Schofield Building
The Schofield Building, located at 2000 E. 9th Street in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States.
This 1902, 14-story, Victorian-style office building was designed by its builder, noted Cleveland archtiect Levi Schofield (also spelled "Scofield"). It was more commonly known as the "Euclid 9th Tower" in the 1930s. As Cleveland shed more than 200,000 in population from 1950 to 1969, fearful building owners decided to jettison "old-fashioned" facades in a desperate attempt to attrack tenants. The Schofield Building was clad in a bland, steel ribbon-and-glass over-facade which made it look nondescript.
In 2010, the Schofield Building was purchased by Kimpton Hotels. The new owner spent $50 million to gut the building and install entirely new electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and mechanical systems. The first seven floors became a 122-room hotel, and the upper seven floors became 52 luxury apartments. The 1960s facade was removed, and the terra cotta original facade restored.
So much of the facade had been damaged that only enough brick remained intact to cover the first three floors. The restoration architects won approval to cover the upper 11 floors with a fiberglass replica facade. The existing terra cotta was meticulously laser-scanned, the damage repaired in a computer, and the fiberglass facade placed on the building. It's almost impossible to see where the brick ends and the fiberglass begins.
Schofield Building
The Schofield Building, located at 2000 E. 9th Street in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States.
This 1902, 14-story, Victorian-style office building was designed by its builder, noted Cleveland archtiect Levi Schofield (also spelled "Scofield"). It was more commonly known as the "Euclid 9th Tower" in the 1930s. As Cleveland shed more than 200,000 in population from 1950 to 1969, fearful building owners decided to jettison "old-fashioned" facades in a desperate attempt to attrack tenants. The Schofield Building was clad in a bland, steel ribbon-and-glass over-facade which made it look nondescript.
In 2010, the Schofield Building was purchased by Kimpton Hotels. The new owner spent $50 million to gut the building and install entirely new electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and mechanical systems. The first seven floors became a 122-room hotel, and the upper seven floors became 52 luxury apartments. The 1960s facade was removed, and the terra cotta original facade restored.
So much of the facade had been damaged that only enough brick remained intact to cover the first three floors. The restoration architects won approval to cover the upper 11 floors with a fiberglass replica facade. The existing terra cotta was meticulously laser-scanned, the damage repaired in a computer, and the fiberglass facade placed on the building. It's almost impossible to see where the brick ends and the fiberglass begins.