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ABOUT US Firm Introduction Hobbs+Black Architects, founded in 1965, is one of the top 10 largest architectural firms in Michigan and nationally recognized as one of the Top 300 Design Firms by Architectural Record (2018). Over 70 dedicated professionals provide architectural, interior design, and related consulting services from our offices in Ann Arbor, Lansing, and Phoenix. Our diversified practice meets design challenges that often require extensive research and innovation. As a full-service architecture firm, we provide our clients with complete support
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The Hobbs+Black Interior Design Studio has an award-winning portfolio exhibiting projects from a diverse group of clients that span several business sectors. Our ability to successfully resolve and surpass the goals of our clients stems from our approach. With a space specifically designed around the client’s daily use, tenants experience heightened functionality, flexibility, and efficiency while any obstacles affecting movement and
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your existing facilities on a daily basis know every detail of how a new facility will be used. In a dynamic process, we combine your ideas and knowledge about your operation with our expertise and vision of design. The result is a solution that is strategic, affordable, and comprehensive. With detailed programming input, Hobbs+Black designers will translate a facility program into a facility design that is aesthetically appropriate, functionally efficient, and can accommodate future changes.
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CENTRIA HEALTH FACILITY FARMINGTON HILLS, MICHIGAN
Centria, a leading provider of autism services, applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy, pediatric nursing, and catastrophic injury care, employs nearly 3,500 full- and part-time professionals across the Nation. As the demand for autism therapy continues to increase and become more accessible to families, this Michigan-based firm and the largest provider in the state needed to expand its support facilities and prepare for continued growth. Centria leased a 90,000-square-foot, multi-level building in Farmington Hills to convert into their new administrative and support offices. To facilitate the anticipated growth from the current 250 employees to 1,500, Hobbs+Black designed this project in three phases. The design intent aims to attract and retain talent with a comforting color palette and materials and strategically located open group spaces to encourage usability. The modern lines and authentic materials combined with seamless technology integration creates a fresh, contemporary environment. Open office layouts were designed to maximize views of the outdoors, providing every employee access to daylight. Tue most notable of these open spaces, features interconnecting bleacher-style stairs creating a connection between floors with vertical sightlines.
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CENTRIA HEALTH FACILITY
HOME POINT FINANCIAL OFFICE HEADQUARTERS ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
Looking to establish a new replacement headquarters in the immediate sub-market, mortgage lender Home Point Financial commissioned Hobbs+Black to do an office fit-out of a former Conway Freight Building space in Ann Arbor. Working with Home Point and Interior Environments, the Hobbs+Black team developed the 30,000-square-foot second floor space for open and enclosed office use. Programming includes 15-20 enclosed offices, IT/storage room, several conference rooms, and work/break rooms. Every employee has access to daylight and views of wildlife improving moral and providing a healthier work environment. Communal spaces and rooms for private conversations interspersed throughout add flexible work spaces for all types of activities. The centralized work cafe serves for impromptu meetings and employee gatherings that create a sense of community. Through simple material changes and pops of color, the design team was able to emphasize the collaborative environment to improve current and future employee well being.
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HOME POINT FINANCIAL OFFICE HEADQUARTERS
AGRO-CULTURE LIQUID FERTILIZERS ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN
Agro-Culture Liquid Fertilizers sought out a team that could design and build a facility that would aesthetically merge the great traditions of farming with the cutting-edge technology that now pervades the agriculture industry. Hobbs+Black’s winning design aptly captured the essence of the agriculture industry’s evolution from the traditional family farm to today’s modern, sophisticated farmer. The team created a design with elements that suggest a classic barn-like structure from one viewpoint, while from a different vantage point suggest a modern office with renewable and sustainable elements. Two distinguishing attributes of the design are a “silo” feature and a dedicated space for an agricultural museum. To the building’s southeast side, a 10,000 square foot museum contains exhibits demonstrating farming’s progressive acceptance of technology. The facility includes over 50,000 square feet of space, with ample offices for owners and employees. Additionally, the facility contains meeting rooms, a training center, an employee kitchen, research and development area, and a fitness room.
