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SBANK ONE CENTER
BANK ONE
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Project Owner: Bank One
Project Cost: $70,000,000.00
Project Area: 1,000,000 square feet
Completion Date: 1987
Architects: The Mathes Group
Moiyama & Teshima
Planners Ltd.
Principal-in-Charge: Edward C. Mathes, AIA
Contact: Mr. Robert Hurlbut
201 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70170
(504) 524-4444
The 53-story, granite clad, reinforced concrete
office tower was constructed on the most presti-
gious location in downtown New Orleans, the site
of the former St. Charles Hotel, located in the
center of the historic Central Business District
on St. Charles Avenue. The complex was con-
ceived as a New Orleans place, incorporating
architectural elements of both an historic and
geographically influenced milieu within the new
context of a high-rise office structure. Place St. Charles contains:
• A two-level retail galleria with shops and
a food court;
• Parking for 800 cars;
• 1,000,000 square feet of office space
• Spacious ground level arcades, mini-
parks and wide balconies offering
shelter from the elements
• A fourteenth-floor sky lobby, serving the
office tower and parking structure
• A distinctive design, culminating in two
fifty foot glass lanterns offering spec-
tacular views for tenants and a
lighted beacon on the night skyline.

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A Professional Architectural Corporation in Continuous Practice Since 1890
201 St. CharlesAvenue, Suite 4100, New Orleans, Louisiana 70170-4100 504.586.9303 FAX 504.582.1305 email mathes@bellsouth.net
BANK ONE CENTER
BANK ONE

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TION CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
PELICAN HOMESTEAD
METAIRIE, LOUISIANA
Project Owner: Pelican Homestead
Project Cost: $13,000,000.00
Project Area: 138,000 square feet
Contact: Mr. Conrad Meyer III
(504) 585-7711
The Corporate Headquarters development for
Pelican Homestead and Savings Association
was planned as the initial structure of a phased
three-building complex sited on 6½ acres. The
building’s plan allows for a connection to a fu-
ture symmetrically opposed building at the rear
entrance area.
Pelican Homestead’s objective for their corpo-
rate headquarters was to house all of their op-
erations within a single building and to allow for
maximum flexibility within the office area. De-
signed throughout each 23,000 square-foot of-
fice floor was a demountable interior partition
system, an underfloor cellular deck distribution
system for electrical and communication sys-
tems, and a live floor load of 150 lbs./sq. ft.
The office floors radiate as 90º wings from the
central core area and provide the enclosure for
a four-story atrium banking lobby. This lobby ech-
oes the historical image of the grand banking
lobby expressed in the atrium’s façade and the
column-supported entablature following the line
of the bank’s teller line within.

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PELICAN HOMESTEAD & SAVINGS
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ANEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS
THE NOCCA INSTITUTE
Project Owner: The NOCCA Institute
Project Cost: $16,500,000
Completion Date: January 2000
Billes/Manning
Principal in Charge: Edward C. Mathes, AIA
Project Architect: Peter F. Priola, AIA
Ann Schmuelling, AIA
General Brice Building Co., Inc.
Contractor:
The News Orleans Center for Creative Arts was
established in 1973 as a "training center" for stu-
dents in theater, music, dance, communications
and the visual arts. It was seen as a part of a
comprehensive education package being pro-
posed to the State Department of Education and
the Louisiana Legislature. Since 1973, housed
in the LaSalle School in the 6000 block of Perrier
Street, it has produced world famous perform-
ers like Wynton Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr.
With the old building badly deteriorating and
never providing suitable facilities, the School
Board and the Friends of NOCCA set out to pro-
vide an environment worthy of the center's repu-
tation.
Thirteen year's ago, The Mathes Group and an-
other firm were selected in a joint venture to be
the architects and to assist in programming and
site selection. Working in concert with the Acad-
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THE NOCCA INSTITUTE
Institute, an ideal program was developed to satisfy all of
the needs of all departments. In the Fall of 1990, the Man-
deville Street Wharf was offered to NOCCA as a possible
site by the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Or-
leans. In December of 1990, the architects conducted a collo-
quium to review the merits of this site as a location for the Cen-
ter. However, in 1993, an alternate site was purchased by the
NOCCA Institute. This site is on the Mississippi River in Fau-
bourg Marigny, adjacent to the warf.
We have developed the unique design
in response to the site by incorporating
several existing, wonderful warehouse
buildings, in response to the program,
by weaving all classrooms, studios and
performance (Dance, Theater, an Ex-
perimental Theatre, Recital Hall, Jazz
Club and Art Gallery) spaces into a
building which evokes the spontaneity
and creativity of the students, and in
response to the budget by utilizing ap-
propriate materials and building sys-
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ISIDORE NEWMAN SCHOOL
Project Owner: Isidore Newman School
Completion Date: August 1986
Architect: The Mathes Group
The Mathes Group has designed every new build-
ing and renovation for Isidore Newman School,
a private institution, since 1972, the year which
we developed their Master Plan.
Renovations at the school have included:
• The Valmont Building (administrative offices)
• Expansion of Kindergarten Building
• Expansion of all classroom space in the
elementary school
• Conversion of the old girl's gym into the
Charles Keller Theatre
• Special learning center and computer lab
• Second floor addition to the Middle
School
The buildings designed by our firm at Newman
School include:
• the Lower School
• the Student Center
• the Palaestra, a multipurpose athletic facil-
ity with space for virtually every major
in-door sport and rivals most similar
facili-ties for major college campuses.
The Palaestra contains a main gym with two full-
size basketball court and running track; an in-
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teaching pools (one shallow and one deep); a multipurpose
gym geared for gymnastics for Kindergarten through Twelfth
Grades; a dance practice studio; physical education class-
room; training area; locker rooms; nurses' station; covered
play area for Lower School and future classrooms; a weight
room with full Nautilus equipment; and an elevator.
Circulation is articulated by the provision of exterior stairs
and elevator. On the JeffersonAvenue side, these elements
mimic the semicircular vertical massing on the front eleva-
tion of the Lower School and the Student Center. A second
floor link by way of a pedestrian bridge and a large open
patio provide ample gathering place for students before and
after school and between classes. A small earth berm am-
phitheater outside the glass wall of the pool provides seat-
ing for the viewing of swim meets or small entertainment
events when the weather is fair. These features, combined
with the deliberately modulated brickwork and carefully de-
tailed exposed steel including the regimental downspouts,
have given Isidore Newman School a facility worthy of a
small college campus.

