Montgomery Interpretive Center recognized on Alabama’s Design200 list
Excerpt from Design200
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Alabama is well-known in many areas – as the birthplace of the civil rights movement to space technology and college football. Alabama is also home to exemplary design. To celebrate and promote this rich heritage, the Design200 project commemorates great design in Alabama going back to its early statehood. And there’s no better time to recognize 200 examples of great design in Alabama than in 2019, the state’s bicentennial year.
Curated by DesignAlabama in partnership with Alabama Power, Alabama Tourism, Alabama Center for Architecture, and the Alabama Bicentennial Commission, Design200 includes a photo and short article about each of the 200 selections chosen across various design disciplines – architecture, landscape architecture, graphic design, industrial design and handcrafters, along with engineering and organizations devoted to design. So, sit back and get ready to be amazed by the many design achievements throughout Alabama’s 200-year history.
Montgomery Interpretive Center
A turning point in Alabama’s history is the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March, commemorated at the Montgomery Interpretive Center set to open early 2019. The center is the third of three interpretive centers that connect Selma to Montgomery. Construction was completed in 2017 and the interior exhibit space is being completed by the National Park Service. The center’s primary facade captures the spirit of the march with an 18-foot-tall limestone front wall featuring a sandblasted relief pattern that replicates the march. Designed by Chambless King Architects in Montgomery, the project won the 2018 Excellence in Design Honor Award from AIA Alabama.
