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The ribbon is cut at Avalon W Squared at Princeton Junction, the first residential community at the 25-acre transit village on the Northeast Corridor, the busiest passenger rail line in North America, providing a direct line to Manhattan.

LRK led the master plan, design guidelines, and multifamily architecture, built around a curbless promenade aimed straight at the station. Avalon W Squared brings a walkable mix of homes across a range of incomes just steps from the train.

It is an honor to be named No. 42 on Building Design+Construction's Top 80 Museum Architecture Firms for 2026 — up eight spots from the previous year. Grateful to the clients who bring us into this work and to the teams who carry it!

Top 80 Museum Architecture Firms for 2026 Perkins&Will, Quinn Evans, Gensler, SmithGroup, HGA, HKS, Arcadis North America, CannonDesign, and NBBJ top Building Design+Construction's ranking of the nation's largest museum...

LRK has named Jason Brennaman a Principal of the firm, recognizing more than a decade of leadership and his role driving the growth of LRK's themed entertainment practice.

Brennaman joined LRK in 2014 and leads the firm's themed entertainment group, which has grown into a practice known for delivering some of the most complex projects in the sector.

Congratulations, Jason!

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"We really see Orleans Station as the first response to the formation of the Memphis Medical District Collaborative" — Alex Turley, CEO, Henry Turley Company.

The past decade of investment and collaboration in the Medical District has added up to a district that feels like a neighborhood. Orleans Station brought residences and retail to ten acres that used to be surface parking and created a walkable, connected community. A few blocks away, the old Wonder Bread factory building found new life as the headquarters for Orion Financial.
We're proud to have shaped both — a new infill community on one end and a hundred-year-old restoration on the other.

Memphis Medical District's $2.6B decade of growth, 26,000 jobs created - Memphis Business Journal The district added more than 1,000 housing units and saw developments like Orleans Station. Major hospital and college expansions are underway.

"Grander, more welcoming, more light, just more inspiring." That's how Carissa Hussong describes the Metal Museum's new home.

Memphis Magazine gives a glimpse of Rust Hall's transformation —a more accessible entry, expanded gallery space, and a metalworking facility built for the museum's next chapter.

Worth a read as the doors open this weekend.

That’s So Metal The Metal Museum reopens this month in its new Overton Park campus.

Rust Hall was once hailed as a "living and enduring monument." More than sixty years later, that's exactly what it's becoming again.

Christopher Blank of WKNO - 91.1 FM Memphis explored the 1959 New Formalist landmark with LRK 's Krissy Buck Flickinger and Greg Morrison as it prepares to reopen as the new home of the Metal Museum, honoring the building's history while adding what comes next.

Give it a listen (3:59) ahead of the museum's Grand Opening this weekend.

Honoring the mid-century in a modern Metal Museum Architects paid careful attention to the Instagram-able allure of Overton Park's jewel box during renovations for a new occupant.

New Life on Front Street

Renovations at 48 & 64 S. Front Street are underway. Weathered brick is getting repaired, original windows rebuilt, and the rooftop skylights reopened once again.

Commercial at street level, living and working space above.

Texas dance halls and farm stores have anchored small-town social life since the 1800s. Two Step Farm was planned with that in mind.

Two Step Hall, The Farm Shop, The Grazery, and The Co-Op are all within a walk of each other, amenities anchoring a classically-Texas neighborhood.

"The biggest challenge with a project like this is finding things you didn't expect." — Jonathan Smith, LRK senior associate and project architect, on Mynders Hall.

Opened in 1912, Mynders is one of three original buildings on the University of Memphis campus. Renovated several times over its life, it's been empty since 2015. Each renovation left something behind, adding layers over the building's original painted concrete floor tiles and wood molding. As each layer goes, LRK's renovation is returning the building to its original character while preparing it for modern use. Come spring 2027, Mynders Hall will be a modern research facility.

"It didn't take much to bring her back to what she was," said Jaemi Kurtzman, LRK interior designer and UofM alum.

Read the full story here:

University of Memphis Magazine: 2026 Edition Dive into our extensive resources on the topic that interests you. It's like a masterclass to be explored at your own pace.

"Nobody usually says that their favorite room is a corridor, but mine is, because this is the space that best illustrates the story of the building." — Krissy Flickinger, on the corridor connecting historic Rust Hall to the new Metals Studio

This corridor does more than connect old and new. It forms part of the central axis that links the main entry sequence and metal art pathways. Dynamically designed ceilings and skylights flood the space with natural light, while track lighting highlights artwork displayed along the walls. A glass vitrine showcases a rotating collection of objects, creating an ever-changing experience for visitors. As you walk the corridor, the textured historic “special brick” facade of Rust Hall on one side contrasts with contemporary walls and windows on the other, which offer views into the individual metal studios beyond. At its core, this versatile space accommodates group demonstrations and serves as an entrance portal to the Art Garden interior courtyard. Together, these areas support the museum’s educational mission while bringing in an abundance of daylight and views to nature into this one-of-a-kind museum experience.