--- title: Keller Williams Realty | Neumann Monson Architects description: A façade treatment updates a once vacant restaurant to fit the needs of Keller Williams, a growing real estate company. Learn more about the design. --- [Skip to main content](https://neumannmonson.com/keller-williams-realty-2#maincontent) # Keller Williams Realty This renovation project reads tectonic opportunity into the nuances of a conventional retail shell, with dramatic spatial effect. The design adapts a long-vacant restaurant to the needs of a growing realty company. Exterior interventions focus to the south, where the new tenants announce themselves with a dramatic 90’x20’ screen wall façade. Strategic sitework enhances the entry sequence while selective demolition improves interior daylighting and interfaces the existing shell with its porous new addition. A generous offset between the existing building and the new screen wall assembly leaves room for a glazed vestibule and a fabric-shaded patio to nestle in the interstice.   The screen is constructed of multiple layers. Steel columns, tied back to the existing building, support diamond-latticed steel straps that lace together stained 1×1 horizontal wood cribbing. The lattice telegraphs the patterned coursing of the original shell’s masonry walls. A continuous horizontal opening in the cribbing frames patio views and highlights the wood’s steel support structure. **Project Type: **Workplace **Location: **West Des Moines, Iowa **Size: **2,500 SF **Completed: **2015 **Awards: **2016 AIA Iowa Craft Award ## Start Your Architectural Journey You deserve a space where your organization reaches its potential. Let’s help you get there. Schedule a 30-minute call with an expert architect to discuss your project and goals. We typically respond within 2-3 business days. [Meet with Us](https://neumannmonson.com/meet-with-us) [Explore our Services](https://neumannmonson.com/services)