Akron Art Museum, Akron Art Museum

In the early 1980s, Westlake Reed Leskosky preserved the former U.S. Post Office and adapted it into a distinguished museum of photography and contemporary art. In the last 20 years, the museum's programming needs increased. Our firm performed master planning and programming and associated with international design architects Coop Himmelb(l)au on a major addition completed in 2007, which increased the museum's size from 36,000 to 88,000 sf. Spatially, the expansion...

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art

Over the years, Westlake Reed Leskosky has designed numerous projects on behalf of the prestigious Cleveland Museum of Art, including galleries, the library, and a parking structure. We also designed the expansion of the museum's bookstore: spaces adjacent to the original store were annexed, doubling the available square footage, and allowing for the creation of a children's shop and a separate store for postcards, posters, stationary and other paper objects....

Cleveland Museum of Art, Gartner Auditorium Renovation

Westlake Reed Leskosky renovated the Gartner Auditorium in the Cleveland Museum of Art. The space, originally designed by Marcel Breuer in 1971, needed to be re-imaged, re-tuned, and technologically upgraded to accommodate the changing outreach and education needs of the Museum. The space now hosts films, lectures, dance and chamber music performances.

The project included the redesign of the walls, ceilings, and the stage for architectural and acoustic...

The City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement

This $40 million project for the City of Las Vegas will convert a historic former Post Office and Courthouse into a contemporary cultural destination in the heart of downtown. When completed, the 40,000 square foot museum will contain permanent and temporary exhibit galleries, administrative, retail, support and event spaces and will feature state-of-the-art interactive technology and exhibits. Westlake Reed Leskosky is providing Content Planning, Architecture, Engineering, and LEED/Sustainable Design consultation...

Massillon Museum, Massillon Museum

The Massillon Museum was founded in 1933 to display the small, yet noteworthy collections of city residents. A fine 1930s Art Deco building, originally a dry goods store, had excellent location, size and shape for accommodating museum functions, with loft spaces adapted for exhibition. A new, welcoming and festive facade became the focus of the new facility when partially sealed display windows facing the park were returned to original appearance....

City of Yuma, Yuma Art Center

The Yuma Art Center is a unified performing and visual arts center featuring the Historic Yuma Theatre and highlighting a new two story museum, with a loggia compatible with the historic character of Main Street. Designed with integrated theatre technical services, this first phase includes upgrades to the historic theatre, renovations to an adjoining building for art studios and classrooms, an outdoor courtyard, and contemporary new construction housing art galleries...