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No trespassing, vacant, keep out and other uninviting words are plastered throughout urban environments due to old buildings not being able to respond to current functional needs formally, economically, or societally. The ephemeral quality of american life requires that as time passes buildings adapt to new uses and new technologies. If a building is rendered vacant in 30 years because the program or social requirements for the site have changed then it can no longer be considered a sustainable development. The definition of sustainability should include the requirement that a project perform throughout the life-cycle of the building and not just the program. With this opportunity we challenged ourselves with an additional task to have this development adapt to new uses as functional and social characteristic change in the future. The design not only responds to the program requirements set forth by this competition, but to also provide infrastructures that will evolve with future uses on the site, whether they are a hotel, corporate offices, school, or university campus. As a prototype the project is developed to maintain a consistent density throughout the site and create an urban edge that will preserve the urban fabric within U.S. cities. Internally the project responds to site specific conditions on three levels. The base level is the plaza shaped by pedestrian traffic throughout the site and manifests the social conditions of the current use. Defining the plaza are the buildings that make use of exterior passive systems bases on solar orientation and internal prefabricated components to compose the residential units. On top of the buildings are the roof gardens that provide open green spaces for the residence to socialize and harvest. Architecture and the environments they create need to adapt to new uses as functional and social factors change with time to truly be sustainable. This requires developers, designers, engineers, and all other stakeholders to strategize about the impact their response to current programs will have on the urban condition of the future.
Located just inside the loop of Westheimer, the River Oaks District in Houston, Texas will mark a serious upgrade with new bold rich urban settings. This mixed-use development includes two hotel towers and two office towers that will include approximately 300,000 SF of retail, 300 luxury apartments, 250,000 SF office, two four-star hotels and 150 condominiums. Block B of this development will include a 32 story, 397,000 SF W Hotel, 130 condominiums, ballrooms, pool, spa, fitness and restaurants and 673,000 SF of structured parking. Block D of this development will include a 14 Story, 249,000 SF hotel including 263-key Le Meridian with pool, and fitness center.
Granite Park is a 68-acre mixed-use development located in the southeast quadrant of the Dallas North Tollway and State Highway 121. Over 1,000,000 square feet of Class-A office space accompanies hotel, retail, and restaurant uses. All are planned around an extensively-landscaped park with cascading waterways and sidewalks that connect all the buildings on a pedestrian level.
BOKA Powell is working closely with Continuum Development on a number of sites within the Union Station development. Uses studied include Office, residential, hotel and retail/ grocery. The goal is to create exciting, functional solutions that optimize efficiency and reduce cost.
Block A is situated on a 33.5 acre property across from North Park Center in Dallas, Texas. This 400,000 SF class AA office building will anchor the new mixed-use development encompassing 700,000 SF of retail. Block A will provide 55,000 SF of retail along with a 5,000 SF bank. This office building will sit on top of a parking structure assembled for 1,500 spaces.
This mixed-use development is proposed to occupy a 2.3 acre of prime real estate at the Atlantic Station mixed use development. This sleak building will be 34 stories of condominiums topping a 9-story, 250-key, 5-star hotel. Alongside is a 400,000 SF, 19-story Class A office tower. Accompanying will be 12,000 SF of retail and a 10,000 SF signature restaurant.
This 1.8-million SF, $500-million mixed-use development on Baltimore’s famed Inner Harbor represents one of the last development opportunities on the waterfront. 414 Light Street will be ARCWheeler’s second “10” brand project where mixed-use elements located on significant parks or waterfronts include luxury condominiums, high-end retail, celebrity restaurants, destination spa and a 5-star hotel. This 715’ contemporary building not only will be Baltimore’s tallest structure but it will also be recognized for its state-of-the-art design.
The Block 21 project in Austin combines a dynamic set of program elements to create a new urban center for the city. This 1,100,000 square foot project includes a 250-key W Hotel and 175 condominiums plus a new Austin City Limits Music Venue, Children’s Museum, office space, retail space and an extensive below-grade parking garage. This project is being designed to LEED® Gold Standards.
11 fully developed acres remain at the SE corner of Warren Parkway and the Dallas North Tollway which is currently planned for a significant Class-AA office project, a 4 star plus full service hotel, and a high end restaurant cluster.
Phase III of this multi-phased project brought to completion the masterplan for the Colonnade Complex. Tower III is a 16-story, 425,000 square-foot addition, sited perpendicularly to the Colonnade axis, connecting with the Colonnade’s north wall. The atrium entry is fronted by a landscaped arrival court to provide a ceremonial entrance in the northeast quadrant of the site. On-site vehicular traffic is allowed to pass through a porte cochere carved into the rounded end of Tower III, a theme carried forward from Towers I and II. The lease space areas are configured to be typical speculative office spaces, available for tenant finish-out. The grey granite exterior cladding is carried into the Colonnade Atrium Space. The space connects the three office towers and parking garage, and provides common retail, banking and conference center functions for the complex. Nominated: TOBY Award - BOMA International 2001-2002 Building of the Year 500,000 - 1,000,000 SF
27 Story Mixed Use building, 321,000 SF Residential – 242 Units, 27,000 SF Retail and 229,000 SF structured parking with 536 parking spaces
Large scale urban planning requires flexibility and vision, allowing for the evolution of functional market drivers. This urban plan includes two Parcels of land re-claimed by city improvements in highway infrastructure. Parcel One consists of 2 office towers that total 1 Million s.f. and a 300 Key Convention Hotel. Parcel One is adjacent to the Charlotte Convention Center, which contains over 280,000 contiguous exhibit space. The location of this parcel is vital to the cities development, as it is the termination point and the gateway into downtown Charlotte. Parcel Two (Adjacent to Parcel One) consists of 2 phased Office Towers that total 1 Million s.f. This parcel is adjacent to the newly planned NASCAR Museum and office tower that will be completed in early 2010.
