Kent State University, Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative

Working with former Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC) Director, Christopher Diehl, as the Design Lead, Westlake Reed Leskosky provided architectural and interior design, structural engineering and MEP engineering services to renovate the upper floor of the historic Cowell & Hubbard Building (originally built in 1919 and modified in 1955) at 1305 Euclid Avenue. The renovated space houses new studios, gallery, classroom/conference spaces and faculty and staff offices for CUDC...

Kent State University, Competition for the College of Architecture and Environmental Design

Westlake Reed Leskosky recently completed a concept design for a new building for the Kent State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design as one of four finalists in a design competition. The 120,000 SF building will contain design studios, offices, classrooms, fabrication labs and library / research spaces as well as a café. The building is sited along the esplanade, a new campus pedestrian thoroughfare linking the...

Kent State University, Math and Computer Science Building

A classroom building for the university's mathematics department is located adjacent to the other science buildings of Kent State University. The completion of the building added a key component to an existing campus quadrangle. A 4,000-square foot research library on the top floor was a major design focus of the project. Its roof is expressed as a sine wave which is repeated in the interior linear metal ceiling. Flexibility is...

Kent State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Westlake Reed Leskosky is the architect and engineer for the renovation and major expansion of Franklin Hall into Kent State University's School of Journalism and Mass Communication. This creates a state of the art facility that exposes students to the working world of mass media: print, radio, internet, and teleproduction. The renovated Franklin Hall houses faculty offices and various convergence labs: technical media rooms where information in all formats is...