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Yesterday was the day! I presented this thesis project to a team of jurors. Everything went smoothly and I walked out with a passing...

Panoramic photo circa 1905 on post card, showing the Malt Kiln on the far left, courtesy of Sublunar Photography. Artist’s rendering of...

The following drawing sheets were created to give deeper insight into this thesis project. DEMO SHEETS: An overview of the required...

Originally Lemp's Western Brewery, the company began in 1864 by William J. Lemp.  (His mansion, just to the north of the Brewery, is...

The following images are pages taken from the agenda for the July 24th City of St. Louis Planning & Urban Design Agency's preservation...

Note: I have never conducted an interview such as this before, and didn't quite have the hang of the whole voice recording thing. I was...

Armon, R. (2017).  Old Firehouse Brewery.  In  Fifty Must-Try Craft Beers of Ohio  (1st ed., pp. 130–132).  Ohio University Press.  ...

PROVING THE THESIS The hypothesis of this study was to prove that a deteriorating historic building can be transformed into a new...

EXTERIOR Following the historic district zoning regulations, any new additions must mimic the original height of a building.  To comply...

When working within the constraints of an existing building’s footprint, the building plays a large part in dictating how the spaces will...

As of the time of this writing, the jurisdiction of the City of Saint Louis adheres to the following versions of code building and...

ZONING ANALYSIS The Lemp Brewery is located in the City of Saint Louis within the Cherokee-Lemp Historic District.  This poses challenges...

Map of the Saint Louis Metropolitan area, with the Lemp Brewery site called out The Lemp Brewery is located at Interstate 55 (I-55) and...

SIMULATION RESEARCH During the research process described in the previous chapter section, a model was compiled utilizing a combination...

The purpose of this thesis study is to prove that a deteriorating historic building can be transformed into a new community hub through...

MUSEU DEL BARROC David Closes’ design at Museu del Barroc de Catalunya is a perfect example of parasitic architecture bridging the past...

EARTHBOUND BREWING Located in what was originally the stock house for Cherokee Brewery, Earthbound Brewery is a prime example of a...

SAINT LOUIS POWER HOUSE, CANNONDESIGN There are many challenges presented by the required conformance to the energy code when dealing...

(*An attempt was made to create an overlay of the current site conditions and the Lemp/Cherokee Caves extents, based on historic and...

HISTORIC MASONRY RESTORATION BEST PRACTICES            Buildings fifty years of age or older with great architectural or cultural...