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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fountainhead Residence Purchased by the Mississippi Museum of Art and Prepared for Public Tours

Antonia Piñeiro — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 05:30:00 +0000

On November 20, 2025, the Mississippi Museum of Art (MMA) confirmed the purchase of Fountainhead, a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948 and completed in 1954. The renowned modernist architect designed the residence and its furnishings for oil businessman J. Willis Hughes, who lived there with his family until 1980. Established in 1911, the MMA is the largest art museum in the state of Mississippi, offering exhibitions, public programs, artistic and community partnerships, educational initiatives, and opportunities for exchange year-round through a permanent collection of paintings, photography, multimedia works, and sculpture. The purchase is part of the Museum's goal to embed itself in neighborhoods across the city in ways that support its community-building priorities, making the architectural landmark available to the public for tours with reservations. The initiative is inspired by institutions such as the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, which acquired the Wright-designed Bachman-Wilson House in 2015.

From the Greek Seaside to the Fjords of Norway, Discover 9 Nature-Bound Villa Concepts from the ArchDaily Community

Maria-Cristina Florian — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 07:30:00 +0000

Residential architecture within natural settings presents a distinct departure from urban design. Unlike the densely populated, man-made environments of cities, the context shifts to a pre-existing, often subdued, natural landscape. This necessitates a more responsive and integrated approach, prioritizing harmony with the environment rather than dominance over it. Exploration of conceptual projects in this realm can help foster a deeper understanding of sustainable building practices, material selection appropriate to the ecological context, and the sensitive integration of human habitation into pre-existing ecosystems.

It’s Time to Be Honest About the Impending Costs of Climate Change

Martin C. Pedersen, Steven Bingler — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 03:30:00 +0000

This article was originally published on Common Edge.

Southern States Outlaw LEED Building Standards

Jose Luis Gabriel Cruz — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The US Green Building Council’s federally adopted LEED certification system has come under legislative siege with lobbyists from the timber, plastics and chemical industries crying out, “monopoly!” Mississippi, Georgia and Alabama have lead efforts to ban LEED, claiming the USGBC’s closed-door approach and narrow-minded material interests have shut out stakeholders in various industries that could otherwise aid in the sustainable construction of environmentally-sensitive buildings.

d3 Housing Tomorrow 2012 Winners

Karissa Rosenfield — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:00:05 +0000

Update: Imagine the Mississippi

Karen Cilento — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:00:01 +0000

A few days ago, we shared a sampling of projects from the Imagine the Mississippi initiative, where a group of undergraduate students from the University of Minnesota have tackled the challenge of re-inventing the character of the waterfront. While the proposals we previously featured include a new pool/aquarium combination and a spot to experience the waterfall up close and personal, today’s featured proposals offer four new visions for the Mississippi.

FORMCities: Urban Divide Design Competition

Sebastian Jordana — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:30:08 +0000

FORMCities calls for design proposals to address the negative impacts of urban forms and transportation thoroughfares which have created visual, physical, and psychological, barriers that have sorted cities along the lines of race, income, and class.