Segment II: Portfolio Review - Professional Practice

The Moolah Temple in St. Louis, Missouri is a historic shriners temple, a masonic organization, which had been sold by the organization to private developers. The building had been vacant for more than a decade because developers could not decide on a profitable reuse for the building. The main space in the building was the Meeting Hall, which was centrally located within the building making it the focal point. The Meeting Hall was kept intact and was reused as a movie theater. The back stage area was reworked into apartment units.

St. Louis, Missouri

Enright School is an example of a building being rehabilitated for completely different use from its original use. On this particular project the main public spaces (i.e. corridors, stairwells) were retained in their original configuration, while many of the classrooms were configured into residential units.

St. Louis, Missouri






It was great to be involved with the rehabilitation of the President Hotel. This building stood vacant for approximately 20 years before a developer would take on the task of bringing it back to life. Rehabilitation is less intrusive to the existing building when there is a compatible re-use for the building. In this case the President remained a hotel.

Kansas City, Missouri