Gardens in the Sky: The Ambitious Adaptive Reuse of the World’s Largest Collection of Grain Elevators
The Silo City concept by Studio V completely reimagines and transforms what was once the largest collection of grain elevators in the world. Studio V’s design — a 2022 A+Awards finalist in the Unbuilt Masterplan category — combines radical adaptive reuse, creative contemporary architecture and innovative remediation gardens throughout over 1 million square feet of ruined industrial buildings in Buffalo, NY. The project integrates an extraordinary range of cultural, residential, institutional, commercial and recreational uses.
Next to downtown Buffalo and along the winding Buffalo River, Silo City will comprise ten massive concrete grain elevator complexes interconnected with warehouses, mills, and malt-houses. The design breathes new life into the iconic collection of structures that inspired the 20th-century giants of modern architecture, including Le Corbusier, Mendelsohn and Gropius.
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Finalist, 10th Annual A+Awards, Unbuilt Masterplan
Finalist, 2020 A+Awards, Unbuilt Cultural
Finalist, 2020 A+Awards, Unbuilt Masterplan
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Silo City 
Studio V 