This exciting project involves the adaptive reuse of the historic Lecture Hall Room 165 at UW-Madison’s Bascom Hall. In keeping with the UW-Madison Master Plan, academic space in Bascom Hall, including Lecture Hall Room 165, is being converted to administrative office space. The 3,000 sf lecture hall, currently in the Construction Phase, will provide new space for 8 private offices, conference room, reception area, copy room, kitchen and mechanical room. An adjacent 700 sf public corridor will also be renovated to provide a reception/waiting area that will be shared with existing adjacent offices. Historic features in Room 165, including the coffered ceiling, windows and entry doors, will be retained and restored. Challenges included the requirement that the renovated space be able to return to its original historic use as a lecture hall, if ever required in the future.