Wittenberg's grandfather was the first registered architect in Arkansas and the founder of the architectural firm Wittenberg, Delony and Davidson. Wittenberg himself is director of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Donaghey Project for Urban Studies and Design. He is transforming a one-story Art Deco brick warehouse that used to manufacture Climber automobiles into five handsome loft apartments. It's an extraordinary residence. Wittenberg, one of those leading the way in downtown's redesign, left the ceiling open to the building's steel trusses and wooden roof.
Partial walls create rooms.
The bathroom is a freestanding room with the look of a Japanese bathhouse. Wittenberg likes the density of downtown. Wittenberg, Gensler and Adams all say they feel secure living downtown. The three buildings, which have a total of 250,000 square feet, will contain a total of 145 loft apartments and 30,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. Loft also indicates open space.