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View fullsize 8,407 SF. Two programs. One efficient layout. GRDS designed both the grocery and the cafe at 750 N. Avers Ave. in Humboldt Park. The footprint is smaller than a typical full-service grocer, so every square foot had to count. We worked with a kitchen
View fullsize Heavy timber. Clerestory light. A warehouse space revamped for a completely new use. The 548 Foundation HQ — a 51,000 SF West Lake Street warehouse transformed into a headquarters that honors the building's industrial past while powering a new
View fullsize A performance pavilion for Calumet City — designed to bring the festival to the community. Blues River Run: 2,940 SF enclosed building + 2,854 SF open-air canopy on a 50,000 SF site along the Calumet River. Dramatic roof slope. Color-coded seat
View fullsize River Oaks Shopping Center West. Calumet City. Single-story underutilized retail → 8-story mixed-use campus. 105 units. Restaurants. Entertainment. Co-working. Surface parking gets reimagined as green space. Part of a larger city-led vision to
View fullsize Before it sat vacant, 2548 S. Federal printed Muhammad Speaks — the Nation of Islam's newspaper, one of the most widely read Black publications in American history. And before that, since 1928, it was home to the Rapid Roller Printing Company &
View fullsize The first food hall ever at Denver International Airport. Denver Central Market - 4,000 SF, 90+ seats, multiple dining options - designed and delivered by GRDS as AOR for Delaware North. Orginally completed in 2018 with the mid-term refresh complete
View fullsize What does a real answer to Chicago's missing middle housing problem look like? For GRDS, it looks like this: a 3-unit, 3-story owner-occupied building - modular panel construction, designed to respond to local context, and a model that lets owners b
View fullsize Miami Gardens Beckham Hotel Concept Study This concept explores a 150-key boutique hotel positioned over a 280+ car parking garage podium, creating a hospitality destination that supports the larger 35-acre development already underway in Miami Gard
View fullsize Meet Roe. 👋 Roe Draus has been with GRDS for nearly two years, and his work is shaped by one question: what makes a space feel like it belongs to the people in it? He's an architectural designer who thinks deeply about identity, community, and how t
View fullsize During the design process, we explored many different massing configurations but through each iteration, it was important for the building massing to focus on enhancement of the east corner of the site by creating a strong anchor for the development.