This Australian-inspired contemporary hotel/condo project is located in the heart of downtown Tempe, Arizona. On the corner of Veteran’s Way and College Avenue, the project will bring a new vibrant aesthetic to the area, with chic retail and restaurants on the ground level continuing the pedestrian activity of nearby Mill Avenue. The 20-story, 330,000 s.f. condominium tower, right across the street from the ASU stadium, has a total of 289 condos - including 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom and 3-bedroom units. Alongside the 20-story building is a 17-story, 250,000 s.f. hotel tower, has 250 rooms and 27 condos, in addition to conference spaces, restaurants, bars, and retail. Both towers share a podium which houses the pool, spa, cabanas etc. There are 3 levels of underground structured parking that serves both towers. BOKA Powell was the Architect of Record and not the Design Architect on this project. Development/Design Partner: Constellation Property Group
The theme of this project is both ‘Manhattan’ as well as high impact design that is unique and distinctive as well as ‘high energy’ to create a sense of street level excitement using large format signage and dynamic graphics of LED type screens. The estimated total square footage for the project is 836,000 GSF and includes the following approximate areas: 77,800 SF Retail, 320 residential rental units or 400,000 leasable SF, and 358,200 SF of structured parking and open space (courtyard). The project is intended to be very upscale New York style and ‘brand-able’ with an underlying theme of ‘Manhattan Place’. It is anticipated that there will be 10-12 different unit types developed in the equivalent of a city block with retail at ground level and parking at ground and second level above retail. This will have a concrete frame structure with three levels of apartments above utilizing stick frame construction.
BOKA Powell, in association with KPF Architects, is currently designing One Victory Tower within the high energy, 65-acre Victory Development in Dallas. This iconic centerpiece tower will be the tallest residential tower in the Southwest and the tallest building built in Dallas in 20+ years. Originally a brown field reclamation site located adjacent to the American Airlines Center, the 46-story tower incorporates the luxury 5 star 120 key Mandarin Oriental Hotel and Spa, 95 ultra-luxury condominium residential units served exclusively by the Mandarin Oriental, 230,000 sf of corporate office space, street level retail, and a structured parking for all of the above uses, as well as additional event parking for the arena. The corporate office component will incorporate raised floor / under floor air delivery systems throughout, positioning it as one of the most technologically advanced and flexible office facilities in the world. The mix of uses within the tower have been meticulously planned to minimize redundant systems, while maintaining security and rapid access. The tower is being designed with LEED® / environmentally sustainable materials and systems, turning what was once a blighted area into an example of a sustainable future. Envisioned as a dynamic mixed-use development to enhance the urban lifestyle that is live, work, play, BOKA Powell planned multiple sites within Victory for a mix of office, residential and retail uses, to be built in phases as the market dictates. Ultimately, the Victory Development will serve to embrace its urban setting by providing a valuable connection between downtown Dallas, the historic West end, Uptown and the Design and Arts Districts. Check out: http://www.mandarindallas.com/
O2 Tower at Britain Quay inhales and exhales a sweet, fresh breath into the Dublin Dockland redevelopment. Every function has been developed to bring the outside in and ventilate it back out with renewed vigor. The metaphor extends to the stunningly textured and faceted skin and relates to a series of louvered openings and pivoted windows scaled to their adjacent uses. The residential units breathe through the "pores" of their terraces and operable windows, while the dramatic sky terrace breathes through a seven-story glazed louver system that brings the building to life as the glazed louvers rotate open and shut. No quixotic endeavor, this allegorical organism has an expressive structure that embraces ribs and rigid spine and supports the free flowing spaces within. The building functions primarily as a residential tower with 54 two-bedroom flats and 51 one-bedroom and loft-style flats. Through this expressive form, the tower strives to refresh all who dwell there before sending them back out into the city. At its pinnacle and base, the building retains the purity of its curvilinear and sensuous elliptical core form. The base is enlivened by 1,180 square meters of retail and restaurant/club space. U2 will occupy the top two floors in dramatic fashion. For more than 20 years, U2 has embraced the world through its soaring anthems and challenged all its peoples to breathe freely and peacefully. Feel the life in the tower, feel the hum of these anthems, and understand that air is not all that is breathed from the tower. This landmark tower at Britain Quay breathes light and kinetic movement in addition to replenishing oxygen. All the elements of major circulation are expressed on the exterior in an effort to share the experience of movement and the notion of a lively and vibrant building. The restaurant/club spills out on two floors, the residences spill out on all floors, and above all, light spills out through the transparency of the glazed skin. O2 Tower is as light and airy as the air it celebrates. While attempting to be iconic in its stature, the tower claims its site proudly and stands as a sentinel for Dublin. Its materials, detailing, and engineering are 21st Century, yet the tower strives to symbolize the strength and heritage of Ireland’s people as it breathes renewed life into the Dublin Docklands.
The 1 Hotel concept developed for Starwood Capital seeks to leverage the high visibility and active street level activity of downtown Austin, Texas. Designed to ultimately be LEED® Silver, this 4-star hotel project is comprised of 250 keys, a signature restaraunt, specialty retail, spa, lobby bar, rooftop bar. The program elements include use of solar power, green roof decks, unobtrusive parking with major on-site components, and careul consideration of view orientation from guestrooms to adjacent structures.
BOKA Powell is working with the University of Nevada, Reno with the vision of a redevelopment plan for the Gateway District which borders the south edge of the campus along Highway 80. The first phase of this long term redevelopment plan will include a 200-key mixed use hotel block incorporating office, retail and a conference center. BOKA Powell has played a significant role in introducing development and finance partners to additional campus-related opportunities for student housing and academic facilities.
