While working at Voorsanger Mathes, LLC as Project Architect

New Orleans, Louisiana 2009

Project Size: 4,550 sf

The American Sector, a John Besh restaurant, is located within the National World War II Museum and provides restaurant and bar seating for 142. A restored historic brick wall serves as a design reference and also reinforces the restaurant’s connection to its environment. This brick wall is a relict of the city’s warehouse district and stitches the space together by running the entire length of the Bar and the Bar Plaza. A curved architectural stainless steel metal mesh ceiling flows seamlessly above the restaurant, giving the room a unique character by allowing the mesh panels to rise and fall adjacent to warm wood fins.