Renovation - 1995 City of Gulfport Library, Gulfport Renovation and Expansion of 70,000- Volume Facility - 1994 Winner of 1995 Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council Future of the Region Meritorious A ward in Development Category I I I LIBRARY DESIGN EXPERIENCE Page 2 I I City of Plant City Library, Plant City Renovation and Expansion of 95,000- Volume Bruton Memorial Library - 1994 Winner of 1994 Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council Future of the Region Meritorious A ward in Development Category I ~ I City of St. Petersburg Public Library, St. Petersburg New 280,000-Volume Facility - 1964 Library Renovations - 1989 Library Additions and Renovations - 1994 I I Carwise Middle School Library and Media Center, Palm Harbor School Board of Pinellas County 16,000 Volumes - 1993 I City of Seminole Community Library, Seminole New 80,000-Volume Facility and Community Room - 1992 Winner of the 1992 Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council Future of the Region A wards Meritorious Design A ward for Outstanding Achievement in Development Category I I I I Tommy Smith Elementary School Library and Media Center, Panama City School Board of Bay County - 1992 10,000 Volumes I Indian Trails Middle School Library and Media Center, Winter Springs School Board of Seminole County - 1992 16,000 Volumes I I Campbell Junior High School Library and Additions, Daytona Beach School Board of Volusia County - 1989 22,000 Volumes I I Port Orange Elementary School Media Center, Port Orange School Board of Volusia County - 1989 10,000 Volumes Westside Elementary School Media Center, Daytona Beach School Board of Volusia County - 1989 11,000 Volumes Surfside Middle School Media Center, Panama City Beach School Board of Bay County - 1989 16,000 Volumes Salvador Dali Research Institute & Library, St. Petersburg 4,000 Volumes, Phase 1- 1981 10,000 Volumes, Phase II - 1983 30,000 Volumes, Phase III - 1988 Brown Middle School Media Center, Panama City School Board of Bay County - 1988 16,000 Volumes Azalea Branch Public Library and Joint Use Media Center, St. Petersburg Jointly Owned and Operated by City of St. Petersburg/Pinellas County School Board - 1987 38,000 Volumes Winner of the 1989 Honorable Mention A ward in Exhibition of School Architecture from the American Association Of School Administrators and The American Institute Of Architects, National A wards Wilson Junior High School Media Center, Tampa School Board of Hillsborough County - 1986 4,000 Volumes I I I LIBRARY DESIGN EXPERIENCE Page 3 I I Spring Hill Elementary Media Center, Spring Hill School Board of Hernando County - 1986 2,000 Volumes I University of South Florida Sarasota Campus Library, Sarasota State of Florida Board of Regents - 1986 New 325,000-Volume Facility Winner of the 1987 Design A ward from the American Institute Of Architects Central Chapter, Honor A wards I I I Osceola Middle School Library, Seminole School Board of Pinellas County - 1985 15,000 Volumes I Palm Harbor Middle School Library, Palm Harbor School Board of Pinellas County -1983 15,000 Volumes I Tarpon Springs Middle School Library, Tarpon Springs School Board of Pinellas County - 1981 15,000 Volumes I I I I I I I I Temple Terrace Elementary Media Center, Temple Terrace School Board of Hillsborough County - 1980 11,000 Volumes Dickenson Elementary Media Center, Tampa School Board of Hillsborough County - 1978 10,000 Volumes Stetson University - College of Law Library, Gulfport Stetson University - 1973 120,000 Volumes Madeira Beach Middle School Media Center, Madeira Beach School Board of Pinellas County - 1970 12,000 Volumes Pinellas Park Public Library, Pinellas Park City of Pinellas Park - 1969 43,000 Volumes I I I CAMPUS AND FACILITY MASTER PLANNING Harvard Jolly Clees Tappe Architects, P.A. I I Government City of Gulfport Government Complex New Facility Master Plan I City of Lake Wales Police Department Headquarters New Facility Master Plan I City of Largo - Largo Central Park Master Plan of New City Park I City of Largo - Largo Cultural Center New Facility Master Plan I I City of New Port Richey Police Headquarters New Facility Master Plan City of St. Pete Beach City Hall Complex New Facility Master Plan I City of South Pasadena City Hall Complex New Facility Master Plan I Education Lake Howell High School, Winter Springs Master Plan, Additions and Renovations I Progress Village Middle School. Tampa Master Plan for Conversion of Elementary to Middle School I Springstead High School, Spring Hill Master Plan for Expansion I Rock Lake Middle School, Longwood Master Plan for Expansion I DeLand High School, DeLand Master Plan for Expansion and Renovation I Florida College of Osteopathic Medicine, Gulfport Master Plan for New Campus I I Healthcare Dade City Hospital. Dade City Hospital Master Plan East Cooper Medical Center, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina Campus and Hospital Master Plan Fort Walton Beach Medical Center, Ft. Walton Beach Hospital Master Plan Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital, Tarpon Springs Hospital Master Plan Kendall Regional Medical Center, Miami Campus and Hospital Master Plan Lykes Memorial Hospital. Brooksville Hospital Master Plan Meadowcrest Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana Hospital Master Plan Munroe Regional Medical Center, Ocala Hospital Master Plan Northridge Medical Center, Ft. Lauderdale Campus Master Plan Our Lady Of Bellefonte Hospital, Ashland, Kentucky Campus and Hospital Master Plan Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, Palm Beach Campus and Hospital Master Plan Palmetto General Hospital, Hialeah Campus and Hospital Master Plan I I I CAMPUS AND FACILITY MASTER PLANNING Page 2 I I Palms Of Pasadena Hospital, South Pasadena Campus Master Plan I Parkway Medical Center. North Miami Campus Master Plan I Pembroke Pines Hospital. Pembroke Pines Hospital Master Plan I Sacred Heart Hospital. Pensacola Campus and Hospital Master Plan I St. Anthony's Hospital. St. Petersburg Medical Campus Master Plan I St. Joseph's Hospital. Tampa Campus and Hospital Master Plan I Seven Rivers Hospital. Crystal River Campus Hospital Master Plan I Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center. Ft. Myers Hospital Master Plan I Sun Coast Hospital. Largo Campus and Hospital Master Plan I Town & Country Hospital. Tampa Campus and Hospital Master Plan I West Boca Medical Center. Boca Raton Hospital Master Plan I I I I I I I MUSEUM/CULTURAL CENTER/FINE ARTS DESIGN EXPERIENCE Harvard Jolly Clees Tappe Architects, P.A. I I Florida International Museum, St. Petersburg . Treasures of the Czars from the Kremlin Museum/January-June 1995 Design of 80,000 SF international exhibition center, including 22,000 SF of changeable exhibit space, lobby, gift shop, theatre and banquet facilities. Exhibition of more than 200 objects covering the 300-year reign of the Romanov family. Objects included precious stones, textiles, crowns, jewelry, carriages and religious objects in 12 galleries. . Splendors of Ancient Egypt/January- June 1996 Exhibition of 172 artifacts, including sculpture, pottery and two-dimensional art from Pre-Dynastic through Greco- Roman period in 12 galleries. . Alexander the Great/October 1996- March 1997 Exhibition of 550 artifacts from 55 museums in Europe and the United States, including gold, silver and statues in 11 galleries. . Titanic: The Exhibit/November 1997- May 1998 Exhibition of more than 300 artifacts recovered from the RMS Titanic I I I I I I I I I Delaware International Exhibition Center, Wilmington, Delaware Design consultant to developers converting an abandoned shipyard building into an international exhibition facility. . Nicholas and Alexandra Exhibition from the Hermitage Museum/October 1998- March 1999 Exhibition of more than 500 artifacts, including jewelry, textiles, carriages, religious and personal possessions. I I I I I Kansas International Museum, Topeka Treasures of the Czars from the Kremlin Museum: Design Consultant and Exhibition Designer of the second in a series of international exhibits from the Russian Kremlin. Project consists of the conversion of existing building into a state-of-the-art international exhibition center including lobby, gift shop, changeable exhibit space, and a theater. St. Petersburg Historical Museum and Flight One Pavilion Renovation and expansion of existing facility for City of St. Petersburg. Requirements included a highly visible and prominent display pavilion for the full- scale replica of the Benoist airboat utilized to establish the world's first commercial airline in 1914. Caples Fine Arts Center at University of South Florida/New College, Sarasota 260 fixed-seat lecture/recital hall, gallery/lobby and related facilities: . Sculpture Building . Lota Mundy Music Building . Two-Dimensional Fine Arts . Mildred Sainer Music and Fine Arts Pavilion Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg Conversion of an existing warehouse into new construction of Phase I - Main Gallery, Phase II - Library, Lobby, Shop and Offices, and Phase III - Community Room, Library and Storage Expansion. Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg New galleries and administration, storage, and library additions to create a new second floor I I I MUSEUM/CULTURAL CENTER/FINE ARTS DESIGN EXPERIENCE Page 2 I I Great Explorations Hands On Children's Museum, St. Petersburg Conversion of former sporting goods store to an interactive museum designed for children I Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Tampa Continuing theater, acoustical and architectural consultation concerning renovations and improvements to an existing ten year old four theater complex. Completed projects include architectural and acoustical studies for conversion of the 1,000 seat Playhouse into a 1,300 seat Symphonic Hall with new raised floor and acoustical improvements, Carol Morsani Hall stage replacement, office and exterior renovations and other long- range studies. I I I I I I Largo Multi-Use Conference Center/Theatre, Largo Multi-purpose facility with stage, versatile retractable seating to allow for a 200- person banquet facility, four meeting/lecture rooms which could function simultaneously, a catering kitchen, concession stand, ticket offices, an audio/visual control room, dressing rooms and an outdoor amphitheatre with pedestrian plazas, fountains and sculpture garden which could be visible to several thousand people for a performance outside. I I I I Marina Civic Center Theatre/Auditorium, Panama City Conversion of civic auditorium to a 2,500- seat performing arts/conference facility I I I I Pinellas County School Board Administration Building, Largo Board Room/District Training Facility Divisible into four spaces, video recording/broadcast facility with complete A/V control room, and separate television production studio and control room Seminole Library Community Center, Seminole 300-seat multi-purpose facility to allow group meeting functions to act independently or in conjunction with library functions, divisible into three spaces, AN control room All Children's Hospital Education/Conference Center, St. Petersburg 500-seat multi-purpose facility and 6 training rooms, staff offices, storage, AN control and audio/video recording and transmitting facilities, non-working stage, satellite links Sudakoff Lecture and Conference Center, New College of USF at Sarasota 750-seat multi-purpose facility, divisible into 5 separate meeting rooms, plus separate conference rooms, office, storage and catering facilities St. Joseph's Hospital Conference Center, Tampa 700-seat multi-purpose facility, divisible into 4 separate meeting spaces, plus storage, catering, AN control and audio/video recording and transmitting facilities I I I MUSEUM/CULTURAL CENTER/FINE ARTS DESIGN EXPERIENCE Page 3 I I Caples Fine Arts Center, University of South Florida/New College Campus, Sarasota 260 fixed-seat lecture/recital hall, gallery/lobby and related facilities I I Faith United Presbyterian Church, Seminole Multi-purpose Education and Fellowship Hall, divisible into 7 separate meeting spaces, 2 dressing rooms, non-working stage, full kitchen and AN control room I I Bininger Center for the Performing Arts, Eckerd College Campus - St. Petersburg I Roberts Music Center, Eckerd College Campus - St. Petersburg Designed I Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair I P. Buckley Moss Gallery & Etching Studio, St. Petersburg I Samuel P. Ham Museum Competition, University of Florida - Gainesville I I I I I I I I I FIRM PROFilE Robert A.M. Stern Architects I Legal Name: Years in Business: Robert A.M. Stern Architects I 29 Officers: Robert A.M. Stern, Senior Partner Robert S. Buford, Managing Partner Roger H. Seifter, Partner Paul L. Whalen, Partner Graham S. Wyatt, Partner I I I Staff Size: 135 By Classification: 25 Architects 72 Draftsmen 7 Interior Designers 2 Landscape Architects 2 Researchers 13 Model Builders 14 Administrative I I I I I Robert A.M. Stern is a 135-person partnership of architects, landscape architects, interior designers and supporting staff. Over its 28-year history, the firm has established an international reputation as a leading design firm with wide experience in residential, commercial, and institutional work, including projects in Europe, Asia and throughout the United States. The firm maintains an attention to detail and commitment to design quality which has earned international recognition, numerous awards and citations for design excellence, including National Honor Awards of the American Institute of Architects, and a lengthening list of repeat clients. Recently completed projects include the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA; Ohrstrom Library, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH; the Center for Jewish Life, Princeton University; EuroDisney, Marne-La-Valh~e, France; the Disney Feature Animation Building, Burbank, CA; the Brooklyn Law School Tower, Brooklyn, NY; the William Gates Computer Science Building, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; the Disney Boardwalk Resort, Orlando, FL; and the new town of Celebration, Florida. I I I I I I I I ROBERT A.M. STERN, FAIA Senior Partner I YEARS EXPERIENCE Total Years Experience: 32 With RAMSA: 29 I I EDUCA TION Bachelor of Architecture, 1960, Columbia University Master of Arch., 1965, Yale Univ. I REGISTRA TION State of New York #011 31 8-1 State of Florida #0010545 I PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Robert A.M. Stern is a practicing architect, teacher and writer. Mr. Stern, founder and Senior Partner in the firm of Robert A.M. Stern Architects, is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and received the Medal of Honor of its New York Chapter in 1984. I I I A professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preser- vation at Columbia University and presently Director of the Historic Preservation Department, Mr. Stern served from 1 984 to 1 988 as the first director of Columbia's Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of Ameri- can Architecture. He has lectured extensively in the United States and abroad on both historical and contemporary topics in architecture. He is the author of several books, including New Directions in American Architecture (Braziller, 1969; revised edition, 1977); George Howe: Toward a Modern American Architecture (Yale University Press, 1975); and Modern Classicism (London: Thames & Hudson; NY: Rizzoli, 1988). Mr. Stern's particular interest and experience in the development of New York City's architecture and urbanism can be seen in his books, New York I I I I I I I I 1900, (Rizzoli, 1983) coauthored with John Assengale and Gregory Gilmartin, New York 1930, (Rizzoli, 1987) co-authored with Thomas Mellins and Gregory Gilmartin, and New York 1960, (Monacelli, 1995) coauthored with Thomas Mellins and David Fishman. Eight books on Mr. Stern's work have been published: Robert Stern, edited by David Dunster, with an introduction by Vincent Scully (London, Academy Editions, 1981); Robert A.M. Stern Buildings and Projects 1965-1980, edited by Peter Arnell and Ted Bickford (NY, Rizzoli, 1981); Robert A.M. Stern: Buildings and Projects 1981- 1985, edited by Luis F. Rueda (NY, Rizzoli, 1986); Robert A.M. Stern: Modernita Tradizione, edited by Lucia Funari (Rome: Edizioni Kappa, 1990), with an introduction by Paolo Portoghesi; The American Houses of Robert A.M. Stern, with an introduction by Clive Aslet (NY: Rizzoli, 1991); Architectural Monographs no. 17, Robert A.M. Stern: Selected Works, (London: Academy Editions, NY: St. Martins Press, 1991); Robert A.M. Stern: Buildings and Projects 1987-1992, edited by Elizabeth Kraft (NY: Rizzoli, 1992) with an introduction by Vincent Scully; and Robert A.M. Stern: Buildings (NY: Monacelli, 1996) and Robert A.M. Stern: Houses (NY: Monacelli, 1997). Mr. Stern's work has been exhibited at numerous galleries and universities and is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Deutsches Architekturmuseum, the Denver Museum of Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1982, Mr. Stern was the subject of a one-man exhibition at the Neuberger Museum of the State University of New York at Purchase. In 1980 he designed the section devoted to the 1970's in the Forum Design Exhibition held in Linz, Austria. In 1976, 1980, and 1996, he was among the architects selected to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale. In 1986 Mr. Stern hosted "Pride of Place: Building the American Dream," an 8- part, 8-hour documentary television series aired on the PBS. