Soulsville Stax Museum & Music Academy
LOCATION
Memphis, TN
ARCHITECT
Looney
Ricks Kiss
SERVICES PROVIDED
Pre-Construction
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.
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