Urban Outfitters, Inc. Opening Large Omni-Channel Distribution Center in KCK

Urban Outfitters, Inc. Opening Large Omni-Channel Distribution Center in KCK

KC News - By Lexi Ryan

Urban Outfitters, Inc., a multinational lifestyle retail corporation, will open a new omni-channel distribution center at the Kansas Speedway. The company plans to hire up to 2,000 and invest $350 million. 

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NewStudio Architecture Works with Black Hart to Energize University Avenue

By James Walsh, Star Tribune, November 15, 2022

The Black Hart of St. Paul is on the cusp of building the outdoor space its owner has long wanted — and that much of University Avenue has long lacked.

"This is something I've wanted to do from the beginning," he said. "I just think being able to see my neighborhood grow and have great things on the light rail, it's really important."

Vandalia Tower New Renovation Includes Historic Window Styles

The Construction Specifier

Vandalia Tower in St. Paul, Minnesota, recently completed a renovation to meet the modern needs of its commercial, nonprofit and artistic tenants, and the approval of the State Historic Preservation Officer and National Park Service.

To maintain the 1920s, industrial, brick building’s architectural heritage, the property owner sought to replace the broken and missing windows with ones that replicated the look of the original, large, steel-framed, divided lite appearance with new units that would improve energy savings.

Helping meet both the project’s aesthetic and performance requirements, Linetec finished 290 aluminum-framed replacement windows manufactured by St. Cloud Window. NewStudio Architecture specified these products with a durable 70 percent polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) resin-based finish in black to resemble the color of old steel windows.

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NewStudio Gallery Exhibit Offers Spaces For Contemplation

By Emma Chekroun, Pioneer Press, October 17, 2020

New Studio Gallery, the passion project of New Studio Architecture’s owner and president Sean Wagner, is nestled right underneath New Studio Architecture’s office. New Studio Gallery recently opened its latest installation, “At This Point … Three Spaces for Contemplation.” The installation features three pieces — or spaces — from Twin Cities artists Jovan Speller, Tia Keobounpheng and Rebecca Krinke.

The show is curated by Camille LeFevre, a former dance critic and writer and editor for architecture publications. LeFevre believes the exhibit addresses pressing issues, including undoing racism. The pieces are deeply personal to the artists and focus on concerns at the forefront of their minds; whether that be racism in America or past dreams. The artwork, LeFevre says, invites reflection and space to contemplate the past, present and future.

Minneapolis Basement Transformation

By Kim Palmer, Star Tribune, October 13, 2020

The challenge: Darrell Kesti and Ahnna Juntunen-Kesti were hoping to remodel the mostly unfinished basement in their Minneapolis home to create usable living space. Ideally, they wanted a family room that could double as a guest room, with a bathroom and a sauna. “We’re both Finnish, from northern Minnesota. We always wanted our own sauna,” said Kesti.

The team: Architects Adam Jarvi and Chris Brenny, NewStudio Architecture; interior designer Lindsay Matenaer, NewStudio; contractor Dan Guidinger, Guidinger Construction, LLC.

Designing Anthropologie's Devon Yard Lifestyle Center

NewStudio Architecture designed a quadwall skylight system that creates a light and airy greenhouse feel, while meeting strict local energy codes. Samantha Becker writes, “When designing the new Devon Yard in Chester County, Pa., NewStudio Architecture, St. Paul, Minn., was faced with a seemingly impossible task.”