In the News
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Plans for Apartments and Mobility Initiatives at Richardson Olmsted Campus Unveiled
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Partnering with Savarino Companies for Rehabilitation of Two Historic Buildings for Live-Work Apartment Units Community Invited to Provide Feedback on Pedestrian and Bicycle Accessibility
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From historic hospital to hip hotel, Buffalo’s formerly-abandoned asylum once again welcomes overnight visitors
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 | Elizabeth Yuko
The Richardson Olmsted Campus—once known as the Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane—has been reimagined as a luxury hotel, with more plans in the works
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Editorial: Building on the past at Richardson Olmsted Campus
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 | The Buffalo News Editorial Board
Efforts such as those made by the Richardson saviors ensured that Buffalo’s legacy of architectural excellence continued, reaping honors that will serve this rebounding city for years to come.
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Best in Show: The Winners of the 2018 Driehaus Preservation Awards
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 | Chris Warren, National Trust for Historic Preservation
The winners of the 2018 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Awards are all standout examples of adaptive reuse.
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Richardson Olmsted Campus receives top preservation honor
Monday, October 15, 2018 | Mark Sommer, The Buffalo News
The Richardson Olmsted Campus has won the most prestigious award given by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the nation's preeminent preservation organization.
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Richardson Olmsted Campus honored at 'Brick by Brick' ceremony
Monday, June 11, 2018 | Buffalo Business First
A swanky new Elmwood Avenue mixed-use building along with downtown’s newest hotel were among the winner’s in this year’s “Brick by Brick” awards.
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Richardson Olmsted Campus Founder Stan Lipsey Honored
Thursday, June 7, 2018
Stan Lipsey was given a posthumous Dean's Medal from the UB School of Architecture and Planning.
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Origins of Buffalo’s mental health treatment
Wednesday, May 16, 2018 | Eileen Buckley, WBFO
Caring for the mentally ill in an institutional setting began in the Buffalo in the late 1800s at what was once the Buffalo State Asylum at Forest and Elmwood avenues.
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100 things to do in Buffalo: Richardson Olmsted Campus
Thursday, May 10, 2018 | Thuy Lan Nguyen, WKBW
The Richardson Olmsted Campus is one of Buffalo's most iconic pieces of architecture and there is so much to explore!
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2nd Fridays on Forest
Wednesday, May 2, 2018 | Buffalo Rising
Now that the Richardson-Olmsted Campus is in full swing, there’s a relatively new event that has sprung up that tag teams the Campus with the Buffalo History Museum Resource Center.