300 New Jersey Avenue

Washington, D.C.

Location

Washington DC, USA

Date

2004-2009

Client The JBG Companies

Construction

Hard Costs Only

$71 million

Gross Internal Area

274,479 sq ft

Co-Architect

HKS Architects

Structural Engineer Expedition Engineering and SK & A Associates

Civil Engineer Wiles Mensch Associates

Services Engineer

BDSP and TOLK Services

Landscape Architect Parker Rodriguez

Landscape Architects

Vertical Transportation Van Deusen Associates

Lighting Consultant MCLA

Speciality Glazing

ASI Advanced Structures Inc.

Main Contractor Clark Construction

Key Awards

2010

NCSEA Annual Excellence in Structural Engineering –Outstanding Project Award

2009

Washington Building of Congress –Craftmanship Award

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300 New Jersey Avenue, located one block away from United States Capitol building, was commissioned in September 2004 by The JBG Companies, to create a new office complex for a leading international legal practice. Before work on the new building started, the site was occupied by an office building dating from 1935, a 1953 addition and an above-ground car park. As part of the redevelopment of the site, the car park was demolished and replaced with an underground six-storey parking facility for approximately 450 vehicles. The two existing office buildings are linked by a 12,001 sq ft glazed atrium and above this sits a new 10-storey (110-feet high) office building. The new development creates around 274,479 sq ft gross, adding to the existing 204,514 sq ft in the two older, 6-7 storey buildings. The international law firm Jones Day occupies both the historic buildings and five storeys of the new building.

The atrium creates a focal point and meeting space between the three office buildings. It allows staff to circulate between the existing and new buildings, whilst also providing a series of open, trapezoidal platforms where employees can sit and interact outside the office environment beneath a huge, floating glass roof. At different levels, 16 glass bridges connect each building with the open platforms. A dramatic yellow ‘tree’ structure supports the atrium roof as well as the platforms. All platforms in the atrium are accessible by a glass elevator. Visitors pass through the ground floor of the atrium where there is a staff cafe and dining room as well as a reception area. A large meeting room on level seven of the 1953 building is reached directly from the glass elevator by its own bridge within the tree structure. A roof garden is accessible via the meeting room with spectacular views across Washington.

This project evolved from an advisory role that the practice undertook with town planners in Washington DC for the Anacostia waterfront redevelopment. An initial meeting took place to explore redevelopment ideas leading to a collaboration between RSHP and JBG to design a building which breaks the mould of conventional office design in Washington DC.

This project creates a focus and heart for the existing office community, allowing it to grow whilst also enabling stronger physical bonds to be established between the site’s disparate elements. The scheme has turned a neglected backyard into a dramatic Washington DC address which, importantly, creates strong links to the public realm immediately outside as well as creating a new public space for the city.

204 S 12th Street is a 32-floor residential tower near Philadelphia’s CBD, offering three retail units at its base, with 378 rental apartments above.

The building adopts a rotational geometry that maximises daylight into the apartments and increases the number of dual aspect corner units; it also creates pockets of space at the ground floor to be articulated with landscaping.

The design echoes the former industrial heritage of the area, responding in a contemporary language which reinterprets the colouration and materials of the local architectural character.

Location Philadelphia, USA

Date 2018 - ongoing

Client Midwood

Construction Cost $112,000,000

Site

Built

The perimeter structure is expressed with an extruded aluminium system, framing the floors into three-story rectangular modules.

Corrugated shadow box panels pick up on the tonality of the local brick vernacular and add a grain and human scale to the building. The upper floors of the tower are set back in to provide openair amenity terraces at the upper levels with panoramic views of the city.

The contractor has been appointed and works on site have initiated.

Number of Storeys 32

Co-Architect BLT Architects

Structural Engineer WSP

Services Engineer Bala

Landscape Architect Margie Ruddick

Contractor

Hunter Roberts

Location Toronto, Canada

Date 2017- ongoing

Client Oxford Properties Site Area 78,100 sq ft

Total Gross Floor Area 1,330,000 sq ft

Height 984 ft

Number of Storeys

60

Architect of Record Adamson Associates

Architects

Structural Engineer RJC

Services Engineer Smith and Andersen

Landscape Architect Gillespies

Lighting Design

Speirs Major Design Assist

Contractor Ellis Don

30 Bay Street, just set back from the shores of Lake Ontario, occupies a prime location in downtown Toronto and will be a landmark building on the city’s skyline.

The design of the office tower, commissioned by Oxford Properties, will comprise floor plates in varying sizes to accommodate a range of companies and will include trading floors at the lower levels. Retail will be located within the lower levels of the building and will provide a direct link from the secondfloor enclosed path route down to the ground floor lobby on Bay Street.

Four sky gardens with panoramic views will be located throughout the tower. They will be 129 ft in height and provide break-out space, landscape and amenity to the floors where they will be located.

A rooftop lantern at the top of the tower will provide space for a landscaped garden and restaurant above, taking full advantage of the spectacular views across the city and Lake Ontario.

The project’s sustainability goals include the LEED `Platinum’ certification for Leadership in Energy and Environmental design from the U.S. Green Building Council, as well as the CaGBC Zero Carbon Building Certification, Toronto Green Standard V3 Tier 1 and Waterfront Toronto MGBR.