BOKA Powell provided architectural design services for the redevelopment of the World Trade Center in Mexico City. An existing steel structural frame, originally intended to be a hotel, was converted into an office tower. The adjacent hotel and shopping mall were designed to compliment the tower and create a cohesive visual identity for the World Trade Center precinct. Design Architect: BOKA Powell Architect of Record: Gutierrez Cortina Arquitectos
BOKA Powell is creating the initial land planning and programming for what could become the ultimate Hotel Casino destination in Las Vegas. Known as WorldPort Las Vegas and encompassing up to 106 acres in the heart of the Las Vegas strip, this multi–phased development concept consists of 28,000 tower guest rooms and condominiums on a base of casino, retail and entertainment. The concept provides for the participation of a team of world class architects in the development of individual components, with BOKA Powell providing Executive Architect services.
BOKA Powell, along with Mesa Design, has been awarded the Fairview Center master plan with a scope of work to create a new town at the southeast corner of the premier intersection of Hwy. 121 and I-75. The planning for this development of over 300 acres includes infrastructure and complete development guidelines for a mixed-use town plan. Plans for this new town include over 2,000 urban style homes and over three million square feet of office space and retail space. BOKA Powell worked with the client in developing an interactive web site that incorporated plans, market data and architectural concepts. Please visit the site at http://www.fairviewcenter.com. We are providing masterplanning and architectural design services, web page design and graphics.
BOKA Powell this exciting created concept for a new W Hotel and mixed use block. This 400 room concept is part of a Block Redevelopment includes retail, apartment and condominium components. The masterplan resolves the challenges of incorporating the Hollywood and Vine MTA subway entrance into the design, as well as addressing contextural neighborhood issues.
The inspiration for this scheme came from nature; and more specifically, water and the behavior of fish schools in the ocean. The flowing movement of water derived into the plan and elevations for this scheme; while the fish provided an idea for the windows and the building's skin treatment. The purpose of this design direction is to remove the occupants from the psychological rigid structures of everyday life; and to transport them into a completely different environment of flowing surfaces, areas and activities connected by curving hallways and surrounded by light. The project consists of a podium connecting three towers. The 1,000,000 square feet podium will house a casino and areas like upscale retail, restaurants, spas, a natural sand beach with salt water and wave replication and all services. The main tower will house upscale retail and private residences while the secondary towers will be used for hospitality and retail; all of this in about 1,400,000 sq. ft.
No trespassing, vacant, keep out and other uninviting words are plastered throughout urban environments due to old buildings not being able to respond to current functional needs formally, economically, or societally. The ephemeral quality of american life requires that as time passes buildings adapt to new uses and new technologies. If a building is rendered vacant in 30 years because the program or social requirements for the site have changed then it can no longer be considered a sustainable development. The definition of sustainability should include the requirement that a project perform throughout the life-cycle of the building and not just the program. With this opportunity we challenged ourselves with an additional task to have this development adapt to new uses as functional and social characteristic change in the future. The design not only responds to the program requirements set forth by this competition, but to also provide infrastructures that will evolve with future uses on the site, whether they are a hotel, corporate offices, school, or university campus. As a prototype the project is developed to maintain a consistent density throughout the site and create an urban edge that will preserve the urban fabric within U.S. cities. Internally the project responds to site specific conditions on three levels. The base level is the plaza shaped by pedestrian traffic throughout the site and manifests the social conditions of the current use. Defining the plaza are the buildings that make use of exterior passive systems bases on solar orientation and internal prefabricated components to compose the residential units. On top of the buildings are the roof gardens that provide open green spaces for the residence to socialize and harvest. Architecture and the environments they create need to adapt to new uses as functional and social factors change with time to truly be sustainable. This requires developers, designers, engineers, and all other stakeholders to strategize about the impact their response to current programs will have on the urban condition of the future.
The 1,016-key Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel is currently the City of Dallas’ largest development, costing $546-million. The facility includes 100,000 square feet of ballroom and meeting room space, a fitness center, premier upscale spa, and outdoor pool. This hotel includes three specialty restaurants and retail spaces for guests. There will also be an accessible direct connection, via skybridge, to the existing Dalals Convention Center. The project is being publicly financed by the City of Dallas in a unique public/private joint venture with Matthews Southwest, Inc. Design Architect: 5G Architects
The Block 21 project in Austin combines a dynamic set of program elements to create a new urban center for the city. This 1,100,000 square foot project includes a 250-key W Hotel and 175 condominiums plus a new Austin City Limits Music Venue, Children’s Museum, office space, retail space and an extensive below-grade parking garage. This project is being designed to LEED® Gold Standards.
St. Regis Hotel and residences includes 150 key luxury units, and 80 residential units. Located adjacent to the Historic Katy Trail in the upscale Turtle Creek area, this project will incorporate a luxurious spa and a signature restaraunt. This hotel is made up of a modern aesthetic design with amenities such as an elevated roof terrace for admiring city views. This project is being designed with LEED® certified credentials.
Situated at the heart of the Mountain Village Urban Center, the hotel depicted above will be serving tourists visiting the Telluride/Mountain Village area. The hotel will have 4 stories of hotel structure over 3.5 underground parking garage. With 76 hotel suites and 16 townhouse units, this hotel will also feature a raised pool terrace and a clubroom with spectacular views of the mountains.
