University of Mount Union, Campus Master Plan

Westlake Reed Leskosky was retained by the University of Mount Union in July 2011 to prepare a campus master plan for its Alliance, Ohio liberal arts campus. The master plan, intended to build upon the 2010 strategic plan, will provide planning and phasing recommendations for near-term initiatives (within 5 years) and long-term initiatives (within 5 to 10 years). The master plan will help the University identify and prioritize...

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...

Pennsylvania State University, College of Arts & Architecture Master Plan

Westlake Reed Leskosky created a 20 year Master Plan for the College of Arts & Architecture, comprised of several academic and performing arts units, including: Theatre, Dance, Music, Visual Arts, Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Art History, Integrative Arts, the Palmer Museum of Art, and the Center for Performing Arts. The College enrolls 1,900 students and currently possesses one million gross square feet of facilities across the University Park campus.

University of Mount Union, Engineering & Business Building

The University of Mount Union retained Westlake Reed Leskosky to renovate the existing Wilson Science Hall into a classroom and lab building for its new engineering program and to provide additional office space for the Department of Business, Economics, and Marketing. The existing building, constructed in the 1950s, possessed various science labs, in addition to lecture spaces, faculty offices, and associated support program.

The project renovated...

University of Mount Union, Gartner Welcome Center

This Welcome Center designed for Mount Union College projects an image of gracious hospitality while referencing existing built forms on campus and evoking the traditional antecedents of recognized campus architecture. Sited within the main campus lawn next to the campus lakes, the building is omni-directional, respectfully addressing neighboring buildings and streets. The building will be the main threshold to the campus, welcoming and orienting prospective students and families...

Hathaway Brown School

Westlake Reed Leskosky has a longstanding relationship with Hathaway Brown School, a private independent school for girls situated on an eighteen-acre campus in Shaker Heights, Ohio. This 20,000 sf natatorium addition, designed in association with Graham Gund Architects, includes an eight-lane, 25-yard competition pool, 1-meter board diving well, instructional pool and support functions. The materials match the context of the existing school, assembled so as to create a light pavilion-like...

Western Reserve Academy, Morgan Hall

Burton D. Morgan Hall is a newly constructed administration building on the campus of this private school, designed to complement the Federalist style of the historic structures that comprise "Brick Row." Its program consists of Administration, including the office of the Headmaster; Admissions; Development and Alumni Relations; a Board Room; and a Health Clinic. Its materials include red brick with limestone features, white-painted wood trim and columns, clay tile roof,...

Saint Vincent – Saint Mary High School, St. Vincent-St. Mary High School Master Plan

Selected through a design competition, Westlake Reed Leskosky completed a Master Plan for this co-educational, college preparatory Catholic High School in Akron, Ohio. The goals for the project were to give vision and direction to the campus for the next decade and beyond, while expressing the school's Catholic mission, displaying the energy and excitement of campus activities, and creating a legacy of fellowship for future generations of students, faculty and...

Oberlin College, The Bertram and Judith Kohl Building

The Kohl Building serves as the innovative new home of the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music's acclaimed Department of Jazz Studies and its academic programs in music history and music theory. The new 37,000 SF facility interfaces with the adjacent Conservatory complex and creates an elevated pedestrian link that ties in three buildings. A massive cantilevered roof, three stories high, hovers in the air between the new and...

Department of Veterans Affairs, Cares Tower

Westlake Reed Leskosky, in association with Cannon Design was retained by the Department of Veterans Affairs to design and implement the new Cares Tower and hospital expansion at the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. The project consolidates services currently offered at the Brecksville facility into one facility. The bed tower expansion measures 268,000 square feet and will include 260 beds in a 8 story structure. Project construction...

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Hillcrest Hospital Major Campus Expansion

Hillcrest Hospital serves a four county region in Northeastern Ohio-a population requiring broader healthcare services than when the hospital was built in 1968. It is one of only six hospitals in the US to be ranked ten times among the nation's Top 100 Hospitals and a Top 100 Hospital for its cardiovascular services by Thomson Healthcare. Continuing a two-decade consultancy relationship with Hillcrest Hospital that has encompassed more...

Zachary Bruell, Parallax

Definitions of the name "Parallax" presented on a glass panel in the restaurant's vestibule set the stage for a sophisticated dining experience in a remerging inner city neighborhood. Creating a carefully scripted environment, the minimalist architecture serves as the backdrop for renowned chef Zack Bruell, and transforms the street level of the former mercantile building into an urbane destination that injects a new vitality and interaction with the street scene....

