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Jill Winkler joins LEO A DALY to lead industrial work in Minneapolis
In her role as market sector leader, Winkler will oversee LEO A DALY’s client relationships and expand the Minneapolis studio’s industrial market capture. She will also support the team’s drive for design excellence and exceptional project delivery.
AIA Palm Beach honors two LEO A DALY projects
The Toby & Leon Cooperman Sinai Residences in Boca Raton received an award in the residential category and LEO A DALY’s West Palm Beach studio received an interiors award.
LEO A DALY signs MEP 2040 pledge, pushing forward sustainability goals
LEO A DALY has signed on to MEP 2040, a movement to radically reduce total carbon emissions associated with building systems through collective action. Signatories seek to achieve operational net zero in their projects by 2030 and net zero embodied carbon by 2040.
Danette Riddle joins LEO A DALY to lead strategy and growth
Danette Riddle will develop and lead LEO A DALY’s brand strategy and marketing, in collaboration with other firm leadership. She will play a key role in the firm’s ambitious near-term growth goals.
LEO A DALY experts share decarbonization strategies with Facilities Management Advisor
Leo A. Daly Company CEO Ed Benes and LEO A DALY embodied carbon subject matter expert Jake Zach were featured in Facilities Management Advisor, sharing strategies for reducing embodied carbon in buildings.
7 Burlington Station wins award of excellence from AIA Central States
LEO A DALY’s design transformed the dilapidated, historic train station into a cutting-edge broadcast studio for Omaha’s KETV-7
LEO A DALY’s renovation of Burlington Station was honored with an award of excellence in interior architecture – merit from the American Association of Architects – Central States. The project transformed the dilapidated, historic train station to a cutting-edge broadcast studio for Omaha’s ABC affiliate KETV-7.
After 40 years of vacancy, Omaha’s historic Burlington train station has been lovingly repurposed from near-condemned to a state-of-the-art broadcast studio for ABC affiliate KETV-7.
Throughout its 120-year history, Burlington Station contributed to Omaha’s development from a remote cattle town to one of the most livable cities in American. Through periods of prominence, renovation, and neglect, the building has collected layers of history which document the story of Omaha and its people. Today, as a local news outlet, those stories are told in a new way, as KETV brings the world into our living rooms.
LEO A DALY’s design for the interior architecture preserves this layered history, while adapting the building to a new use. From its period of vacancy, most of the building’s historic 1930 interior finishes were lost, revealing vestiges of its original Greek Revival design. The new design preserves and showcases these vestiges, along with what remains of the building’s historic materials and patina. Stone, brick, steel, and decorative plaster finishes are repointed, patched, and protected. New elements exhibit an architecture of restraint consisting of simple materials and forms which create a calming background for the chaos of the news. A soothing color palette of white, gray, and buff is invigorated with punches of russet and blue, but the boldest colors come from the stories–both breaking news and historic materials.
The award jury noted: “Here is an incredible combination of restoration/reuse and Owner commitment. We applaud the design team’s effort in telling the building’s story through design. There is a nice balance between what is touched and what is untouched. This building is a reminder of the vulnerable value they could bring to an evolving urban landscape.”