Motel 6 is raising the bar in the economy lodging market with its first new prototype in 12 years. The Carrollton-based hotel chain is known for its low prices, and true to form, its newer design is both simple and functional. Customers who’ve seen the “Phoenix” prototype, named after the mythical bird symbolizing rebirth and renewal, note the modern, European boutique-style design of the rooms. The brightly accented rooms feature wood-effect flooring rather than carpet, a 32-inch flat-screen TV, and black granite counter tops with a vessel/raised sink. Dallas-based BOKA Powell designed the new building exterior, and Priestman Goode of London designed the room.
The Hotel Valencia will make its Dallas home in the heart of the vibrant and eclectic Park Lane lifestyle development. Shopping, dining and entertainment will enhance the Hotel Valencia experience of luxury and style, where sleek, modern design meets elegant old world European comfort. The tower will stand as a sentinel for arrival into an environment of elegant rich finishes and architectural craftsmanship. The Sports Club / Dallas will further add to the luxury lifestyle with the urban country club feel of its fitness and spa components.
The 1 Hotel concept developed for Starwood Capital seeks to leverage the high visibility and active street level activity of downtown Austin, Texas. Designed to ultimately be LEED® Silver, this 4-star hotel project is comprised of 250 keys, a signature restaraunt, specialty retail, spa, lobby bar, rooftop bar. The program elements include use of solar power, green roof decks, unobtrusive parking with major on-site components, and careul consideration of view orientation from guestrooms to adjacent structures.
Located just inside the loop of Westheimer, the River Oaks District in Houston, Texas will mark a serious upgrade with new bold rich urban settings. This mixed-use development includes two hotel towers and two office towers that will include approximately 300,000 SF of retail, 300 luxury apartments, 250,000 SF office, two four-star hotels and 150 condominiums. Block B of this development will include a 32 story, 397,000 SF W Hotel, 130 condominiums, ballrooms, pool, spa, fitness and restaurants and 673,000 SF of structured parking. Block D of this development will include a 14 Story, 249,000 SF hotel including 263-key Le Meridian with pool, and fitness center.
BOKA Powell is working with the University of Nevada, Reno with the vision of a redevelopment plan for the Gateway District which borders the south edge of the campus along Highway 80. The first phase of this long term redevelopment plan will include a 200-key mixed use hotel block incorporating office, retail and a conference center. BOKA Powell has played a significant role in introducing development and finance partners to additional campus-related opportunities for student housing and academic facilities.
As part of the renovation for this 30-year-old resort outside of Miami, BOKA Powell designed a 12-story, 126-key hotel development. The four hotel towers boast conference space, a golf club, two 18-hole golf courses, an interior court pool and lazy river, nestled between seven new luxury private villas with a poolside bar and grill. The new hotel was designed to blend with the existing Floridian Mediterranean style of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture using plaster, red tile clay roofs and arched openings.
This new hotel and resort outside of San Antonio, Texas, is planned around an existing 18-hole golf course and part of a larger master planned development. The Hotel is a 250-key resort with future expansion for condo hotel units and villas with spectacular views down the golf course valley. The back poolside amenities are terraced with luxury pools on two levels, including water slides and plaza decks for sunbathing and after-hours parties around the Pool Grill. Lush landscaping enhances the resort experience with a lazy river just down the next terrace to provide relaxation for couples and kids. Other features include a spa, dining, golf pro shop and 22,000 square feet of convention space for business travelers. The facility design is influenced by the Santa Barbara Mediterranean style of elegance with plaster walls and clay-tiled roofs.
This hotel and condominium study consists of approximately 340,000 square feet of hotel suites and condos, 42,000 square feet roof top bar. There will be two satellite pads to house restaurant/bar/retail space at the front of the property. The majority of the 2.3 acre site will be developed over a 4-level garage, totaling 210,000 square feet. It is anticipated that there will be a large leisure pool and deck located on the second floor directly adjacent to a fitness/spa of approximately 5,000 square feet. In addition there will be a connection to each of the satellite buildings from the second floor of the hotel.
BOKA Powell this exciting created concept for a new W Hotel and mixed use block. This 400 room concept is part of a Block Redevelopment includes retail, apartment and condominium components. The masterplan resolves the challenges of incorporating the Hollywood and Vine MTA subway entrance into the design, as well as addressing contextural neighborhood issues.
BOKA Powell is currently designing a hotel prototype in Granite Park as part of the 68-acre mixed-use development located in the southeast quadrant of the Dallas North Tollway and State Highway 121. The design is intended to reflect the character of the surrounding BOKA Powell designed campus while maintaining the planning characteristics of the prototype.
Located in Farmers Branch, the Doubletree Hotel at Park West was designed by Dewberry & Davis. BOKA Powell acted as the Production Architect and Architect of Record for the project. Working from a schematic design concept from Dewberry & Davis, as well as from schematic concepts from Vivian Nichols for the interiors, BOKA Powell developed the design and executed the shell building and interiors production scope. The facility is comprised of 363 rooms with a connected parking garage, restaurant, and health club.
The inspiration for this scheme came from nature; and more specifically, water and the behavior of fish schools in the ocean. The flowing movement of water derived into the plan and elevations for this scheme; while the fish provided an idea for the windows and the building's skin treatment. The purpose of this design direction is to remove the occupants from the psychological rigid structures of everyday life; and to transport them into a completely different environment of flowing surfaces, areas and activities connected by curving hallways and surrounded by light. The project consists of a podium connecting three towers. The 1,000,000 square feet podium will house a casino and areas like upscale retail, restaurants, spas, a natural sand beach with salt water and wave replication and all services. The main tower will house upscale retail and private residences while the secondary towers will be used for hospitality and retail; all of this in about 1,400,000 sq. ft.
The program for the project includes a four-star, full-service hotel with 289 rooms, a 25,000 sf conference center, 65 condominiums, specialty dining and parking garage. The facility is designed throughout to create dramatic framed views of the lake.
