RENOVATION/RETROFIT
architecture
10th Street Lofts
This project converted two historic buildings, Standard Glass and Paint Building with the Herring Motor Car Company Building, into 96 apartments in downtown Des Moines. The two buildings totaled 96,000 square feet. Both buildings were nominated and placed on the National Historic Registry.
14Forty Lofts
The project is located along the Pappajohn Sculpture Park on the near west side of downtown Des Moines, Iowa, and is a blend of commercial office space, 57 enclosed heated parking spaces, as well as, 37 apartment living units.
900 West Capital
Originally built as a substation and office for AT&T, the existing four-story, 120,000 square foot office building is located near the Arkansas State Capitol Building. The challenge for the project was to turn an older, vacant building into Class A office space.
Grinnell Hotel
Grinnell Hotel is a restoration and rehabilitation of the original Grinnell High School building. Most recently, the building was the home to the City of Grinnell administrative offices.
Level on Locust Lofts
Level on Locust Lofts is a historic renovation and rehabilitation of two former warehouse buildings downtown in St. Louis, MO. Our office is the architect for the rehabilitation of the 12 story Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney Warehouse at 917 Locust and the 5 story Leacock Sporting Goods Building into 88 apartments with full tenant amenities on the lower level.
River Center
Located at 340 SW 3rd Street in Des Moines, the building was originally constructed in 1915 as a warehouse facility of the Des Moines Brewing Company complex.
Station 121
The Mack-International Motor Truck Corporation Building (rehabilitated and renamed Station 121) occupies a prominent corner lot in the heart of the former automobile sales, service, and manufacturing district known originally as “Auto Row”. Auto Row sat on the western edge of the downtown commercial core in what is now Des Moines’ Western Gateway, whose centerpiece is the Pappajohn Sculpture Park.
Temple for Performing Arts
The Masonic Temple is a ground up renovation of a 1913 building. The facility houses the Des Moines Symphony’s Youth Symphony Academy and the Des Moines Symphony offices.
Two Rivers Marketing
Two Rivers Marketing owned the General Motors Parts warehouse originally built in 1935. The marketing firm caters to industrial and agricultural clients and wished to keep the interior true to the original esthetic.
Wieting Theatre
The Wieting Theatre in Toledo, Iowa is a ninety-year-old theater that, thanks to a major fund-raising effort by the community, was brought back to life. Watercolors made, at the time of construction, were our guide.