AKA News Archive

June 2007

AKA's Plymouth Ice Center Expansion Project was included in Athletic Business Showcase June 2007.

Spring 2007

A Home for Art in the Heart of the City

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Burnsville Performing Arts Center Project. A focal point of Burnsville’s “Heart of the City,” the Center will provide a home for theatre, music, and dance; hosting both regional and national acts. AKA began this project in 2006 with a feasibility study that developed a building program, budget, and conceptual design for the performing arts center. Central to the study was to provide the Burnsville City Council with options: good, better, and best. From these options emerged a unique vision to create a cultural hub—a performing arts center that will become a key destination in the heart of the region.

Set for completion in late 2008, the Center will feature a 1,000-seat theater, a black box theater, gallery area, scene shop, rehearsal space, and business offices. Adjacent to Burnsville’s Nicollet Commons Park, the Center’s meeting and banquet rooms will be the ideal location for community gatherings, wedding receptions, and corporate events.

July 2006

AKA's two projects with Washington County were recently feature in Finance & Commerce (PDF) article.

May 2006

Our award-winning John A. Johnson Achievement Plus Elementary School and East YMCA project in St. Paul, Minnesota, was noted in the May issue Architectural Record Review. This school has been deemed as a new model for schools--as magnets for community rejuvenation.

March 2006

One of AKA's athletic facility design details, (affectionately known as "the Big M"), was featured in the March issue of Athletic Business. Click here to learn more (PDF).

December 2005

AKA's Design Principal, Mark Wentzell, AIA, shared his thoughts on city hall design with Finance & Commerce newspaper. Click here to read more (PDF) .

Duane Kell, FAIA, was interviewed by the Burnsville Sun Current. Click here to read more (PDF).