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AWARDS 2011 Metal Construction Association <br />Chairman's Award - Institutional Category <br />2010 AIA North Carolina Honor Award <br />Harvey B. Gantt Center for <br />African - American Arts + Culture <br />Charlotte, NC <br />The Gantt Center celebrates contributions <br />of African Americans to our nation's culture <br />and serves as a vital resource in Charlotte for <br />music, dance, theater, visual arts, arts education, <br />literature and community outreach. Community <br />and corporate involvement informed the design <br />and was critical to the process — allowing the <br />team to push design strategies early and deliver <br />a dynamic community center for downtown <br />Charlotte, <br />Smithsonian Institution <br />National Museum of African <br />American History and Culture <br />Washington, DC <br />As part of the Master Facilities Programming <br />effort for the new NMAAHC, Freelon <br />implemented a dynamic process that included, <br />eight public meetings in cities across the <br />country to solicit input from a broad cross <br />section of potential visitors and contributors. Our <br />conclusion: NMAAHC will be a museum like no <br />other. It will present quintessentially American <br />stories of courage, creativity, resiliency, and the <br />struggle for freedom through the lens of the <br />African American experience. <br />Historic Emancipation Park <br />Project <br />Houston, TX <br />"Celebrate Freedom" is the theme for the <br />re- envisioned Emancipation Park, Freelon <br />developed a plan to embody this theme and <br />create a place which will become a platform <br />for opportunities of expression. A promenade <br />commemorates the park's history and multiple <br />performance /event spaces anticipate increased <br />cultural expression, As a critical part of <br />reinventing this historic landmark, the team <br />held numerous large meetings as well as more <br />intimate workshops to engage a broad cross - <br />section of the Houston Community, <br />FREELON I Southern Branch Library f=acilitator Proposal 23 <br />