Portfolio Archive - Page 7 of 8

January 1, 2005

Merle Hay Mall Streetscape

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" padding_top="6" padding_bottom="21" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no" oblique_section="no" triangle_shape="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text]K/O has completed an extensive exterior make-over of Merle Hay Mall – Des Moines’ oldest and largest shopping mall, with over 1 million square feet of covered space. The project consisted of reworking the east facade...

January 1, 2005

Retail and Office Building

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" padding_top="6" padding_bottom="21" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no" oblique_section="no" triangle_shape="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Manson hired K/O to renovate the interior and exterior (thus defining their image) of a building that they were moving into in the heart of the Ingersoll shopping district in Des Moines. K/O completed...

January 1, 2005

Pierce County Fair Master Plan

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" padding_top="6" padding_bottom="21" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no" oblique_section="no" triangle_shape="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Historically the only remnant still standing from the very first Pierce County Fair is the dilapidated wooden structured round barn located on the west central side of the grounds. Endangered in the state of Wisconsin...

January 1, 2004

Walnut Creek YMCA Expansion

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="center" padding_bottom="40" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no" oblique_section="no" triangle_shape="no"][vc_column][vc_separator type="transparent" up="0" up_style="px" down="34" down_style="px"][vc_column_text]To relieve overcrowding for its 9,000-plus members, the Walnut Creek YMCA in Des Moines hired K/O to expand their current branch. The project utilized the services of a design/build contractor and...

January 1, 2004

Expo Building and Conference Center

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="center" padding_bottom="40" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no" oblique_section="no" triangle_shape="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Keffer/Overton (K/O) master planned the southwest quadrant of the Iowa State Fairgrounds - totaling an area equivalent to about 10 city blocks. This plan included the creation of an expo complex which now includes five structures and...

January 1, 2004

New Office Interiors

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" triangle_shape="no" padding_top="6" padding_bottom="21" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Commercial – Office – Interiors Des Moines, Iowa Area: 3,000 SF [/vc_column_text][vc_separator type="transparent" up="0" up_style="px" down="13" down_style="px"][vc_column_text] Outcomes was quickly outgrowing their existing space and in need of expansion. They also had grown tired of their perceived dull...

August 1, 2003

Iowa State Fair – Museum

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Iowa State Fair has a long rich history in the State of Iowa. Several years ago the fair was looking for ways to display that heritage in a much more interactive way than through simply displaying artifacts. The Iowa State...

February 1, 2003

Fort Des Moines Memorial Park

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The largest memorial in the United States honoring black and female soldiers was completed by K/O Architects. K/O master planned, designed and provided construction management services for this, the first federally funded memorial project in the State of Iowa, and historically renovated...

January 1, 2003

Hubbell Elementary School

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hubbell Elementary was originally built in 1910. Additions were constructed in 1917 to the South, 1925 to the North, and 1971 to the West (the predecessor firm of Keffer/Overton designed the 1917 addition). Hubbell Elementary represented an opportunity for...

January 1, 2003

Walla Walla Fairgrounds Planning

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" padding_top="6" padding_bottom="21" css_animation="" box_shadow_on_row="no" oblique_section="no" triangle_shape="no"][vc_column][vc_separator type="transparent" up="0" up_style="px" down="13" down_style="px"][vc_column_text] The Walla Walla Fair and Frontier Days grounds is known as a regional destination grounds for the southeast Washington, northeast Oregon and western Idaho areas. The site is dominated by...

Merle Hay Mall Streetscape

Retail and Office Building

Pierce County Fair Master Plan

Walnut Creek YMCA Expansion

Expo Building and Conference Center

New Office Interiors

Iowa State Fair – Museum

Fort Des Moines Memorial Park

Hubbell Elementary School

Walla Walla Fairgrounds Planning

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