Located at Main Street between Ervay and Akard, two doors down from the flagship Neiman Marcus store. This project is comprised of both adaptive reuse and new construction. The program for this project contains 130 hotel rooms, a Charlie Palmer restaurant, cellar lounge, ballrooms, meeting spaces and a spa. The entire design is by the world famous Adam D. Tihany. BOKA Powell worked with the Design Architect and Production/Historic Preservation Architects in creating a project that would achieve the clients’ budget and schedule to exceed the expectations of the guests. On-site supervision is provided by BOKA Powell throughout the construction phase.
This Australian-inspired contemporary hotel/condo project is located in the heart of downtown Tempe, Arizona. On the corner of Veteran’s Way and College Avenue, the project will bring a new vibrant aesthetic to the area, with chic retail and restaurants on the ground level continuing the pedestrian activity of nearby Mill Avenue. The 20-story, 330,000 s.f. condominium tower, right across the street from the ASU stadium, has a total of 289 condos - including 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom and 3-bedroom units. Alongside the 20-story building is a 17-story, 250,000 s.f. hotel tower, has 250 rooms and 27 condos, in addition to conference spaces, restaurants, bars, and retail. Both towers share a podium which houses the pool, spa, cabanas etc. There are 3 levels of underground structured parking that serves both towers. Development/Design Partner: Constellation Property Group
Lumina Reno is the leading edge of a new development within downtown Reno, Nevada, incorporating a 200-key luxury hotel with residential and high-end gaming facilities. This mixed-use block synergizes the redeveloped Truckee River Pedestrian Corridor while energizing the plaza adjacent to the river with retail and restaurant uses.
Formerly the Hyatt Regency Hotel and Convention Center, the Presidente InterContinental Guadalara is situated in the heart of downtown Guadalajara, and combines Four-Star hotel facilities with a highly-flexible convention and meeting facility. The existing hotel was taken to a shell condition throughout and redesigned as a marquee Hyatt property, including all new guest rooms, lobbies, entries, restaurants and lounge areas. Concurrently, an existing mall structure adjacent to the hotel was partially demolished and redesigned as a highly-flexible convention and conference center facility. The centerpiece of the facility is the Astral Ballroom, with a capacity of up to 1,500 people in theater-style seating, 1,100 for dinner and 1,300 for reception, all within a dramatic 33-meter high space. BOKA Powell provided on-site design, document production and construction administration services for the project, in a design-build team format.
This mixed-use development is proposed to occupy a 2.3 acre of prime real estate at the Atlantic Station mixed use development. This sleak building will be 34 stories of condominiums topping a 9-story, 250-key, 5-star hotel. Alongside is a 400,000 SF, 19-story Class A office tower. Accompanying will be 12,000 SF of retail and a 10,000 SF signature restaurant. This mixed-use development is proposed to occupy a 2.3 acre of prime real estate at the Atlantic Station mixed use development. This sleak building will be 34 stories of condominiums topping a 9-story, 250-key, 5-star hotel. Alongside is a 400,000 SF, 19-story Class A office tower. Accompanying will be 12,000 SF of retail and a 10,000 SF signature restaurant.
NEC America’s corporate headquarters is situated at the northwest corner of State Highway 114 and State Highway 161, and anchors the 82-acre master-planned Las Colinas Corporate Center. Comprised of two buildings totaling 525,000 square feet in Phase I, shell and interior design services were performed via a fast-track delivery method to meet the move-in requirements for NEC. The masterplan can ultimately support 1.05 million square feet. The nine-story, high-rise centerpiece of the campus contains the executive offices, standard open offices, and amenities such as a full-service cafeteria, fitness center, and executive briefing center, designed for product demo and sales. The adjacent "L" shaped mid-rise, composed of a five-story wing and a three-story wing, contains offices, testing labs, and a training center, as well as loading and mailroom facilities consistent with a large-campus development. The geometric massing of the buildings punctuated by "lantern" elements is the focus of the overall composition of the project. Conditioned connectors that help form the edges of a landscaped, sunken plaza achieve connectivity between the buildings and garage.
BOKA Powell was retained independently by Accor North America for the programming and design of their interior space and by Billingsley Corporation for the shell building design. The facility was designed to energize the corporate culture and work flow, by incorporating executive offices, conference centers, a cafeteria and outdoor break and eating areas. The shell building design incorporates layered wall elements and design features that enhance the character of its tilt-wall construction system.
The headquarters campus for Tenet Health Systems is comprised of a 16-story building that houses Tenet Healthcare and a 13-story building for allied vendors. Both buildings feature a dramatic two-story lobby detailed with wood and stone. The floor plates are deep and efficient with a compact core area. The 15th and 16th floors include a two-story executive lobby with a cascading staircase. The buildings are attached to the adjacent garage by a conditioned concourse level, with executive parking located on the basement level. BOKA Powell designed the faciltiy and provided construction documentation for the buildings for Hines Interests.
Daimler Chrysler selected BOKA Powell to design both the shell and interiors of their 130,000 square foot call center in Westlake,Texas. A part of Hillwood’s Circle T Development this tilt-wall building has an Austin Stone veneer, standing seam roofs and detailing to help soften the harshness of a typical tilt-wall office building. BOKA Powell worked closely with the City of Westlake to insure that the design responded to the city development code, creating a series of facade elements that works to break down the mass of the building. The building incorporates a trellis-covered patio adjacent to the cafeteria to accommodate lunch breaks and other gatherings. This design feature makes for an inviting employee entrance, as well as protecting against the sun from the south side. Masterplanned to accommodate an additional 100,000 sq. ft. expansion, the facility incorporates a two-level parking deck with a covered connection to the building.