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FREEPORT-MACMORAN, INC.
Project Owner: Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
Project Cost: $926,880
Completion Date: November 1985
Project Designers: William Rice
Eduardo Moya
General Contractor: Gervais F. Favrot Co., Inc.
References:
The Mathes Group design of the Freeport-Mc-
MoRan Wellness Center on the third floor of their
Corporate Headquarters at 1615 Poydras Street,
encompasses a gym and the regulatory dress-
ing rooms and toilet facilities, a whirlpool room,
barber, and health testing facilities for their em-
ployees.

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FREEPORT-MACMORAN, INC.

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MERCY HOSPITAL
Project Owner: Mercy Hospital
Principal-in-Charge: Creed W. Brierre, AIA
Project Manager: David P. Taylor, AIA
References: Mr. Robin Wallace
Memorial Medical Center
Mercy Campus
New Orleans, Louisiana
504.483.5091
When Mercy Hospital constructed its office build-
ing expansion along Bienville Street in New Or-
leans and built parking lots to accommodate it
and the hospital, it relocated the running track. A
companion project was the build-out of one floor
of the Old Nurses Dormitory Wing for a Wellness
Center. Exercise options included the latest
Cybex equipment, stationary bikes, free weights
and a space for aerobics classes.
Even after a merger and ultimately a sale, the
Wellness Center continues in operation and is
still a facility of which the Memorial Medical Cen-
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ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
TEMPE, ARIZONA
Project Owner: Arizona State University
DWL Architects & Planners
General Meinecke-Johnson
Contractor: Company
15425 N. Greenway-
Hayden
Loop Rd., Suite A-200
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Construction Abacus Project
Manger: Management
2390 E. Camelback,
Suite 249
Phoenix, AZ 85016
References: Dr. George Umberson
School of Music
Room 185
Tempe, AZ 82587-0405
602.965.2819
Dr. Gerald Bolt
School of Music
Room 185
Tempe, AZ 82587-0405
602.965.2819
The Arizona State University Project is located
at the corner of the main campus entry, where it
joins an ensemble of three monumental public
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ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
TEMPE, ARIZONA
each of which has its own unique architectural form and
character: The Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium by
Frank Lloyd Wright; The Nelson Fine Arts Center by
Antoine Predock; and the Music Building by the Taliesin
Fellowship. The Music Building Expansion is an addition
to the latter of these buildings.
The Arizona State University School of Music Project in-
corporates a 350-seat recital hall, a 175-seat organ/cho-
ral rehearsal hall, complete departments for jazz, percus-
sion, electronic music, choral, organ, and music educa-
tion, and a 30,000 square foot music library. This project
also includes twenty-seven faculty studios, fifteen gradu-
ate teaching assistant offices, forty practice and ensemble
rooms, and the needed auxiliary technical and administra-
tion spaces to support these new facilities.
The Mathes Group designed this facility in a joint venture
with DWL Architects and Planners in Phoenix.

