Cassidy Turley, a leading commercial real estate services provider in Boston, wanted a fresh, youthful and sophisticated look for their new office space at One International Place, which features expansive views to the Boston Harbor. As real estate professionals, making a great first impression with clients is critical.
HLB Lighting Design worked with Spagnolo Gisness & Associates to create a streamlined lighting concept for the offices. Concentric glowing lines of light were used at clear glass conference walls and feature walls, defining space where walls didn’t exist, and allowing the eye to travel through to the harbor views beyond. Miniature rimless recessed LED accent lights nearly disappear in the drywall ceiling above, while the eye is drawn to textured walls grazed with light and signature decorative fixtures. The overall effect for clients is “wow”.
Bionic Perimeter and Recessed fixtures were chosen with PRU Wall Grazer optics to highlight and accent the textured wall details.
Cannon’s collaboration with Froedtert, Medical College of Wisconsin, the construction manager, numerous consultants, and the larger community led to successful consensus building, cost efficiencies and economies of scale.
Our P43 Perimeter fixture (now BionicPro) with its innovative Perimeter Fill optic was utilized throughout the corridors, drastically reducing installation costs and energy usage compared with typical cove or perimeter lighting used down both sides of hospital corridors. Cannon Design had an initial ‘test site’ built to verify the room application footcandle data… that our Perimeter Fill optic could illuminate 8´ wide corridors from one side of the perimeter with a 50 footcandle average. The test site proved the concept and Froedtert’s corridors were the first hospital to utilize our PruOptics for lighting corridors from one perimeter. Cannon was so pleased with the project, two more hospitals were specified with the same specifications.
The original scope of the project consisted of five floors above grade, with the structural ability to accommodate seven additional floors. As the project evolved, the construction of four additional floors was added to the scope. The design and construction teams accommodated this significant change without adding any additional time to the construction duration. The Center for Advanced Care ultimately provides the clinical space for Froedtert to begin renovating existing operating rooms and consolidating them into one area of the hospital, facilitating greater operational efficiency.
The Center for Advanced Care’s energized verticality and sculptural aesthetic alludes to the cutting-edge nature of the work taking place inside. We brought this energy into the public spaces through the repetition of color and shape, use of a vertical architectural elements, and development of a split waiting area concept that brings patients, staff, and visitors closer to the windows to take advantage of the views, or to use a more private space offering a sense of respite. While these elements give the building a distinct identity from the neighboring Clinical Cancer Center, the generous use of glazing creates a reflection of the nearby woods and ponds, unifying the buildings as part of one campus that is connected to the local environment. The thoughtful application of system-wide interior material and finish standards and a universal exam room position Froedtert to quickly adjust to future changes.
For this private foundation office, the look is all class and glass. The Bionic Perimeter Wall Grazer from Prudential Lighting enhances vertical surfaces – washing a subtly textured wall in light in order to highlight the detail within the surface. In a private meeting room, a full wall of windows keeps the space feeling open and bright, while Prudential’s P59s create an elegant ‘floating ceiling’ effect, making the office an exceptionally inviting place to sit and chat about big plans for world-bettering.
Because, 80’s.
Seattle’s 1111 Third Avenue was a looker back in the day, but was due for some updates. It was built in 1980, the year Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe faced off at Wimbledon and the Doobie Brothers won Record of the Year, to help put the time-frame in perspective.
Fast-forward three and a half decades, and the 34-story LEED Silver certified financial district building gets a $17.5 million makeover to get it out of the Wall Street era (original version). Improvements include a new canopy, award-winning outdoor plaza, fitness center and gorgeous new lobby, illuminated by Prudential Lighting’s BionicPro4 Wall Grazing. The fixture’s focused beam highlights the subtle, elegant wall texture as a striking architectural design feature.
While the building’s main draws are still views of Elliott Bay and the Olympic Mountains (it’s tough to compete with that) – tenants are thrilled with the new modern aesthetic, and the building remains one of Seattle’s most prominent addresses.