BOKA Powell designed the new 80,000 SF Headquarter for Horizon Health on Lake Vista Drive in Lewisville, Texas. The site is located in the heart of a growing commercial corridor, along a picturesque lake front. The building diagram consists of two main wings of office/tenant space flanking a central lobby. The lobby extends through the entire width of the building, providing sweeping views of the lake beyond. Keeping the service cores to a minimum, the overall plan is conducive to both single-tenant and multi-tenant scenarios, providing long-term flexibility for the owner. The exterior elevation is terminated at the four corners with full-height curtain wall, providing glass corner offices that maximize the views of the lake. Glass stair towers at each end allow natural light to penetrate into the building, encouraging the use of the stairs. The site landscaping concept includes an entry plaza, and strategically designed planting and walkways that connect to the existing jogging trails around the lake. The interior design focuses on connectivity and adjacencies within the different departments at Horizon Health Corporation. Amenities include an exterior patio overlooking the water, providing a relaxing space to eat and mingle. The materials and colors used throughout the interiors focus on bringing the calm and serenity of nature into the building.
UICI, a Dallas-based insurance company, wanted to add space to their existing facility. BOKA Powell designed the 128,000 square foot office building to compliment the existing facility and create a corporate campus feel. The site now features landscaped courtyards, a sculpture garden and an outdoor dining area. The two buildings are connected by an air-conditioned link that allows pedestrian access while maintaining the facility’s high security requirement. The building contains a 10,000 square foot data center that is mission-critical for UICI’s worldwide operations and was designed for the possibility of a high-wind event. UICI has experienced explosive growth and their greatest need was flexibility in their capacity to reorganize. The design solution yielded access flooring throughout the building and deep, open-column spacing for workstations.
The new headquarters campus for Southwest Corporate Federal Credit Union, located in the heart of Legacy Town Center in Plano, Texas, is designed to reflect the values and stability of this financial institution. Intended to be elegant without being opulent, the tilt wall building skin is layered with materials and elements that give the appearance of precast. The building is designed to maximize its visibility from the Dallas North Tollway while maintaining consistency with the surrounding campus buildings. BOKA Powell was retained by Southwest Corporate Federal Credit Union and Staubach for the building and interior design.
The new home of Mercedes-Benz Financial and Daimler Truck Financial is a 164,000 square foot, three-story, Class A office space, located in Roanoke, Texas. Built to suit at 13650 Heritage Parkway, in the AllianceTexas community, Michigan-based Daimler and Mercedes-Benz are the only occupying tenants of the new facility. Previously based in suburban Chicago, Daimler Truck Financial services is moving to the building, which includes space for the 550 current employees, and room for up to 800 total employees. Determined to shake up the buttoned-down image of traditional corporate offices, Daimler Financial gave BOKA Powell the design direction to create an environment that’s creative – a space to conduct business that’s fresh and cutting-edge. Through a partnership between the Financial companies and the art departments at Texas Christian University and Southern Methodist University, the design is striking in color and style, presenting visitors with a veritable art gallery. The space currently features 80 works of art from more than 40 artists, in an exhibition entitled “Experiencing Perspectives.” BOKA Powell’s interior design stays with the contemporary, clean design that defines Mercedes-Benz automobiles and engineering. The end result is a space that complements the students’ work and produces a working environment that invokes imagination, creativity and collaboration.
Allstate Insurance Company’s 484,000 square foot Regional Operating Campus, which is located in Irving, Texas, consists of Administration, Data Center, Call Center and Output Processing/ Printing Facilities with a 446,000 square foot parking structure. Each building is designed to be competitive in the multi-tenant office market, enhancing Allstate’s flexibility as well as the overall value of the campus.
BOKA Powell was commissioned to design a new 31,000 SF medical office building in Plano, Texas. Located near Presbyterian Hospital of Plano, this two story shell office structure houses doctor groups who desire to own their office space rather than lease. The building is a contemporary architectural design located on a 3.4 acre site. Parking for 174 cars is provided. As well as doing the shell design, BOKA Powell has maintained involvement in the design and finish out of several doctor suites within the building. Construction was completed in the fall of 2003.
Spatial organization was the guiding principle to the design of Computer Associates’ Dallas office. The office consists of 130,000 s.f. of open plan space including dining room, training rooms and fitness center. An open ceiling plan was utilized to provide added height above the systems furnishings; this industrial look is carried throughout the space in detailing, furnishings and finishes including a custom designed cowskin laminate. A tightly organized block of core elements and accompanying circulation path establish continuity from floor to floor, set off by changes in color, finishes, and specific work environments.
The Bank of Dallas building has 665 parking spaces on six and a half levels of below grade parking. The parking structure is mechanically ventilated and has perimter and sub-slab drainage with sump pit tied to emergency power.
The design of this new Regional Headquarters and Call Center required detailed programming and a highly creative design response to satisfy the complex set of technologic and business requirements of our client. The facility houses a computer center that utilizes the most advanced fiberoptic technology. In addition to providing for their current facility’s needs, we designed an office environment that has built-in flexibility to allow their organization to change in response to changes in their business. To achieve workstation flexibility, the design team developed a new monitoring workstation the same size as Brinks’ existing stations, yet with twice the work surface area. With changes to the work tools and work surfaces, their workstations can be quickly reconfigured to support a range of activities. We also provided much needed teaming areas that enhance interaction and employee communication. The call monitoring facility successfully portrays a pleasant, user-friendly environment within the context of a technologically sophisticated facility. Responding to the client’s desire for an “exit strategy,” we designed and configured the building with wide market appeal for a range of users should Brinks decide to sell or lease the facility in the future.The design of this new Regional Headquarters and Call Center required detailed programming and a highly creative design response to satisfy the complex set of technologic and business requirements of our client. The facility houses a computer center that utilizes the most advanced fiberoptic technology. In addition to providing for their current facility’s needs, we designed an office environment that has built-in flexibility to allow their organization to change in response to changes in their business. To achieve workstation flexibility, the design team developed a new monitoring workstation the same size as Brinks’ existing stations, yet with twice the work surface area. With changes to the work tools and work surfaces, their workstations can be quickly reconfigured to support a range of activities. We also provided much needed teaming areas that enhance interaction and employee communication. The call monitoring facility successfully portrays a pleasant, user-friendly environment within the context of a technologically sophisticated facility. Responding to the client’s desire for an “exit strategy,” we designed and configured the building with wide market appeal for a range of users should Brinks decide to sell or lease the facility in the future.
