LAWRENCE DINING

This proposal, for a Lawrence restaurant, is located in a former car dealership built in the 1950's. Reusing a building in downtown Lawrence, one of the most viable downtown's in America, is a possibility we are always interested in. This building, due to its generous square footage, is to include retail and the restaurant on the street level and living units on the upper story. Parking is available in the adjoining city lot. The proposal pushes the city and their design guidelines that make it clear downtown buildings are to be faux historic. The project uses perforated screens to filter the harsh west sun and to give a human scale to the otherwise automobile showroom scale of the building.