In just six months, a century-old, five-story former tobacco warehouse in Richmond’s historic Shockoe Bottom neighborhood was converted into a first-class incubator office space.
Stakeholders used extensive collaboration and communication to meet construction challenges on the Lake Walk Pavilion project and help the team minimize errors, complete the job on time and within budget.
Originally designed as a car dealership in the late 1940s by noted modernist design firm Curtis & Davis, the former Klein Motors showroom functioned as a cajun dance hall before being purchased by a New Orleans investor who turned it into the new headquarters for his local newspaper, The Advocate.
The Houston Advanced Research Center’s new headquarters is a LEED Platinum-certified, 18,600-sq-ft collaborative office and research building, which is also targeting net-zero-energy goals.
Designed to achieve net-zero energy use, the renovated 20,000-sq-ft space incorporates numerous sustainable elements as well as data-driven decisions to create what DPR calls a “living laboratory” that showcases technologies, products and systems.