Spur 16
Mequon, WI
Spur 16 is a mixed-use development that supplies multi-family housing to the Mequon Town Center through adaptive re-use of existing historic buildings. The luxury townhomes and updated apartments are located close to many local eateries and shopping centers as well as Mequon Community Park and the Ozaukee Interurban Trail. They come complete with a pool, fitness center, and a community clubhouse.
D Street Housing
Sacramento, California
These two-story homes are part of a revitalization project close to downtown Sacramento. The cluster of homes features eight individual units, each with sliding glass-doors to a small yard and patio behind the home. The interior opens into a living space, kitchen and dining area downstairs with the second floor holding an open study and three bedrooms. Use of cantilevered building elements gave the street-side view of these homes a unique appearance.
2020 AIA Merit Award
Photos & renderings courtesy of Johnsen Schmaling Architects (https://www.johnsenschmaling.com/)
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.
North Avenue Market
Milwaukee, WI
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
Honest Teeth
Elm Grove, Wisconsin
This 2-story, 9,000 square foot renovation created additional office space for a new dental clinic. By retrofitting the existing roof trusses into a “scissor” configuration it was possible to provide vaulted ceilings in the upper floor. This combined with the large entry atrium and exterior cantilevered canopy made the office building look and feel like brand new.
Photos courtesy of Thrive Architects LLC (https://thrive-architects.com/)
First Immanuel Lutheran School
Cedarburg, WI
First Immanuel Lutheran needed new classroom space for 4K-5th grade, a courtyard, and a large group classroom. In order to accomplish this, the project demolished part of the existing building for the courtyard while creating a new addition around the demolished space. This provided a challenge in the phasing of the project, as the addition could not close off the courtyard until the demolition was complete.
Marquette University - Physicians Assistant Studies Building
Milwaukee, WI
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
Cedarburg High School
Cedarburg, WI
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
Stone Creek Coffee - Downer Ave
MILWAUKEE, WI
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
Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Chuch
HUNTLEY, IL
With seating for 500+ people, this New Sanctuary can hold more than double what the old Sanctuary could in order to suit the growth in church membership. The large, 2-story atrium uses exposed structural steel to draw the eye toward the entrance. This project also includes a new office space, an educational and child care space, and additional parking for the congregation.
Photos and renderings courtesy of Groth Design Group (https://www.gdg-architects.com/)
Adventure Rock Climbing
Milwaukee, WI
Adventure Rock Climbing and Fitness opened this location amid rapid growth in their popularity due in part to their diversification of the typical “rock climbing” experience. This low-rise, single-story project location specializes in bouldering - a type of rock climbing featuring low walls and no safety ropes. Large store-front windows offer an inside look to passersby, and provide natural lighting for climbers within.
Photos & renderings courtesy of Johnsen Schmaling Architects (https://www.johnsenschmaling.com/)
Hilton Garden Inn
Wausau, WI
Features of this 4-story hotel and conference center include precast concrete floors, reinforced masonry load bearing walls and structural steel framing at the large clearspans required in the conference center. An elegant and modern cantilevered entry canopy is also featured.
The Flats on Church Street (Door County)
Egg Harbor, Wisconsin
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
Photos & renderings courtesy of Johnsen Schmaling Architects (https://www.johnsenschmaling.com/)
Throttlestop
Elkhart Lake, WI
This project was a multi-phase project for Throttlestop, a consignment dealer and motorcycle museum in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. CORE 4 was involved with the second and third phase of this project - the design of vehicle storage facilities. Built just a few miles from the world-famous Road America, Throttlestop is a destination for anyone with a passion for cars, bikes, and everything in between!
Included on site is a rotating museum of over 275 pieces, with both in-person and virtual accessibility. Check out their site to plan your visit!
Pilgrim Lutheran Church
MENOMONEE FALLS, WI
The expansion of the south-end of the existing building included a single-story addition with new classroom space, reception area, workroom, restrooms, and a large gathering space. These meeting spaces were designed with future worship space and education expansions in mind, as this project is but one phase of a multi-phase expansion plan.
Photos courtesy of Groth Design Group (https://www.gdg-architects.com/)
Spring Harbor House
Madison, WI
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
Photos & renderings courtesy of Johnsen Schmaling Architects (https://www.johnsenschmaling.com/)
Block 27
Sacramento, CA
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"
Photos & renderings courtesy of Johnsen Schmaling Architects (https://www.johnsenschmaling.com/)
Highland Residence
Elm Grove, WI
This beautiful single story residence in Elm Grove makes use of alcoves in the exterior façade of the building to create little pockets of natural landscape - fueling a seamless transition from the the foliage outside to the modern space within.
Photos & renderings courtesy of Johnsen Schmaling Architects (https://www.johnsenschmaling.com/)
Curtain House
Milwaukee, WI
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
Photos & renderings courtesy of Johnsen Schmaling Architects (https://www.johnsenschmaling.com/)
