Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, St. Louis, MO
By Melissa Mauzy Photography by Jordi Miralles
An existing three-story building was renovated and converted to The Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, located at 3540 Washington Avenue, by Slade Architecture. The goal of the project was to provide gallery space, offices and storage for the art gallery.
The ground floor serves as the public gallery and loading area. The floor and ceiling were kept rough. The second floor is divided into three separate spaces. The western zone is the library conference room and the private offices of the two partners. The eastern zone of the space is the support space. It includes offices, copy/supply room, toilets, kitchenette, and stairway. The central zone serves as an informal gallery and the link between the east and west sides. A new double-height skylight and a 24-foot-tall display wall define it. At night the membrane that encloses the skylight opening glows with lighting concealed behind the membrane. The third floor is divided into a gallery space and support spaces for photography, a shop and art storage areas.
The Corner, Missoula, Montana
By Caroline Michler Photography by Mark Bryant
Structural steel, 25,000-board feet of reclaimed African mahogany, fir, pine and a view of the mountains in the distance give the Corner Condominium its green feel. The architect and owner, Eric Hefty, used the materials to make cabinets, doors, flooring and trim.
Hefty used every inch possible for the project. The space features high ceilings in the kitchen, living and dining rooms and low ceilings in the bedroom and bathrooms. To achieve the design, they used multiple staggered floors with split levels. The Cor-ten steel will oxidize from exposure to the environment, especially in the arid climate of Montana, and its color will develop over time.
The Corner sits at the end of a commercial area featuring a brewery, restaurants and locally owned shops known as the “Hip Strip” and houses both residential and commercial units.
Old Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel
By Samantha Hubbard Photography by Amit Geron
Above the Old Jaffa harbor sits a 180-square-meter residential home that faces west, opening towards the expansive Mediterranean Sea. Once damaged from a past stretching over a century, Pitsou Kedem Architects and designers Pitsou Kedem, Raz Melamed and Irene Goldberg have renovated the palatial home to incorporate the historical asceticism with contemporary minimalism.
Staying true to the founding structural characteristics, the renovators kept the arches, the stonewalls and the segmented ceilings. They also revealed and preserved the original material of the building, a textured mixture of broken clay pottery and shell-filled beach sand. To adapt the home to the modern period, minimalistic elements such as stainless steel, iron, wire cables, Korean decoration and distinct glass windows in an array of sizes were added to the structure, as well as altering the internal flow to be more spacious, open and free. The mixture of styles comes together in a harmoniously balanced home that honors its historical values while staying relevant in the present day.