AGRO-CULTURE LIQUID FERTILIZERS
View of the building exterior at night.
AGRO-CULTURE LIQUID FERTILIZERS
MASCO CABINETRY ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
Hobbs+Black was retained to design the new headquarters for Masco Cabinetry in Ann Arbor, Michigan, bringing together three cabinetry brands from around the country. An existing 142,000 square foot facility was renovated from design through construction in a six month time frame to become the new workplace for 450 employees. Creating a new culture for the company to re-brand themselves while reinforcing their core values, Hobbs+Black approached the design as an open office environment. With only ten enclosed offices and a myriad of collaborative areas, each floor was designed with the ability to flex as the company evolves and grows into its new space. Hobbs+Black worked with the owner on furniture selection that met departmental needs, while simultaneously fulfilling the need for continuity throughout the facility. Creating an environment that was sensitive to voice privacy and work habits, while acknowledging current workplace trends was a key element to focus on in order to retain employees and attract new talent.
MASCO CABINETRY
AMCOR RIGID PLASTICS MANCHESTER, MICHIGAN
After having completed the original building for Johnson Controls twenty years previous, Hobbs+Black was asked to return to the building in Manchester, MI to renovate and expand an innovative workspace for Amcor Rigid Plastics. Amcor required a space incorporating the most current trends in workplace design. Hobbs+Black was retained to create office space above the manufacturing area that would tie together the industrial roots of the company with a design space that also acts as a showcase to Amcor’s Fortune 500 company clients. In order to achieve a collaborative space, Hobbs+Black designed an open space plan with strategically placed break out areas for small group interaction. In lieu of the traditional conference room, many of these areas are open, accessible and informal to promote spontaneous collaboration. Hobbs+Black also used glass to bridge the gap between the research and development functions of the facility with the design area. Vistas and windows act as connectors between the two separate environments and allow natural light to illuminate the entire space instead of individual floors.
AMCOR RIGID PLASTICS
JACKSON INNOVATION CENTER JACKSON, MICHIGAN
With the goal of promoting creative thought and innovation within their own company and with partner firms, Consumers Energy (CE) purchased the existing 1930s Woolworths building in the heart of downtown Jackson. Users of this building are encouraged to be a part of the downtown area, utilizing the restaurants and other retail available. Criteria for the project included LEED v4 certification, meeting specific credits that promote energy efficiencies and employee comforts. The program includes several tenants, both internal components of CE, and partner companies (Anchor Initiative, Consumers Federal Credit Union, VEES). It also includes an entire floor dedicated to conference and collaboration spaces, with no workstations at all. A large sky-lighted atrium, two skylights at the lower roof, two light tubes, and enlarged south windows were added to provide as much daylight as possible to the space. Additionally, glass floors on the first and second floor were installed to allow for maximum daylight.
JACKSON INNOVATION CENTER
JACKSON INNOVATION CENTER
TAQA SUITE ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
Hobbs+Black’s programming and interior design of the new TAQA suite reflects the energetic and visionary character of the company itself. Designed for 24-hour operation, the office is a modern and unique space, with an extensive use of glass to fill the suite with natural light. The lighting design is computer controlled, timed and dimmed to maximize energy efficiency, work space needs, and aesthetics. Supporting the modern aesthetic, natural materials were used wherever possible. These include stone and wood wall panels and polished marble flooring. The modern color palette is contrasted by colored art glass partitions custom designed for TAQA and cast with the corporate logo and impressions reminiscent of the desert sands of Abu Dhabi. To balance the hard modern surfaces, acoustical treatments were incorporated throughout the space; the small conference rooms employ both fabric and leather wall panels. Suspended cloud panels in open office spaces provide aesthetic, lighting, and acoustical benefits.
