Ohio University The Ridges
Location: Athens, Ohio Architects: BDT Architects RVC Architects NBBJ, LLC Construction Cost: $23 million The Ridges is a former mental hospital renovated to house a part of the Ohio University and the Kennedy Museum of Art, an auditorium, and many offices, classrooms, and storage facilities. SMBH has been involved in many of the renovations…
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Location: Columbus, Ohio Architect: WSA Studio Awards: 2008 James B Recchie Design Award Finalist Construction Cost: $10 million Project Size: 95,000 SF The Seneca Hotel, designed by Columbus architect Frank Packard and built in 1917, was Columbus’s first high-rise apartment hotel. The design for the Seneca has three distinct parts: the two-story, white-glazed terra…
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Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Architect: Casler Design Group, LLC Construction Cost: $4 million Project Size: 100,000 SF This project consisted of renovating an early 20th-century clothing factory for use as upscale loft apartments. The structure of the 10-story building consists of heavy timber decking and joists supported by steel girders and columns. The exterior walls are…
Read MoreBroad & High Streets Mixed Use Development
Location: Columbus, Ohio Architect: Glavan Feher Architects Construction Cost: $12 million Project Size: Main Building – 50,000 SF Bringing a unique and exciting face-lift to the historic downtown area of Columbus, Ohio, the Broad & High Streets Mixed-Use Development is the center for an ever-changing 21st-century city. Comparable to Manhattan’s Times Square structures, the 50,000-square-foot…
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