The site was the campus of a small, hidden-away art school in Door County, Wisconsin. With a need to expand and increase their visibility, local artists found a way to allow the school to affordably acquire the large adjacent property to the north which fronted on the Bayshore Highway along which all Door County travel flows. The...
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....
This vibrant, multipurpose new 40,000 square foot public library serves as a space for the community to gather, collaborate, and celebrate through a design that embraces openness. The lobby establishes a dramatic entry and unites the two intersecting rectangular volumes representing the library and a community hall. Sited on an abandoned brownfield site, paralleling a...
Trestle Park is a public park located in the Third Ward neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. It is situated on the Milwaukee River near the site of the former Chicago & Northwestern Railway trestle bridge. Most of the property had previously been occupied by a railroad right of way, including an iron trestle structure that...
