Soulsville Stax Museum and Music Academy
LOCATION
Memphis, TN
ARCHITECT
Looney Ricks Kiss
SERVICES PROVIDED
preconstruction
Construction Management
PROJECT DATA
Museum 17,000 SF; Music Academy 27, 000 SF
OWNER
Soulsville Stax Museum
- The Soulsville Stax Museum and Music Academy is a redevelopment
project built around the old Stax Recording Studios near downtown
Memphis.
- The restoration of the 27,000-square-foot Stax recording
studio, known for producing the music of remarkable soul singers Al
Green, Otis Redding and Issac Hayes in the late 60s and 70s.
- The Museum is a 17,000-square-foot, single story facility with
a metal stud wall system and brick veneer exterior façade.
- The south elevation is a re-creation of the Stax Recording
Studios with a wood and glass storefront, brick veneer with
limestone/terra cotta coping and lintels, and a theater marquee at
the main entry.
- The project won a local Associated Builders & Contractors
Excellence in Construction award.
