PK Studios’ Interior Design Department is pleased to announce that their recently completed hospice project has earned a LEED Silver Rating.
This building is the first LEED project in Lehigh Acres and is the fifth in Lee County with such a distinction.  The client, Hope Healthcare Services is very pleased with the project and plans to use many of the solutions developed during the design process as new standards for their future projects.
Both PK Studios interior designers on this project are LEED Certified …

PK Studios has recently completed construction documents on a tenant improvement project that will occupy the majority of the retail and residential space in one of downtown Naples’ newest projects – the Six10 building at 10th Street North and 6th Avenue North (pictured below).

The new tenant is Hazelden, an addiction treatment center founded in 1949 in Minnesota.
The project will have a 48-bed capacity and ‘feature an innovative recovery community approach coordinating recovery principles in life and work. It will serve those needing intermediate level addiction treatment services with a lifestyle …

The Cambier Park Band Shell is an award-winning renovation project for the most important park and cultural center in Naples. PK Studios won the commission to take an existing park bandshell and create a state-of-the-art facility and centerpiece for the City.

The new band shell serves as a home to all types of performances from big-band concerts to Shakespeare in the Park, and can entertain audiences as large as 7,000 people.

To cover the expanded stage and withstand 80 tons of wind uplift, a polyester fabric roof was used, which transfers loads to foundation pilings …

As architects in a relatively change-averse cityscape like that of Naples, it’s exciting when a project comes along that calls for a lot of expression of our design abilities and a unique architectural statement. One such design was the FGCU (Florida Gulf Coast University) Naples Center, a 250-seat chamber hall and adjoining educational facility located in the heart of Naples.

This 50,000 square foot performance and classroom center is planned to be located at the corner of Goodlette-Frank Road and US 41 East, across from Tin City and the Bayfront Inn. …

PK Studios is pleased to announce that our firm has been awarded a 2009 AIA Florida Design Award for Unbuilt Merit for the design of the Kayak Launch for Collier County. The Kayak Launch was also the recipient of a 2007 local design award from AIA Florida Southwest.

Recognition from our colleagues at the state level reaffirms the project’s unique design. We are pleased to be recognized in the company of such names as Oppenheim Architecture, Arquitectonica, and Zyscovich Architects.
 
We are also pleased and honored to see Bruce Gora awarded posthumously with …

The Ole Community, located within Lely Resort in Naples, has changed the face of master-planned communities in Naples and Florida forever.

Ole, and its sister community – Paseo in Fort Myers, are based on similars concept of a strong town center with integrated commercial uses, a pedestrian network, and residential products that inspire a more urban residential scale.

The Ole Clubhouse is the focus of social life at the community. Commercial uses are built into the framework of a traditional clubhouse concept.

The 16,000 square foot clubhouse features amenities such as a resort …

PK Studios is pleased to report that the Naples City Council voted 4-3 on Wednesday to approve the new land use designation of “senior living” for the City of Naples and to rezone the property that will become the Bridges at Gordon River CCRC to a planned development zoning designation.
Update 9-16-2009: Naples City Council cast the final vote this evening, in a 6-1 affirmation to complete the entitlement, annexation, and re-zoning process and approve the project to proceed.
The planned CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community) will feature 396 units, an additional …

This past Friday, PK Studios submitted the Olé development (PDF), located at Lely Resort in Naples, for the ULI (Urban Land Institute) Award for Excellence: The Americas. As leading Naples architects and planners, the firm hopes to be recognized by this prestigious annual award and showcase the Olé development as an innovative leader in the current real estate market.
The ULI Award for Excellence recognizes development projects in the public and private sectors, and has been awarded since 1979. The jury convenes to select twenty to thirty finalists, and reconvenes after …

Gulfshore Business Daily announced Thursday that The David Lawrence Center and Foundation received an $81,000 grant from the Telford Foundation. The grant will “support prevention and educational programs in the [recently expanded] Children’s Outpatient Services Center.” According to Gulfshore Business, expansion began last June and demand for Children’s Outpatient Services has increased nearly 80 percent.
PK Studios, Inc. has worked closely with the David Lawrence Center since 2004 in a wide-ranging planning and architectural design effort to expand and upgrade their capacity and quality of service to the community. Most recently, …

Over the last year, PK Studios has been heavily involved in the design of the Naples Underpass Art Gallery, in cooperation with the United Arts Council of Collier County, the Von Liebig Art Center (Naples Art Association), and the City of Naples (Florida). For the design of the underpass, PK Studios received the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Florida Southwest Chapter 2008 Award for Unbuilt Honor in Architecture. PK Studios is providing design services pro-bono in an effort to contribute to the overall health and beauty of the city we …