Nate Walker Gets Licensed

Nate Walker, RA, LEED AP has recently completed all of his Intern Development Program (IDP) training, and successfully passed all of his Architectural Registration Examinations (ARE). Nate's path to becoming a licensed architect is now complete. Nate becomes the tenth licensed architect at HMS Architects. All of us at HMS Architects congratulate Nate on this accomplishment!

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Construction underway for the Tulane Catholic Center

The Tulane Catholic Center is now under construction by F. H. Meyers construction. This three-story, 8,400 square foot building will be constructed with a rain screen siding system on structural metal studs. This building will contain a social area, a chapel with a sacristy, a conference room, two classrooms, and a small library with a study room.

Construction took about a year, starting in September of 2014, and is anticipated to take about a year to construct, for approximately 2 million dollars. 

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Groundbreaking held for Louisiana Pain Specialist building

Ground was broken on the new building for Louisiana pain Specialists on January 17th, 2014.  The new building, located at 3530 Houma Boulevard, will contain the 17,000+ SF offices of Louisiana Pain Specialists, as well as an additional 17,000+ square feet of available office space for other medical tenants.  The building also contains covered public parking, as well as a raised outdoor terrace.

The contractor, Striker Construction, plans to complete the building by early 2015.

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HMS Moves Offices

HMS is moving offices, effective January 10th, 2014.  We're moving from suite 2680 all the way down 5 floors to suite 2150.  Our new address will be:

HMS Architects, apc.
1515 Poydras Street,

Suite 2150
New Orleans, Louisiana
70112

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Casper College Music Building Dedication

Casper College celebrated the completion of their new music building with a dedication ceremony on October 13. The new music building for the college was designed by HMS Architects in collaboration with MOA ARCHITECTURE of Denver. The 34,000 square foot facility provides the music department with an array of spaces including ten music practice rooms, three large music rehearsal spaces, ten faculty studios and a 417-seat Concert Hall. The building located at a prominent campus entrance also features an open two story lobby, music recording suite, two music classrooms and an administrative suite. The total of these spaces provides Casper College with the facilities they need to develop their music program and meet their academic mission.

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HMS to host tour of facilities as part of ICFAD conference in New Orleans

HMS Architects are proud to be involved in the International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD) annual conference celebrating 50 years. HMS is offering a tour of two recently completed fine arts facilities at Louisiana State University. The tour on October 23 will feature the Music & Dramatic Arts building as well as the Student Union Theater. The tour will demonstrate the results of carefully planned renovations.

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St. Bernard Manor Opens

St. Bernard Manor, an elderly housing building designed by HMS Architects, held its grand opening on August 20. The opening was presided by Archbishop Aymond who blessed the building. In attendance were retired Archbishop Hughes, St Bernard Parish President Peralta, and others. The new building which has 82 units is a replacement project completed with FEMA funding for a structure that was damaged beyond repair during hurricane Katrina. The new St. Bernard Manor is yet another example of the recovery of the greater New Orleans area. The building provides much needed elderly housing for the New Orleans region. HMS Architects is also currently completing another elderly housing project for the Archdiocese of New Orleans in Metairie, which is scheduled for completion in the spring of 2014.