This existing corporate campus was replanned to accomodate a multi-tenant mix, and redeveloped with new lobby and public area spaces, exterior and landscape upgrades, as well as new MEP systems. In addition, BOKA Powell designed a new 474,810 SF parking garage on-site to flexibly accomodate the leasing strategy. Client: Behringer Harvard
BOKA Powell designed this 130,780 sf shell building in Las Colinas, Texas for Cigna as part of a developer team. The floor plate of the building is designed to maximize useable square footage and allow for flexibility in making future modifications to the space. The unique exterior skin system features an exposed structural system, which eliminated the need for precast fabrication and delivery and allowed the building to be developed on a very fast track. Functions including R & D labs, software labs, testing labs, a training center, data center, machine shop, and general office functions. Departmental adjacencies were organized to synergize the company’s business model by fostering an interactive atmosphere that encourages collaborative problem solving. The spaces were designed in a collaborative effort with both the corporate leadership, as well as users of the space, with the goal of creating a timeless and sophisticated space that would meet strict budget and scheduling requirements. Concurrently, BOKA Powell was contracted directly by Cigna to create Interior Construction Documents, based on a space plan provided by Cigna’s in-house interior design team. BOKA Powell worked closely with Cigna and the developer to ensure that the shell building and interiors worked together to maximize efficiency and value for the project as a whole.
BOKA Powell provided design services for the shell building developer Carr America while simultaneously providing programming and interior design services for the new DGI Technologies’ Corporate Headquarters.
Master Planning for the Remote Support Area (RSA) included six different support and service operations on a 32-acre site. Located at D/FW International Airport, the RSA facilitates relocation and expansion of Mail Sort, Cabin Service, Stores, Cargo, Ground Support Equipment, and Aircraft De-icing Operations. The three building, 300,000 s.f. complex is linked to the Terminal Building aircraft apron by a private three lane vehicle service road. This prominent location along International Parkway and south of the Delta Terminal establishes the RSA as the south gateway to the Delta Air Lines D/FW complex. A 30° building orientation responds to various on-site and off-site influences and maximizes the usable area of the unusual site configuration. Building locations create an interface between public areas and the secured aircraft operations area while promoting the special public function of the Cargo building. Building massing is straight-forward and economical for the 26-foot clear height material and vehicle operation areas. Buff colored concrete panels, compatible with the D/FW Terminal Building aesthetic, are used to form the primary building envelope. A gray concrete wainscot treatment distinguishes the active AOA-secured area from public areas. Second-level gray glass and aluminum window walls identify the office and break room areas. White-colored insulated metal panels clad the entry towers, help to screen rooftop equipment, and signify the more industrial nature of these non-passenger facilities. Texas Society of Architects Design Award Dallas Chapter AIA Honor Award
The new regional headquarters for DynCorp International sits on a 9.06 acre site in the Alliance Airport business park north of Fort Worth. The building is a double wing 62,500 square foot plate in two stories, totaling 125,000 square feet of office. It is surrounded by 480 surface parking spaces, providing a parking ratio of 4 spaces per 1000 square feet of building space. Constructed primarily of site cast tilt wall concrete panels and glass, the building is conceived as a grouping of smaller dissimilar parts, creating a village effect. This approach reduces the scale of the large exterior facades, and creates a varied character to the building. The two wings wrap a central double height entry lobby, which acts as the town square in the village metaphor. This main lobby provides the entry points to various office divisions, and houses the building's passenger elevator. The sky lit double volume past the elevator enclosure invites the occupant to discover the stair leading to the second floor bridge connecting the two upper wings.
BOKA Powell recently completed this state of the art Administrative Office and Distribution facility for Mary Kay Inc., designing the interiors directly for Mary Kay while delivering the shell building as part of a development team. The result was a functional and efficient building that meets Mary Kay Inc.’s requirements for improved functional efficiency and reduced operating cost, while establishing a strong visual presence within in the surrounding community. At the same time, BOKA Powell delivered a shell building to the developer that will retain long-term value and flexibility within the marketplace. The facility closely integrates automated packing and shipping systems with related management personnel, minimizing walk distances and increasing connectivity between critical operations. The key to the success of the project was in creating the right adjacencies and work-flows between Public⁄Product Sales Associate areas, Office Areas and Product Distribution functions. This included a unique 3-lane covered drive-through area utilized by the Client’s vast Sales Force for convenient product pick-up. In the warehouse portion of the project, BOKA Powell worked closely with the Client’s packaging, racking and conveying system consultants to insure that the interior design elements and MEP systems coordinated with these critical systems. Working with, as opposed to against, the site irregularities resulted in a functional and efficient building that meets and exceeds Mary Kay Inc.’s program requirements while providing a strong visual presence in the surrounding business community.
