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...

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...

Yorktown Victory Center Museum of the American Revolution

The mission of the Yorktown Victory Center is to present the history of the American Revolution; this new museum replaces three brick structures with a new structure that is organized principally on one (ground) floor with a partial lower level of support spaces and a partial mezzanine level.

The Yorktown Victory Center is comprised of building and site interpretive areas on a site designed to support...

Sonoran Desert Center for the Arts

Westlake Reed Leskosky's conceptual design for the Sonoran Desert Center for the Arts in Scottsdale, Arizona takes advantage of an extraordinary natural environment, revealing the beauty of the surrounding desert while being minimally invasive to the landscape. Encompassing 110,000 square feet, the planned campus includes a 2,000 seat theatre, a small studio theatre, a museum branch and amenities such as an outdoor patio grill and a full service restaurant. Illuminated...