Convivium Urban Farmstead Adaptive Reuse Project Location: Dubuque, Iowa Completed: Summer 2017 Size: 15,500 sq. ft. Convivium Urban Farmstead began when a local couple purchased a pair of abandoned 1920’s greenhouses on the economically depressed north end of Dubuque. Their vision for the structures was to turn them into an operating urban farm that could teach neighborhood…
White Mound County Park Architecture in Nature Location: Hill Point, Wisconsin Status: Completed 2018 Size: 2,937 sq. ft. Awards: 2019 Park Design Award The Sauk County Parks Department determined that they needed to replace their failing county park offices at White Mound Park, the crown jewel of the Sauk County park system. As part of…
Shechem Community Space Architecture Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Status: Completed August 2022 Size: 21,400 sq. ft. The community center Shechem, (pronounced shek-uh m) an offshoot of the adjacent Hope Street housing takes its name from an ancient city in the West Bank near present day Nablus. As the pivotal setting for numerous biblical events, it was…
The Bindery Historic Preservation Architecture Project Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Status: Completed December 2020 Size: 8,475 sq. ft. Awards: 2021 Mayor’s Design Award, Top Projects Award 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,…
North Avenue Market Community Gathering Space/Food Hall Location: Milwaukee, WI Status: Completed September 2022 Size: 9,423 sq. ft. The North Avenue Market is a community gathering space/ food hall at the intersection of several neighborhoods on Milwaukee’s west side. The visionary for the project approached GCA with the challenge of converting an ordinary looking 1940’s…
Hillcrest Park Adaptive Reuse Location: Waukesha, WI Status: Completed Summer 2022 Size: 2,000 sq. ft. Originally constructed in 1956 as a fire control area for the United States military’s nuclear equipped Nike missile program, Hillcrest Park was one of eight Milwaukee-area Nike missile bases and built to deter and protect Milwaukee’s large manufacturing infrastructure against…
Holton St. Pavilion Temporary Structure Architecture Location: Milwaukee, WI Status: Summer 2019 In the summer of 2019 Riverworks asked us to design a temporary structure to house a pop-up café for their annual Riverworks Week event in Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood. While using off the shelf and reclaimed building materials we developed a simple modular design…
Slo Food Market Boutique Food Market Location: Sheboygan, WI Project Status: Completed 2022 Size: 10,053 Sq. Ft Slo Food is a World Market and Local Farmers Market melded into one fantastic Food Hub. The project consists of an 8,000 sq ft retail space that was stripped down to the existing studs and concrete slab. Owner,…
Legacy Commercial Architecture Project Location: Milwaukee, WI Status: Under Construction Awards: 2021 Mayor’s Design Award, Top Projects Award We were approached by the African American Chamber of Commerce to help them re-imagine an existing vacant warehouse into a hub for entrepreneurial development along Milwaukee’s Martin Luther King Drive. By combining a co-working office space, a…