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Offices at Mid-City Market

New Orleans, Louisiana

The Offices at Mid-City Market is an adaptive reuse of the former Loubat Building, originally built in the 1950’s, into an office-retail complex. The $4.5 million renovation of the base building was approved for state and federal historic tax credits.

The renovated 56,568 SF building provides 36,274 SF of office space, with 8,897 SF for retail and 11,397 SF of interior parking. VergesRome Architects was the architect for the main project and roughly half of the tenant spaces. The headquarters of Gallo Mechanical, LLC, occupies 15,000 SF of space, with offices, workstations, and training facilities.

Hanock Whitney Bank, Lakeside Branch

Lakeside Shopping Center

Metairie, Louisiana

VergesRome Architects developed the new branch prototype design for Hancock Whitney Bank. The building design is flexible in size to allow the building to be modified depending on the program for the site. The first branch that was built is in Metairie, Louisiana on Causeway Boulevard.

The building contains 2,829 square feet and includes 5 private offices, 4 tellers, and a conference room. There are also 3 drive up lanes, a drive-up ATM and a walk-up ATM. There is a provision to add a second drive up ATM.

The interior walls of the branch are built with DIRTT walls to allow for easy modification in the future, with little disruption to the operation of the bank.

Allie Mae Williams Multi-Service Center

New Orleans, Louisiana

The Allie Mae Williams Multi-Service Center is located at 2020 Jackson Avenue in Central City. The Complex is an important resource in a neighborhood with a long history of advocacy for disadvantaged individuals and groups. In addition to the designated programs of childcare, senior citizen care, public health services and educational opportunity training, the Complex is a hub of political and social activity. It provides meeting spaces for community forums and district planning meetings, provides rental space for a privately run health clinic and provides basic public health screenings.

The existing Senior Center and Edna Pilsbury Buildings received roof repairs and replacement of HVAC systems. Renovations to the Multi-Media Center and Daycare Administration Building will include a Head Start Nursery facility and a branch of the New Orleans Library. The renovated facility, positioned on the Jackson Avenue frontage, will present a welcoming image for the surrounding community, connecting visually to the existing buildings on the campus while reflecting the neighborhood’s vernacular 19th and early 20th century retail architecture.

Allie Mae Williams Multi-Service Center Before Renovations

Department of Public Works Maintenance Building

New Orleans, Louisiana

Construction will begin soon on the City of New Orleans Maintenance Building and Site Construction Project, the first Phase of a Master Plan Development for the City of New Orleans for the Department of Public Works.  This phase consists of a new, 7,217 square foot multi-purpose building that includes 4,475 square feet of office space and a training room for employees.  The remaining 2,700 square feet of area provides space for minor vehicle services and repairs along with associated equipment and storage areas.  Site development includes accessory parking, a vehicle wash area and accommodations for material storage for street repair work.

Christian Brothers School St. Anthony of Padua Campus

New Orleans, Louisiana

VergesRome Architects had the wonderful opportunity to assist Christian Brothers School with their new grade-school facility at Saint Anthony of Padua School on Canal Street. VRA worked with Ryan Gootee General Contractors and the key faculty of Christian Brothers’ City Park Campus to prioritize areas of the existing school that needed upgrades.  Renovations included new lighting, new window coverings, IT upgrades, playground equipment, auditorium renovation and parking / playground revamping.  The renovations unify the architectural and interiors connection between the City Park Campus and the new St. Anthony Padua Campus.

Ray Brandt Infinity of South Mississippi

D’Iberville, Mississippi

VergesRome Architects designed this new full-service automobile dealership in D’Iberville, Mississippi. The 18,600 sf facility on 2.3 acres is the latest expansion to the dealer’s current Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen sales and service complex. The dealership includes sales, service and vehicle wash buildings and is set to open in February 2018.

Louisiana State University Parking Garage

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

In Joint Venture with Jerry Campbell and Associates of Baton Rouge, the noted New Orleans architectural firm, Kessels Diboll Kessels (KDK), acquired by VergesRome Architects in 2010, has designed a 752-car parking garage for the Louisiana State University campus. Located on a parcel of land bounded by Highland Road, Raphael Semmes, and East Campus Drive, the $22.8 Million facility was completed in March 2013. The six-story LSU parking structure was designed to complement the existing architectural fabric of the University.

The project also included the design of a space for the new location of the Barnes and Noble LSU Bookstore that is accessed on the Highland Road frontage, as part of the complex containing the new garage. The bookstore can also be accessed from the garage. Additional ancillary space has been included on Level One of the garage for the use of various campus organizations.

Morris Jeff Community School at Fisk Howard

New Orleans, Louisiana

The design of the new Morris Jeff Community School at Fisk Howard, located in Mid-City New Orleans, presented challenges as the building program and available land to develop was quite constricted. The building is a three-story structure with gymnasium, with associated functions at nearly two stories. The total area of the new school is 106,212SF situated on a full parcel city block of 103,750SF. The Joint Venture team of VergesRome + Fanning Howey developed a design to reflect neighborhood character and address scale with various exterior building material options. The new school is mandated to be certified LEED Silver.

VergesRome Architects designed a spirited, engaging environment for students while complementing the scale and eclectic styles of the surrounding neighborhood.

Citation for “Outstanding Designs: Elementary Schools”
American School & University Magazine

Plaquemines Parish Faculty Housing

Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

VergesRome Architects was awarded two projects by the Plaquemines Parish School Board to provide faculty housing to replace housing destroyed during Hurricane Katrina. The original housing, consisting primarily of single-family, slab on grade houses, was consolidated into multi-family housing units. In conformity with FEMA guidelines, all replacement units were required to be designed as elevated structures to mitigate future flooding concerns in this low-lying coastal area. Parking is accommodated on the Ground Level under the 17’ high elevation.

The faculty housing developments are located off-site but in general proximity to the Plaquemines Parish schools served. The largest of the projects, located at Buras, Louisiana, provides 32 faculty apartments ranging in size from one-bedroom to three-bedroom units. The Buras housing facility consists of eight buildings, totaling approximately 32,000 SF, with a 3,000 SF Housing Annex building. The raised units are interconnected by a system of covered walkways.

A second faculty housing facility, designed for Port Sulphur, provides a total of seven units contained in one building.

City Putt Miniature Golf Couse Clubhouse

New Orleans, Louisiana

VergesRome Architects designed a clubhouse for the City Park’s new City Putt miniature golf courses as subconsultant to Prime Consultant, Cashio Cochran, LLC. Located on the west side of the Great Lawn across from Storyland, the City Putt complex is one of many new attractions at the park. 

The program required a conditioned, centrally located lobby for check-in and admissions, pickup and return counters, and putting equipment storage. Two party rental rooms, each with their own icemaker/ bin, are sited on each side of the admissions area. Restrooms and storage space complete the design program.

Decks and footbridges connect the clubhouse to two locally themed 18-hole miniature golf courses with water features winding throughout the site. Decks leading to the golf courses provide ample seating for patrons, and restroom access. An aluminum storefront, custom color-matched to the metal standing-seam roof, supports ample glazing offering wide views over the spacious deck to the mini-golf courses beyond.

The clubhouse is a combination of structural steel and metal stud frame construction with cement-board siding. Exposed steel framing in the interior of the lobby lends a rustic look. Neutral colors are employed throughout, accented by bright splashes of color at the lobby counters.

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