The Outlets of Mississippi is a 300,000 SF open-air outlet shopping center located in Jackson, Mississippi. It is part of a larger mixed-use retail/entertainment district, which also features Trustmark Park (Home to the Mississippi Braves), Bass Pro Shops, Sam's Club, and a Holiday Inn.

Inspiration for the design came from numerous classical revival buildings in downtown Jackson, most notably the State Capitol, the Governor's Mansion, and the Old Capitol Museum.

The project is the home to over 80 upscale outlet tenants.

Client:

Spectrum Capital | Jackson, Mississippi

Collaborative Partners:

Design Collective, Inc | Baltimore,MD

Dale Partners | Jackson,MS

LOD Solutions | Bel Air, MD

Taubman Prestige Outlets is a 300,000 SF open-air outlet center located in Chesterfield, Missouri, a suburb just west of downtown St. Louis. 

This unique linear site, formerly in a flood plain, was transformed into development property by a shift in the location of the Monarch Chesterfield Levee Trail several hundred feet to the north. This shift created a site with tremendous visibility and accessibility to and from the adjacent Interstate 64.

Due to unique underground drainage conditions, no trees could be planted in the common areas of the project. So, numerous linear "rain gardens", planted with shrubs and grasses, are used throughout to collect, hold, and slowly filter the rain water to underground percolation beds.

A simple, clean, modern architectural vocabulary, accenting horizontal lines and up-graded materials, was selected to allow the buildings to fit comfortably into the upscale Chesterfield community context.

The project is home to over 50 upscale outlet tenants.

Client:

The Taubman Company

Collaborative Partner:

Design Collective, Inc | Baltimore, MD

The Outlets at Lake George is a 100,000 SF outlet complex located in Queensbury, NY, south of Lake George, just off of Interstate 87, the Adirondack Northway. The project is comprised of the renovation of a 50,000 SF existing property and a new 50,000 SF expansion across Route 9.

Inspiration for the design came from a local historic hotel-The Sagamore Resort-located in nearby Bolton Landing.

Client:

Sobert Realty | Purchase, NY

Collaborative Partners:

Design Collective, Inc | Baltimore, MD

HCP Architects | Albany, NY

LOD Solutions | Bel Air, MD

Williamsburg Premium Outlets (formerly Prime Outlets-Williamsburg) is a 455,000 SF (GLA) open-air outlet complex located on Route 60, just north of the restored area of Colonial Williamsburg and The College of William & Mary.

The latest addition to the center is a 115,000 SF expansion providing space for 30 new tenants as well as a new Food Court.  The project was awarded a LEED "Green Building" certification for materials use, storm water management practices, and the implementation of pervious paving in the parking lots.

Thomas K. Bauley completed this project as Director of Design at Prime Retail

Puerto Rico Premium Outlets (formerly Prime Outlets-Puerto Rico) is a 333,330 SF (GLA) outlet center located on Interstate PR-22 about 35 miles west of downtown San Juan in the pharmaceutical industry hub of Barceloneta.

The 160,000 SF Phase II expansion augments the original Phase I project . Both phases were inspired by the vibrant colors and rich details of the architecture of Old San Juan.

Thomas K. Bauley completed this project as Director of Design at Prime Retail.

San Francisco Premium Outlets (formerly Livermore Premium Outlets) is a 512,000 SF (GLA) open-air outlet center located in the East Bay community of Livermore, California.

The architecture of San Francisco Premium Outlets was inspired by the many wineries in the Livermore Valley as well as the arts and crafts building tradition of the region.

Thomas K. Bauley was involved in the Site Planning, Concept Design and Schematic Design phases of the project as well as the entitlement process while serving as Director of Design at Prime Retail. 

Grand Prairie Premium Outlets is a 417,000 SF open-air outlet center located at the intersection of Interstate 20 and State Highway 360, just 7 miles from Globe Life Park (the home of the Texas Rangers) and AT&T Stadium (the home of the Dallas Cowboys) in Arlington, TX. 

The design of Grand Prairie Premium Outlets was inspired by the simple and timeless vernacular architecture of the Texas Hill Country.

Thomas K. Bauley was involved in the Site Planning, Concept Design, and Schematic Design phases of the project as well as the entitlement process while serving as Director of Design at Prime Retail.

As a critical and integral extension of the architectural design of a project, the environmental graphics packages are the "jewelry" of a center, adding a richness of detail and enhancing the continuity of the design vocabulary.

