Built in the 1990s, Renaissance (Tampa, Fla.), had become a predominantly outdated community after more than two decades without any updates or renovations. The community also suffered from a lack of continuity in terms of interior and exterior design influences, as...
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Remodel/Renovation Finalist 2017: The Forest at Duke Club Room
Like many 30-plus-year-old communities, the Forest at Duke’s (Durham, N.C.) commons areas had seen only minimal renovations since opening. The primary challenge of a recent master planning effort was to completely transform and modernize the existing commons areas:...
Remodel/Renovation Finalist 2017: The Residences at Thomas Circle Entry/Lobby/Hospitality Space
Built in 1954, The Residences at Thomas Circle is located in the heart of downtown Washington, D.C. Our firm completed a comprehensive interior design, furniture, artwork, accessory planning, and procurement management for this renovation project. A complete overhaul...
Remodel/Renovation Finalist 2017: Renaissance Café
Originally built in the 1990s, the Renaissance community (Tampa, Fla.), has been a fixture on the Gulf Coast for more than two decades. However, it was far from paradise, having not undergone any updates or renovations since it was initially built. In addition, the...
Remodel/Renovation Finalist 2017: Asbury Solomon’s Island Café & Grill/Pub
It started before Christmas with a terrible flood at Asbury Solomons (Solomon’s Island, Md.), drenching the second-floor private dining room and main corridor to the formal dining room. The spaces were covered with taped-up plastic, as the residents still needed to...
Remodel/Renovation Finalist 2017: Milwaukee Catholic Home Lobby
The Milwaukee Catholic Home’s (Milwaukee) tagline is “Experience. Community. Spirit.” All of these elements came into play as the new lobby was designed to reflect the mission, vision, and values of the Milwaukee Catholic Home. The lobby renovation was a part of a...
Remodel/Renovation Finalist 2017: Edenwald Cafe
The renovations to the Edenwald Café (Towson, Md.), which used to be an institutional-style cafeteria, brought out the space’s original architectural details. The renovations incorporate the design aesthetic of an urban farmer’s market by utilizing rustic and...
Remodel/Renovation Finalist 2017: The Forest at Duke Dining Area
Like many 30-plus-year-old communities, the Forest at Duke’s (Durham, N.C.) commons areas had seen only minimal renovations since opening. A master planning process led to a plan for a complete transformation to improve common amenities and implement an operational...
Remodel/Renovation Finalist 2017: The Preserve at Granite Farms Club Room
Granite Farms Estates, an ACTS Retirement-Life Community (Media, Pa.), is an established Pennsylvania retirement community near the historic Delaware County village of Wawa and 30 minutes away from Center City Philadelphia. Built in the late 1980s, the campus was in...
Remodel/Renovation Finalist 2017: Rosemont Presbyterian Village Dining Room
The goals of the main dining room renovation for Rosemont Presbyterian Village (Rosemont, Pa.), as determined by the executive team with insight from a focus group of residents, were to provide an upscale dining experience through improved efficiency of service,...


















