The new College of Business Administration at this prominent midwestern university energizes the campus community as a state-of-the-art and student-centric destination for learning and innovation. The 109,000 square foot, four-story facility is home to the university’s nationally ranked College of Business Administration programs, the Graduate School of Management and Leadership programs. Immersed in daily activity...
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 project vision for the Richard and Norma Small Athletic & Wellness Center revolves around creating an inclusive facility that is rooted in function and allows Cornell College to recruit top students, athletes, coaches, and staff. The facility is the antithesis of the existing building; fully accessible (exterior ADA access to both levels and elevator...
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...
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...
