• Jazz Market New Orleans Audience Seating

    Peoples Health New Orleans Jazz Market

    Trumpeting a Cultural Revival
    Even a plain, vacant, late-20th Century discount department store building can be renovated into a compelling urban art space that celebrates the history of a neighborhood. That’s the lesson and achievement of the New Orleans Jazz Market. The 14,000 square foot former Gator’s store stood empty for...Read more
  • Playhouse Plaza Pasadena exterior

    Playhouse Plaza

    An Architectural Triumph Adds to a City’s Legacy
    In Pasadena, California, the Playhouse Plaza has replaced a single-story furniture store with “an architectural triumph that has added to Pasadena’s legacy of well-designed, beautiful buildings,” says Susan Mossman, Executive Director of Pasadena Heritage. Located in the city’s revitalizing 32-...Read more
  • Boston Public Library Renovation Cafe

    Boston Public Library, Central Library Renovation

    Community-oriented redesign for brutalist landmark building
    This 156,000 square foot renovation transforms the inward-facing 1972 wing of Boston Public Library’s central location into an inviting urban building that engages the street and forms an outdoor room with community gathering spaces. The renovation, designed by William Rawn Associates for the City...Read more
  • Storefront Theatre Lyons Audience

    The Storefront Theater

    Local innovation makes Main Street a town square
    Main Street in Lyons, Nebraska, has suffered like the heart of many small towns across America as shops have closed—losing customers to declining population and replaced by distant big-box stores. With the ingenuity of a conceptual artist and built by local craftspeople in 2015, The Storefront...Read more