{"id":763522,"date":"2026-07-15T02:19:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T02:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/763522\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T02:19:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T02:19:16","slug":"eskewdumezripple-completes-burden-museum-gardens-welcome-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/763522\/","title":{"rendered":"EskewDumezRipple completes Burden Museum &#038; Gardens Welcome Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new 6,500-square-foot building, made primarily of timber, designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archpaper.com\/tag\/eskewdumezripple\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EskewDumezRipple<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archpaper.com\/tag\/baton-rouge\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baton Rouge<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archpaper.com\/tag\/louisiana\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Louisiana<\/a>, serves as a \u201ccivic gateway\u201d to the Burden Museum &amp; Gardens, and the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens campus more broadly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Landscape architecture firm <a href=\"https:\/\/agencypr-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com\/2p7yBwhq1AhQry8JxHsG2eoWkCSdr7ihajojvs-AzSR5ZOb9cnwEpj4usLeXTRIAvUfMoArHQnjmsSgWqxXn-HyC51r9bPdLxbRSmX3InQeRpBW8OoodTdxjFsAfofs5AkyK9bqk-P1rPf2DQuTe0wUzjw-LWtGUqkyQg3a3BLPIiX2Gz-w\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CARBO<\/a> worked in tandem with Suzanne Turner Associates on the project\u2019s exterior realm.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-419581 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC_1796_Michael-Mantese_\u00a9-EskewDumezRipple-1.jpg\" alt=\"A main stair feeds into the central foyer\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1267\"  \/>A main stair feeds into the central foyer. (Michael Mantese\/\u00a9 EskewDumezRipple)<\/p>\n<p>The building by EskewDumezRipple functions as a flexible community venue and \u201corientation hub.\u201d The timber structure consists of locally sourced cypress, complemented by polished concrete flooring. Dark corrugated siding wraps the building\u2019s envelope. Lighter wood faces the covered exterior spaces, providing contrast.<\/p>\n<p>Deep overhangs, shaded porches, and breezeways help naturally cool the building at the same time connecting it architecturally with the rural, vernacular \u201cdogtrot buildings\u201d of the Rural Life Museum and Steele Burden Memorial Orangerie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe approached this project as more than architecture, it was about creating something deeply connected to the land and its history,\u201d said EskewDumezRipple principal Mark Hash.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-419578 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC_1662_Michael-Mantese_\u00a9-EskewDumezRipple.jpg\" alt=\"wood faces the covered exterior spaces\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1267\"  \/>Lighter wood faces the covered exterior spaces, providing contrast. (Michael Mantese\/\u00a9 EskewDumezRipple)<\/p>\n<p>The building is organized around a central foyer flanked by a gift shop and flexible event space for lectures, banquets, and events.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The landscape design by CARBO and Suzanne Turner Associates draws from Louisiana\u2019s ecological and cultural systems. Roof runoff water is channeled into rain gardens and visible stormwater features. Permeable gravel parking and native planting further tie the grounds into the regional hydrology.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-419577 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC_1658_Michael-Mantese_\u00a9-EskewDumezRipple-e1784049342984.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"970\" height=\"1080\"  \/>A sculptural roof scupper is located on the east facade. (Michael Mantese\/\u00a9 EskewDumezRipple)<\/p>\n<p>A sculptural roof scupper, on the east facade, pours rainfall into a teaching pool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe project was conceived as a framework for experiencing a place, rooted in context and shaped by sustainability and longevity,\u201d Hash added. \u201cIt honors what came before while remaining open to what comes next.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new 6,500-square-foot building, made primarily of timber, designed by EskewDumezRipple in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, serves as a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":763523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,62041,229,88,326600,6098],"class_list":["post-763522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-baton-rouge","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-eskewdumezripple","tag-louisiana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/763523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}