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When a marble and stone yard abandoned its yard and cutting facility for a more prestigious location, a self storage company saw the potential in redefining this property's purpose. This realignment of uses permits part of the existing multi-storied factory building to remain, while a new addition is constructed to envelope the old structure with new. Extensive structural and architectural detailing were required to join the existing structure with the new, an undertaking that was further complicated due to the irregular shape of the trapezoidal lot. The structure of the building was modified to allow for sufficient clearance and turning radius for truck access in, out and through the building. A superstructure was constructed to acts much like a suspension bridge, bearing on existing reinforced side walls to allow for a relatively unobstructed, flexible interior. The usability and operation of the building is critical to the success of the project as the much as the exterior look that it flaunts. For this reason, the design was approached much like a master plan for a little city, with its own interior roads, parking areas, loading, service, offices and support systems. Creating a "looping" road way pattern with user-friendly parking and loading berths has once again proved to be successful in this, our tenth self-storage facility with this company. The final touch - Stop & Stor's signature red tile entryway and blue and yellow stepped stripping -- ensures the consistency and recognition required in the competitive arena of self storage.

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This 3 story, 100,300 S.F. Building is used for retail self-storage. It was designed to accommodate local residents and business alike. This highly successful retail venture was fully occupied with local residential and business tenants within weeks of opening. In fact, the success of this project has brought two separate competitors to the neighborhood and led the owner to expand this facility in a subsequent building project. The most notable feature of this building is its adaptive reuse of an existing, but empty warehouse. By utilizing the existing interior height to add one floor in that volume, the design doubled the value of the building to the owner and increased the level of service to the community.

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Built to house the growing operation of a Williamsburg General Contractor specializing in structural steel and masonry sub construction, this free standing building provided the home to allow for his much needed growth. A modern design with crisp detailing created a statement and business icon that uses steel and masonry, the materials forming the owner's business palette. The mass of the building uses angular shapes and varying planes, inspired by to break down the volumes and express the uses of the space with in the building. Built on time and within budget the project shows that good design can be within the reach of everyone, even contractors.