The CentraCare Health Gorecki Guest House provides patients and family members a convenient and comfortable place to stay while receiving medical care at the St. Cloud Hospital.  This 16-bed addition to the existing facility is scheduled to start construction in the spring of 2015 for a fall opening.  Working on design options with members of the neighborhood, this facility is designed to offer a homelike atmosphere and fit with the residential character of the adjacent homes.  

It was a cool fall day, but the students had a lot of fun at the groundbreaking event for the new addition to their school. Kaleidoscope Charter School in Otsego, MN was in need of a significant addition to the existing facility to accommodate growth among current grades and to offer senior high school grade levels. The new K-12 school continues with the tradition of small class sizes with individual attention as well as providing specialty offerings like their STEAM program (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics). The project is currently under construction and scheduled to open for classes fall of 2015.

The Sartell-St. Stephen School District was facing overcrowding in their middle school and GLTArchitects assisted them in researching options for additional classroom space.  The new addition, featured on the right side of the photo, was designed to blend in with an existing classroom addition and includes three classrooms to the south end of the school (3,850 s.f.).  The scope of work also included code upgrades to the existing school.  The project was on a very tight timeline.  Planning with the school district was done in March, construction documents were completed in April, bidding was done in May, and construction was completed over the summer to allow the new classrooms to be ready for the start of school, fall 2014.

The Waterford housing project has been completed and occupied since the first of May with virtually all of the apartment units rented by the time the building was finished.  

Construction has begun on the Mount Saint Benedict Monastery housing addition.  The rainy weather initially slowed progress, but the footings and foundation wall installation is now moving along rapidly.  All geo-thermal wells have been drilled and installed and await the installation of the heating/cooling systems for completion.

GLTArchitects team up with Winkelman Building Corporation to start construction on the new classroom addition, due to be complete by Fall, 2014 for the start of the school year.
See here for a St. Cloud Times update.

Together with RA Morton, GLTArchitects help the Sisters in the ground breaking ceremonies for the construction of their new Monastery.
The Sisters of Mount Saint Benedict Monastery, engage Dan Tideman of GLTArchitects in the design of the new monastic living space.
Please read here for more details. 

GLTArchitects collaborated with staff and international Chinese students to design the new Confucius Institute at St. Cloud State University. The Confucius Institute works with Chinese immersion/second-language programs and builds cross-cultural understanding and partnerships in the community. The Institute is located in the Education Building and provides study, conference, and research space for language immersion teachers. SCSU faculty and students are also welcome.  Chinese literature, art, and artifacts are proudly displayed throughout the space. 
Click here to learn more about the Confucius Institute (May 6, 2014, St. Cloud Times).

St. Cloud State University’s James W. Miller Learning Resource Center, which houses the school’s technology support center, needed a redesign that better reflected the fact that students use technology for their day-to-day learning.  Repositioning the technology help desk and opening the space for collaborative work created a 24-hour computer/study area where assistance and instruction can thrive.