How do we build atop a historic warehouse while preserving its integrity and honoring the heritage of the community?
Liberty Warehouse
Durham, North Carolina l Preservation Durham
Liberty Warehouse
Built in 1940, Liberty is Durham’s last remaining tobacco auction warehouse


The design integrates the Liberty brick façade at the corner of Rigsbee and Corporation into the new commercial and multi-family housing development. The historic façade is maintained and the new architecture takes visual cues to assimilate window patterns, locate entries, and program the corner with a restaurant. GFRC siding by Oko-skin provides a warm durable exterior that compliments the historic brick.
H I G H L I G H T S
Maintain a portion of an existing façade while integrating a new modern build behind it
Use of glass-fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) exterior wall panels
C O L L A B O R A T O R S
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