Woollen, Molzan and Partners
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| Founded | 1955 |
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| Founder | Evans Woollen III |
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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States |
| Services | Architecture, Interior Design, Planning |
| Website | Woollen, Molzan and Partners |
Woollen, Molzan and Partners (WMP) is a US-based second-generation architecture, interior design, and planning firm. The company was founded in 1955 by Evans Woollen. Published in numerous books, periodicals, and online resources, WMP's long history has resulted in a diverse portfolio of experience in libraries, worship facilities, museums, performing arts centers, housing, and correctional facilities.
The firm’s early work centered on bank facilities, private residences, and churches. In 1960, Butler University of Indianapolis chose Evans Woollen to design Clowes Memorial Hall, a 2,200 seat concert hall for the University and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. It was the firm’s first major work and led to the design of a series of performing arts facilities.
Senior partners Lynn Molzan and Laurence O’Connor joined the firm in 1965. The firm name became Evans Woollen and Associates. The firm’s bank facility work continued in the 60s; however, it was joined by two significant commissions: the Minton-Capehart Federal Building in the "Brutalist" style and with architectural art by Milton Glaser — on Indiana World War Memorial Plaza in Indianapolis. and the Indiana University Musical Arts Center (Jacobs School of Music) in Bloomington. The firm also started work on its first academic library, for Marian College (Indiana)—a specialized design focus of the firm still today. Retirement housing and communities became a major area of work in the 1970s. A project in Cincinnati, at the Pilot Center in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood became a milestone in its professional development. It was here that Evans Woollen and Larry O’Connor first initiated the firm’s “live-in” approach to design process and client participation, which continues today. Particularly satisfying to the firm was its work in New Harmony, Indiana where it produced designs for an inn and the renovation of a community auditorium. In 1973, the firm incorporated and changed its name to Woollen Associates, Inc.
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