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...

Zachary Bruell, Chinato

Chinato is a 130 seat restaurant located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. The setting is the first floor and basement of a turn of the century loft structure. Formerly a jewelry store, the former improvements to the space had been demolished prior to initiation of the design, revealing a backdrop composed of concrete floors and ceilings, and a series of dendriform columns positioned on a 15'-0" center to center grid. The...

Zachary Bruell, L'Albatros Brasserie

L'Albatros is the second restaurant designed by Westlake Reed Leskosky for noted chef Zachary Bruell. Housed in a pair of connected, turn of the century carriage houses in University Circle, the design interprets and reimagines the setting of a Belle Époque brasserie. To invoke the characteristics of café society, and to provide choice in ambiance for clientele, there are two distinctly different moods established in the five rooms; the red...

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....

Buckingham Doolittle Burroughs, Buckingham Doolittle Burroughs

This interiors project provides 60,000 square feet of newly constructed space for a prestigious, Akron, Ohio based law firm. Attorney offices are non-hierarchical in terms of actual size, allowing optimal flexibility regardless of ownership matrix. Administrative support workstations are generously sized to accommodate the paper management necessitated by an industry which trends toward increased numbers of attorneys per assistant. An expression deploying traditional materials in a contemporary way echoes both...

International Management Group, IMG Conference Suite

During a long-term relationship with International Management Group, agents for major sports celebrities, Westlake Reed Leskosky master planned 80,000 square feet of their headquarters within a building designed by the firm for another client in 1968. Another 3,000 square feet of expanded conference facilities and the chairman's offices were designed in the building's penthouse. The conference suite comprises three rooms, with moveable partitions to function as one large room comfortably...

Penton Media, Penton Media

Penton Media publishes trade journals focusing on the manufacturing, construction and hospitality industries. They wanted an environment that conveyed the vitality of a dot com enterprise without compromising qualities necessary for concentration while writing and editing, and a shift from an environment of closed offices to one more conducive to teaming and interdisciplinary interaction. A palette of stainless steel, encaustic plaster, blonde millwork, dolomitic limestone, slate and varied clear and...

Westlake Reed Leskosky, Westlake Reed Leskosky Corporate Headquarters

Westlake Reed Leskosky's design studio is an efficient arrangement of custom designed workstations, conference rooms and areas for model making, material samples and display. Indirect and task lighting along with large windows that provide natural lighting and a lookout on views of the city create a pleasant work environment. There is an economy of materials and a simplicity of detail. Color and finishes such as cork, medium density fiberboard, carpet...

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...