William Brotherton Academic Selected Works - Fall 2025
WILLIAM BROTHERTON
WILLIAM BROTHERTON
WILLIAM BROTHERTON
WILLIAM BROTHERTON
WILLIAM BROTHERTON
MISSISSIPPI STATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
MISSISSIPPI STATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
MISSISSIPPI STATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
MISSISSIPPI STATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
MISSISSIPPI STATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
ACADEMIC SELECTED WORKS
ACADEMIC SELECTED WORKS
ACADEMIC SELECTED WORKS
ACADEMIC SELECTED WORKS
ACADEMIC SELECTED WORKS
“Architecture is about people.”
Diébédo Francis Kéré
ACADEMIC WORKS
YELLOW CREEK COMPREHENSIVE REHAB CAMPUS
Yellow Creek, Mississippi
2025 Spring Semester
THE SPIRAL
Memphis, Tennessee
2022 Fall Semester
KEEGAN’S LEVEE
Biloxi, Mississippi
2024 Fall Semester
Various Media
YELLOW CREEK COMPREHENSIVE REHAB CAMPUS
Mass Timber Rehabilitation Campus
2025 Fall Semester
Architecture Undergraduate Studio
Indivdual Project
Yellow Creek, Mississippi
In 1982, after an ambitious nuclear energy infrastructure project for the state of Mississippi was cancelled, the Yellow Creek Nuclear Power Plant, half built, was abandoned. Now, over 40 years later, students attempt to give the forgotten nuclear cooling tower a second wind while celebrating Mississippi’s rich forestry industry.
Yellow Creek, MS, located in the lower regions of rural Appalachia, has a population that suffers several societal issues as a result of their relative isolation, one of which being drug abuse at early ages. As such, the mission of the project was to create a holistic rehabilitation campus to help people struggling with drug abuse from detox all the way to independence.
Sustainability and use mass timber were also a focal point. This project champions the Pine Belt’s lumber industry with a 90% mass timber construction and features a rigorous investigation into carbon sequestration, stormwater management, and passive systems.
Regional Map
Abandoned Cooling Tower
Vacinity Plan
TENNESSEE
ALABAMA
MISSISSIPPI
MATERIAL MANIFESTO
Lower Field
THE SPIRAL
Experimental Housing Development
2022 Fall Semester
Architecture Undergraduate Studio
Indivdual Project
Memphis, Tennessee
The Spiral’s take on experimental housing focuses on openness and a sense of sequence in space with a subtractive form and subtle level changes respectively.
The project attempts to deconstruct our preexisting notion of privacy as it appears in midrise residential structures by breaking down conventional boundaries between tenants and creating a neighborhoodlike environment.
The units are tessellated on the floor plan in a manner that maximizes an unobstructed panoramic view of the urban horizon for all residents.
Parti Diagram of Building Form
Concept Sketches
Axonometric Section
Physical Model
Hand Rendering - Alcohol Markers and Ink
KEEGAN’S LEVEE
Flood Resilient Mixed-Use/Landscape
2024 Fall Semester
Architecture Undergraduate Studio
Group Project - William Brotheton & Madison Studdard
Credit to Madison Studdard for Original Mixed Use Plans, Sections & Elevations
Biloxi, Mississippi
Keegan’s Levee is an aggressive flood resilient urban intervention in the context of East Biloxi. The Project aims to create a fully functioning, downtown-like node that connects residents from the neighboring Porter Ave community and traffic from Division Street to Keegan Bayou’s natural beauty. Keegan’s Levee has sizeable parks with floodable program, complete commercial downtown streets, and a mixed-use building, all of which are raised to meet a 12-foot-tall circumnavigating levee.
Individual raised structures, while resilient against flooding, can feel disconnected from the street atmosphere. Our goal with Keegan’s Levee was to elevate structures and the street to form a raised complete street that is resilient and cohesive. This model of development is an aggressive example of how coastal communities can simultaneously maintain an intimate street environment and stay resilient against flooding.
