Richardson Olmsted Campus: Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Award Winner
Channel: National Trust for Historic Preservation
Date: 15/11/2018

The massive 145-year-old Richardson Olmsted Campus, formerly the Buffalo State Asylum, is widely considered one of Buffalo’s most important and beautiful buildings. The story of its reuse is the story of a threatened National Historic Landmark; the community effort to save it; a public-private partnership; skilled planning and design; and, ultimately, success and rebirth. The transformation of the campus, a masterpiece of design by architect Henry Hobson Richardson and landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, into a new hotel and architecture center occupying the iconic Towers Building and its two flanking structures is expected to be the crown jewel of a planned mixed-use civic campus contributing to Buffalo’s architectural heritage. Supported by state funds and historic tax credits, the first phase of historic restoration created nearly 600 jobs and generated new sales tax revenues while playing an integral role in the cultural renewal of the Buffalo-Niagara region. Learn more: https://savingplac.es/2RVB5NE