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
WACO, TEXAS
Project Owner: Baylor University
Project Cost: $8,079,000.00
Completion Date: July 1992
Project Architect: Peter Priola, AIA
General Contractor: Waco Construction
325 Industrial Street.
Waco, Texas 76710
The Glenis S. McRary School of Music is lo-
cated on the newest portion of the developing
Baylor University Campus, where it joins the
new University Library and Computer Science
and Engineering Building and the Hoop-Schafer
Performing Arts Center in the creation of a new
monumental Main Campus Entry.
The School of Music project includes the 1,000
seat Jones Concert Hall, the 200 seat Mead-
ows Recital/Lecture Hall, complete departments
for percussion, organ, recording, choral and in-
strumental music in addition to more than sev-
enty (70) practice and ensemble rooms.
The Mathes Group designed this facility after
entering a Design-Build Agreement with Waco
Construction, Inc.

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DILLARD UNIVERSITY
Project Owner: Dillard University
Completion Date: December 1992
General Contractor: Grimaldi Construction
P.O. Box 8350
References: Mr. Milton Scheuermann
University Architect
Dillard University
2601 Gentilly Boulevard
(504) 286-4765
Dillard University is a private institution with an
enrollment of 2,000 students. Dillard’s Fine Arts
programs consist of Art, Mass Communications,
Drama, Speech and Music. The Mathes Group
was commissioned by Dillard University to pro-
gram, design and perform construction adminis-
tration services for a new Fine Arts and Com-
munication Building. After completing a Campus
Master Plan, the new building was located to the
east of the Great Front Lawn of the University to
close off the east end and to increase the per-
ception of the University. In addition to the Re-
cital Hall and Music Studios, an Art Museum,
Sculpture Courtyard and Studios for Sculpture,
Drawing and Painting lie at the center of the build-
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DILLARD UNIVERSITY
In several instances, The Mathes Group’s Design for
Dillard’s new Fine Arts facilities preceded the creation of
expanded programs and curriculum in Arts, Theater and
Music. Our building is designed to enhance and, in some
instances, create the maximum educational “cross-fer-
tilization” between existing and proposed Fine Arts pro-
grams. For example, a 3-Dimensional Art Shop will share
common quarters with the Theater Department’s Scen-
ery Shop. Space has been provided in this area for all
the tools and equipment required to satisfy both programs’
needs. Another example of “cross-fertilization” exists be-
tween the Performance Theater Art Museum and Sculp-
ture Courtyard, since they are located as an extension of
the Performance Theater lobby area.

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INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA
Project Owner: Indiana State University
Completion Date: April 1997
Architects: Schmidt Associates
The Mathes Group
Principal-in Charge: Edward C. Mathes, AIA
Project Architects: Peter F. Priola, AIA
General Contractor: Hannia Contractors
References: Dr. Robert I. Cowden
Indiana State University
School of Music
Terre Haute, IN 47809
The new School of Music and Art Museum project
for Indiana State University is designed to pro-
vide music rehearsal and performance facilities
for the Music Department and display facilities
for the Art Department which supplement ISU’s
existing Fine Arts Building. The new facility is de-
signed to be physically connected to the existing
Fine Arts Building by means of a subterranean
tunnel which is centrally located in the building’s
plan and intended to encourage the ebb-and-flow
of student movement between the two buildings.
The Core elements of the proposed new School
of Music are the 200-seat Recital Hall and the
5,000 square foot Art Gallery. These elements
occupy opposing sides of a main circulation lobby
which diagonally bisects the building’s main floor
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INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA
The Mathes Group has designed this facility in associa-
tion with Schmidt Associates Architects, Inc. of Indianapo-
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LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
Project Owner: Loyola University of
New Orleans
Project Architect:
Completion Date: September 1996
Greenville Hall was originally constructed as the
main educational building for Dominican College
in about 1860. In the 1970’s, the 16,700 square
foot, three-story wood frame structure was placed
on the National Register of Historic Places. Over
the years, Greenville Hall has undergone many
changes in use from educational classrooms, to
administrative building, to science building and
back to general education purposes. The Math-
es Group completed a restoration and renova-
tion of this building to satisfy the needs of the
Institutional Advancement department of Loyola
University.
By agreement with the City Planning Commis-
sion, City of New Orleans, the exterior of the
building must remain fundamentally unchanged.
We have retained as many of the existing parti-
tions as possible in the renovation to reduce con-
struction costs and to maintain the interior of the
building as designed over a century ago.
The first floor areas remain much the same as
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LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
extensive ornamental plaster detailing found throughout.
Because the existing building did not conform to current
codes, the renovation included the addition of fire stairs,
smoke and fire partitions, a sprinkler suppression sys-
tem and the total replacement of all mechanical, electri-
cal and plumbing systems. All of this was accomplished
while maintaining the sixteen foot high ceilings, the orna-
mental plaster ceiling medallions and crown moldings,
plaster key arches etc.
A new Board Room for Loyola University was designed,
complete with full, state-of-the art audio/visual capability.

