Posts Tagged ‘adaptive reuse’
Sisters in Cinema, Chicago, IL
Sisters in Cinema was founded in 1997 and is a Chicago-based non-profit with an inclusive mission to entertain, educate, develop and celebrate Black girls and women media-makers and future generations of storytellers and their audiences. In 2017 Sisters in Cinema was awarded a NOF grant to develop the Sisters in Cinema Media Arts Center. The…
Read More37th Street School Apartments, Milwaukee, WI
This adaptive reuse project includes the conversion of a historic school originally designed by George Birnbach to 49 units of affordable independent living senior housing. Initially, a public elementary school located in the Washington Park neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the building was constructed in 1903 with two 1911 additions, for a total of roughly 62,555…
Read MoreOnMilwaukee: First look: Senior housing in the 118-year-old 37th Street School building
Block Club Chicago: Sisters In Cinema To Open Media Center On 75th Street, Helping Grow Chicago’s ‘Film Ecosystem,’ Lightfoot Says
ABC 7 Chicago: Sisters in Cinema, Black women in film and media nonprofit, to open Media Arts Center in South Shore
OnMilwaukee: New apartments at former 37th Street School
ULI Announces ChiCAT as a Finalist in 2018 Vision Awards!
ChiCAT Honored at the 24th CNDA Ceremony
Yesterday, April 5th, 2018, LISC Chicago hosted the 24th Annual Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards (CNDA) honoring nine organizations for their contribution to community development and architectural design. We’re proud to announce that ChiCAT, a state-of-the-art school and community center in Chicago’s near west side, received The Second Place Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural…
Read MoreFast Company: A Former Chicago Project Will Become A Museum Dedicated To Public Housing
Creating an Integrated Care Center: What it Really Takes
Wednesday, October 25th, Mental Health Corporations of America (MHCA) hosted a conference in Scottsdale, AZ, focused on the challenges and opportunities Thresholds experienced while developing the Schwartz Center for Integrated Health, which was recently completed in June. Thresholds kindly invited LBBA’s Jeff Bone to join the panel to discuss designing an adaptive reuse build-out that…
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