New York-based architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro was selected to design Colorado Springs, Colo.'s Olympic Museum, The Colorado Springs Gazette reports.
According to ArchDaily, the firm was selected by the U.S. Olympic Museum committee to design a $60 million museum in downtown Colorado Springs. The firm will collaborate with Anderson Mason Dale Architects of Denver and Washington, D.C.-based museum planning firm Gallagher & Associates.
The museum is slated for an early 2018 completion. It will include a hall of fame, theater, retail space, and a 20,000-sf hall that will showcase the history of the Olympics and Paralympics.
ArchDaily reports that designs are expected to be released by mid-2015.
The Gazette has the full story.
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