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BROADWAY CAMPUS OF LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
Project Owner: Loyola University of
New Orleans
Project Architect: Pete Priola, AIA
The Mathes Group has continuously displayed
an expertise in the Master Planning of campus
complexes for private educational institutions,
university campuses, and corporate campuses
in Louisiana, Florida, Arizona, Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania, Texas, California, Colorado, Ken-
tucky, and Mississippi. Loyola University con-
tracted with The Mathes Group to prepare a Con-
fidential Acquisition Report for Dominican Col-
lege which dealt with the status of the existing
buildings on the campus and an in-depth analy-
sis of Loyola University's physical plant needs of
the then-existing campus and those needs which
could better be satisfied by adaptively re-using
the existing buildings on the Dominican College
campus. Through this analysis we discovered
that Loyola's highest priority physical plant need
was the creation of a Law Center which required
both an increase in general education, adminis-
trative, and library space and an improvement in
the technical areas required for law education,
the appellate and moot court areas. The current
teaching of law requires a great deal of audiovi-
sual resources and equipment in both the library
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BROADWAY CAMPUS OF LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
We took the existing Dominican College Science and Li-
brary Buildings which were located approximately adja-
cent to each other separated by about thirty feet and
linked these two buildings with a new core building thereby
creating a single law center building of approximately
175,000 gross square feet. We dealt not only with the
differing floor elevations but with the intricate technical
issues of linking the building's mechanical heating, ven-
tilating, air-conditioning, plumbing and tele-data commu-
nication wiring systems into a single building system. Fi-
nally we made significant structural modifications to the
Science Building. We also converted the Science
Building's planetarium in order to adaptively re-use the
space for the Law Center Moot Court function. An audi-
torium classroom in the Science Building was converted
to theAppellate Court function. Finally, a fourth floor level
was added to the college library building. Both the library
and science buildings were given a face-lift, basically
modifying the facades of both these buildings to give the
former Science Building, College Library Building and new
Core Building the appearance of a single unified facade
of corresponding elevation. All of this was accomplished
for $28 per square foot.

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LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
Project Owner: Loyola University
Project Architect: David Blanchard
Completion Date: December 1998
The J. Edgar and Louise S. Monroe University
Library at Loyola University consists of a 114,000
square foot new building connected to the ex-
isting five-story Miller Hall (the former Loyola Law
School building), of which 38,000 square feet we
be renovated to utilize the existing Law Library
stack areas. The new building is sited to form
one side of a new quadrangle. The design of the
new Library establishes a new aesthetic for the
entire campus emulating the existing older build-
ings.
The new library with state-of-art electronics will
function as a nucleus for student study and re-
search in the heart of the campus. The new Li-
brary also contains the Lindy S. Boggs Literacy
Center designed to teach those involved in im-
proving literacy in the New Orleans metropolitan
area.
The building houses an Academic Computer
Area, Media Development and Graphics Labo-
ratories, space for an extensive Government
Documents collection, space for Special Collec-
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umes, Group Study area, Individual Study areas, etc.
Although just opened, the new Library has estab-
lished a new aesthetic for Loyola University of New
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LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
Project Owner: Loyola University
General Contractor: Landis Construction Co.
P.O. Box 4278
References: Mr. Paul Fleming
Director of Physical Plant
Loyola University
MT 107, Box 077
6363 St. Charles Avenue
504.865.3154
The Loyola University Communications/Music/
Theater Complex was designed to meet the com-
plete educational and administrative needs of the
College of Music and the Department of Com-
munications. The building also accommodates
general University classroom space for 120 stu-
dents, an Experimental Theatre for the Drama
and Speech Department and a 600-seat Recital
Hall. This project originated in the Campus Mas-
ter plan requirements developed by our firm.
Architecturally, the project is designed to aestheti-
cally harmonize with the existing adjacent Tudor
Gothic University buildings. It is an endeavor to
provide facilities which match and enhance the
reputations of the departments which they serve.
The prominent pergola and building materials are
allusions to the forms of the old campus, without
flagrant imitation. They strive, in modern ver-
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LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
Loyola’s urban campus while addressing the presence of
the surrounding residential neighborhood on stately St.
Charles Avenue. It is a “real world” conscious effort to re-
place three old houses, one of which was designed by our
firm in the 1920’s, with a building meeting the needs of the
University and exploring the issue of contemporary design
in an historic setting.
The Communications/Music/Theater Complex at Loyola in-
cludes a 600-seat Recital Hall which has an 80-piece or-
chestra pit, a sprung hardwood dance stage floor, a dim-
mer-per-circuit theatrical lighting system with a light ridge,
a limited flyloft and side stage areas intended to accommo-
date ballet and opera needs. Also contained within the Com-
plex is a “Black Box” Experimental Theatre designed to ac-
commodate up to a 100-person audience, a satellite Music
Library, and television studios.

