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Archives for the ‘Work in Progress’ Category

Room to care

Room to care

By Jessica Stephen • Sep 1st, 2010 • Category: Work in Progress

The designers of a new residence hall at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point were encouraged to break the mold on dorm design, but they still had to face budget realities.


Room to care

Room to care

By Shelly Janke • Aug 1st, 2010 • Category: Work in Progress

Operating out of a 4,000-square-foot building that used to be a concession stand has been difficult for the Ozaukee Humane Society.


Room to think

Room to think

By Lisa Sink • Jun 30th, 2010 • Category: Work in Progress

It’s a small room, but it holds the potential for powerful healing.


Coming together

Coming together

By MaryBeth Matzek • Jun 1st, 2010 • Category: Work in Progress

Construction crews are combining old and new at an innovative project on Milwaukee’s south side.


Madison’s $43M challenge

Madison’s $43M challenge

By Caley Clinton • Mar 23rd, 2010 • Category: Work in Progress

Russell Panczenko knew expanding the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s art museum would be a challenge, but he said he didn’t realize it would be a $43 million, nearly 20-year challenge.


Modernizing Messiah

Modernizing Messiah

By Linc Wonham • Mar 1st, 2010 • Category: Work in Progress

Messiah Lutheran Church held its first worship service in November 1963, the same week President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.


Rural revitalization

Rural revitalization

By MaryBeth Matzek • Feb 1st, 2010 • Category: Work in Progress

Few people consider the corner of Moorland Road and College Avenue in Muskego as a retail destination.


Rebuilding Oshkosh’s crown jewel

Rebuilding Oshkosh’s crown jewel

By MaryBeth Matzek • Jan 1st, 2010 • Category: Work in Progress

When The Boldt Co.’s work is complete on the historic Grand Opera House in Oshkosh, the company wants it to seem like the workers were never there.


Higher learning

Higher learning

By Jessica Stephen • Dec 1st, 2009 • Category: Work in Progress

Brookfield Academy students might feel like they’re on the East Coast when they enter the school’s new Patriots Hall building.


Better than the original

Better than the original

By Caley Clinton • Nov 1st, 2009 • Category: Work in Progress

It took 110 years, but the Library Reading Room at the Wisconsin Historical Society’s headquarters in Madison is finally getting the finishing touches it was originally designed to have.