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Walt Disney Co. I I I ALEXANDER P. LAMIS, AlA Associate Partner I YEARS EXPERIENCE Total Years Experience: 15 With RAMSA: 15 I I REGISTRA TION State of New York License # 019600 (1988) I EDUCA TION Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Master of Architecture, Graduate School of Architecture and Planning, Columbia University I I AFFILlA TIONS American Institute of Architects I I I I I I I I I I PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Alexander P. Lamis joined Robert A.M. Stern Architects in 1983. He has acted as Architect-in- Charge for varied institutional, commercial, and residential projects in the U.S. and Europe. Recent projects include: Bangor Public Library, Bangor, Maine William Gates Computer Science Building at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA Broadway Residence Hall for Columbia University Princeton University Center for Jewish Life, Princeton, NJ He has designed several projects for the Walt Disney Company, including: Disney's Yacht and Beach Club, Orlando, Florida, Hotel Cheyenne and Newport Bay Club Convention Center, EuroDisneyland Interiors for the new studios for Disney Feature Animation in Burbank, CA He is currently working with the University of Maine in planning the future of their principal campus library, the Fogler Library. Mr. Lamis' work has been published in the New York Times, Architecture, Architectural Record, Progressive Architecture, Interiors, and several foreign journals. He has lectured at the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and has been invited to serve on juries at Columbia University, the City University of New York, and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I LIBRARY DESIGN EXPERIENCE Robert A.M. Stern Architects EAST HAMPTON LIBRARY East Hampton, New York Completion Date: Project Size: Project Cost: Lead Architect: Library Address: 1997 11,000 GSF Existing and 6,430 GSF New $1,500,000 Robert A.M. Stern Architects 159 Main Street, East Hampton, NY 14937 BANGOR PUBLIC LIBRARY Bangor, Maine Completion Date: Size of Project: Project Cost: Lead Architect: Library Address: January, 1998 67,000 GSF $8,500,000 Robert A.M. Stern Architects 145 Harlow Street, Bangor, ME 0441-4900 OHSTROM LIBRARY St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire Completion Date: Size of Project: Project Cost: Lead Architect: Library Address: 1991 32,000 GSF $7,800,000 Robert A.M. Stern Architects Ohrstrom Library, St. Paul's School, Concord, MA DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY COMPETITION Denver, Colorado Completion Date: Size of Project: Project Cost: Lead Architect: Library Address: Unbuilt 436,000 GSF New/1 00,000 GSF renovation $64,000,000 Budget Robert A.M. Stern Architects Denver Public Library - Central Library 1357 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203 03301 I 'I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I LIBRARY DESIGN EXPERIENCE Page 2 THE COLGATE DARDEN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia Date of Completion: Size of Project: Project Cost: Lead Architect: Library Address: 1996 200,000 GSF $25,500,000 Robert A.M. Stern Architects The Colgate Darden School of Business University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22903 BROOKLYN SCHOOL OF LAW TOWER Brooklyn, New York Date of Completion: Size of Project: Project Cost: Lead Architect: Library Address: 1994 90,000 sq. ft. new construction 60,000 sq. ft. renovation $25,000,000 Robert A.M. Stern Architects Brooklyn Law School, 250 Joralemon Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 WILLIAM GATES COMPUTER SCIENCE BUILDING Stanford University, Palo Alto, California Date of Completion: Size of Project: Projects Cost: Lead Architect: Library Address: 1996 150,000 sq. ft. $26,000,000 Robert A.M. Stern Architects 855 Serra Street, 2nd Floor, Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6114 FOGLER LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF MAINE Orono, Maine Date of Completion: Size of Project: Lead Architect: Library Address: 1997 Planning Study for 1,000,000 volume library Robert A.M. Stern Architects University of Maine, 5765 Service Building Orono, Maine 04469-5765 I I I URBAN PLANNING EXPERIENCE Robert A.M. Stern Architects I 42nd Street Now! New York, NY 1992- I I Our task on this urban redevelopment project was to work with the New York State Urban Development Corporation, the City of New York, and the Developer to develop an Interim Plan and Guidelines to create a new image for four sites at the intersection of 42nd Street and Times Square and for the rest of the street extending to 8th Avenue, bringing back to life what was once the most famous entertainment street in the world. I I Our office's role was to analyze the relevant trends, characteristics and use patterns of the area, to tie these into an historical analysis, and then to develop a series of opportunities and constraints, and project goals, principles and program elements. I The result of our efforts will be a lively street of signs and lights, of exciting new technologies with historic buildings, a street that lives up to the best of its worldwide reputation but that still looks like a real New York City street that evolved naturally. I Celebration Celebration, Florida 1987 - 1997 I Located outside of Orlando, Florida, Celebration will, in its full build-out, be a town encompassing 4,900 acres and about 20,000 residents. This office's role, working in partnership with Cooper Robertson and Partners and the developer, the Celebration Company, is to develop the Full Build-Out master plan. Completed to date is a First Phase Village incorporating a Downtown and approximately 500 houses and apartments. I I Taking cues from traditional towns, the Downtown is focused on a new lake that overlooks the existing wooded wetlands, creating an intimate relationship between town and nature. Residential neighborhoods radiate out from this center in a warped grid plan that allows for easy visitor orientation while creating picturesque views down curved streets. I I This office's responsibilities also include the detailed architectural design of the Downtown, incorporating 123 apartments and 150,000 square feet of retail, entertainment, and office space. I I I I I I I URBAN PLANNING EXPERIENCE Page Two I I Grand Hotel and Villas Heiligendamm, Germany 1996 - I Germany's most historic seaside resort, Heiligendamm, is located in the eastern part of the country on the coast of the Baltic Sea, approximately 200 kilometers north of Berlin and 200 kilometers northeast of Hamburg. Our assignment includes the restoration and adaptive reuse of the historic villas and hotels as well as the development of a new town on 105 hectares. I I Tuxedo Reserve Tuxedo, New York 1997 - I This office is providing master planning services and architectural guidelines for the new community of Tuxedo Reserve at Tuxedo, New York, for the Related Companies, and will continue to be the master architect for the plan's 20-year build-out. I We are committed to the formation of a community composed of a series of neighborhoods grouped around public amenities such as neighborhood greens, recreation facilities, community facilities and commercial buildings. A small hamlet with tree-lined streets, community