The Congress Ballroom
The Congress Hotel, Baltimore, MD

The Ballroom, located on the main level of the historic Congress Hotel, is the location of offices for K.Lechleiter Architect and Floura Teeter Landscape Architects. The design intent is to highlight the character of the existing Ballroom including the extensive plaster detailing, wood waistcoat, and marble floors by creating a minimalist intervention. The open office features a simple fabric "scrim", which separates the studio space from the public reception and conference areas. In addition, the office environment utilizes "green" principles with the use of environmentally-friendly materials, operable windows, and inclusion of bamboo and native grasses within the space.

project data
• 2,000 sf
• budget — $100,000
• developer/contractor — struever brothers eccles & rouse
• completion 12.2002