Aside from being both essential and functional elements in a project, the environmental graphics are the tactile tone-setting pieces of a center that the shopper is typically the most closely engaged with. In either a primary or supporting capacity, Thomas K. Bauley is intensively involved in the direction and development of the environmental graphics for each project that he serves as Design Architect.

River Hill Village Center | Clarksville, MD

This center, which opened in late 1997, is the last of the Columbia, Maryland grocery store anchored village centers.  Inspired in part by the traditional architectural vocabulary of architect and planner Leon Krier's New Town of Poundbury in England, the architecture of the River Hill Village Center reflects its pastoral setting in the rolling hills of Howard County. The material and color palette that was established for the main buildings is continued, in numerous variations, in each of the outparcel buildings within the village center complex.

Thomas K. Bauley was the Concept Design and Schematic Design architect on this project while Associate/Senior Retail Architect at Design Collective, Inc in Baltimore, MD.

Maple Lawn Retail Buildings I & II | Maple Lawn, MD

These two multi-tenant retail buildings, which opened in 2005, were the first retail buildings in the Downtown District of the Maple Lawn TND (Traditional Neighborhood Development), a planned community in Howard County, MD, just south of Columbia. These two buildings serve as the entry gateway on Maple Lawn Boulevard into the workplace district, which has now grown with the completion of numerous office buildings, additional retail outparcels, a grocery store, and new residential units.

Thomas K. Bauley was the Concept Design and Schematic Design Architect on this project while Associate/Senior Retail Architect with Design Collective Inc, in Baltimore, MD. 

This project was a complete re-imagining of the 125-year old iconic institution. It included both the re-thinking of the entire visitor experience as well as the design/re-design of major public venues: Ticketing/restrooms, Gift Shop, Food Service/Conference Facility, and Tram stations. The 5 new proposed animal exhibits included Polar Bear Watch, Amphibians and Reptiles, Penguins, Siberian Tigers, as well as a new Central Gathering/Orientation Space. To date only the Polar Bear Watch exhibit, which opened in 2004, has been realized. 

Thomas K. Bauley was the lead Design Architect on this project while Associate/Senior Retail Design Architect with Design Collective, Inc in Baltimore.

One of the "boilerplate" components of virtually every outlet center, the Food Court serves not only as the communal heart of a project but also as a very practical amenity to extend the typical shopper's visit to a center.

Ranging from 4 to 10 units, the Food Court is thematically tied to the architecture of a center and is an opportunity to "carry the look" of a project from outside to inside, with an enhanced level of detail.

The recent projects featured in this gallery are:

-Concept studies for a lifestyle center renovation in the Philadelphia Metro area (The Plaza at Cherry Hill- TPACH)

-Concept studies for a grocery store anchored lifestyle/neighborhood center renovation in the Baltimore Metro area (Yorktowne Plaza- YP)

A study for an unbuilt version of the Baltimore Visitors Center, which was completed in a different version in 2004. I was working on the Maryland Zoo at the time and was in my “wood phase” when I did a quick weekend design study for the BVC while at Design Collective, Inc. The original design was done literally in actual model form, but I had never documented/explored the design in SketchUp until recently.

The building has a clearly articulated “X” shaped timber structural system (alluding to the tall ship structures in the Harbor) supporting a “V” shaped roof. The central section is an all-glass two story exhibit pavilion flanked on either side by one story support functions (restrooms/building systems/gift shop) and is topped by four mast-like columns.

The design of the completed building (by DCI) is very successful, but this is still one of my personal favorite “might-have-beens”………..

The connection between art and architecture has always been a very special one for me. The creation of art informs the creation of architecture and vice versa. The Baltimore series of drawings happened when my office moved to the Inner Harbor and I was looking out at the skyline on a daily basis. It was very inspiring and gave me an excuse to get more familiar with the wonderful architectural history of the city.

I grew up across the Potomac in Arlington, Virginia and going into Washington was always a special and magical event for me. The Washington series of drawings let me recapture those special moments when we would drive over Memorial Bridge to go to the monuments or one of the museums.

What started out as a pure labor of love morphed into a full gallery of drawings and then a book. As a student at The College of William & Mary, I always loved being able to take a stroll or bike ride down the Duke of Gloucester Street in the restored area to clear my mind from the fog of constant studying. It truly was a sanctuary in every sense of the word and became a touchstone for me to return to throughout my life.