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Middle West Spirits
FINDING THE RIGHT BALANCE
The ability to balance design, cost, and function can sometimes be a complicated, lengthy, and expensive process.
And then there are cases such as the Middle West Spirits expansion project in Columbus, Ohio when one element can make everything come together. In this i… Read More
Jonathan Barnes Architecture and Design of Columbus selected Kalwall as the signature feature in the expansion of a historic 1920’s era warehouse that is home to this artisan small batch distillery.
Photography: Brad Feinknopf
JBAD describes the 55-foot (17 m) tiered structure clad in Kalwall as a “parabuilding” — an addition or alteration to an existing building that transforms the essential character of the original structure.
Photography: Brad Feinknopf
In addition to a tasting room, bottle shop and office, the expansion needed to accommodate new distillery equipment to increase production, including two new towering stills, one 50-foot (15 m) high and the other 35-foot (11 m) high, as well as several large mashing tanks.
Photography: Brad Feink… Read More
Working within a restricted footprint, a center portion of the 10,000-square-foot (1,000 m2) warehouse’s original steel bow truss and wood roof was removed. Kalwall panels were used to clad the entire new structure, creating what the architect describes as a monolithic translucent white tower with b… Read More
In addition to being a distinctive feature, Kalwall translucent sandwich panels provide the owners with a bright space that allows them to easily monitor the equipment within the distillery. Kalwall’s daylight modelling service allowed the architects to design the building so that different elevatio… Read More
The ability to balance design, cost and function can sometimes be a complicated, lengthy and expensive process. And then there are cases such as the Middle West Spirits expansion project in Columbus, Ohio, when one element can make everything come together. In this instance, that element turned out … Read More
