The Power House, Cannon Design Regional Offices
Photo © Gayle Babcock, Architectural Imageworks, LLC
Photo © Gayle Babcock, Architectural Imageworks, LLC
Photo © Gayle Babcock, Architectural Imageworks, LLC
Image courtesy Cannon Design
Image courtesy Cannon Design
Image courtesy Cannon Design
Architects & Firms
Client: Cannon Design
Date completed: August 2008
Program: A 32,000-square-foot office for 120 employees that includes a gallery and exhibit space. The basement features a model shop, library, and boardroom. An oblong rooftop structure once used to store coal conveyor equipment now houses another boardroom and the staff lunchroom.
Design concept and solution: In 2007, Cannon Design purchased a 19,000-square-foot powerhouse originally constructed in 1928 and decommissioned in 1980. The steel-structured building once provided coal-fired steam heat to a dozen buildings in the downtown area. Cannon Design restored, renovated, and adapted the building for reuse as their office space. They retained the original steel structure, which featured eight columns and truss work, and designed a new steel system to support second and third floors, which cantilever over the ground-floor gallery. The firm restored the revival style exterior, which features tall, arched windows and terra cotta detailing. The project was awarded LEED Gold status in 2009, in part for its underground cistern storm water collection system, the light-colored roof materials that reduce the heat-island effect, and high-efficiency plumbing fixtures.
PeopleOwner: Cannon Design Architect Personnel in architect’s firm who should receive special credit: David M. Polzin, AIA LEED AP, Senior Designer Lynn S. Grossman, AIA, LEED AP Kristy R. Piasecki, RA, LEED AP J. Joe Scott, CPD, FASPE, LEED AP Ruofei Sun, Ph.D., PE, SE, LEED AP Architect of record: Interior designer: Engineer(s): Consultants: Environmental Services: General Contractor: Photographers: Plans/Drawings/Renderings: CAD system, project management, or other software used: |
ProductsExteriors: Flashing: Firestone Roofing: Mule Hide TPO Windows/Glass: Quaker Windows Window Film/Solar Shading: Guardian Industries Electrical/Mechanical: Communications: Systemax Elevators/Escalators/Lifts: Kone Elevators, National Wheel O-Vator Electrical/Electronics (Power/Wiring/Cabling): Square D, Wattstopper Fire/Life Safety: Hilti, Larsen, Notifier HVAC: Kees, Trane, Indeeco, Dayton, Lochinvar, Loren Cook, Titus, Ruskin Lighting: Cooper Lighting, Focal Point, Architectural Lighting Works, Louis Poulsen, FineLight Plumbing/Washrooms: American Standard, Sloan, Centoco, Symmons, Brass Craft Interiors: Casework: Abet Laminati, Sagatsune Hardware, Formica, Avonite Ceilings: Armstrong Doors: VT Industries, Williams Bros. Fabrics/Textiles: Thermoveil, Design Tex, Maharam, Nysan Flooring (Hard-Surface/Resilient): Desco Epoxy Floor Coating, HTC Superfloor, Diamond Clad, Expanko, Nora Rubber Flooring, Roppe, Johnsonite Hardware: Dorma, Schlage, Domel, Hager, LCN Interior Finishes: Wall Coverings: Golterman & Sabo, Forbo Walls/Partitions: USG, Lafarge, Dietrich Metal Framing, Knauf Insulation, CPI Daylighting, Linetec
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