TAQA SUITE
TAQA SUITE
Overall view of new hospital over walking paths and retaining pond fountain.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN CREDIT UNION ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
University of Michigan Credit Union commissioned Hobbs+Black Architects to design their new signature branch at the prominent location along State Street in Ann Arbor. The Credit Union was looking for a unique approach to banking. Keeping the space as open, clear, and user friendly as possible, consideration was given to the future of online and virtual teller banking operations. Hobbs+Black designed a clean lined space with plenty of natural light and a building that stands out on the roadside. Using the blue and gold colors of the University of Michigan, Hobbs+Black developed the furniture and finishes in the new building. A unique custom photo mural was created using images from the University to create an environmental graphic for the large conference room. The building exterior shape is a sculptural glass and steel composition that is site specific in its configuration. The new signage is installed near the entryway and announces the brand from the road.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN CREDIT UNION
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN CREDIT UNION
TWO MEN AND A TRUCK LANSING, MICHIGAN
Two Men and a Truck, the nation’s largest independent moving company, has grown to over 300 locations in 39 states in just 30 years. With such rapid growth, the corporate headquarters in Lansing, MI needed to expand to meet the current and future needs of the company. During the design process, the company changed their culture by moving away from all private offices to open plan workstations to promote better communication and collaboration in addition to creating a more flexible space for future growth. The highly complex renovation and addition project was split into multiple phases to keep the headquarters up and running while the project experienced a 10-month construction period. The new addition offers open office space, select closed offices, cafe, conference space, and training areas. The project also includes renovation of the existing building to appropriately integrate the two structures.
TWO MEN AND A TRUCK
TWO MEN AND A TRUCK
TD AMERITRADE CORPORATE OFFICE ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
TD Ameritrade needed a corporate fit-out for two floors of office space in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Hobbs+Black’s Work Space Studio and Interior Design Department worked with the client to develop a building program based on the new needs of the company. Space planning was designed for a modern environment with room to grow. The result is a dynamic interior that offers a diversity of spatial configurations for a variety of meeting and interactions for staff. A main feature was the design of a collaborative work cafe, which is a now a hub for small meetings in the new office.
TD AMERITRADE CORPORATE OFFICE
ACCRETIVE HEALTH SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN
Hobbs+Black’s mission was to work closely with Accretive Health to create a state of the art large call center and training facility in Southfield, Michigan. The floor plan had to accommodate over 500 people, and support large training areas and a conference center. The lobby has integrated LCD monitors, natural materials on the reception desk, and walls behind the desk. Pendant lights are used to create interest. The cafe is bright with interesting ceiling elements incorporated to assist with acoustics. The entire plan has a variety of spaces where employees can go from small casual cafe spaces, to small conference rooms to larger training rooms.
ACCRETIVE HEALTH
HITACHI REASEARCH & DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION CENTER FARMINGTON HILLS, MICHIGAN
Hitachi America, Research and Development Division (R&D) was established in 1989 as part of Hitachi’s strategy to locate research centers close to industry-leading advanced markets. After Hobbs+Black designed the addition to the office portion of the Farmington hills complex, it was decided that the R&D wing was also in need of a refresh and expansion. The exterior update balances sleek and economical design, meanwhile blending into the rest of building facade. The interior portion of the renovation focused on leveraging an existing atrium running the length of the building to increase natural lighting and create elegant product showcase spaces.