Select Restaurants, Pier W

In reimaging this seafood restaurant, the challenge was to create a sophisticated, urbane environment reflective of the cuisine and lakeside setting without relying on cliché. An aqueous palette of materials including heavily veined marble, rippling cast glass, ice-like resins and upholstery evocative of wet suit material is combined and modulated by transformational theatrical and LED lighting. The ceiling and floor planes appear to be extensions of the lake and sky...

TravelCenters of America, TravelCenters of America

The merging of National Truck Stops and Truck Stops of America into TravelCenters of America, Inc. required the acquisition, disposition, raze/re-build, new construction and re-imaging of approximately one hundred fifty travel centers across the United States. A new $8 million Prototype was developed for application to approximately twelve sites. Existing facilities were re-imaged both interior and exterior. Facilities feature convenience stores, game rooms, restaurants and fast food service. Truck stops...

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

The historically significant Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland was originally designed by Walker & Weeks to harmonize with the Beaux-Arts classicism of Cleveland's 1903 Group Plan. When completed in 1923, this building was considered the last word in bank construction and a monument to superb craftsmanship and materials. The Bank retained Westlake Reed Leskosky, in association with HOK, to design an addition and renovation. Westlake Reed Leskosky was primarily responsible...

General Services Administration, Howard M. Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse

The $51 million rehabilitation of the Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse is an exemplary model for preservation and adaptive reuse of an historic landmark. Selected by the GSA under the Design Excellence program, Westlake Reed Leskosky renovated this national architectural treasure to meet new requirements for function, efficiency, accessibility, sustainability and security. LEED-certified in a groundbreaking approach integrating sustainability and preservation, the 235,600-square-foot building houses the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts with four courtrooms,...

General Services Administration, James A. Walsh U.S. Courthouse

The $9.8 million Phase 2 major repairs and alterations to the Walsh U.S. Courthouse achieves GSA's priorities for safety, enhanced quality and experience of Tucson's significant National Register landmark. Exterior improvements included replacement of all non-historic windows with new energy-efficient, blast-resistant windows, perimeter security and landscaping enhancing the streetscape. Interior rehabilitation included returning the primary historic courtroom to original character, new judges chamber, state-of-the-art video conference hearing room, redesign/build-out of...

Cuyahoga County Soldiers and Sailors Monument Commission, Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Restoration

Westlake Reed Leskosky recently completed the preservation and rehabilitation of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on Cleveland's Public Square. Built in 1894 at a cost of $280,000, the structure is the city's major Civil War Memorial and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and Save America's Treasures. The current preservation effort represents a joining of private and public groups-including local foundations, the non-profit Monument Commission, and...

PlayhouseSquare Foundation, The Idea Center

Pioneering work at Playhouse Square continues with the design of interactive facilities integrating multimedia, performing arts, and broadcast for WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastream and the Playhouse Square Foundation. Inserting a contemporary design concept into historic One Playhouse Square on Euclid Avenue, the new synergetic center breaks down the barriers between television and radio to foster a convergence of the two formerly independent media streams, with multilevel activities and movement...

Brittany Corporation, The Union Club of Cleveland

The key initiatives for this project include the consolidation and renovation of the principal Member Spaces on the entry level, including the Formal and Informal Dining rooms and the Reading Room. Private meeting rooms on the second level were equipped with audio-visual and computer technology to address contemporary needs for presentation and conferencing. A fitness center was planned for an underutilized portion of the building. The building mechanical and electrical...

City of Phoenix, Tovrea Castle Restoration

Tovrea Castle has been a beloved Phoenix landmark since its construction in 1929. Originally meant to be a hotel surrounded by a garden of exotic cacti, the building and grounds were purchased within two years by Edward A. Tovrea, a leader in Arizona's cattle industry. Mr. Tovrea died in 1932, leaving the estate to his wife, Della Tovrea, a socialite who later married William Stuart, publisher of the Prescott Daily...

General Services Administration, Wayne Aspinall Federal Building

Westlake Reed Leskosky, as part of a Design-Build team led by Beck Construction, is designing the Partial Modernization High Performing Green Building (HPGB) renovation of the Wayne Aspinall Federal Building in Grand Junction, Colorado. Funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the project will transform the 1939-built structure into a sustainable facility. The building's HVAC system and security system will be upgraded along with renovating the...

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....

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...

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...

