From B-Balls to Bedrooms Gymnasium Reincarnated as Condos

摘要

It has the look of a Soho loft, but the feel of the new condominiums in Albuquerque High School's old gymnasium is strictly New Mexico. The 54 condominiums are part of larger project that is creating a rebirth in the once rundown area of Duke City. Albuquerque's Paradigm Development and Richardson and Richardson Construction completed the restoration of the school's old classroom building in February 2004, and -a slew of new live/work units on Arno Street are adding critical mass to the area's redevelopment. The two firms teamed up again, along with local architect Dekker /Perich /Sabatini, to renovate the 64,000-sq.-ft. gymnasium under Leadership in Environmental Engineering and Design guidelines. The 6 million dollars project finished in February with prices starting out in the 300,000 dollars range. "Quite a bit of the efforts in L.E.E.D. certification are in the materials and resources and that includes building reuse," said architect Ashley Burkholder of Dekker/Perich/Sabatini. "We are getting the bulk of our points in materials and resources, with a heavy component of indoor environmental quality."