--- title: Artist Studio and Retail Gallery description: Adaptive Reuse of a Quonset Hut for BSK Design --- [![Pirie Associates Architects in New Haven, CT](https://www.pirieassociates.com/hubfs/images/pirie-associates-architects-in-new-haven-ct-1.png)](https://www.pirieassociates.com) # ARTIST STUDIO AND RETAIL GALLERY Adaptive Reuse of a Quonset Hut for BSK Design ## Project At a Glance Client: BSK Design & Chroma Studios Location: Guilford, CT Program: Artists' Co-working Studio and Retail Gallery Project Team: General Contractor: Anderson Wilcox Builders Photographer: [David Ottenstein Photography](http://davidottenstein.com/), Pirie Associates Awards & Publications: 2009 AIA Connecticut Business Architecture Award ## [![carbon drawdown](https://www.pirieassociates.com/hs-fs/hubfs/carbon%20drawdown.jpg?width=150&name=carbon%20drawdown.jpg)](https://www.pirieassociates.com/values)   ## PROJECT DETAILS This project is an adaptive reuse of the historic Quonset in Guilford, CT to house a collaborative working studio and retail art gallery. The client’s goals for the project : ▪ Create a collaborative environment where artists and clients can work together and share in the energy of the creative process ▪ Craft a space that has an urban, loft-like feel, with references to the De Stijl movement in art and architecture. The architectural solution: ▪ Uses the curved form of the Quonset hut in a compositional dialogue with the installation-like display planes, which also act as an economic solution for the structure of the loft ▪ Uses color and shape to focus physical and visual movement in the space and provide a variety of backgrounds to enhance the display of the artwork ▪ Allows for future growth and addition of other artists through a kit-of-parts strategy for the fixtures and furnishings. ## Learn. Inspire. Create. Want to learn more about this project? [Let's Talk](https://www.pirieassociates.com/connect-with-architects-who-listen-deeply) Copyright 2026 Pirie Associates Architects. All Rights Reserved. [[fa icon="facebook-square"]](https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pirie-Associates-Architects/124354311086017?fref=ts) [[fa icon="linkedin-square"]](https://www.linkedin.com/company/pirie-associates) [[fa icon="instagram"]](https://www.instagram.com/pirieassociates/) [[fa icon="twitter-square"]](https://twitter.com/PirieAssociates) [[fa icon="vimeo-square"]](https://vimeo.com/pirieassociates)