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STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
Project Owner: Stephen F. Austin State
University
Location: Nacogdoches, Texas
Project Area: 30,000 sq. ft. renovation
33,000 sq. ft. new
(Houston Office)
Principal-in-Charge: Jay Boydston
Project Architect: Jay Boydston
Contractor: J.E. Kingham Construc-
tion Company
409.564.3329
Contact: John Ruffs
Facilities
409.468.4341
Ron Anderson, Ph. D.
Chairman Department of
Music
409.468.4602
The existing Music School which comprised of
30,000 square feet was more than doubled in
size at a total cost of $5,800,000. The new por-
tion of the facility includes three large rehearsal
halls for Band, Choral and Percussion. The ex-
isting building was almost entirely gutted and
refitted to create new Classrooms, Faculty Stu-
dios and Practice Rooms with improved acous-
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NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
The desire of the client was to change the image of the
music school from the 1960's modern design to a more cur-
rent design aesthetic. We have incorporated a plaster, neo-
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Project Owner: University of Houston
Completion: September 1997
Jay B. Boydston
Project Architects: Peter F. Priola, AIA
References: Dr. David Tomats
The Moores School of Music at the University of
Houston is prominently sited at the main entrance
to the University of Houston. Facing this cam-
pus entrance is the raised, glazed lobby for the
Opera Hall. Visible are the monumental murals
of the world-renowned abstract artist, Frank
Stella, which adorn the ceiling, and rear wall of
the mezzanine level in the Lobby and the oval
shaped catwalk of the Opera Hall itself.
The building borrows art deco detailing from other
buildings on campus, though the detailing has
been simplified to modern brick construction. The
use of several colors of brick also relates the
building contextually to other buildings on cam-
pus.
The building consists of 64 faculty studios, 80
practice rooms, a band rehearsal hall, a choral
rehearsal hall and an ensemble hall as well as a
small recital hall, library, classrooms and admin-
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MOORES SCHOOL OF MUSIC
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
HOUSTON, TEXAS
The Moores Opera Hall is an intimate 800 seat the-
ater, which was designed to evoke the spirit of an 18th
century theater. With two tiers of box seats designed
in a horseshoe shape, only 67 feet separate the stage
from the back row. Decorative lighting was custom
designed throughout the Opera Hall by famed San An-
tonio craftsman Isaac Maxwell. These include the
torches on the top of the columns in the Opera Hall
and the splendid chandelier located in the lobby.
The new state-of-the-art music facility is one of the new-
est and finest facilities on the campus, thanks to a gen-
erous $18.5 million gift from John and Rebecca Moores
who met at the University of Houston in the 1960’s.

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AND PERFORMANCE
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA
Project Owner: University of Miami
Completion Date: November 1993
Project Architect: Peter F. Priola
General Contractor: Stobs Bros. Construction
580 N.E. 92nd
Street
Miami Shores, FL 33138
References: Dr. William Hipp, Dean
University of Miami
School of Music
P.O. Box 248165
Coral Gables, FL 33124
(305) 441-7436
Mr. Rafael Peruyera
University of Miami
P.O. Box 248165
Coral Gables, FL 33124
(305) 441-7436
The Mathes Group has completed both Master
and Comprehensive Music Planning Projects for
the University of Miami School of Music. The
School of Music is currently housed in seven (7)
separate buildings which compose a mini-cam-
pus within the overall University Campus fabric.
Planned in two phases we have completed con-
struction of the 150-seat Recital Hall and Music
Engineering Department (complete with an ex-
tensive recording studio) named the L. Austin
Weeks Center for Recording and Performance.
Phase II of the project will be an Administrative
and Faculty Office Building.
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Music, the severe physical plant needs for the Music En-
gineering Department became evident. In the new Recital
Hall, most, if not all, performances can be recorded; hence
a natural link has been created between the new Recital
Hall and a professional recording studio.
L. AUSTIN WEEKS CENTER FOR RECORDING
AND PERFORMANCE
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA
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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH
GALVESTON, TEXAS
Project Owner: The University of Texas
Medical Branch
(Houston Office)
The Hisotric Sealy Mansion of Galveston, Texas,
was renovated by our Houston office to become
a Conference and meeting faciility for the Uni-
versity of Texas Medical Branch, located a few
blocks from this centrally located structure. The
facility resides at the corner of the two most
prominent streets in Galveston, a short walk from
the Strand and Downtown Galveston.
The house was designed by the renowned New
York firm of McKim, Mead and White, in 1891,
with an ajoining stable completed by N.J. Clay-
ton in 1892,as a home for the railroad magnate
George Sealy and his wife Magnolia Willis. The
home was donated by their children to the Uni-
versity in memory of their parents in 1979
The Mathes Group completed an extensive sur-
vey of the existing conditions and recommended
the possibilities for a teleconferencing center to
the University in a Master Plan. The renovation
included extensive restoration and repair to the
exterior of the building, and many interior modifi-

