Explore 42 sites. 1 Weekend. 0 cost. Atlanta’s Premier Architecture Festival October 21 & 22, 2017 Explore the city with new eyes Open House Atlanta is the city’s first aims to make architecture, interior architecture festival, dedicating an entire design, and public planning accessible October weekend to celebrate our most and understandable to the general iconic, intriguing treasures in the built public — and clearly demonstrating the environment. From sacred spaces and contributions the built environment makes hotels to museums and offices, Open to society. House Atlanta offers attendees a free pass to explore the city’s architectural The festival is part of the Open House landmarks — some of which are seldom Worldwide family, which comprises 33 open to the public. cities around the world and four in the United States, including Chicago, New Originating in London, England, in 1992, York and San Diego. the Open House movement is an engaging way for residents and visitors alike to Take the opportunity to Linger Longer and discover and experience the personality enjoy the Atlanta city experience at our of a city, while learning about the local participating restaurant and retailer contributions of its architects, designers, partners. Find discount tickets in your engineers, developers and visionaries. guidebook or stop by one of the Welcome Centers on Saturday or Sunday and pick up Great design doesn’t have to be a an offer! Open House Atlanta is all about mystery open to just a select few in community and experiencing the city in our communities. Open House Atlanta ways you’ve never dreamed of — enjoy! October 21-22, BUCKHEAD 2017 1. W Atlanta Buckhead 2. AMLI 3464 Buckhead Sites 3. Collins Cooper Carusi Architects 4. Hanover East Paces Midtown Sites Downtown Sites MIDTOWN 5. Houser Walker Architecture 6. The Temple 7. Rosser International DOWNTOWN 8. The Breman Museum 9. Center for Puppetry Arts 28. The Odd Fellows Building 10. Atlantic House 29. APEX Museum 11. Woodruff Arts Center 30. Hurt Building 12. Rose + RYE at The Castle 31. Flatiron Building 13. Piedmont Park Visitor's Center 32. Cooper Carry 14. YOO on the Park 33. HOK Atlanta 15. Colony Square 34. Peachtree Center 16. Loews Atlanta Hotel 35. AIDS Memorial Quilt 17. Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta Visitors Center 18. Federal Reserve Bank of 36. Big Bethel AME Church Atlanta - Monetary Museum 37. 100 Peachtree 19. Gensler EYP Stanley Beamen 20. Heery International & Sears 21. Margaret Mitchell House Praxis 3 22. Peachtree Lofts Stevens & Wilkinson 23. The Ponce Condominiums 38. Woodruff Park 24. lilli Midtown 25. The Georgian Terrace Hotel 26. Saint Mark United Methodist 27. Baltimore Block Peachtree Stroll History Buff Suggested Sites to See Sweet (Midtown): Tour: Auburn: 06. The Temple Start at Five Points Station: 29. APEX Museum 07. Rosser International 30. Hurt Building 36. Big Bethel AME Church 11. Woodruff Arts Center 31. Flatiron Building 28. Odd Fellows Building 15. Colony Square Walk or take the train to Civic 16. Loews Atlanta Hotel Center Station: 18. Federal Reserve 27. Baltimore Block 21. Margaret Mitchell House 23. Ponce Condominiums 19. Gensler 26. Saint Mark United Methodist 20. Heery International Church 22. lilli Midtown 21. Margaret Mitchell House 25. The Georgian Terrace Hotel and Museum Denotes a participant Wheelchair accessible site Special programming or in Linger Longer P other activities available Collins Cooper Carusi Architects 2017 Participating Sites Architecture Firm Museums & Galleries Collins Cooper Carusi Architects AIDS Memorial Quilt Visitors Center Cooper Carry APEX Museum EYP Stanley Beaman & Sears Breman Museum Gensler Atlanta Center for Puppetry Arts Heery International Margaret Mitchell House HKS Inc. Woodruff Arts Center HOK Houser Walker Architecture Outdoors Praxis3 Piedmont Park Visitor Center Rosser International Woodruff Park Stevens & Wilkinson Residential Business AMLI 3464 Colony Square Atlantic House Equitable Building Hanover East Paces Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta lilli Midtown Peachtree Center Ponce Condominiums YOO on the Park Historic Baltimore Block Sacred Space Flatiron Building Big Bethel AME Church Hurt Building Saint Mark United Methodist Church Odd Fellows Building The Temple Peachtree Lofts Rose + RYE at The Castle Hotel Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta Georgian Terrace Hotel Loews Atlanta Hotel W Atlanta Buckhead Buckhead Hanover East Paces Sat: 10:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Sun: 12:00 - 5:00 p.m. 400 Pharr Road NE P Hanover East Paces, the luxurious new apartments in Buckhead, is in a very walkable area with a short commute to Downtown North Atlanta. Near Peachtree Road, where East becomes West Paces Ferry Road, apartments at Hanover provide a coveted address in the affluent uptown Atlanta district of Buckhead Village, a top Atlanta destination for shopping and dining. Whether relaxing by the luxurious pool, working out in the fitness W Atlanta Buckhead center, or watching a movie in