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architectural precast panels with punched window openings. Shading
elements also temper the intense light along the south and east facades.
These “prefabricated” building skin components, in combination with
a braced frame structural steel system with a concrete slab over steel
decking at each floor, allowed construction to move quickly once the
three-level, underground – cast-in-place concrete – 450-space garage was
complete. “The T-shaped site, excavating around occupied buildings, de-
watering and limited staging area made for complicated logistics,” says GE
Johnson project manager Matt Glenn, emphasizing the “ingenuity, time,
man-power and communication” required to construct the building. By
utilizing building information modeling, the general contractor was able
to work with subcontractors to coordinate complicated details on the
building’s exterior and to anticipate future tenant needs.
For ease of construction and to build in flexibility for evolving office
work styles, HKS designed a near-repeating 19,500-sf floor plate with an
efficient 30-foot structural bay in the north-south direction – all around a
central core. To fully optimize natural daylight and maintain unobstruct-
ed views from the building’s north side, HKS stepped the building down
to a single story along St. Paul Street. Del Frisco’s Steakhouse and LIV So-
theby’s International Realty will soon occupy this double-height retail
volume that is sheathed in red granite with recessed glass openings. Its
scale and articulation help reinforce the pedestrian-level environment so
OPENING PHOTO:
Artist Ivan McLean’s sculpture
What Goes
Around
animates the lobby within the
new building at 100 St. Paul. Makore wood
and Golden Ridge granite wall panels set
the elegant tone for the space along with
the classic Crema Marfil marble floor.
ABOVE:
The new mixed-use Class A office
building features a cantilevered eight-
story, all-glass rotunda that reinforces
its signature location and captures
breathtaking 180-degree views.
Photo courtesy Fred Fuhrmeister, Time Frame Photography
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