Zeeland, Mich.
Integrated Architecture

Photography © Jeff Dykehouse

A commitment to sustainability expressed with style

Program: With a goal of improving business output and reducing costs, the client wished to create a modern, innovative workplace that would consolidate four leases and nine business units. To be completed in less than a year, the project needed to balance community, collaborative, and individual work space; feature substantial sustainable elements; and provide a comfortable workplace for employees that would enhance corporate culture.

Solution: This simple, elegant, two-story building balances the client's commitment to sustainability with aggressive economic goals and high design quality. A new space-allocation model achieved from an open, flexible interior design allows for more informal collaborative meeting areas. The result: Organizational and worker effectiveness increased about 20 percent and sustainability goals surpassed expected levels to achieve gold certification.

For more images please see the November 2003 issue or Architectural Record.

The Winners: Orange Innovations | Hotel Habita | Sekii Ladies Clinic | Start-Up Offices | Inn at Price Tower | Darwin Centre | Apple SoHo | Stealth/Ogilvy | Gannett/USA Today Corporate Headquarters | ImageNet

The Finalists: Automated Trading Desk Technology Campus | Jackson-Triggs Niagara Estate Winery | University of Washington | Herman Miller MarketPlace | Beacon Communications Office | New Academic Complex, Baruch College, CUNY | Mott Children's Center

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