Historic armory building in Dover, New Hampshire, converted into children's museum.

Historic armory building in Dover, New Hampshire, converted into children's museum.

Children's Museum of New Hampshire

Dover, New Hampshire

completed 2009

featured project

Awarded LEED Silver

photography by Sean Hennessy (Copyright Hennessy Productions)

Buoy Gallery

Kittery, Maine

completed 2008

An artist gallery portion of the conversion of a mid-century post office in Kittery, Maine, into a mixed use building.

WYPR Accessibility and Facade Renovation

Baltimore, Maryland

first phase completed 2019

WYPR was looking to make their front entry accessible and reduce the solar heat gain on the front facade. ARQ designed a sloping entry walkway integrated with native planting as the first phase of the renovation (completed 2019). A series of perforated screen to help reduce the intensity of sunlight of the east-facing side of the building has been planned as a second phase of the project.

Smithsonian Institution 

Historic Building Report

Washington, District of Columbia

completed 2008

Report which described the original design of and subsequent modifications to a mid-century Smithsonian Institution museum building. The report was completed in preparation for an extensive 2010 renovation of the museum building.

Seacoast Science Center

Master Plan

Rye, New Hampshire

completed 2021

Study of project development options for renovation of and addition to the existing museum. Review included anticipated sea level rise as part of the site development analysis.