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This is the best brisket in the city, and we think one of the best hangouts around.

Client: Oliver Hospitality

Location: Atlanta, Ga

Design Team: 

Gamble + Gamble, Architecture

Reunion Goods & Services, Interior Design 

CitiZn Design, Interior Design

Ray Ellis & LaBrie, Historic Preservation Consultant

Urban Land Institute Atlanta, Awards for Excellence in Preservation 2019

Atlanta Urban Design Commission, Award of Excellence in Historic Preservation 2019

The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, Award for Excellence in Rehabilitation 2019

Atlanta Business Chronicle Best in Atlanta Real Estate Awards Finalist 2019

Atlanta Preservation Center Keystone Award 2018

Atlanta Magazine Groundbreakers Award 2017

Hotel Clermont is an adaptive reuse of a historic Atlanta hotel constructed in 1924 as the Bonaventure Arms Apartments. Located along a trolley car line, the apartment building embodied the transition from dense urban city centers towards suburban development made possible by the growing popularity of the automobile. 

It was constructed near the newly developed Ford Motor Assembly Plant, built in 1916, and was followed in 1926 by the massive Sears Roebuck Building now known as Ponce City Market. In 1939, the apartment building was converted to a hotel.  A 1958 document indicates the hotel had 100 rooms and 33 efficiency and one-bedroom furnished apartments. The building was eventually closed in 2009 after many years of decline. 

Hotel Clermont has been renovated and reopened for use as a boutique hotel with 94 guestrooms, a gracious lobby bar and cafe. Amenities include a restaurant to serve hotel patrons and neighborhood residents, as well as a rooftop bar with a stunning view of the surrounding neighborhoods and the Midtown skyline.  Although outside the scope of this project, great care was taken to ensure the continuous operation of the Clermont Lounge, a famous Atlanta landmark operated in the basement of the building. 

The historic preservation effort included window replacement and the restoration of the exterior brick and historic signage. Extensive interior work included restoration of interior terrazzo, plaster and trim. Structural repairs and rehabilitation of the central grand staircase were required to meet current building codes. Due to these efforts, the building is a candidate for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.

Press:

- The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, 2019 Preservation Award for Excellence in Rehabilitation | April 12, 2019

- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, These 11 sites have been added to Georgia’s register of historic places by Nancy Clanton | April 9, 2019

- Atlanta Business Chronicle, $20M renovation of historic hotel kept basement strip club | March 1-7, 2019

- Gun & Garden, Step Inside Hotel Clermont by Dacey Orr Sivewright  |  July 25, 2018

- Atlanta Business Chronicle, Hotel Clermont reopens as symbol of Ponce corridor’s rebirth by Amy Wenk  |  July 6, 2018

- Curbed Atlanta, The Hotel Clermont’s hard-fought return to grace by Josh Green  |  June 20, 2018

- Atlanta Magazine, A peek at the renovated Hotel Clermont’s hip rooms and vintage furnishings by Scott Henry  |  May 21, 2018

- Curbed Atlanta, Photos: At Clermont Hotel return of landmark radio tower marks major progress by Michael Kahn  |  January 5, 2018 

- Creative Loafing, Step inside the Clermont Hotel by Max Blau  |  January 23, 2014

For more photos and information about the the stay, see Hotel Clermont

Atlanta Urban Design Commission Award of Excellence 2015

Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Excellence in Rehabilitation 2015

National Trust for Historic Preservation No.2 of Top Ten Saves 2014

Located on 145 Auburn Ave, The Daily World Building was a home to Atlanta's oldest African-American-owned daily newspaper. In 2008 the building was heavily damaged by a tornado, and the newspaper moved to a new site in East Point.  The building continued a slow decline through 2012 when plans were announced to sell the site and demolish the structure.  The Historic District Development Corporation, whose mission is preservation in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Historic District, launched an online petition to save the building. 

Finally purchased in January of 2014 by a group of preservation inclined real estate partners, the building and grounds are now listed on the National Historic Register, with complete renovation commencing late summer.  Retail/Office space will occupy the sidewalk level, directly on Atlanta's new street car route, with residences above.