HITACHI REASEARCH & DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION CENTER
HITACHI RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION CENTER
ADDITIONAL WORK SPACE EXPERIENCE 110 North Fourth Avenue Ann Arbor, MI >> Historic Renovation & Addition 1901 Pauline Blvd. Ann Arbor, MI >> Dentist Office Interior Design 301 E. Liberty Ann Arbor, MI 326 W. Liberty Ann Arbor, MI >> Renovation 3M/ Sarns Ann Arbor, MI >> R&D & Corporate Campus Additions 500 Town Center Dearborn, MI Abbott Center Lansing, MI >> New Leasable Office Center Accretive Health Southfield, MI >> Call Center Interior Build-Out ADP Ann Arbor, MI >> Corporate Headquarters Aeropark Business Center Romulus, MI >> Detroit Metro Airport Agro-Culture Liquid Fertilizer St. Johns, MI >> New Corporate Headquarters LEED Gold Certified Aisin World Corporation of America (Formerly Mitsubishi Electric) Plymouth Township, MI >> Headquarters & Technical Center
AMCOR Rigid Plastics Ann Arbor, MI >> North American Headquarters Manchester, MI >> R&D Facility >> Corporate Facilities Master Plan Arbor Research Collaborative for Health Ann Arbor, MI >> New Headquarters Artrain Headquarters Ann Arbor, MI >> Nonprofit Enterprises at Work >> Office Center Atrium Office Center Lansing, MI >> Historic Renovation / Adaptive Reuse Atrium One Ann Arbor, MI >> New Office Center The Balmoral Birningham, MI >> Mixed-Use Development BASF Corporation Southfield, MI >> New Boardroom & Banquet Room Interior Design Beaumont Health (formerly Oakwood) Southfield, MI >> Executive Suite Various Locations, MI >> Corporate Space Analysis bigchalk.com Ann Arbor, MI >> New Office Headquarters Interior Design Brose Vance, AL >> New Warehouse & Office
Capital Enterprise Mason, MI >> New Office & Warehouse Capitol View Lansing, MI >> New Office Tower >> Parking Deck Cathedral Square Toledo, OH >> Historic Renovation Centria Health Farmington Hills, MI >> Facility Assessment City of Lansing Lansing, MI >> Board of Water & Light Office Relocation Comcast Cable Alpharetta, GA >> North Point Call Center Grand Rapids, MI >> Space Planning Plymouth, MI >> Office Renovation Smyrna, GA >> Lake Ridge Call Center Comcast Spotlight Bingham Farms, MI >> Interior Design: Tenant Relocation Comerica Bank Ann Arbor, MI >> Headquarters Consolidation Consumers Energy Jackson, MI >> Jackson Innovation Center Control Gaging Pittsfield, MI >> New Office & Industrial Building
Dahmann Properties Ann Arbor, MI >> City Center Lobby Renovation Delta & Waverly Community Development Lansing, MI Denver Technological Center Denver, CO >> New Office Building Eaton Corporation Ann Arbor, MI >> New Office Build Out & Consolidation Interior Design Eisenhower Commerce Center Ann Arbor, MI >> Buildings 1-5 Fuel Vapor Systems Laboratory Ann Arbor, MI Freudenberg Plymouth, MI >> North American Regional Office LEED Silver Design
Hitachi Automotive Systems America Farmington Hills, MI >> Corporate Addition & Renovation >> R&D Innovation Center
John Hancock Financial Services Dearborn, MI >> New Administrative Services for Ford Motor Operations
Ford Motor Land Services Corporation Franklin, TN >> Primus Financial Services Headquarters
Hobbs+Black Architects Ann Arbor, MI >> Corporate Center Historic Renovation / Adaptive Reuse Lansing, MI >> Mid-Michigan Regional Office Renovations
Kojaian Management Corporation Ann Arbor Township, MI >> Earhart North Study
Home Point Financial Ann Arbor, MI >> Office Headquarters
Lowry Technology Park Brighton, MI >> New Office & Research Complex
Grand Office Tower Lansing, MI >> New Office Tower
Hooper, Hathaway, Price Ann Arbor, MI >> Historic Renovation of Beuche & Wallace Law Offices
Mainstreet Crossing Brighton, MI >> Mixed-Use Development
Guardian Industries Auburn Hills, MI >> World Headquarters
Huron Valley Radiology Financial Ann Arbor, MI >> Renovation of Office Space
Gateway Commons South Lyon, MI >> Office Within Mixed-Use Development Grand Napier Business Park Wixom, MI >> Various Projects
Lanchester Landfill Lanchester, PA >> Gas Recycling Facility Office