The Malrite Company, Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage

The successful design competition celebrates the Jewish experience in Northeast Ohio in an elegant, iconic home for a remarkable collection of Judaica and traveling exhibitions. A simple rectangle form houses main exhibits and auditorium and is accessed from a lobby accentuated by floor to ceiling glass. With minimalist simplicity, excellent materials and craftsmanship, the building is clad with Jerusalem limestone, evoking the texture of ancient city walls. Adjacent to temple...

Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium

The Museum's new planetarium evokes precisely machined astronomical instruments, and takes the form of a chamfered cone, angled at its latitude and aligned with the North Star. The 60' high, titanium spattered stainless steel clad form enhances this prestigious cultural institution with a striking, sculptural quality and unique astronomical content. The challenge was to take a program that is traditionally circular in shape and without windows, and transform it into...

Patuxent River Naval Air Museum

Westlake Reed Leskosky is providing architectural and engineering services for the design of a new Patuxent River Naval Air Museum in Lexington Park, Maryland.WRL will provide concept plan, final schematic design, preparation of construction documents, construction cost estimates and construction support services.

The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum preserves and interprets the Patuxent River Naval Air Base history and heritage of advancing Naval aviation technology. This Museum is the...

Pro Football Hall of Fame, Pro Football Hall of Fame

Westlake Reed Leskosky was retained in 2010 by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio to develop a long-term master plan for its museum facility, campus, and adjacent properties. Founded in 1963, the Hall of Fame hosts 200,000 visitors a year as well as the annual Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremonies and Festival on the campus and in adjacent Fawcett Stadium. Fawcett Stadium, originally built in...

Gerry Foundation, Inc., The Museum at Bethel Woods

Part of the new Bethel Woods Center for the Arts on the site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival, The Museum at Bethel Woods expresses a strong sense of place and complements the rural character of the iconic site.  The 40,000 sf structure, built of locally-quarried stone, copper, and an innovative laminated wood structure, includes a 10,000 sf Main Exhibit Gallery, 6,000 sf Special Exhibit Gallery, a 130 seat  Museum Theater, Museum...

Banner Health System, Banner Baywood Heart Hospital

The $13 million expansion and renovation of Cardio-Vascular ICU and Telemetry nursing units for Banner Baywood Heart Hospital in Mesa, Arizona was designed with integrated engineering and a "real-time" design process. The project includes: the fit-out of 32,000 sf of shell space on the hospital's 5th floor for Cardio-Vascular ICU rooms and Telemetry and remodeling of existing Telemetry unit on the 4th floor.

Banner Health System, Banner Thunderbird Medical Center

Westlake Reed Leskosky programmed and master planned this family-focused campus expansion and renovation.The initial $49.5 million phase of the project was completed in 2001 and includes 110,000 SF of new space and 44,000 SF of remodeled space for patient care, laboratory and support space. A highly successful Women's and Infants Center followed, and additional expansions for cardiology and other departments will increase the medical center's capacity to 292 beds, making...

Banner Health System, Baywood Medical Center

Westlake Reed Leskosky designed a new 7-story bedtower addition, a new wing to house the imaging department, several new support buildings including a 640-space parking garage, and extensively remodeled the existing bedtower. The overriding principle behind the work was to create a user-friendly environment of healing hospitality. Hospital functions continued uninterrupted during construction with minimal disruptions to service delivery. Key issues included designing within a tight, urban campus with zoning...

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Lakewood Hospital Master Plan

Lakewood Hospital is a 400-bed acute care, community hospital serving more than 130,000 patients in several buildings ranging in age from 1912 to 2002. Westlake Reed Leskosky was retained in 2006 to perform a Master Plan Feasibility Study in order to evaluate the existing facility and determine an action plan for improvements. The Study addressed several key project initiatives, including: facilitating or strengthening programs related to specialty services lines; converting...

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Medical Center, Abu Dhabi UAE

Westlake Reed Leskosky engaged in a facilities assessment for the Sheikh Khalifa Medical Center site in 2007. The scope include the assessment of forty-one (41) buildings totaling over 1,300,000 sf. Assessment included architectural, medical, mechanical, electrical, structural and all other systems on the 100 acre main campus site.

In addition to this, Westlake Reed Leskosky evaluated sixteen (16) clinic buildings throughout Abu Dhabi totaling over 550,000 sf. The...

