Kalamazoo Valley Groves Campus
Michigan Technical Education Center (M-TEC), is a 70,000 SF small business incubator facility, helping small businesses get off the ground. They do so by offering office space and the ETC (Emerging Technology Center) which provides shared office administrative services such as payroll processing, insurance support, and accounting, traditionally a strain on small start-up businesses. The […]
Oshtemo Public Library
Winner of a 2001 AIA Michigan design award, this library’s design intent was to be like a good book, one that captures curiosity and wonder at what’s around the next corner. The library has a “castle-like” appearance reflected in the exterior facade, interior furnishings, and interior signage. Surrounding the courtyard are several “mini-buildings” with a […]
Overlander Bandshell
This open, space-frame type of roof structure maximizes span and minimizes mass and columns. The backside of the shell is open allowing views through to the natural setting backdrop. The design specifically was designed with minimal maintenance in mind while creating an identity for the park. Built in the floodplain of Portage Creek, the platform […]
ROI – Residential Opportunities, Inc. Program Services
Located on a major avenue leading into the city’s central business district, this former ophthalmic clinic is a contemporary facility that fits comfortably in the older neighborhood. By blending forms, materials, and symbolism, it maintains the neighborhood’s residential character through the use of clapboard siding and a series of gabled roofs. To further preserve this […]
Portage Public Library
The 1996, 10,000 SF expansion of the Portage library nearly doubled the space used by the public to better serve the growing community. The new arched forms at the front of the building, reminiscent of sails, help to clearly denote the entry. The new vaulted, arched forms allow filtered natural light deep into the building […]
Kalamazoo Public Library Central Branch
Inspired by LeCorbusier’s “Ville Savoye” whose second level appears to float on large columns above a recessed ground floor, the recent renovation of the building with a variety of materials exhibiting different colors and textures including reflective glass with purple mullions, black granite towers topped with iridescent beacons, limestone cladding the original cylindrical form and […]