Maple Research Center Troy, MI >> New Technology Park
Market Square at Honey Creek Scio Township, MI >> Capitol View Mixed-Use Development
Midtown Square Troy, MI >> Mixed-Use Development
Masco Cabinetry Ann Arbor, MI >> New Burlington Office Center
Morpace Farmington Hills, MI
MC3 Medical Devices Dexter, MI >> Office & Manufacturing Facility Renovation Meridian Health Plan Detroit, MI >> Concept Visioning Study Meridian Magnesium Products of America Eaton Rapids, MI >> New Die Cast Facility Merillat Industries Adrian, MI >> Corporate Headquarters Addition >> New Corporate Headquarters Merrill Lynch Auburn Hills, MI >> Regional Office Center Michigan Association of Home Builders Lansing, MI >> Office Building Shell Michigan Manufacturers Association Lansing, MI >> New Corporate Headquarters Michigan Restaurant Association Lansing, MI >> New Headquarters Michigan State University Foundation East Lansing, MI >> Corporate Research Park Master Plan Michigan Townships Association Lansing, MI >> New Headquarters
Nacht & Associates Ann Arbor, MI >> Kanji & Katzen Law Offices Renovation Interior Design National City Bank (Formerly First of America) Kalamazoo, MI >> Arcadia Creek Corporate Headquarters National Kidney Foundation of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI >> New Corporate Headquarters
Park Place at Victor Corporate Park Livonia, MI >> New Office Tower
Northeast Corporate Center Ann Arbor, MI
Pinehurst Office Center Bloomfield Hills, MI >> Corporate Offices
Northville Green Office Center Northville Township, MI >> Four Buildings
Plunkett & Cooney Ann Arbor, MI >> New Law Office Interior Design
Novi Research Park Novi, MI >> New Technology Park
Prudential Hubbell Real Estate Okemos, MI >> New Office Building
Oakwood Executive Park Delhi Township, MI >> Various Projects
Pulte Homes, Inc. Bloomfield Hills, MI >> New Corporate Headquarters
OATH: Offices Birmingham, MI >> Interior Office Renovations
Reinhart Realty Ann Arbor, MI >> Stadium Office Renovation
One North Main Ann Arbor, MI >> Mixed-Use Development
RMT, Inc. Ann Arbor, MI >> Office Expansion Interior Design
Oxford Companies Pittsfield, MI >> Avis Farms Research Park
Ross Roy Bloomfield Hills, MI >> Group Headquarters
Schlecte Prudential Jackson, MI >> Office Renovation
State Street Executive Park Ann Arbor, MI >> Buildings 5200, 5210, 5220 & 5230
Troy Technology Park Troy, MI >> New Technology Park
Schroeder Office Park Okemos, MI >> Speculative Office Buildings
Stefanini Southfield, MI >> Metro Office Center Build-Out
Tweddle Litho Company Mt. Clemens, MI >> Phases I, II, III, IV & V Office / Technical Facility
Schuler, Inc. Canton Township, MI >> Industrial Addition
Sterling Corporate Center Troy, MI >> Concept Design of New Office Tower
Sloan Plaza Ann Arbor, MI >> Mixed-Use Development
TAQA Dearborn, MI >> Dearborn Atrium Office Center >> Historic Renovation/ Adaptive Reuse
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI >> Shared Services Center
TD Ameritrade Ann Arbor, MI >> Tenant Fit-Out
University of Michigan Credit Union Ann Arbor, MI >> New Financial Institution
State of Michigan Lansing, MI >> House of Representatives Building
Technology Park of Farmington Hills Farmington Hills, MI
Valley Ranch Industrial Park Ann Arbor, MI >> New Offices
State of Michigan Lansing, MI >> State Police & DMVA Headquarters
The Brauer Building Ann Arbor, MI >> New Office Building
State of Michigan: The Romney Building Lansing, MI >> Historic Renovation & Adaptive Reuse
Timberland Office Park Troy, MI >> New Office Park
Stabilus Inc. Sterling Heights, MI >> Michigan Headquarters Renovation
Two Men & A Truck Lansing, MI >> New Office Building & Additions
Victor Office Center Lansing, MI >> New Office Center Volkswagen of America Auburn Hills, MI >> New Corporate Center Washtenaw County United Way Ann Arbor, MI >> New Office Center Wieland-Davco Lansing, MI >> Office Building Wixom Business Center Wixom, MI >> Various Projects Zion Industries Grand Ledge, MI >> Heat Treat Facility Addition
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