The inception of Gallery Shed was born after a long, warm conversation with a retired couple aiming for something different. For over a decade they had been collecting clippings and articles of ‘modern homes’ and had a good idea that their dream home involved a design that was unconventional. While busy filing their clippings, they...
9th & Broadway is an urban community of duplex rowhouses that occupy a long-vacant parcel in Sacramento’s Richmond Grove district. In the 1960s, the construction of the Interstate Highway permanently severed the area from the city’s older neighborhoods, leaving behind an urban limb with falling property values and a deteriorating social and economic fabric. After...
Family-owned jeweler’s shop, Schwanke-Kasten Jewelers in Whitefish Bay, WI, decided on a second story addition while maintaining their existing 1900s building. This addition exemplifies how small-scale projects can have an outsized impact on their urban contexts. Situated along a typical American main street, the rooftop project creates an inviting place for social connection and commerce...
Founded in 1972, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) provides affordable housing and business financing products by working with lenders, developers, local government, nonprofits, and community groups. A new WHEDA workplace needed to maximize efficiency and facilitate their mission to meet growing needs for affordable housing, business, and agricultural financing activity in Wisconsin....
The genesis of this project was the convergence of two disparate interests within the community. A developer had purchased the historic 1921 Underwood Log Home constructed by a founding family of Wauwatosa Wisconsin. He was orchestrating its demolition to utilize the PUD zoning of the property. Meanwhile, a professional service firm nearby was analyzing the...
Architect Marion Clendenen-Acosta, AIA, NOMA, EDAC, LEED BD+C has been selected to receive the prestigious 2023 Golden Award from AIA Wisconsin, the state society of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The Golden Award is the highest honor the professional organization can bestow upon a member architect. The award distinguishes dedicated leaders in architecture and...
Here’s an AIA Wisconsin ghost story to kick off your Halloween month. 👻 Did you know The Stoner House, the organization’s headquarters in downtown Madison is reportedly haunted by a grieving, one-armed ghost? The Wisconsin Architect’s Foundation (WAF) received the Joseph J. Stoner house in 1983. A Madison landmark and named to the National Register of...
The long-standing AIA Emerging Professionals Design Competition was resurrected this year by the current AIA Milwaukee Emerging Professionals Committee. When choosing a site, the committee looked at various locations around the City of Milwaukee. In the end, discussions were had with the Department of City Development about a site that had long been vacant with...
This small, unassuming family residence occupies a steeply sloped site in Madison’s Spring Harbor neighborhood, a post-war suburb within the city limits and in close proximity to downtown and the University of Wisconsin campus. The lot had sat idle for decades, considered too difficult to develop because of its narrow triangular shape, limited buildable footprint,...
How do educators and design professionals help young students learn the value of community and sustainability? One approach is to design their school building to demonstrate these values. The new Forest Edge Elementary School is a hub of innovation and 21st-century learning practices for young students in Fitchburg, Wisconsin, and a regional and national pacesetter...
