This 90,000 square-foot, 3-story building provides ample space for De Pere's students from pre-K through 8th grade. Key features include a large glass entry atrium and an elevated glass "box" in the northwest corner containing the library and art room. This project was designed to maximize the learning space for the students, and also allow for cross-classroom collaboration and instruction.
Daily Reporter Top Project 2020
WMA Excellence in Masonry 2022
Perched above Egg Harbor, a renowned vacation destination within Wisconsin’s popular Door County Peninsula, stands the award-winning Egg Harbor Lodge II. The contemporary style complements the aesthetic of the 2018 Egg Harbor project while offering larger three-bedroom units for bigger families and travel parties. Each unit contains a cozy living room, dining room and kitchen area, and sleeping arrangements to accommodate up to 8 guests per unit. The units each have expansive glass doors that open onto private backyard patios, offering comfortable outdoor sanctuaries to enjoy the historic charm of this Wisconsin setting in modern-day comfort.
2023 AIA Wisconsin Honor Award
2023 Metal Architecture Design Award
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The Villa Street Art Museum is a 2,580 square foot two story wood framed structure with long slender cantilevers at the second floor and the roof to accentuate the building as an art form. Coordination between the Architect and Engineer allows the glass façade of the second floor and the steel/wood roof system to give the appearance of a floating roof.
2020 AIA Honor Award
2020 American Architecture Award
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This community-oriented space caters to local area residents and Milwaukee tourists alike, occupying what used to be an Associated Bank. The top floor of North Avenue Market includes multiple vendor stations for serving a variety of food and beverages, Bittercube Bar, and various casual lounge seating for guests. The lower floor includes a “speakeasy style” cocktail bar in the old bank vault, various conference rooms and gathering spaces, and a few more vendor stations.
Mayor’s Design Award 2023
Daily Reporter Top Project 2022
This 42,000 square foot, 4-story building was designed to serve the expanding needs of Marquette University’s high-demand Physician’s Assistant program. This building includes office spaces, large amphitheater-style classrooms, conference rooms, locker/shower areas, student and faculty lounges, and simulation rooms for OR, Trauma, Examination, ICU, and Inpatient services. The front of the building uses cantilevered elements to support the heavy exterior brick creating an eye-catching front entryway.
Daily Reporter Top Project 2019
This 68,000 square foot, 2-story project created 9 new classroom spaces as well as a new art room, cafeteria, storage area, and main entrance for the High School. Students can find a new wood, metals, transportation, and robotics lab as part of this addition, and more space was also created for the front offices, kitchen, and district offices.
Daily Reporter Top Projects 2021
Previously a bank, Stone Creek Coffee on Downer Avenue has modernized this 2,200 square foot, early 1900s building in order to breathe some new life into the Northpoint Neighborhood. Visitors can seat themselves outside under a large outdoor-patio, inside through windowed garage-doors that lift into a three-season patio, or head over to the walk-up window for a quick stop on their way.
2019 Mayor Design Awards
These four 1-bedroom, 1-bathroom apartments feature large sliding glass doors that open up to a private patio. With a contemporary design, visitors are treated to modern accommodations in the historic Door County setting.
AIA WI 2020 Honor Award
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This project occupies an oddly shaped, steeply sloped lot close to downtown Madison. The home is comprised of three “boxes” that sit atop a concrete podium - the largest of which ends in a cantilever over the edge of this podium to draw attention to the steep slope of the lot.
2022 AIA Honor Award
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Sitting on a lot that lies between a dense residential district to the south and an industrial district to the north, this four-unit apartment building takes cues from both to create a unique transitional point between the two distinct styles of building design. The four 2-3 bedroom apartment units share a rooftop terrace on the third floor overlooking the cityscape to the east, as well as a bike/scooter parking area on the first level of the building facing the street.
2022 AIA Merit Award for “Interesting small lot, transient oriented infill protype"
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This private residence sits on a long, narrow lot in Milwaukee’s Lower East side. The 3-level design makes full use of the small infill space with a full Master Suite, 3 other bedrooms, a kitchen, a living room and dining area, a garage, a terrace, and a small balcony that offers a view of the Milwaukee River. The street facing side of the building uses slats to provide privacy to residents and control the amount of light entering the building, while also giving the front of the building an contemporary façade that stands out from the antiquated homes it sits between.
2022 AIA Merit Award for “Wonderful residential environment in a tight infill site"
2023 RD Architecture Design Award
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This over 8,000 square foot project created a multi-use venue for a variety of events from weddings to concerts! The two story design features sloped roof cantilevers, floor to ceiling windows along the back that offer a beautiful view of the Fox River, and cross-laminated timber (CLT) floor panels to create a wrap-around mezzanine within the main space. The project also includes a stage, two bar areas, storage space, prep room, and coat room located near the entryway.
Woodworks U.S. Wood Design Regional Excellence Award
This multi-family development inspires the local area with a creative splash of color!
AIA Wisconsin 2018 Honor Award
Chicago Athenaeum 2018 American Architecture Award
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This multi-family residential complex in the heart of Sacramento provides awesome architecture with low-cost construction practices including conventional wood framing to achieve architectural aesthetics including various cantilevered window elements.
AIA Wisconsin 2019 Honor Award
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Multi-story wood apartment building sits atop steel beams and columns which provide large expansive spaces for America’s Black Holocaust Museum below. This new building will anchor a prominent corner in the Bronzeville neighborhood and encourage further redevelopment in the area.
Daily Reporter Top Projects of 2018
This private residence is nestled in a wooded site along the shores of Lake Michigan. Combining engineered wood construction with concrete and masonry veneer was the challenge in supporting the floating observatory with spectacular views over the surrounding landscape.
AIA Wisconsin 2017 Honor Award
Chicago Athenaeum 2017 American Architecture Award
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Built in 1887 and designed by locally recognizable architect Henry C. Koch, this historic building is located in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Milwaukee. After housing many schools, most recently the Garfield Avenue School until 2006, Maures Development Group has re-purposed for affordable housing while maintaining the rich character of the building and surrounding neighborhood.
Daily Reporter Top Project 2017
2018 Mayor Design Awards
Following the tragic fire of the original historic bank, BMO Harris made plans to rebuild with the goal to open its doors on the One-year Anniversary of it being destroyed. This new structure stands as an iconic symbol for this Milwaukee neighborhood.
Daily Reporter Top Project 2017
2018 Mayor Design Awards
Previously a car dealership & manufacturing facility located in the heart of Downtown Wauwatosa, 7954 Harwood Avenue features a 8,700 Sq Ft concrete pan & joist building renovation that has been converted into new Retail and Mixed Use space. Enlarged window and door openings, new glass atrium, exposed steel awnings and expansive steel rooftop screenwalls compliment the original industrial look.
2018 Merit Design Awards (ALA)
The Keystone on Brady is a new 38,600 sq ft mixed use building that features 22 apartment units in the historic district of the lower east side. The structure consists of cast-in-place concrete basement walls with precast concrete columns and plank that support the upper level wood bearing walls and wood floor/roof trusses.
Daily Reporter Top Projects of 2017
