Egg Harbor Lodge II sits perched on an expansive plateau overlooking a small resort town on the western shoreline of Door County peninsula. Called Wisconsin’s Cape Cod, Door County is a popular vacation destination, but its calcified hospitality industry has been slow to adapt to the changing preferences and tastes of modern-day travelers who tend to...
The Resch Expo was envisioned to serve as a landmark venue to deliver a bright economic and cultural future for its community. Completed ahead of schedule and on budget, the new 266,000 square foot Resch Expo is adjacent to the iconic Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers, and directly connected to the existing...
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...
“Kornberg Center continues our momentum in serving advances in science. Our scientists have the critical tools right at their bench to give them more flexibility in their exploration. The building itself inspires creative thinking to help us imagine the unimagined. And the sustainable construction provides a place for future generations to continue our momentum of...
Located at the outskirts of Cedarburg, a rural town 30 miles north of Milwaukee, this small orthodontics clinic that revisits the exhausted typology of conventional medical offices and their introvert, fluorescent-lit ambience. The client, a young orthodontist, decided to relocate her rapidly growing practice to a new state-of-the-art facility on an empty lot at the...
A leader in window treatment design and manufacturing for 80 years, this window treatment manufacturer’s 1964-facility was outdated, undersized, and, ironically, lacked windows. An extensive renovation of both the interior and exterior of the corporate office included a conversion of 8,600 square feet of shop floor into a mix of open and private offices, new welcoming focal-point lobby, and a...
The building at 347 Ward Street in Milwaukee’s Bay View neighborhood was the type of structure that is nearly invisible to the undiscerning passerby. Windowless, and last renovated in 1973, the building disappeared into the context of the more vibrant neighborhood surrounding it. The multi-generational family book bindery inside had slowed production and was closing...
Overview The population of Manitowish Waters, a town of less than 600, swells in the summer season with tourists and temporary residents from around the region who are drawn to its chain of lakes and variety of outdoor activities. The company is one of the last remaining volunteer fire companies in the state, providing its...
