Pub. 3 2020 Directory

11 11/16/2020 Library_exterior.JPG https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1l8P-2fRPUjhI7CdfAfhRHuYWI4aaMbWA 1/1 11/16/2020 Library_interior.jpg https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1l8P-2fRPUjhI7CdfAfhRHuYWI4aaMbWA 1/1 11/16/2020 Pioneer_dome detail.JPG  — continued on page 12 THREE MILESTONE AND INNOVATIVE BUILDINGS UNIQUE TO MID-CENTURY RENO FLEISCHMANNATMOSPHERIUMPLANETARIUM (1963) RaymondM. Hellmann, Architect National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), 1994 The Fleischmann Atmospherium-Planetarium opened in 1963, under the auspices of the Desert Research Institute (DRI) — one year after JFK’s “We Choose To Go ToThe Moon” speech and six years before Apollo 11 achieved that goal. This was a time American communities were looking to science and research to move society forward. This building answered the call. The Fleischmann Atmospherium-Planetariumwas inspired with a focus on the future. This unique facility was the first of its kind in the world, utilizing both atmospherium and planetariumprojectors to showcase, study and teach atmospheric, weather, and astronomical phenomena of both the day and night skies. Hellmann designed this building to be as cutting-edge and inspirational as the equipment it was built for. It was innovative and forward-looking, with new construction techniques and an experimental heating and cooling system inspired by physics and nature. Its iconic poured-in- place hyperbolic-paraboloid concrete shell structure and experimental air-convection based solar heating and cooling systemwere radical and innovative—and happening here in Reno. Ron James wrote, “… this was a cutting-edge expression of a society looking to a future in the Space Age and was bringing an era of invention and exploration to Nevada.” WASHOECOUNTY LIBRARY (1966) Hewitt C. Wells, Architect National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), 2013 City of Reno’s Register of Historic Places, 2020 TheWashoe County Library, opening in 1966, ushered in a new era in Reno’s cultural expansion. Hewitt C. Wells created a library and a centerpiece for Reno’s cultural activities, a space to nurture a growing and thriving cultural community. Wells organized the design of this building around a roofed and enclosed internal garden atrium, with hundreds of plants and trees, a pond and a fountain. He described the concept for the building as “a park within a library.”The original plan called for the new library to be constructed inWingfield Park, for whichWells was also involved in the design. When the proposed library’s site was changed to its location on South Center Street, an inspiredWells said, “I’ll turn it inside out [and] put the park inside.” He noted that “This is an entirely different concept for a library.”Wells credited the cooperation and support that he received for this revolutionary design, as it “…could only have been done with an imaginative client.” The building’s brick façade opens to the street, creating a gracious grand entrance detailed with embossed copper panels and glass woven between steel columns. Upon entering the building, visitors cross a bridge through a tree canopy to the circulation desk. Architectural features include elevated circular reading areas and book stacks open to the atrium. Washoe County Library Washoe County Library Pioneer Theater Auditorium