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PHOTOGRAPHY: NICK MERRICK/HEDRICH BLESSING

Open meeting areas
boast full-height glass
to maximize daylight and
views (below), and can be
easily reconfigured to
accommodate various
functions with built-in
banquette seating located
along the perimeter
(opposite, bottom). The cafe
includes a private outdoor
terrace for staff to enjoy;
its ceiling is clad in locally
sourced reclaimed wood
(opposite, top).

Firm leaders had toured other corporate
and government offices for inspiration, and they
contemplated the possibility of an open configuration
before realizing that it was not going to fit its
practice. "We decided that [an open plan] was just
a little bit too far to go," Van Valkenburg says,
due to client confidentiality.
Incorporating an extensive art collection
Attorneys' offices, ranging from 112 to 220 square
feet, are about 14 percent smaller, on average,
compared with the previous building. But the
attorneys now enjoy a greater variety of conference
rooms and collaborative workspaces, as well
as a partially covered roof deck. With a combination
of banquette and lounge seating, an employee
cafe on the 26th floor has a ceiling of wood from
maraschino cherry barrels and a porcelain tile floor.
A supporter of local artists and arts groups,
Stoel Rives has an extensive collection of paintings,
sculpture, and photography. A selection of artwork
is hung on white plaster display surfaces extending
out from wood walls in the conference center. "The
idea was to create a gallery wall that wraps the core
of the building," van der Meulen says. Hallways
are extra wide to double as social gathering spaces.
ZGF designed the workplace to be highly
sustainable, incorporating a lighting strategy
that saves more than 40 percent on energy costs
compared with a code baseline building. A Platinum
rating for LEED-CI is anticipated to be confirmed
this summer, and the project has already received
four Green Globes for Sustainable Interiors, the
highest rating from the Green Building Initiative. c

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