Articles Tagged with ''renovation/restoration''

A nearly $24-million historical preservation and renovation has transformed the 11-story Luhrs building into a fully operational hotel, featuring 164 guest rooms and a suite of amenities.

Since its initial construction in 1912, the historic Capitol Park Hotel has served a variety of roles, from women’s college to furniture store and most recently as temporary housing for the homeless before closing down in 2020.

The $11.4-million remodel and expansion of this adoption center provides innovative housing for dogs, cats and small animals as well as support space and exterior adoption areas.

An adaptive reuse project has transformed USC’s historic 1931 United University Church into the new home for its School of Dramatic Arts (SDA).

First built in 1906 to manufacture lacquer and paint, this former factory is representative of San Francisco’s reindustrialization following the 1906 earthquake and devastating fire.

Through a public-private partnership with Contra Costa County, Overaa acted as developer, designer, builder and financier of this $21-million build-to-suit project, which provides permanent supportive housing for 60 formerly unhoused individuals.

With the completion of Raymond Elementary School in July 2023, the design-build team of MCN Build and Studios Architecture demonstrated that high sustainability goals and strict historic preservation requirements can coexist.

Storing approximately 5,500 pieces of art, the museum advocating for and showcasing women in the arts is housed in a 1907 historical building that was converted into the museum in 1983. A wing was added in 1997.

While essentially identical, Pittsburgh’s most iconic bridges built in the 1920s aged differently.

The $505-million retrofit of Oregon's 86-year-old Capitol involves tackling a host of unexpected challenges.