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, South Pointe Hospital

With surgery as the cornerstone, the 100,000 square foot expansion creates a distinctive and highly visible, new entry to the campus; a technologically advanced surgery center and intensive care unit with an innovative, 4-bed decentralized nursing module; and a comprehensive medical education center. The project includes conference facilities and a 150-seat auditorium funded by a $6 million grant from The Brentwood Foundation for medical education and community use. Serving the...

Salem Community Hospital, Surgery Center Expansion

This new 32,000 sf, two-story surgery center includes a suite of six operating rooms arranged around a sterile core with potential for future expansion to eight ORs. The design provides natural light, logical circulation separating staff, public and patient traffic, and maximizes adaptability/flexibility. Adjacent inpatient and ambulatory areas are each other's overflow space and feature universal bays to handle pre- and post-operative patients. Intended to blend with...

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Twinsburg Family Health and Surgery Center

Westlake Reed Leskosky master planned and designed the multi-phase development of an award winning new 80-acre suburban medical campus. The first two phases encompass a 160,000 sf Family Health Center and 304,000 sf complex comprised of an Emergency Department, Ambulatory Surgery Center and 140-bed hospital. A third phase is planned for an additional bed tower with outparcels for specific areas of care. The design challenge involved issues of...

Maricopa Integrated Health System, Maricopa County Medical Center

Westlake Reed Leskosky was involved in several capital improvement projects at Maricopa County Medical Center.  These projects include substantial engineering work such as the replacement of two air handling units (one serving the OR and the other serving ICU, PICU, SICU, and NICU), replacement of two cooling towers, and central plant modifications. 

Salem Community Hospital, New Central Plant Replacement Facility

This uniquely intelligent Central Plant replacement deploys sustainable design meeting LEED silver certification, and innovative engineering technology that exceed standard healthcare requirements to meet the hospital's current loads, potential emergencies, and future expansions. The entirely new 76,000 square foot Central Plant is one of the first healthcare plants in the country of its size to deploy rotary flywheel technology for uninterrupted power, an innovative green battery-free power source for the...

Summit Tri-Star Digestive Wellness Center, Digestive Wellness Center

Westlake Reed Leskosky has designed a new 11,700 square foot medical office building in Norton, Ohio. Supporting the needs of two physician practices, the program is organized into two sides: endoscopy (2 procedure rooms and 9 patient bays) and more general medical office space (7 exam rooms and 2 special procedure rooms) with support offices for staff in the center. Each of the spaces has its own waiting room and...

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Lerner School for Autism

The new Lerner School for Autism, Debra Ann November Wing, at Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital is a benchmark facility for the programming and design of an environment specifically for people with autism, from infants to early adulthood. The 24,000 square foot single-story building expresses a strong modernist simplicity and clarity of purpose, with a forward-thinking image that supports one of the country's premier healthcare institutions and its leadership in the...

Case Western Reserve University, Wolstein Research Institute

This new 332,000 gross square foot Research Building transforms the typical research lab, hidden behind closed doors, into collaborative architecture that is visible, open, and engaging. Designed as a response to its tight site in Cleveland' University Circle, the architecture projects its research image on the urban street front through its materiality and transparency; yet is carved away in deference to the residential scale to its north side. Putting a...

Gerry Foundation, Inc., Bethel Woods Center for the Arts

The new Bethel Woods Performing Arts Center designed by Westlake Reed Leskosky preserves the original 1969 Woodstock concert site as it creates a vibrant international cultural destination. Along with multiple performing arts venues, the project includes a Museum of Woodstock with immersive exhibits to tell the story of the 1969 Woodstock Festival, its historical context and its influence on American culture. The interpretation extends throughout the 37 acres of the...

Musical Arts Association, Blossom Music Center

The experience of being at this beautiful 250-acre site, bordering and strongly related to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, evokes an appreciative response from visitors. In a recent redevelopment plan beginning at the front entrance, the landscape architect worked together with the land conservation manager at a neighboring arboretum to replace turf grass with a mix of tall native meadow grasses and wildflowers that make the approach to Blossom a...

Wausau Performing Arts Foundation, Artsblock

ArtsBlock, in Wausau, Wisconsin is a $13.1 million cultural and civic asset that expands the 1927 Grand Theater as the centerpiece of an entire city block, and creates a community arts center with the restoration of the 1,200-seat historic theatre at the heart. The design concept for ArtsBlock links three historic structures on its downtown block, and creates flexible new facilities as it restores, enhances, and connects the existing buildings....