the private screening room, residents here love where they live. AMLI 3464 Sat: 11:00 - 2:00 p.m. | Sun: 11:00 - 2:00 p.m. 3464 Roxboro Road NE Houser Walker P Sat: 10:00 - 3:00 p.m. | Sun: 10:00 - 3:00 p.m. AMLI Residential is one of the preeminent 1819 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 102 multifamily companies in the nation. AMLI is focused on the development, acquisition and Houser Walker Architecture is a boutique management of luxury apartment communities architecture studio dedicated to creating across the United States. This apartment extraordinary value by advocating for their development, centered on the newly created clients’ missions through a rigorous design Marie Sims Park, includes a high-rise with views process. HWA seeks to foster community and across the city and multiple mid-rise buildings, accomplish more with less by embracing an just blocks from Lenox Square. integrated, holistic and ecological approach to the planning and design of university environments, arts and cultural spaces, work environments, libraries, educational spaces, Collins Cooper Carusi Architects places of worship, and other spaces that Sat: 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. engage the public realm. 3391 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 400 Since occupying the building in 2004, Collins Cooper Carusi Architects has grown from W Atlanta Buckhead 30 to almost 60 team members. The firm Sat: 9:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Sun: 9:00 - 5:00 p.m. expanded its footprint of 13,072 square feet 3377 Peachtree Rd NE P to an addition to the floor below, acquiring an additional 3,693 square feet. Beyond the In the heart of Buckhead, one of the top 10 needs for physical growth, there was a desire most affluent communities in the United to develop an updated environment that States, the W Atlanta Buckhead features better facilitated the collaborative work style interiors designed by celebrity designer Thom in which teams participate. The firm identified Filicia, high-tech art conceived by visionaries, the need for spaces that enabled various- luxurious accents detailed by sophistication sized gatherings, from firm-wide meetings and alternative materials utilized by to smaller, more private collaborations. innovation. The hotel is surrounded by a lush Breakout spaces pepper the office with flexible abundance of specialty shopping, cultural furnishings and state-of-the-art technology. beats and exciting dining with a chic rooftop sky bar to cap it off. Downtown APEX Museum Sat: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Sun: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 135 Auburn Avenue NE P The John Wesley Dobbs Building, located at 135 Auburn Avenue, was built in 1910 as the Atlanta School Book Depository or Southern Schoolbook Depository Building. During the APEX Museum 1970’s it served as a tire warehouse. In 1985, it was restored by the ER Mitchell Construction Company and now houses the APEX (African American Panoramic Experience) Museum, 100 Peachtree devoted to African-American history. In Sat: 9:30 - 3:00 p.m. | Sun: 9:30 - 3:00 p.m. 1987, the building was renamed after John 100 Peachtree Street NW Wesley Dobbs, the civic and political leader often referred to as the unofficial “mayor” of 100 Peachtree Street is a 32-story iconic Auburn Avenue. landmark comprising 619,044 square feet. Overlooking Woodruff Park, the building features three structured parking garages and one surface lot. It was originally constructed in 1968 as the headquarters for the Equitable Life & Casualty insurance company. The location is part of the Fairlie-Poplar District and Broad Street, which has the best walkable urban retail infrastructure in the Atlanta region. Participating Open House Atlanta sites in the building include EYP Stanley Beaman & Sears, Praxis3 and Stevens & Wilkinson. AIDS Memorial Quilt Baltimore Block Visitors Center Sat: 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. 117 Luckie Street NW P Baltimore Block Sat: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Sun: 10:00 a.m. - Thirty years ago a group of strangers 4:00 p.m. gathered to remember the names and lives One Baltimore Place NW P of their loved ones they feared history would forget – and with that seemingly simple act A slice of history in the heart of Midtown of love and defiance, the first panels of The Atlanta’s burgeoning SoNo neighborhood, AIDS Memorial Quilt (The Quilt) were created Baltimore Block offers a unique setting to and The NAMES Project founded. Today, its community of tenants. The complex is The AIDS Memorial Quilt and its associated centered on eight brick row houses inspired archive stand as singular visible testaments by the colonial-era rows of Baltimore and of the cultural and social significance of the New York, transformed and expanded into AIDS pandemic. Nominated for a Nobel Peace a modern office asset. Baltimore Block Prize and recognized as an American Treasure combines Atlanta’s hallmark charm and by the Congress of the United States.