Real estate developer and Sidewalk Radio host, Gene Kansas, who purchased the building in January this year says that it is a project with great potential and he is intending to bring it back to its former vibrancy.

photos of prior to renovation credit: Artem Nazarov

A 1911 structure built as a baptist tabernacle serves today as a 2,600-seat performance venue. The work on this historic building includes ongoing improvements since 2006, as well as the renovation after damage caused by the March 2008 tornado.

Milton Mercantile is an adaptive reuse project located along Milton Ave just south of Grant Park. Our work on this project included planning, zoning, and architectural and structural design services using a light touch to preserve building’s historic features and appeal. The interior will be home to craft production and retail stalls serving the community and the Atlanta metro. In Phase 2, site work will expand the development to include more outdoors spaces for users.

Armour Junction is an adaptive reuse project tucked away in the back of an Industrial Zone and adjacent to the future north east section of the Beltline. Our work on this project included planning, zoning, and architectural and structural design services. Steel and natural wood details compliment the industrial history of the buildings and surrounding site while adding a fresh and inviting contemporary vibe to the emerging commercial/retail district. The work was done in collaboration with EpiCity Development

For comprehensive view of the project see Armor Junction photo gallery

The “T” at Riverfront is an apartment tower overlooking the Tennessee River in Downtown Knoxville, TN. Adjacent to the Henley Bridge, the south gateway to Downtown, the site offers a dramatic 65-foot change in topography with spectacular 360 degrees views. At 26 stories, it will be the second tallest building Downtown. With the project’s proximity to University of Tennessee, this residential tower is being designed to attract student population.  

NET ZERO ENERGY CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER URBAN HOUSING PROTOTYPE

This design prototype is situated on a quarter of a typical Atlanta city block. Its structure is fabricated using C.L.T, cross laminated timber, prefabricated, low impact, lightweight and very strong material that generates almost no onsite waste. C.L.T has proven to be a great alternative to traditional construction materials, such as precast concrete, that have been prevalent for years. 

Collaborative consumption living models, such as one presented in this project, allow occupants to share key lifestyle needs like kitchens, workspace, internet, and maintenance, resulting in a deliberate approach to affordability. The building’s massing is conceived of a free plan that allows multiple configurations according to users’ needs and can be subdivided into housing “shares” ranging from 400 to 4000 sf.  C.L.T. is also used as a medium to span an adjacent parking deck while optimizing circulation and space and helping to reduce energy needs and material costs. 

Design concepts such as The Share have resulted in ambitious explorations that try to foresee and analyze the design changes required based on needs and behaviors of building occupants. 

Gwinnett County Government created a nature trail, Ivy Creek Greenway, as part of the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center.  G+G provided full architectural services for the comfort station located on the trail, understanding not only that the remote location required a durable, low maintenance structure, but also that close attention to tectonics and construction details can be used to state that beauty can be found in ordinary objects and utilitarian architecture. Natural materials and earthy tones allow the building to blend well into the beauty of the tranquil setting.  The usage of Kalwall light transmitting panels allows for ample daylighting and reduces the need for artificial light.

Working with an existing space and specific programmatic needs, in this case, meant doing a lot with just a little square footage. The result for Sweet Charlie’s is a bright, clean, and welcoming space accented by white washed wood siding and pops of ice cream art.  Both the client and contractor were a pleasure to collaborate with on this project, so the quickness with which the design phase, permitting, and construction were completed was made all the more satisfying.

Every year we work on Music Midtown Festival helping with site layout and life safety. 

aerial photo credit: Lee Kluger

Artist Statement: Michael Gamble

The watercolor illustrations entitled "Sea Creatures of the Caribbean" are inspired by fishing adventures, natural beauty and early scientific ordering systems dating back to Karl Linneaus' Systema Naturae, a novel classification system for all living things: flora, fauna and paradoxia; and Sir William Jardines field drawings of animals from the early 1800's. Additional inspiration is based on a desire to keep hand to eye observation, analog color theory and hand drawing relevant in an increasingly digital age.