City of San Diego, Centre City Development, Balboa Theatre

Revitalizing the long-dark San Diego Balboa Theatre returns the "glittering jewel box" to original 1924 splendor, transformed as a modern performance venue enlivening downtown. Leveraging tax increment financing, the $26.5 million phased project solved space constraints, technical complexities and seismic retrofit to restore rotunda, lobbies, audience chamber, and bring alive rich Moorish decoration, astounding color palette, and cascading waterfalls.  Integrated services included state-of-the-art engineering and performance systems, and recreated house...

Friends of the Coronado, Coronado Theatre

Recognized by a National Trust Honor Award, the revitalization and expansion of the Coronado Theatre serves as an exemplary testament to the importance of the performing arts and preservation of America's landmark theatres. Drawing on extensive research, the faithful $18.5 million restoration of the former 1927 movie palace is the result of a unique public/private partnership and a catalyst for urban redevelopment. The annexation and adaptation of the adjacent two-story...

Pennsylvania State University, Eisenhower Auditorium

Westlake Reed Leskosky was retained by Pennsylvania State University to conduct a study for additions and renovations to the Eisenhower Auditorium.  Built in 1974, the 2,589 seat facility is home to the Center for the Performing Arts. The focus of the study involved five key priorities that will allow the Eisenhower to accommodate contemporary programming and usage.  These include:  plaza improvements and integration of building with Shortlidge Mall; expansion of...

PlayhouseSquare Foundation, Playhouse Square

Westlake Reed Leskosky orchestrated a master plan for a theater district downtown that is now a national model, major visitor attraction and economic development catalyst for Cleveland. Playhouse Square attracts over 2,000,000 patrons annually to a wide variety of arts and entertainment events, injects over $40 million each year in new income and has initiated a renaissance of development in the district with an annual impact exceeding $300 million. Key...

Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center, Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center

The revitalization of the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center rejuvenates two landmark theatres: The magnificent 1,267-seat Strand Theatre, restored in its entirety with new 250-seat mezzanine balcony seating, and the 600-seat Capitol Theatre, enhanced with stage expansion and improvements. The $17.3 million project, encompassing restoration, adaptive reuse, and new construction, creates a unified performing arts block by integrating four varied landmark buildings and three complementary building additions was a model for...

Tampa Theatre

Westlake Reed Leskosky has been retained to examine the historic structure and prepare recommendations for restoration. Additionally, theater expansion is being considered on one or more adjacent land parcels. Theater expansion will include expanded lobby and patron amenities, three new screening rooms, and a large multi-purpose Event Room with related support spaces.

Tennessee Theatre Restoration, LLC, Tennessee Theatre

The restoration of the landmark Historic Tennessee Theatre in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee serves as an exemplary project in terms of its financing strategies. The rehabilitation of this 1928 movie palace, a superb example of Spanish-Moorish architecture, could have stopped at a $14 million project, merely restoring it as a movie house. Instead, in January 2005, the theatre debuted a new stage house for symphony, opera, and a variety of performing...

PlayhouseSquare Foundation, The Hanna Theatre - Great Lakes Theater Festival

The theatre, which has been adapted for use by the Great Lakes Theater Festival – an anchor production company of Playhouse Square and one of the country's top regional theatres - conveys an open plan that connects the patron to the stage from the street to their seat, always visually connected to the performance. Typical and atypical support spaces (such as a café integrated into the lobby through movable glass...

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Westlake Reed Leskosky developed a comprehensive 5-year Capital Plan for the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, the nation's most active performing arts center. The project included a survey and evaluation of the 1.5 million square foot building and its systems as well as recommendations for future capital projects in consideration of current codes and standards, lifetime of existing equipment, and operational issues or deficiencies. The Capital Plan will serve as...

The City of Phoenix, Phoenix Symphony Orchestra

The $18.5 million Symphony Hall renovation, for which Westlake Reed Leskosky is the architect and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineer, is executed in conjunction with the expansion and renovation of the Phoenix Convention Center, designed by HOK Venue in association with Leo A Daly. The project involves a new grand entrance and a greatly expanded lobby, as well as a new audience seating configuration to enhance ease of access, extensive...

St. Ignatius High School, Breen Center for the Performing Arts

The $11.5 million performing arts center at St. Ignatius High School is sited at a terminus view corridor across the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge, strengthening the urban conditions of the site and reinforcing connections to the 16-acre school campus and outdoor Mall to the north. The 36,000 sq. ft. building includes: a 550-seat proscenium theatre, a 150-seat band room, a rehearsal room, chorus room, practice rooms, and a range of stage and...

