― Headquarters
Design for extraordinary companies
Front Cover: American Express, Sunrise, Florida
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Introduction ― 4 Selected Projects ― 8
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Our business is to support yours Our designs reflect our client’s values and needs, while projecting and amplifying their unique position in the marketplace. Corporate Headquarters are an opportunity to create an iconic building for internationally recognized business leaders. Our designs must perform intelligently, providing the necessary long term flexibility and value for future generations.
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A unique business deserves a unique headquarters.
More than a place of business, a corporate headquarters is your company’s home. And home, as they say, is where the heart is. That’s why we design headquarters that companies love. Spaces that reflect their unique identities and cultures. Places that make people feel well, so they perform well. Buildings and workplaces that inspire. We’d be delighted to join you on your company’s journey to a new home. Together, we can create a headquarters as authentic as your business is extraordinary.
↑ Interface Headquarters, Atlanta, Georgia
← The Richards Group Headquarters, Dallas, Texas
→ New York City Police Academy, Queens, New York
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Selected Projects ― Corporate Headquarters
Selected Projects
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American Express Sunrise, Florida Client: Confidential Client Size: 1,343,000 square feet (124,769 square meters) Completion Date: 2017 Sustainability: LEED Gold® Awards: Special Mention, Office Mid-Rise (5-15 floors) , Architizer A+ Awards, 2018 Honor Award of Excellence > 50,000 sf, AIA Miami Chapter, 2017
― WHAT IT IS
The corporate building was conceived as a dialogue with the natural landscape.
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American Express
― WHAT MAKES IT COOL
The design merges the unique ecosystem of the site and climate with the ecosystem of the client.
Interface Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia Client: Interface Headquarters Size: 45,000 square feet (4,181 square meters) Completion Date: 2018 Awards: Award of Honor, AIA Georgia; Award of Excellence, AUDC; Design Excellence Award - Silver, ASID Georgia
― WHAT IT IS
A dramatically renovated 1960s office building designed to reflect the company’s commitment to environmental responsibility.
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Interface Headquarters
― WHAT MAKES IT COOL
Biophilic principles guide the design from the inside out; the building is wrapped in a larger-than-life deciduous forest skin.
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BMW Site Operations Center Spartanburg, South Carolina Client: South Carolina State Ports Authority Size: 65,000 square feet, 78 acres (6,038 square meters) Completion Date: 2016 Awards: Merit Design Award, Unbuilt Project,AIA Georgia,2015 Honor Award, Built Project, AIA Georgia, 2017
― WHAT IT IS
Executive office building on the beautiful 78-acre wooded preserve on the grounds of BMW in Spartanburg.
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BMW Site Operations Center
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― WHAT MAKES IT COOL
Elegantly multifunctional, flexible over time and fitting for BMW’s mission. 21
The Richards Group Headquarters Dallas, Texas Client: The Richard Group Size: 550,000 square feet (51,096 square meters) Completion Date: 2015 Awards: 2015, AIA Dallas Design Honor Award 2016, ULI Impact Awards Finalist 2019, AIA Texas (Texas Society of Architects) Honor Award
― WHAT IT IS
A corporate headquarters that celebrates the largest independent advertising agency in North America.
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The Richards Group Headquarters
― WHAT MAKES IT COOL
The central stairwell atrium allows the company to continue its long-standing tradition of “Stairwell Meetings.”
United States Coast Guard Washington, DC Client: General Services Administration Size: 1.2 million square feet (111,483 square meters) 150,000 square feet (Phase 1B) (13,935 square meters) Completion Date: 2013 Sustainability: LEED NC Gold® Awards: Distinguished Building Award, AIA, Chicago Chapter, 2015 Washington Building Congress, Craftsmanship Award (Phase 1B), 2014 Best Government / Public Building Project, ENR Mid-Atlantic (Phase 1A), 2013
― WHAT IT IS
Gradually stepped, strategically placed building wings woven into the natural landscape of the sloping hillside.
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United States Coast Guard Headquarters
― WHAT MAKES IT COOL
Third largest green roof in the world, storm water runoff reduced by 47% of predevelopment level.
New York City Police Academy Queens, New York Client: NYC Department of Design and Construction Size: 730,000 square feet (67,819 square meters) Completion Date: 2014 Sustainability: LEED Gold® Awards: Best of the Year Award, Institutional Category, Interior Design Magazine, 2015 Make it Healthy, Green Solutions, Make it Work Awards, Interior Design Magazine, 2015 Honorable Mention, Excellence Awards, CFAD, 2015
― WHAT IT IS
The Police Academy provides academic and physical preparation with the latest technology, education, and tactical knowledge. 30
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New York City Police Academy
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― WHAT MAKES IT COOL
The 750,000 square foot facility has nearly three times the amount of useable space as the old academy and it serves 50,000-plus members of NYPD. 33
L’Oreal Research and Innovation Facilities Rio de Janeiro. Brazil Client: L’Oreal Size: 150,000 square feet (13,935 square meters) Completion Date: Ongoing Awards: Unbuilt Design Honor Award, AIA Miami Chapter, 2013
― WHAT IT IS
A new research and innovation center for the industry-leading cosmetics company.
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L’Oreal Research and Innovation Facilities
― WHAT MAKES IT COOL
The entire site is carbon neutral and designed to meet the Living Building Challenge.
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Darden Restaurants Headquarters Orlando, Florida Client: Darden Restaurants, Inc. Size: 469,000 square feet (43,571 square meters) Completion Date: 2009 Sustainability: LEED Gold® Awards: Award of Excellence , AIA Orlando, 2012 Corporate Category, b.o.b. Forum Design Awards, IIDA Georgia Chapter, 2010 Best Green Building, Southeast Construction Best Of, 2010
― WHAT IT IS
Darden’s corporate headquarters consolidated offices under one roof for the first time in four decades.
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The design is a glass and steel encased building with a window wall that lets in natural light and offers sweeping views of the landscape. The layout features fewer enclosed offices for manager and more open space for cubicles and meeting rooms.
Darden Restaurants Headquarters
Since 1935, we’ve believed that design has the power to make the world a better, more beautiful place.
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That’s why clients and communities on nearly every continent partner with us to design healthy, happy places in which to live, learn, work, play, and heal. We’re passionate about human-centered design, and committed to creating a positive impact in people’s lives through sustainability, resilience, well-being, diversity, inclusion, and research. In fact, Fast Company named us one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies in Architecture. Our global team of 2,700 creatives and critical thinkers provides integrated services in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and more. Our partners include Danish architects Schmidt Hammer Lassen; retail strategy and design consultancy Portland; sustainable transportation planning consultancy Nelson\Nygaard; and luxury hospitality design firm Pierre-Yves Rochon (PYR).
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