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.
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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.
This project for Splash! Swim + Wellness in Mequon expands the existing building to make room for a second pool. The addition of this second swimming space enables two classes to run simultaneously allowing Splash! maintain their smaller class sizes for more personalized instruction.
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.
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Photos courtesy of Groth Design Group (https://www.gdg-architects.com/)
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.