The Clemens Center, Clemens Center

The Clemens Center honors Samuel Clemens in his adopted home of Elmira, New York. Westlake Reed Leskosky developed a master plan to be implemented in two phases. Phase 1 architectural and engineering work, completed in 1999, has restored the Clemens Center's place as one of the most significant venues for the performing arts in the region, and paves the way for future improvements. Premium fixtures and finishes provide a rich...

Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts

Through the collaboration of the local public School District, New Albany Village and Township, and the New Albany Company, the $15 million performing arts center is the cultural center for this fast-growing community just outside Columbus, Ohio. The Center includes a proscenium theatre, which is a venue for the Columbus Symphony, a small black box/rehearsal room, a dance studio, a range of stage and performer support spaces, classrooms, and an...

The City of Lauderhill, Lauderhill Performing Arts Center and Library

The City of Lauderhill, Florida has retained Westlake Reed Leskosky, in association with Barranco Gonzalez, to design a new cultural arts center for its residents. The Center will include a 1,200 seat theatre with a full stagehouse and performer support, a black box theatre, rehearsal spaces, a multi-functional lobby for events and performance, and front-of-house amenities. The Center will also have a full community library. Energy efficiency measures include heat...

City of Lone Tree, Lone Tree Cultural Arts Center

The new $19 million Lone Tree Arts Center is a state-of-the-art, sustainable and energy efficient facility for the arts, and a new focal point for the City of Lone Tree, Colorado. Expressing a forward-looking identity for this growing community, the 43,000 SF facility is as a vibrant and multipurpose community center, with flexible space for a range of cultural arts performances, meetings and events.

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Maricopa Community College District, Paradise Valley Community College Performing Arts Center

Designed as a campus center for music, theater and art, the 24,870 square foot teaching and performance facility incorporates a 281 seat theater, rehearsal spaces, classrooms, practice rooms and gallery. The exterior, in form, material and color, is inspired by the natural characteristics of the starkly beautiful setting; chiseled forms and tactile surfaces evoke and interact with the distant mountains, undergoing continual transformation under the dramatic natural light. The intent...

City of Peoria, Peoria Center for the Performing Arts

The Peoria Center for the Performing Arts was the first step in a comprehensive initiative to develop the city center of Peoria, Arizona. The primary user is the preeminent community theatre group Theater Works. A craggy copper clad roof hovering above a base of masonry evokes the color and forms of the desert basin and distant mountains. The complex features 250 seat and 80 seat theaters with support spaces...

PlayhouseSquare Foundation, The Power of Three Project, Allen Theatre

Working in partnership with PlayhouseSquare, the Cleveland Play House and Cleveland State University, Westlake Reed Leskosky designed a renovation and expansion for the historic Allen Theatre. The transformation, at a cost of $26 million, features three new theatres created within the 81,500 sf Allen Theatre and 44,000 sf continguous addition.

Housed in the existing Allen Theatre, the Main Stage Theatre and its lobby transitions the existing...

Parker Hannifin, Parker Hannifin World Headquarters Expansion

Parker Hannifin is an international manufacturer of products associated with hydraulics and pneumatics. The profile adds a 95,000 square foot wing to an existing 200,000 square foot corporate headquarters and provides façade re-imaging for the original facility. The new wing provides a combination of private offices and workstations for their marketing and research divisions. In addition to workplaces, the building contains an amphitheatre, interactive product display space and boardroom. Primary...

General Services Administration, A.J. Celebrezze Federal Building

Through a GSA Design Excellence selection process, Westlake Reed Leskosky was awarded the current architectural and engineering project to modify space and rehabilitate the A.J. Celebrezze Federal Building in Cleveland. The scope includes a building wide assessment, upgrade of mechanical systems, two full floors of renovated tenant space, improvements related to the core and shell and GSA's First Impressions program. The 32-story building of approximately 1.5 million square feet houses...

City of Flagstaff, USGS/GSA Shoemaker Astrogeology Facility and Campus Master Plan

Compatible with its majestic landscape at the base of Mount Eldon, the new facility for the U. S. Astrogeological division initiates a campus redevelopment plan that includes replacement structures and vehicular circulation improvements. The 27,000 sf facility houses scientists working on space program development and instrumentation, including the Mars Rover project. Sustainable design includes energy efficient systems, passive and active solar radiation techniques to reduce energy consumption and overall life...