Pioneer Natural Resources’ 1.1 million-square-foot headquarters in Irving, Texas, recently earned LEED® Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Helping achieve the project’s goals, Corgan designed Pioneer’s building interior to optimize acoustics and light reflectance with Rockfon ceiling systems.
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Designed by SHoP Architects for The Howard Hughes Corporation, Pier 17 is a 300,000-square-foot building which showcases an attractive, resilient four-story façade featuring wall panels made with RHEINZINK prePATINA® zinc.
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Working alongside Denver Water, the General Contractor Mortenson Construction and the Owner’s Representative Trammell Crow, the Stantec designed building is not only on track for LEED Platinum certification and Net Zero Energy use, but it also stands poised to introduce the most revolutionary approach to office scaled water conservation and reuse in the State of Colorado. The building’s sustainable features include: onsite solar; a radiant slab powered by the complex’s central utility plant to conserve heat and energy; a high-efficiency triple pane-glazed window system; and biophilic design.
Read MoreInspired by classical pavilion architecture, using Doric Order and monumental half-round column design, Capitol Towers in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a newly iconic office building combining old-world Roman influence with high-performance glazing and modern energy efficiency. The ornate façade, designed by LS3P in Charlotte, showcases concrete pillars and a prominent glass facade, glazed with Solarban® R100 on Bronze glass by Vitro Architectural Glass.
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Stantec and Northern California based General Contractor XL Construction have been selected by UC Davis Health to lead the forward-looking design and construction of new administrative office spaces. The building will be designed in support of LEED Gold and University of California Carbon Neutrality guidelines.
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Kohn Pederson Fox Associates designed 55 Hudson Yards to incorporate both smooth and textured PPG CORAFLON® coatings on its metal curtainwall and window frames in the color Black Flower. The architectural firm selected the color, which was custom formulated by PPG, to mimic the classic cast-iron facades of neighboring SoHo and commemorate the industrial heritage of the building’s Meatpacking District setting.
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The Canal Street project, designed by Heliotrope Architects, takes a narrow, commercially-zoned, urban-infill lot with a small, rundown 1950s-era house and transforms it into a new, forward-thinking, 5,233 square foot, commercial office building for Turnstyle (a graphic design firm) and Stoke (a branding firm). The 30-foot-wide x 100-foot-deep lot is situated along a shoreline greenbelt across the street from the ship canal in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle.
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SmithGroup announced last week that it has appointed Ivo Rozendaal to lead the organization’s newest Workplace studio, operating out of its Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin offices. In this role, Rozendaal will collaborate with experts across the company’s Workplace Practice to create, high-performing office spaces that improve productivity and enhance employees’ physical and emotional health and well-being.
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Zovio announced last month that its Chandler HQ has received the 2020 AZ RED Award for Office Interiors Project of the Year. The project developer was Irgens; the general contractor, Stevens-Leinweber; the interior architect, McCarthy Nordburg; and subcontractors included Energy Systems Design, Caruso Turley Scott, Acoustical Consulting Services, and DIRTT/GMBI.
Read MoreAs local and state governments are beginning a phased reopening of their economies, the International Code Council has compiled a guide of safety precautions and considerations for businesses looking to resume in-office activities. Acting as an aggregate information hub, the Code Council’s Coronavirus Response Center offers relevant information for building professionals and potential occupants to understand the impact the pandemic has had on the industry, as well as for companies who are currently creating plans and strategies to move back into their offices.
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