parks, mixed use and civic buildings will create a strong center for what we plan to be a community rather than just a collection of houses. An integral part of our work is the determination of an appropriate architectural character for the community. I I I Police Building Pasadena, California 1990 I The police building is the first major addition to Pasadena's Civic Center to be undertaken in twenty years. Although the building is one in which security is paramount, the appearance of an armed fortress is carefully avoided: the Police Building expresses civic grandeur while maintaining a welcoming, public image. I I I I I I I I MUSEUM/CULTURAL CENTER/FINE ARTS DESIGN EXPERIENCE Robert A.M. Stern Architects I Norman Rockwell Museum Stockbridge, Massachusetts I I Conceived not only as a repository for works of art but also as a representation of the artist's view of the world, the Museum is a representation of small-town New England public life with a classically inspired building approached across a village green. When Rockwell died in 1978, he left his archives and a considerable collection of his original art to be displayed in a small historic house. When the house outgrew the number of visitors it engendered, we were commissioned to build a house-museum a few miles out of town to contain a suite of galleries, classrooms, curatorial areas and a library. I I Hobby Center for the Performing Arts Houston, Texas I This project was a privately funded performing arts complex comprising a 2,700-seat musical theatre, a 500-seat community proscenium theatre, a performing arts school, and a 200-car parking garage. The music hall complex will be home to two resident companies: PACE, a national touring musical theatre company, and Theatre Under the Stars, a Houston-based musical theatre organization that also runs a performing arts school. I I 42nd Street Theatres New York, New York I The reuse of existing theaters on 42nd Street between Times Square and Eighth Avenue is the subject of a feasibility study sponsored by the New York State Urban Development Corporation. The contiguous theatres - the Selwyn, the Lyric, the Times Square, and the Apollo - represent four very different houses in terms of architectural character, staging potential and seating capacity. While the general goal of the study was to encourage the return of all four theatres - most of which have been in use as cinemas since the 1930s - to live or media-oriented performance, the study also included a proposal for the incorporation of retail and theatre-oriented commercial space in and around the theatre buildings. This would allow the performance aspect of the entertainment district to be reinforced by appropriately related uses. I I I I Roger Tory Peterson Institute Jamestown, New York I A center for the study of natural history, this Institute was built to serve visiting scholars, educators, and small groups from the public at large. The first phase of a projected three-stage plan consists of a public gallery for wildlife art, an archive for the preservation of wildlife art and rare books on the natural sciences, a library, meeting and conference rooms, and offices. I I I I I MUSEUM/CULTURAL CENTER/FINE ARTS DESIGN EXPERIENCE Page Two I National Storytelling Center Jonesborough, Tennessee I The National Storytellers Association is synonymous with its home in Jonesborough, a well- preserved historic town and the oldest in Tennessee. At full build-out the Center will be fully integrated with the town, occupying various existing buildings on Main Street. The Center is dedicated to the preservation and promulgation of the oral tradition of storytelling. The first phase building, located at the edge of the most urban stretch of Main Street, together with the historic Chester Inn, will define a plaza that will be the principal outdoor focus of the Center. I I The institute will be realized in stages, eventually to contain a broad range of educational, research and entertainment facilities. The Chester Inn will house offices, meeting rooms and a bookstore. A tower marks the fulcrum of the building and becomes an icon for the center. The casual painted wooden shingle and metal roof of the Chester Inn give the Center its primary architectural cues. These, combined with some of the classicism of Jonesborough's more civic buildings, results in a structure at home with the folksy traditions of storytelling but with a demeanor and presence that will make it a respect addition to the delicate fabric of this historic town. I I I Fine Arts Building University of California at Irvine I Studio IV is the gateway to the Fine Arts Village, a once obscure part of the UC sprawling campus made suddenly prominent by a change in the university's master plan. Using light- frame and industrial building techniques, the new structure provides as much open loft space as possible within a limited budget. Sheltering tile roofs, easy communication between indoors and out, and a gentle Classicism of detail were intended to begin a process of formal romanticism that would transform the Fine Arts Village from a collection of impersonal, artistically mute buildings frozen in the 1970s into something more deeply embedded in the optimistic vision of climate, place and tradition that typifies much of the best Southern California architecture. I I I Disney Feature Animation Building Burbank, California I Tired of the chaos of doing animation for Disney in seven separate warehouses in Glendale in the late 1980s, the animators put pressure on the heads of Disney - Michael Eisner and Frank Wells - to build a new Animation Building or they were going to move into a local high-rise office building. A 240,000-square-foot building that houses over 700 employees was built, not on the studio lot but across the street from it. Like the Casting Center in Orlando, the Animation Building represents Disney in a highly public place. I I The new building has a diagonal marquee-like entrance which leads under a superscale representation of Mickey Mouse's Sorcerer's Apprentice Hat from Fantasia. Inside floors are interconnected by a centrally located grand stair, and each has a "main street" on the south fa<;ade of the building. I I I I I City of Clearwater Public Library - Response to Questions 1. How could you help finalize site selection? I The selection of Clearwater's new main library site is the first and one of the most important decisions that must be made. Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects has successfully conducted site selections with many municipal clients, including the cities of Lake Wales, New Port Richey and Gulfport. Robert AM. Stern Architects have a rich history of urban master planning including 42nd Street in New York City and the master planning of the town of Celebration, Florida. They are currently in discussion with the City of Tampa for the development of a new downtown master plan. I I I The new main library is a crucial part of Clearwater's downtown redevelopment effort; the proper location and siting will benefit both the library and be a catalyst for City Center and the Cleveland Street corridor. The site decision will naturally lead toward many other choices made by members of the City team as they consider the development of City Center and by the Library staff as they work with their Architect to develop an aesthetically pleasing and functional library in the heart of the city. I I While there are compelling reasons to consider the library as a civic complex, it is important when selecting the site that the library not be remote from the life of the street, isolated as a sole-source destination. For a library to help to re-energize a downtown, people must get out of their cars and walk a bit because street life is what makes cities successful. Utban libraries should embrace streets, not be floating in a sea of parking. However, parking should be convenient, but discreet. One public entrance is essential from a security perspective, but more importantly, it should be a truly public expression of the civic pride taken in a library. I I I I I I I I I I As part of our process to help narrow the site selection, we have developed a method which utilizes a matrix chart. This matrix includes factors such as availability of public transportation, utilities, topography, size and proportion of the site, access, relationship to other community facilities, future expansion potential, vegetation, ownership of the site, and other significant items of importance to both the City and the Library. The matrix uses a weighted scale by which to evaluate all of the options and set criteria to determine which one site best suits the needs of the Clearwater Library. As there are many interrelated . issues in a decision of this magnitude, the weighting allows the various factors to be objectively evaluated while recognizing the varying degrees of importance of decisions. For example, convenient access of the library to public transportation lines may be a more important factor than land ownership. Some factors are more critical than others, and those that are the most important should be identified by the City and Library staffs as we develop the matrix together. Often, we will provide site studies that will show how a building can be sited within a specific site. This is of extreme importance. It will help the team evaluate parlcing, retention, the building footprint as well as future expansion and how the Library supports the overall redevelopment of City Center. Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects with Robert A.M. Stern Architects City of Clearwater Public Library - Response to Questions 2. How would you involve the community and library staff in the design of the Library? Both Robert A.M. Stem and Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe have vast experience in community involvement through all of our public projects. We begin our design effort with an intensive programming or program verification study in which we distribute detailed questionnaires to both Library staff, the Library Board, patrons, and other user groups. We use these questionnaires as the basis for a series of focus group meetings designed to build consensus. During these focus group meetings, we begin discussion of the site planning process and proceed all the way through to floor planning issues involving aesthetic decisions as well as [me-tuning those details. We solicit a wide range of inputs and are experienced in sorting through these to distill a workable and financially responsible program, culminating in a successful design. All of this effort up front builds consensus among the participants and results in a project that is truly a community project. We then begin our schematic design, which is again reviewed by both staff and designated community representatives and, where necessary, modified to take their ideas into account. We do everything possible to develop a broad-based consensus in the early stages of the design, opening a dialogue with each of the stakeholders in the library. We then continue these dialogues through the design and approvals process. A recent example is Harvard Jolly's new Dunedin Library. Five community meetings were held focusing on: Program and Needs Assessment Site Selection and Design Building Functions Library Aesthetics Community Oven'iew and Consensus More than 500 people attended, including Library staff, City staff, elected officials and friends. . Mt , Iv':n:',"':::.::... Library feature broadcast "Spotlight on Dunedin Library" Video image of Dunedin Library meeting Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects with Robert A.M. Stern Architects City of Clearwater Public Library - Response to Questions 3. Describe how your team has worked together on other library projects. Both Robert AM. Stem Architects and Hatvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects are experienced and successful designers of libraries. Both finns routinely use collaborations with architectural teams to create successful projects. Harvard Jolly designed the University of South Florida Sarasota Campus Library in association with The Architects Collaborative and has often associated with specialists. Robert AM. Stem Architects are not only an internationally recognized firm with significant awards and citations for design excellence, but they have extensive experience in library design. Although we have not worked together in the past, we have both had opportunities in collaboration with other architectural firms with great success. For the Clearwater Library project, Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects will be the prime architect contracting with the City. Robert AM. Stem Architects will be design partners to Harvard Jolly. The engineering team members have all worked with Harvard Jolly on successful major projects throughout Florida. With Robert AM. Stem's international experience and Harvard Jolly's extensive Florida library expertise, this will be a successful collaboration that will result in the best library and a signature building for the City of Clearwater. Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects with Robert A.M. Stern Architects City of Clearwater Public Library - Response to Questions 4. Describe your most successful library projects. Both Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects and Robert AM. Stem Architects are experienced and successful designers of libraries. One of Robert AM. Stem's most successful designs was the recently opened Bangor Public Library. Stem thoroughly modernized and provided a substantial addition to a beloved downtown institution. The complex renovation included the removal of four levels of self-supporting closed stacks and their replacement by new open-stack floors. It also involved designing a new addition, providing access to the disabled, a new and enlarged children's division, and generous new reading rooms and stack areas. For the first time in 80 years, patrons have the ability to browse at leisure through the library's impressive 500,OOO-volume collection. An already busy library has seen its usage doubled. It also has succeeded as an institutional anchor, bringing more people downtown, and has become a catalyst for future development. Although every client that Harvard Jolly has dealt with has told us that the library we designed for them was our most successful, we offer the following examples. Each responded to a very unique library client need. Robert AM. Stem Architects The new Temple Terrace Library doubled the size of an existing facility and created a completely new aesthetic treatment for the interior and exterior of the building in keeping with Temple Terrace's desire to create a Mediterranean revival style of community architecture for all public buildings. The new building features a sloped barrel tile roof, arched arcades and generous use of windows and daylighting to create a bright and modem building which is fully within the context of the Mediterranean revival style of Temple Terrace. Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects with Robert A.M. Stern Architects City of Clearwater Public Library - Response to Questions 4. Describe your most successfullibrary projects. (Continued) The new Mirror Lake Library is a similar i expansion of an existing building; in this case, the historic, National Register Carnegie library which was built in 1917. Harvard Jolly's 1997 addition replaces a substantially smaller addition designed in the 1960sby WilliamB. Harvard, Sr., the founder of our fIrm. Mr. Harvard's solution was a low-slung, modem building hidden behind berms. A third example, which also illustrates Harvard Jolly's success at contexturally appropriate design. is the USF Sarasota Campus Library designed in association with The Architects Collaborative as design and master plan consultants. This library is located on a triangle of land across heavily traveled U.S. Highway 41 from the modem New College campus designed by noted architect I. M. PeL On the opposite end of the campus are the historic mansions built by John Ringling and his family in Mediterranean style. The challenge of the Sarasota Campus Library was to provide a modem interpretation that would blend the clean lines and strong architectural forms of I. M. Pei' s work with the soft and traditional Mediterranean forms of the Ringling buildings. This was achieved through the use of sloped, barrel tile roofs, light monitors that flood the interior with north daylight, arched arcades that provide cover from Florida's hot and rainy weather, and a beautifully landscaped courtyard with a fountain. The courtyard has become the student gathering place, uniting all of the students on campus, whether they're enrolled in New College or the University of South Florida. The two-story building was designed with a master plan over 100,000 square feet; 77,000 square feet was built in the initial phase. HJCf Architects The .1997 addition was a substantially larger replacement for the earlier addition. It is a modem interpretation of the architecture of the original Carnegie library, including recreated precast concrete, decorative elements, tall windows, dark-stained wood interior millwork and trim, and a very traditional style of interior decor. The design provides the very same modem technology as in all other contemporary libraries in St. Petersburg. Harvard Jolly's current solution at Mirror Lake was recognized with an award from the American Institute of Architects Pinellas Section and St. Petersburg Preservation, Inc. Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects with Robert A.M. Stern Architects City of Clearwater Public Library - Response to Questions 5. Describe your most challenging library project and its resolution. HJCT An:hitects wfTAC The project actually consisted of three separate components, all designed concurrently. The Sarasota Campus Library and the U.S. 41 Pedestrian Bridge were designed by mCT in association with The Architects Collaborative, and the SudakoffLecture/Conference Center was designed by Harvard Jolly. Sudakoff Center is a clean, modem building whose design and color scheme complements the I. M. Pei style of architecture of the New College campus. An arched entrance portico introduces to the I. M. Pei campus the traditional archways of Mediterranean architecture. The U.S. 41 bridge crosses over a man-made berm created by Harvard Jolly and was designed to be a low-slung contemporary structure with minimal mass roofed by a trellis-work covered in vines. The Sarasota Campus Library itself, as noted above, blends the traditional Mediterranean style with the modem. Mediterranean colors were used inside the library as on its exterior faces to bring the outdoors in and allow the building to work as a whole. In addition to being one of our most successful projects, the USF Sarasota Library was also one of the most challenging. Many of Robert A.M. Stem Architects' projects, both libraries as well as other building types, present unique and interesting challenges. One of the most challenging projects, though not a library, was the animation studio for Walt Disney Company in Burbank, California,. This project presented technological challenges we consider relevant to those in modem libraries. In this building, over 600 artists and other staff create animated features like Hercules. Pocahontas. Lion KinJt and Beauty and the Beast. The project included organizing the 26 departments of the animation division, from pre-production to figure animation, painting, editing and camera work, while simultaneously integrating over $30 million in computers and cabling alone. The client artists were very demanding about quality of their work environments. The technology involved in film production is evolving rapidly. This type of information-based work environment can teach many lessons applicable to forward-thinking public libraries. Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects with Robert A.M. Stern Architects City of Clearwater Public Library - Response to Questions 6. Discuss how you plan for low maintenance in your work. Hanrard Jolly's practice over the past 60 years has almost exclusively served public and not-for-profit clients. As a result of this experience and the fact that we have enjoyed very long-term relationships with our clients - in many cases going back 20, 30, even 45 years - we have learned to live with our buildings as our clients have lived with our buildings. We strongly believe in the following concepts: · We will evaluate the use oflow-maintenance materials appropriate to Florida's hot, rainy, humid climate both inside and out. · Take a long-term view of life cycle materials costs. · Avoid "Bleeding Edge" technology - select proven technology of high quality to i avoid costly mistakes. · Standardize components to the extent possible within buildings. · We will strive to minimize the use of highly labor-intensive products. · SimplifY maintenance through the design of on-the-ground, on-the-floor heating, ventilating and air conditioning equipment. · Consider timers and motion sensors for economy and convenience. · Use lighting fixtures that are accessible from the ground for maintenance purposes. · Limit the number of types of lamps used throughout the building. · Locate filters where they can be accessed and changed without ladders. · Have staff involved in the design of all major systems. · We will provide an operations manual prepared by all suppliers that speaks to the proper operation and maintenance of all building systems and building materials to help you get the most mileage possible. Robert A.M. Stem Architects As important as physical maintenance is, the true cost of owning and operating a public building such as the library rests with the staff required to operate it. Our ! team strongly believes that in order to I succeed, a library design must be staff- . efficient. This requires careful study and understanding of the library's goals I regarding patron service, providing proper relationships between library functions, such as the circulation desk, reference desk and workrooms, and i strong visual control of the building. It is i important for staff members - on occasion - to be able to double up and provide backup to each other. During periods of low patron utilization, a . minimum staff can still safely and securely operate the building. Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects with Robert A.M. Stern Architects City of Clearwater Public Library - Response to Questions 7. What do you do when a project's bids come in over budget? Although Harvard Jolly's library project budget vs. bid record is exemplary, there are times - due to market conditions, industry inflation or competition within a geographic area - that a project may exceed its budget. We endeavor strongly and aggressively to prevent this from happening in the following ways. Based on our knowledge of library costs from prior projects, we develop a detailed project budget at the conceptual phase when library design and planning is evolving. This allows us to test the owner's budget against the owner's requests for square footage and technical facilities. We often produce bidding documents with a series of additive alternates, so the library has the flexibility to include higher quality elements should the budget allow. In short, we make every effort during the design phases to create a project that meets project parameters with the client involved at each step in the process. Advanced Value Engineering LIBRARY COST PER SQUARE FOOT As the project continues through the design process, we monitor and update our estimates periodically. As the project approaches the bid period, we identify those non-essential amenities that might be bid as additive alternates. This process helps to assure that the library base bid will be within or below budget and that options that may be desired can be added in immediately if funds permit Examples of these - all of which were accepted because the base bids came in under budget - include drive- through dropoff portecocheres, light monitors or skylights, and additional interior finishes and built -in equipment and furnishings. $140 $90 $SO . New CO""truction . Addition I Renovations . ~==n If, despite our collective best efforts, the bids for the project should be above the budget,. we work with the Library and their agents as a team to identify what can be done to reconcile the budget in a way that maintains the greatest utility and quality for the Library. This is usually best done through a negotiation with the prospective general contractor. $130 $120 $110 $100 $70 $60 $50 Costs halfe been adju$led for inflation. We will have an independent professional cost estimator on our team, and we urge the library to retain a construction manager so that at each design stage, two i independent estimates can be