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GALVESTON, TEXAS
cations, in order to fit its new purpose and comply with cur-
rent regulations. A new exiting stair was sensitive inserted
into one of the houses many turrets, and an addition was
added to the rear to meet ADA requirements. These
senstive modifications are barely noticable from the street
and have not significantly altered the historic and artistic
character of the house.

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Project Owner: The University of Texas
Medical Branch
(Houston Office)
The University of Texas Medical Branch asked
the Mathes Group to design new Student Cen-
ter for their Galveston Campus. The facility had
to create a conversation between the masterly
completed masonry 1891, N. J. Clayton Univer-
sity of Texas Medical Department Building (now
Ashbel Smith Hall) with the other modern medi-
cal facilities. The new building also helped to
clean up the mechanical mess that had once
existing behind old Red.
Taking cues from the vernacular architecture of
Galveston, the main elevation has a bi-level gal-
lery rising from a formidable base, with elegant
brick detailing rising into three arches. Each of
these elements take their cues from Old Red,
reflecting the arched third floor windows and the
elegant masonry work throughout the building.
However, the building remains respective of Old
Red by making these statements simply and con-
cisely. It’s scale is more than appropriate, bow-
ing to its far more substantial neighbor.

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STUDENT CENTER
GALVESTON, TEXAS
The Mathes Group completed several conference rooms
and student lounges for use by both faculty and students.
These informal rooms allow for small student groups to meet,
study, or for small conferences between medical profes-
sionals, students, and leaders in various branches of Medi-
cine. These comfortable settings are accompanied with a
bookstore, supplying various Medical and student needs.

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WAREHOUSE DISTRICT
HOUSTON, TEXAS
Project Owner: The City of Houston
Project Area: 200 square feet
(Houston Office)
Completion Date: May 1996
Completed in 1996, this project is adjacent to
Market Square Park in Houston’s Historic Dis-
trict. It provides a new 50-foot tall tower to house
the 1903 Houston City Hall clock. Landscaping
and streetscape for the base of the tower will be
provided as part of a future plan for the area.
This clock tower was developed as part of a mas-
ter plan to create a livable community in the
Warehouse District of downtown Houston. Sited
at a prominent intersection, the tower serves a
gate-marker for this newly rejuvenated area, that
continues to see the conversion of former ware-
house buildings into lofts spaces for urban living
and offices. It is hoped that the tower will help to
spur further redevelopment in the area and spark
activity in the park across the street.

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LOUIS AND ANNE FRIEDMAN CLOCK TOWER
WAREHOUSE DISTRICT
HOUSTON, TEXAS

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GRIMES COUNTY TEXAS
ANDERSON, TEXAS
Project Owner: The People of Grimes
County
(Houston Office)
Principal-in-Charge: Jay Boydstun
Project Architect: Jay Boydstun
Renovation of this Historic Texas courthouse,
includes structural repairs to masonry walls, tuck
pointing all masonry, restoration of windows and
doors, and installation of new roofing. Master
planning work addresses issues of handicapped
accessibility and life safety, and will provide so-
lutions for provision of an elevator, automatic fire
sprinkler system, and restrooms.

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GRIMES COUNTY COURHOUSE RESTORATION
GRIMES COUNTY TEXAS
ANDERSON, TEXAS

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POLK COUNTY TEXAS
LIVINGSTON, TEXAS
Project Owner: The People of Polk
County
(Houston Office)
Restoration of the 1905 Courthouse Annex,
includes leveling. Foundation repair, recon-
struction of the roof structure and the second
floor structure, and repairs to masonry walls.
Work on the area 1923 Courthouse includes
structural repairs to the brick arches and clean-
ing and restoration of the masonry facades.
Funding is through the Texas Department of
Transportation and Polk County.

