Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2007

The Brewery redevelopment captures the working spirit brewed at the Pabst complex since 1844. Being careful not to water down the industrial strength beauty of the historic site on the edge of downtown, the landscape armature accentuates the long cavernous streets while reinterpreting workyards as public parks. Built over time, The Brewery will evolve as a new community, celebrating the industrial heritage of PBR within a contemporary city.

The new neighborhood was inaugurated with Zilber Park, dedicated to an icon of Milwaukee’s cultural history. The pocket park is small, but built tough to hold up to the giant grain elevators looming over it. This landscape registers the extremes of the northern climate, the seasons marking the cumulative phases of attracting entrepreneurs to invest in this Great Lakes post-industrial city.

Clients + Collaborators

Towne Investments Development Corporation and Zilber Ltd, developers; Kapur + Associates, Inc., engineers

Kudos

Mayor's Design Award, Spaces & Places, 2010