taken, and then reconciled. We have an excellent track record in this process with over 30 Florida libraries. $40 $311 $20 $10 $0 Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects with Robert A.M. Stern Architects City of Clearwater Public Library - Response to Questions 8. What do you see as Clearwater's signature? The City of Clearwater has a long and rich history that includes many works of significant architectural style. Clearwater also has a clearly identified downtown core that was once vibTa1llt and will become vibrant again as Clearwater realizes its dream of the new City Center. The entrance to the new downtown core will act as a gateway to downtown Clearwater and reinforce the community's desire to create a pedestrian scale downtown area This combination of respect for the past and planning for the future through the creation of a vibrant new core will help to define the sense of place in Clearwater and again create that signature which is a combination of respect for Clearwater~s history and faith in Clearwater's future. The examples of our team's work demonstrates our commitment to contextual design and a respect for historic architecture. Robert AM Stem Archite<ts Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects with Robert A.M. Stern A~hitects City of Clearwater Public Library - Response to Questions 9. Show examples of what makes your libraries functional, yet attractive. ":::~""-~;""':"" Robert AM. Stem AIcbitects Robert AM. Stem Architects' recently completed Bangor Public Library in Maine completely renovated the 1914 brick and stone neo-classical building. The addition doubled the available stack space and opened the stacks to public use for the first time. Enlargement of the reading rooms, the addition of a new children's library and a new garden entry for direct access by the disabled increases the functionality of this library. Enhancing its attractiveness was accomplished through repair and replacement in kind of the historical windows, rebuilding of the sweeping granite steps at the entry and the overall enlargement of space within the building for patrons' use. Stem's new Ohrstrom Library at S1. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire involved not only building a new library but mediating the new structure with the small scale of the campus residential buildings and the buttressed structure of the 1888 Gothic masterpiece, the Chapel of S1. Peter and S1. Paul. The nave-like plan allows entry at the crossing that separates the stacks from the specialized reading rooms, making its layout extremely functional as well as attractive. The Ohrstrom Library also incorporates the most up-to-date computerized information retrieval technology into traditional reading rooms as well as more intimately scaled niches that provide for quiet individual or group , study within each reach of the . bookstacks. The library is spacious, yet provides intimacy at the same time. Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects with Robert A.M. Stern Architects City of Clearwater Public Library - Response to Questions 9. Show examples of what makes your libraries functional, yet attractive. (Continued) Harvard Jolly's USF Sarasota Library's two-story entrance atrium allows the visitor to walk in and clearly understand the organiz:ltion of the library and permits easy wayfinding and comfortable use. The libraries in Temple Terrace and Seminole as well as the Sarasota Library use skylights, light monitors and large areas of glass to :flood the interior with controlled natural daylight This provides not only a lovely and comfortable environment for the reader but, more importantly, the possibility of operating the building with minimal electric lighting during the daytime hours. HJCf An:hilects wI TAC Open planning is another hallmaIk of our team's library designs which provides clear visibility and ease of supervision of staff as noted above which also results in a broad and spacious building, a user-friendly layout and an extremely efficient utilization of every available square foot of space. Through careful integration of structural design, building bays are designed to the module of library shelving ranges so that any bay in the building can accommodate shelf ranges in the future as well as other functional uses such as reference areas and reading areas. The ability to make changes to the use of the facility without requiring structural modification is critical because this allows the library to expand in place internally and to change functions as library needs, ! community desires and technologies change. Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects with Robert A.M. Stern Architects City of Clearwater Public Library - Response to Questions 10. How do you design to take into consideration Florida's weather (hot sun, hurricane, rainy season, etc.)? Unlike many other architects, we do not feel that "one style fits all." We cherish regional differences and local particularities in response to design, where local climates, history and culture become principal determinants in the development of our architectural designs. As architects who have grown up in Florida, we are clearly aware of the vagaries of Florida weather patterns. The signatures of Florida - high heat, high humidity and drenching rain - are contrasted by the majority of the days in Florida where we enjoy clear skies, gentle breezes and pleasant outdoor days and evenings. Our library designs incorporate features that provide protection from the rain, such as covered dropoffs, broad overhangs over windows, north-facing skylights to admit daylight but not direct sun, proper mechanical systems designed to control humidity as well as temperature, and the creation of outdoor spaces such as courtyards, patios and arcades which encourage the users to enjoy the library and to enjoy Florida's environment to the greatest extent possible. ::,:::::~::::::::::.:::::-:::.:::::.:::::::::q :. ::::::::::;:::/:::>>;:::1.;;....;:..:... )();';:';il ........................<<. J ~~. [f" (~~~':~,,' :..1 ." ~._:'.:,.r'~-.:.."~ :;;~-".<:~.,:., ~_:J~ ~-; :, ..-:/::: . Robert AM. Stem Architects Robert AM. Stem Architects builds throughout the United States and the world. They have also had the opportunity to complete many projects in Florida, having an aggregate construction value of several hundred million dollars and are intimately familiar with the particularities of working with the Florida climate. Hanrard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects with Robert A.M. Stern Architects I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I City of Clearwater Public Library - Response to Questions 11. How do you insure that a building designed for today is planned for tomorrow (expansion, flexibility)? We plan for tomorrow by starting today. These issues are addressed immediately in the preliminaIy design stages. Expansion: Most libraries will eventually need to expand, so this eventuality should be planned. The site should be large enough to allow for expansion, and the layout should be developed in such a way as to be expandable. Future expansion scenarios should be included in preliminary design studies. Wiring: Flexible and expandable wiring systems are a requirement of modem libraries. Some large libraries, such as the Vancouver Public Library, have gone so far as to provide raised floors throughout with wireways in the floor. This level of flexibility is beyond the budget and need of most public libraries. More typical is a regular grid of raceways in the floor which terminate in floor outlets. Wire management systems in library furniture are coordinated with these floor outlets. Every library will have zones that require more or less wiring so there can be economies in identifying high-intensity, medium-intensity, and low-intensity electronic usage zones. Flexibility: Modular planning of stack and certain seating areas provides flexibility and the ability to reconfigure areas as collections develop. We depart from some planners in the belief that certain areas should be set aside for contained "reading rooms" on the traditional model. We think the quality of the environment provided by these spaces for the reader and library user is more valuable than providing total flexibility everywhere - which yields uninspired and often unpleasant places for patrons to sit and read a book. All of our libraries are master planned with major expansion in mind Key issues which affect the ability to expand include proper siting to allow physical expansion of structures to take place without disruption of access to existing ongoing library operations. Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects with Robert A.M. Stern Architects City of Clearwater Public Library - Response to Questions 11. How do you insure that a building designed for today is planned for tomorrow (expansion, flexibility)? Examples of flexible planning include the City of Seminole Library which was designed to expand in two directions. The USF Sarasota Campus Library was master planned for more than 100,000 square feet and designed to expand on two levels with internal expansion initially achieved by removing non-load bearing partitions and converting classroom space into library space. Physical expansion will be achieved by removing non-load bearing exterior walls. Another key element of planning for the future involves incorporation of technology, including provisions such as above-ceiling wireways, empty conduits and provisions for future installation of cabling, assuring that today's library will be ready for tomorrow's technological challenges. The only clear constant in library design today is that technology changes more rapidly than any librarian or library architect can foresee. Therefore, it is essential that services and service entrances be provided for present and future technology and that internal electrical/electronic distribution facilities be provided to incorporate future technology, whether it be data, video or audio, fiber or copper. Flexibility is inherent in many of Harvard Jolly's newer municipal libraries so that the lIbrary becomes a key choice for community gatherings after hours while not distmbing the library itself. Multiple partitions in the 300-seat multi-purpose room at the Seminole Library allow group meeting functions to act independently or in conjunction with library functions. This type of after-hours feature would make the library a more valuable addition to Clearwater's downtown development as a municipal gathering place and has already worked very successfully at our libraries in Plant City, Dunedin, Gulfport and Seminole. Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects with Robert A.M. Stern Architects I I I City of Clearwater Public Library - Response to Questions 12. Address the challenges of traffic patterns, parking, book drops, drive-up windows, and one public entrance. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I All of our team's libraries are designed with each and every one of those challenging functions in mind One public entrance is critical to provide a point of control and security to the library. Each facility is designed with a vestibule entrance immediately adjacent to the circulation desk to provide for that sort of control. Many of our libraries include drive-up service windows located within the technical processing work area so that staff can provide double-duty service as patron demand requires. Parlcing for all users, including the disabled, must be provided immediately adjacent to the main entrance. Because of Florida's climate, we are strong believers in the desirability of providing covered portecochere-type dropoffs that allow patrons, particularly handicapped and elderly, to be delivered to the site and dropped offunder cover at the main entrance. All of our library designs incorporate the concept of a public entrance which also provides after-hours use of community meeting facilities and similar public spaces which might be used independently of the library. It is also important that a downtown main library be UIban, not suburban in nature. Urban libraries should embrace streets, not be floating in a sea of parking. Parking should be convenient but discreet and, if possible, hidden. One public entrance is essential from a security perspective but, more, it should be a truly public expression of the civic pride taken in a library. Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects with Robert A.M. Stern Architects City of Clearwater Public Library - Response to Questions 13. Show some library enhancements you have designed as capital donor opportunities. i Due to Harvard Jolly's depth of experience with libraries as well as other building , types such as museums and cultural centers which are supported by donors to a very great extent, Harvard Jolly has great expertise in the design of various types of don()T recognition systems. Examples include brick pavers engraved with the names of donors which have been used with extremely high levels of public acceptance and success for libraries in Gulfport, Dunedin and Temple Terrace as well as the S1. Petersburg Historical Museum and Largo Central Park. Largo Central Patk also incorporated a donor-supported decorative fountain area which included higher cost engraved brick tiles and pavers which included corporate and personal logos and larger messages. The Largo Cultural Center included a number of unique donor displays including engraved stars; backlit, illuminated glass panels for recognition of major sponsors; and graphic indications of the names of principal donors at certain rooms within the Center. Donor recognition systems should be flexible enough to permit the addition of significant donor names after the building is erected since it is always the hope of the Friends of the Library that major donations will come forward either during construction or following construction. It is therefore important that donor recognition systems allow for appropriate recognition of future gifts. Other examples of donor opportunities include physical items built into a project such as the beautiful stained glass work of art donated to the Dunedin Library and the naming of individual rooms such as the Mease Community Room at Dunedin, the Tonne Theatre at Largo Cultural Center, the Raymond James Community Room at the Salvador Dali Museum, and the naming of individual galleries at the Musemn of Fine Arts in S1. Petersburg - all designed by Harvard Jolly. Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects with Robert A.M. Stern Architects City of Clearwater Public Library - Response to Questions 14. Show how you plan for customer/staff safety & security while providing an inviting, welcoming atmosphere. The need for security need not conflict with the provision of a high-quality environment The key to safe and secure design is also the key to functional library design; that is, an open, inviting and flexible space flooded with natural daylight and capable of easy supervision. Our libraries all incorporate these design features, such as the circulation desk adjacent to the entrance with 360-degree supervision of the entrance and outdoor courtyard entrance areas, the reading rooms, and the workrooms which surround the circulation desk. Other security features include interior/exterior lighting and the avoidance of architectural barriers which create hiding places. The extensive use of glass within the building provides views into not only workrooms and staff areas but also into study carrels, meeting rooms and conference areas, so that all parts of the building are easily supervised at all times. Our view is that the best security measure is to build a libmIy that is so inviting, so popular, so beloved, and so integrated with the life of downtown Clearwater that people from all walks of life will use it and enjoy it as a haven of serenity and calm and a meeting place - making it the "living room" of the community. The new library will be the keystone of Clearwater's downtown city center and will elicit tremendous civic pride in residents who truly believe in Clearwater's One City, One Future concept. Harvard Jolly Clees Tappe Architects with Robert A.M. Stern Architects City of Clearwater Public Library - Response to Questions Conclusion The collaboration of Robert A.M. Stern Architects and Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects will provide Clearwater with the signature library which will be the beginning of Clearwater's future City Center. Harvard Jolly Clees Toppe Architects with Robert A.M. Stern Architects