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POLK COUNTY COURTHOUSE RESTORATION
POLK COUNTY TEXAS
LIVINGSTON, TEXAS

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METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY
Project Owner: Metropolitan Transit
Authority
(Houston Office)
Principal-in-Charge: Jay Boydston, AIA
Contact:
The Metro RideStore is a retail store operated by the
Metropolitan Transit Authority to provide transit in-
formation and bus tickets and tokens to the public.
The Mathes Group used historic detailing to create
the atmosphere of a turn-of-the-century train station
on the first floor of the Scanlan Building , built in down-
town Houston in 1909. Although the public portion
evokes another era, the staff work areas incorpo-
rate all the technology found at the other RideStores,
including accessibility throughout

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DOWNTOWN METRORIDE STORE
METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY

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ISADORA
Project Owner: Isadora
Project Cost:
Project Area:
Completion Date:
Contact:
Located on the ground floor of a then new high-
rise office building in the Central Business Dis-
trict of New Orleans, Isadora is a restaurant/bar
whose design has the specific flavor of a period
Art Deco establishment. An intimate atmosphere
is created by the use of small raised dining ar-
eas separated from each other by a large cen-
tral bar.
The Art Deco motif is reinforced by the use of
soft pastel walls acting as a backdrop to accen-
tuate the period finishes of backlit ribbed glass,
period plaster moldings, glossy black laminates,
polished granite, and painted metallic bronze and
silver. The furnishings and artwork are reminis-
cent of the Art Deco period.

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ISADORA'S RESTAURANT
ISADORA

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AQUARIUM OF THE AMERICAS &
WOLDENBERG PARK
THE AUDUBON INSTITUTE
Project Owner: The Audubon Institute
Architects: The Bienville Group
Principal-in-Charge: Creed W. Brierre, AIA
Contact: Mr. Ronald Forman
504.861.5112
Built on the site of a surplus wharf along the Missis-
sippi River in New Orleans’ historic Vieux Carré, the
Aquarium of the Americas opened to record atten-
dance in September, 1990. The surrounding fifteen-
acre Woldenberg Riverfront Park was opened in fall,
1989.
The Mathes Group is proud to have been one of the
firms selected to form the joint venture, The Bienville
Group, the team which conceived, designed, and
completed the facility in less than four years.
The design of the Aquarium was strongly influenced
by the need to accommodate entire habitats that give
visitors a view of the wild, both above and below the
water. Each of the four large exhibits represents a
major aquatic habitat of North or South America; a
500,000 gallon Gulf of Mexico exhibit, the Caribbean
Reef Environment with a 30-foot long acrylic tunnel,
the Amazon River Rain Forest Habitat, and the Mis-
sissippi River and Delta Habitat. The Aquarium has
thousands of examples of nearly 400 species of fish,
reptiles, and other animals.
The Aquarium also houses a seafood restaurant, a
gift shop, classrooms, research labs, offices, and
salinization equipment.

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AQUARIUM OF THE AMERICAS &
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Project Owner: The Audubon Institute
Completion: May 2000
Principal in Charge: Creed W. Brierre, AIA
Project Architect: Eduardo Moya
Contact: Mr. Robert W. Becker
P.O. Box 4327
(504) 861-5115
To quote the Audubon Institute, “Once a favorite
venue for get-togethers of every kind, the his-
toric Audubon Tea Room was built at the turn of
the century and destroyed by fire in 1976. Offer-
ing a unique setting for local families and friends
to join together to celebrate their special occa-
sions, theAudubon Tea Room was a place where
white gloves were worn and first kisses were sto-
len. Still a cherished reminiscence today, the
Audubon Tea Room is deeply woven into the rich
fabric of New Orleans heritage.”
The new Audubon Tea Room was designed by
Cashio, Cochran, Torre/Design Consortium, Ltd.,
in collaboration with The Mathes Group.
The new one-storied building will emulate, in form
and volume the original Audubon Tea Room. In
style and construction, however, it reflects the
architecture of existing new Zoo buildings with
its rich blend of brick, stucco, and copper.

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TEA ROOM DEVELOPMENT AUDUBON ZOO
The new Audubon Tea Room contains:
 A main hall, capable of accommodating diverse functions,
such as weddings, debutante parties, small convention
gatherings, and so forth. The hall will open into a lush, land-
scaped yard through an open gallery, which creates a buffer
between nature and building;
 Kitchen facilities, restrooms, and engineering spaces that sup-
port the functions in the Main Hall; and
 A Brides Room.

