Location: Akron

Lock 3

Aerial view of a completed urban park with a large green lawn, curved concrete paths, and a modern performance stage.

Centrally located in the core of downtown, Lock 3 is the primary gathering space for Akron and its environs. Prior to the re-imagining of Lock 3, this ad-hoc space served as the City of Akron’s main public venue and functioned entirely as an event space whose primary mission is to bring people to the downtown. […]

The Bud and Susie Rogers Garden at the Akron Art Museum

A sunset view of a crowd gathered on the garden lawn for an outdoor performance, with the modern steel museum cantilever and city skyline in the background.

The Bud and Susie Rogers Garden at the Akron Art Museum is a gift to the community of Akron. OLIN worked closely with the museum on the design, which replaces a surface parking lot with a series of terraced outdoor spaces, including a welcoming plaza, a flexible lawn, a meandering path bordered by prairie grasses, […]