The Key

The Key Music Venue & Restaurant designed by AVV A — a firm founded by Chandler Ahrens, Kelley Van Dyck Murphy, and Constance Vale — juxtaposes the historic architecture of a pair of century-old buildings with a contemporary intervention. The design adapts the former market into a vibrant music hall, nodding to the existing structure’s ornate wood trusses and stamped tin ceilings by creating linear patterned elements that dart through the space and juxtapose a series of angled surfaces.

Client: Kranzberg Arts Foundation Location: St. Louis, MO Size: 9000 sq.ft (836 m2) Design: 2024 Construction: 2025 Design: AVV A Contractor: Harambe Construction Photography: AVV A