MKE Kinn Guesthouse

Milwaukee, WI

Previously occupied by wholesalers, milliners, tailors, pharmacies, and professional service firms, this multi-level Guesthouse project brings new life to an 1850s building in downtown Milwaukee. The bed and breakfast style hotel features a few different premium event spaces, making it a great destination for weddings, corporate parties, and more. Notably, the rooftop event space was built with operable partition glass doors along one corner of the space, creating a seamless transition between the interior and exterior of the building.

Sandhill Farm Event Barn

Grafton, WI

This 2-story horse barn has been renovated to become a perfect venue for weddings, company events, family reunions, and more. The space offers space for 250 guests, combining the original rustic charm with updated amenities. The property is surrounded by a picturesque landscape, including 35 acres of Fraser Firs, a path along the Milwaukee River, and a pond.

Carroll University - Ganfield Gym

Waukesha, WI

Carroll University has started an initiative to restore and rehabilitate many of the original campus buildings that maintain historical relevance. Ganfield Gymnasium is one such building; erected in dedication to the memory of the President of Carroll College during the 1920s and 1930s, William A. Ganfield. It has a full-size court with a suspended floor structure encircling it supported with a reinforced original roof structure.

Mequon Public Market & St. Paul Fish Company

MEQUON, WI

A newly created public space in the heart of Mequon including many local favorite food vendors in one convenient location! A stand alone restaurant tops the site off with something to offer for everyone. Unique aspects of this project include adaptive re-use of existing industrial style buildings for commercial restaurant and retail spaces. Emphasis on the existing detailed brickwork and existing exposed structural steel trusses in the Public Market were keys to a successful project.

Garfield School Redevelopment

Milwaukee, WI

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

Hacienda Brewing Company

MILWAUKEE, WI

Located in Milwaukee’s Eastside neighborhood, this 125-seat taproom has a full kitchen and curved wooden bar. Hacienda Brewing Company has roots in Door County, WI, and takes inspiration from the Wisconsin “craft beer scene” to create new modern brews. The North Ave Taproom & Kitchen location pairs delicious food with their experimental brews for a one-of-a-kind dining experience.

Transcenter Escuela Verde

Milwaukee, WI

Through adaptive reuse of the existing warehouse the building was opened for Escuela Verde, a charter school for students in grades 7 through 12. The staff help students collaborate with their community, develop biliteracy and honor linguistic/cultural identities.

Photos courtesy of Groth Design Group (https://www.gdg-architects.com/)

Central Tool House (Lakeshore Technical College)

Sheboygan, WI

With six classrooms, a computer lab, online testing center, and a large conference room this 8,600 square foot renovation brings the history of Central Tool house together with Lakeshore Technical College’s accredited career programs to provide a one-of-a-kind learning environment.

Mobcraft Brewery

Milwaukee, WI

MobCraft is a crowd-sourced craft brewery thriving in the heart of Milwaukee’s trendy 5th ward. This former parking garage features industrial design elements, including garage doors to allow for the Lake Michigan air to waft the desirable beer aroma throughout Downtown Milwaukee. This 15,240 sq ft retrofit key features are the multiple garage door openings with steel canopies shadowing above with MobCraft beer cans used as bricks on the veneer adjacent to the openings.

2017 Mayor Design Awards

Photos courtesy of Groth Design Group (https://www.gdg-architects.com/)

East Troy Brewery

EAST TROY, WI

This project turned an early 1890s bank into a micro-brewery while managing to maintain many of the details that make the location historically significant for the community. The location still houses the bank vault itself, and the bar sits where the teller windows used to be with much of the old metalwork giving the building an old-age feel with all the new-age technology necessary to run a state-of-the-art brewery.

Brass Works Apartments

Delavan, WI

This 102,000 square foot remodel takes a 75-year old industrial building and turns it into 73 loft-style apartments. The project keeps that industrial-feel inside each apartment with it’s large windows, exposed timber supports, high ceilings with exposed piping, and even some concrete flooring.