Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Marcus Gurnee Cinema - UltraScreen Addition



Open just in time for the blockbuster movie The Hunger Games: Catching Fire!  The UltraScreen is a 7,500 square foot addition to the existing Marcus Gurnee Cinema located at the northwestern side of the Gurnee Mills Mall in Illinois.  It is a 420 seat auditorium with plush memory foam seats, extra leg room and a 70ft wide x 29ft tall screen for your movie viewing experience.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Marcus Point Cinema


Now finished and open!  The lobby remodel and addition of Take Five Lounge at Marcus Point Cinema in Madison, WI.

The lobby remodeling consisted of relocating the box offices and concessions to allow for a more open and free flowing lobby along with adding the Zaffiro’s pizza pick-up and take-out.

The Take Five Lounge involved converting an existing auditorium into the bar/lounge space it is today.  Working in conjunction with an interior architect from the Chicago area, the lounge is intended to feel nostalgic and provide the movie goer with a relaxing atmosphere to enjoy before or after their movie.


Thursday, November 7, 2013

We are excited to announce the completion of Cameo Care Campus!!


The 36,000 square foot addition, at the existing campus, expands upon the full continuum of care offered.  A shining achievement was our project delivery method.  Working in harmony with the owner, through a design-build partnership with Stier Construction, we provided a highly cost effective beautiful and very flexible design.

With the owner’s desire and our knowledge of code it was determined that we should design this building to be easily re-licensed as future market demands, codes and demographics evolve.  This is no easy task for an architect to achieve.  It required us to be highly knowledgeable of the various overlapping codes in order to achieve the goal of multiple licensures.  The return on investment is a building that will absolutely outlive other designs of similar style, budget and use.  At the present, the resident centered homelike design currently is licensed for 27 units of assisted living and 24 units of rehabilitation skilled care. 
Our design focuses on dramatic centrally located public spaces with short hallway distances to efficiently purposed resident rooms.  The entire building is designed with a level of finishes that are homelike and comforting.  Amenities such as sitting areas, lounges and interactive dining areas with open airy ceilings are all centrally located around private landscaped courtyards.  As one resident mentioned to us just a few weeks upon moving in, “This is the nicest place to stay in Milwaukee!”