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TAPARCHITECTURE and CMS Willowbrook Construction
Managers were honored to partner with Oklahoma State University to renovate this jewel on the prairie. Honors are being showered on the transformation of the University’s first building (circa 1896) into a new home for its Honor’s College.
“…We thank and applaud TAP Architecture, CMS Willowbrook and OSU Long Range Facility Planning for partnering to make Old Central new again!”
- Burns Hargis, President, Oklahoma State University
Awards
AIA Oklahoma Preservation Honor Award
2010 State Historic Preservation Officers Citation of Merit
2009 Build Oklahoma Award
Old Central was found to be surprisingly intact despite multiple renovations, a tornado, and even attempts to demolish the structure. TAP’s design approach created a pristine modern interior that resides within a painstaking historic rehabilitation / restoration. Though from markedly different periods the modern and historic elements rest comfortably in each others presence.OSU-Old-Central-image-serie