CEVIAN Design Lab

After being on our project server since 2015, we're excited to see this project come to life. 🤩

Long-planned project close to completion in Rockmart After nearly a decade of navigating bureaucratic hurdles, a global pandemic, and skyrocketing construction costs, Rockmart’s downtown amphitheater project is closing in on the completion of its first phase

For the Cedartown Library, the "quiet playground" was designed to foster children's curiosity in book seeking and joyfulness in reading. 🦄
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The 10,500 SF renovation of the Cedartown Library was completed in 2025. Thank you to the City of Cedartown and the Sara Hightower Regional Library System for trusting us with the design.
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📸: Burton Photography

An elegant addition for Spring days and blue skies. 🌷
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📸: Burton Photography

We love collaborating with Rome Mural CoLab!

Spring Opening Expected for Lankford Corner Crews are working quickly on the new Lankford Corner events complex in downtown Cedartown with some big design elements expected to be installed over the next few weeks.

A 6,000 SF concrete slab pour bright and early in the morning. ☀️
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The design for Lankford Corner is taking shape.

The event center has been carefully designed to create a sense of place that will serve as a gathering space, a community landmark, and an economic encourager for Downtown Cedartown. It will also serve as a "stop along the way" for those traveling the Silver Comet Trail.

Cedartown leaders get a look at the proposed Lankford Corner development concept The unveiling of concept art of a new event venue drew excited remarks from Cedartown city leaders last week as they continue work on the revitalization of downtown.

It is always an honor to be given the opportunity to work with the Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation. And we are excited for the future made possible by the grant funding from the Fox Theatre Institute. Cheers to many performances in the years to come! 🥂

It might be 37° but we’re out here dreaming of beach volleyball. ☀️
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Exciting things are happening in Cedartown! 👀 We are excited to get started on this design and very grateful for the opportunity to be part of the Lankford Corner project.

Help us share the good news!

The City of Cedartown has been selected to receive a $750,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission. The grant money will be used to construct Lankford Corner at The Silver Comet – a thoughtfully designed, large-capacity indoor and outdoor event venue.

The building will be located on land that was donated by the late Jim and Jean Lankford, lifelong community champions and supporters of Downtown Cedartown. The land is situated across from the Cedartown Depot on South Main Street and runs parallel to The Silver Comet Trail.

“Lankford Corner at The Silver Comet is the centerpiece of the City of Cedartown’s effort to revitalize the southern section of Downtown Cedartown,” explained City Manager Edward Guzman. “This project will usher in a new era of daily activity for the southside of our city.”

Lankford Corner will foster economic growth through the generation of income, encouragement of downtown occupancy and will increase walkability in the downtown corridor. The facility will bridge the gap between the City’s downtown district and the scenic and well-traveled Silver Comet Trail. Lankford Corner will also serve as the home of the future Cedartown Farmer’s Market.

Programming for the event center will include moving existing events and festivals to the campus, allowing these already established events to grow. Business development classes and workshops will be held at the facility, as well as corporate gatherings, civic meetings and the venue will serve as a staging area for national and statewide athletic events that promote use of the Silver Comet Trail.

With the capability of housing 300+ guests, Lankford Corner will boast large roll-up doors, creating a seamless transition from indoor to outdoor. The facility itself will carry a large footprint, however the entire Lankford Corner concept will encompass the entire 1-acre downtown location. A catering kitchen, reception area and restrooms are part of the overall design. Food truck parking, public parking and intentional and inviting rest areas are features of the outdoor area.

“I am thrilled that the City of Cedartown will be able to use this grant money for such a great project that will positively impact not only our downtown, but provide a space for the entire community to come together for special events,” said Cedartown City Commission Chair Andrew Carter. “This project will completely transform a blighted, vacant parcel in the heart of downtown, and at the same time will leverage two of the community’s greatest local assets – Historic Downtown Cedartown and The Silver Comet Trail.”

Design aspects are being led by Rome-based CEVIAN Design Lab. The anticipated completion date is late 2024.

“It was definitely a 100-percent team effort on this grant, from the early beginnings to approval,” Guzman said. “I would like to thank City staff, the Northwest Georgia Regional Commission, the Georgia Department of Community Affairs and Governor Brian Kemp. We’re excited to see what this project has in store for our community.”

Shared with us by a friend. The sun setting over the Rome Tennis Center at Berry College yesterday evening.

"Nothing is art if it does not come from nature." - Antoni Gaudi, Architect

📸: Mike Nichols