Design + Build

Westside garden: Riverside Cemetery is Cleveland’s first parklike cemetery on the west side
Cleveland Masterworks: Riverside Cemetery, one of the city's first parklike garden cemeteries, and the first one on Cleveland's west side.
League Park: A large piece of Cleveland sports history
Cleveland Masterworks: As the 2021 MLB season draws to a close and the city transitions into the Cleveland Guardians, Tom Matowitz delves into the history of League Park and the Cleveland baseball teams—and football teams—that played in the early days.
Charles Heard and Simeon Porter, creators of a legacy with their design of the Old Stone Church
The partnership between Charles Wallace Heard and Simeon Porter only lasted a decade in the mid-1800s, but together they built a legacy with Public Square's Old Stone Church, among other notable buildings in Northeast Ohio.
Brick by brick: Residents continue their quest to save deteriorating buildings on South Moreland
A group of residents in the Shaker Square and Buckeye neighborhoods are circulating a petition to save a deteriorating South Moreland property at 2962 Moreland Blvd.
Charles Sumner Schneider: Known for Stan Hywet Hall, homes of the East Side wealthy
Cleveland Masterworks: With impeccable training, Charles Sumner Schneider made a name for himself in Northeast Ohio—designing homes for the wealthy, Shaker Heights schools and city hall, and—his crowning achievement—Stan Hywet Hall in Akron.
EDWINS campus is expanding with additional housing in Buckeye
After continuously growing its footprint in the Buckeye neighborhood over the past eight years, EDWINS is expanding its campus again with a new 8,270-suare-foot living unit.
Abram Garfield: Known for his grand home designs and public housing developments
Cleveland Masterworks: Abram Garfield, son of President James A. Garfield, designed some of Cleveland's most desirable houses, many in Bratenahl, and later delved into government buildings and public housing projects.  
‘I Thank God For This:’ Kinsman residents welcome new affordable housing
Residents and officials celebrated the opening of Colfax Family Homes last week.
Colfax Family Homes in Kinsman reaches halfway mark in completion, celebrates with ribbon cutting
With half of the 36 affordable housing homes built in the Colfax development, Burten, Bell Carr is ready to celebrate with a ribbon cutting ceremony.
The May partners with ROOST Apartment Hotel to host extended stay guests
Bedrock announced it will partner with ROOST Apartment Hotel to introduce a long-term stay option on three floors of the historic building.
Howell & Thomas: Designers of iconic Shaker and Cleveland Heights homes, schools
Cleveland Masterworks: Carl Howell and James Thomas began building some of the most grand homes in Shaker Heights and Cleveland Heights and worked for notable developers of the time like the Van Sweringen brothers and Barton Deming. 
Frank Seymour Barnum: Designed more than 20 homes on Millionaire’s Row, fireproof building pioneer
Cleveland Masterworks: Frank Seymour Barnum was known for designing fireproof buildings, but he also designed notable school, industrial, and residential structures throughout the city in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
New signs of life for one of Ohio City’s oldest mansions
The former 1853 Cook-Bousfield mansion and YWCA dormitory in Ohio City is being renovated to become 38 market-rate apartments.
Cleveland Heights moves forward with Cedar-Lee redevelopment plan
The plan to re-develop Cleveland Heights' Cedar-Lee-Meadowbrook site with retail and residential spaces edges closer to completion.
Zenas King: Built the bridges that connect Cleveland’s east and west sides
Zenas King first came to Cleveland to become a building contractor. He went on to construct three innovative bridges and create the country's largest manufacturer of highway bridges.
Cleveland's event scene comes alive again with the debut of BLDG17 CLE in St. Clair-Superior
As event planner Kattie Cool sees it, there is no better way to celebrate the ability to gather in large groups again than with an all-new event space serving Cleveland—and that's where BLDG17 CLE comes in.
Graham, Anderson, Probst, and White: The firm that designed three notable CLE landmarks
Cleveland Masterworks: The Chicago-based firm Graham, Anderson, Probst, and White designed three of Cleveland's most notable buildings.
Karamu House to complete renovations, add community spaces, and return to live theater
Karamu House is about to complete the third and final phase of its renovations and return to live performances, thanks to a $1 million grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation.
Cudell & Richardson: Known for five historic buildings and churches, one haunted house
Frank Cudell and John Richardson designed many Cleveland buildings and churches, including the reportedly-haunted Franklin Castle.
Charles A. Platt: Designer of many Playhouse Square buildings, grand William Gwinn Mather estate
Cleveland Masterworks: Charles Platt was an accomplished artist before he launched into architecture to design some of Cleveland's historic buildings—which still stand today in Playhouse Square.