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LOUISIANA WORLD EXPOSITION
Project Owner: Louisiana World Exposi-
tion
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Architects arrived from “down under” with schematic
design drawings in hand, and together we completed
the design and construction of the entire project in
90 days at a cost of approximately $2 million in the
International Pavilion, now the New Orleans
Riverwalk.
This 40,000 square foot, two-story exhibit for the 1984
World’s Fair in New Orleans included:
• Fixed exhibits of Australia’s geography, economy,
and flora and fauna and featuring native materi-
als such as wall and floor carpets made of wool
from merino sheep and indigenous plants;
• Support facilities consisting of escalators and el-
evators fromAustralia’s Knoxville exhibit, projec-
tion room and employee lounge space
• Administrative offices for the Commissioner Gen-
eral
• V.I.P. reception area which served native gour-
met meals and native beer and wine twice daily
and included a lounge area, formal dining area,
and a fully equipped kitchen staffed by stewards
from the Australian navy.

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Project Owner: Louisiana World Exposi-
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Contact:
The Petroleum Industries Pavilion was designed
for a consortium of fifteen oil companies for the
1984 World’s Fair in New Orleans to demonstrate
to the world a compatibility of the environment
and the exploration for oil. The 32,000 square-
foot pavilion was designed, budgeted in eight
months for $5.7 million. The exhibition areas
included:
• A 55,000-gallon saltwater aquarium
• An innovative split-screen format movie
theater seating 400 persons
• A 6,000 square foot Petroleum Exhibit Hall
• An authentic operational offshore drilling
platform exhibit.

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NEW ORLEANS CENTER FOR CRE-
ATIVE ARTS
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts
(NOCCA) spent several years search-
ing for a site. Each site demanded a
site analysis be made to determine if
the architectural program could be ac-
commodated at that particular site. In
addition, Zoning and Building Codes
imposed constraints upon each piece
of property. At the same time, site
analysis presents additional opportu-
nities and/or constraints unique to each
site.
NOCCA considered numerous sites
over many years before
settling upon the chosen
location just downtown
fromthe French Quarter.
The availability of a
Western Electric manu-
facturing facility (now a
furniture store and ware-
house) in Mid City
prompted the original
charrette in 1986 (coor-
dinated by the late Ben
Graves of Educational Facilities
Laboratories).
The Warehouse District re-de-
velopment spurred by the 1984
World’s Fair produced a num-
ber of candidates for adaptive
re-use, as did the old U.S. Mint
building on Esplanade Avenue
at the north end of the French
Quarter.
New construction in City Park
not far from the New Orleans
Museum of Art proved to be an
idle dream. However, when new
construction on a empty lot ad-
joining a Standard Coffee warehouse
inspired a class project at Tulane Uni-
versity School of Architecture, their
imaginative view studies embraced vi-
sual access to the Mississippi River and
surrounding historic neighborhoods.
The lot, however, proved too small for
the instructional and architectural pro-
gram and it was not available.
This new interest of NOCCA in explor-
ing areas ripe for neighborhood revi-
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along this light industrial and rail-
way corridor bordering the river ul-
timately resulted in discovering
what has become its new address
on Chartres Street, straddling the
historic Faubourg Marigny and
Bywater areas at the River. It is on
the site of the old Cotton Steam
Press warehouses, which had also
served as passenger substations
years ago when Homer Pleasy pur-
chased his fateful trainticket amidst
the cotton bales.
Accessible to the Interstate (I-10)
via Elysian Fields Avenue, this lo-
cation allows NOCCA to continue
its development as a center for the
arts training for high school stu-
dents commuting from the eight
parish (county) metro-region of
New Orleans.
But, as much as this site was rea-
sonable in cost (being partly do-
nated by Southern Railways) and
presented opportunities for the
adaptive reuse of historically sig-
nificant structures in historic neigh-
borhoods, there were also problems
to be dealt with.
There are the obvious additional
cost s in rehabilitating historic
structures to accommodate present
uses. There is a railroad track bisect-
ing the property and there are high
voltage lines running along the edge
of the site.
By creatively dealing with each
of the “problems” and looking
upon themas opportunities rather
than “problems”, the unique so-
lution that is now NOCCA
evolved. Yes, it cost a bit more
to satisfy the preservation au-
thorities while adaptively reha-
bilitating the existing ware-
houses, but the students now get
anarchitecturalhistorylessonand
city history lesson by osmosis.
The track, serving the wharves
alongtheMississippi, teaches the eco-
nomic importance of the port to the
Cityand, theysay, trains will only
run early in the morning and early
in the evening; notenough to con-
flict with normal use times for the
facilities. The high voltage lines
proved, after studies, to be a non-
issue.
The important message is to ap-
proach available sites with posi-
tive, creative thoughts. Solutions
will generally appear.
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