The Couture

Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Award: High Performance

Project Team

Owner: BarrettLo Visionary Development

Contractor: J.H. Findorff & Son Inc.

Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti

Architect: RINKA+

Ready Mixed Concrete: Riv/Crete Ready Mix

Slag Cement: St Marys Cement

Located in downtown Milwaukee, WI, USA, The Couture is a 47-story apartment, retail space, and transportation hub. Created by Barret Lo Visionary Development, the project includes 322 apartments, amenity space, a parking structure, and a public park. A unique aspect of the building is its streetcar and bus concourse located on the ground level. The Couture’s tower core is supported on steel piles and a reinforced concrete raft. The project’s tower and parking structure are connected by a podium structure spanning the transit concourse.

Application Type

Application Type	Core Walls/Columns
% Slag Cement Replacement	21%
% Portland Cement
% Portland Limestone Cement	58%
% Other SCM (if applicable)	21%.
Aggregate	1510 limestone/1360 topedo sand
Water/cement ratio	.32
7-day strengths	11,200 psi average
28-day strengths	14,600 psi average