Micrografx, Inc., a leading graphics software developer, desired to create a headquarters facility that would support a new direction in their business plan. Product teams had replaced their departments, and discreet enclaves of specialists have given way to an environment that supports collaboration and interaction. The company’s ability to maintain its leadership position depends on the energy and creativity of the industry’s best and brightest young software engineers. The need to attract and retain talented people was a key design consideration. The interior of the two-story, 93,000 square foot concrete and glass building features open-web steel joists and an exposed MEP infrastructure that creates the airy feeling of an artist’s loft. The u-shaped plan has its core elements at the building perimeter to allow product teams to expand and contract freely with changes in the business. The three wings of the plan are organized around a two-and-a-half-story, circular, glass-enclosed "common" that fronts a shaded courtyard and outdoor recreation space. A massive two-story concrete arcade stands guard around the blue crystalline enclosure of the commons, acting as both a visual foil and an effective shading device. The arcade marches from the outdoors into the building, completely surrounding and defining the commons.
Thomson Consumer Electronics, the parent company of RCA’s corporate campus located in Carmel, Indiana, houses administrative functions, research and development, training and classroom areas, and a museum of RCA’s product history. Michael Graves was commissioned to create a global corporate image, to be conveyed through the exterior architectural elements, facade treatments, and the central rotunda. BOKA Powell supported Mr. Graves’ vision for the project, integrating his vision with the functional requirements for RCA, as masterplanned and developed by BOKA Powell. BOKA Powell, upon integrating the design work of Mr. Graves, completed the construction documents and served as the Architect of Record for the project. The administrative building is 220,000 SF with an adjoining Research and Development building totaling 250,000 SF.
The International Association of Assembly Managers’ Headquarters in Coppell, Texas, is a two-story, 40,000 gross square foot shell office building on a 4.37 acre site with a surface parking lot for approximately 160 cars. BOKA Powell was selected to design the shell and interior of this headquarters facility. The design proposes a composite steel structure on the second floor with a bar joist roof. The foundation is a concrete slab on grade. Painted, articulated, site-cast concrete panels comprise most of the building’s exterior skin with a featured curtainwall glazing system in the entry and conference center. The interior building finish-out included IAAM offices and public areas.
As part of a dynamic 75-acre mixed-use urban center, BOKA Powell completed the 17-story One Victory Park project, which fronts the Victory Park development and incorporates 16 stories of office space, ground level retail, and a seven-story garage. One Victory Park integrates flexible building mechanical systems within a highly efficient floor plate to create Dallas’ first multi-tenant office building with a pre-certified LEED® Silver designation. One Victory Park is home to the premier firms of Haynes & Boone, PlainsCapital Bank and Ernst & Young and includes direct access to the Katy Trail.
33 Story 509K SF Office 7700 SF Retail 1134 Structured Parking Spaces
Granite Park Three is a 16-story building with approximately 390,000 square feet of office space, a five-level parking garage, and 65,000 square feet of retail space. Class A finishes and building systems distinguish these buildings from the surrounding office market. Stone floors, wood paneling and architectural ceiling treatments create an atmosphere of sophistication and warmth in the public areas.
The characteristics of the building include a precast and glass exterior with stone entry features. The building lobby is exquisitely appointed using natural stones and wood accents. Efficient rectilinear plans utilize excellent bay depths, allowing tenants optimal space utilization. Mechanical systems feature state-of-the-art digitally controlled HVAC with one zone per 1,000 square feet. The parking ratio ranges from 4.0 to 4.25 per 1,000 square feet.
Saint Ann Court consists of two buildings; the preserved and renovated Saint Ann School and the new 25-story office building. The renovated 3,000 square-foot Saint Ann School consists of restaurant and cafe, including the “On a Good Day” sky bar lounge. The 25-story Saint Ann Court building holds 11 floors of garage, 10 floors of office and 4 floors of penthouse office equaling 300,000 sq. ft. of rentable space, thus being the tallest office tower in Uptown at 350 feet. The Museum housing the Barbier-Muller art collection is located on the ground and second floors of the tower. Secret garden and water features are nestled between the historic building and the new office tower. Additionally, there are two roof-terrace gardens at levels 14 and 24 within the tower.
At the northwest corner of Meridian and New York streets the 300 North Meridian tower rises to 28 stories with a style and elegance that immediately made it a popular favorite among local fans of architecture. While the choice of an unconventional reddish granite from South Dakota combined with black glass windows makes a darker statement than most downtown buildings, the high rise does take cues from surrounding buildings, most obviously the Gothic-inspired Chamber of Commerce building next door. The first nine floors are devoted to 335 parking spaces comprising more than one-third of the tower’s square footage. The garage is mechanically ventilated and is skinned to match the office portion of the tower. The 16 floors above consist of Class “A” office space. The building’s vertical characteristics, emphasized by pointed projections of contrasting granite and setback corners, draw the eye upward to a low, copper-colored dome that crowns the structure. The row of glass dormers at the top floor illuminate a two-story library of the building’s prime tenant, a large law firm. The architects opted for an understated tower with rich, dark color, subtle detailing, and allusions to older buildings, including the 1926 Chamber of Commerce building next door.
The Carnegie Building is a 310,000 sf, 16-story, Class A office building in the heart of downtown Fort Worth. The office building connects to the existing “Tower” garage and faces the Fort Worth Library (which is the site of the original Carnegie Library) across Third Street. The first floor accommodates restaurant & retail space, and promotes pedestrian activity at the street-level. The design of the building is reminiscent of the traditional brick and stone buildings in the surrounding area. The ground floor lobby is a 2-story domed space with columns and niches creating a grand entrance to the building. High ceilings, attention to detail, and rich finishes throughout, distinguish this building as one of the most sophisticated places to work close to Sundance Square. Design Architect: David Schwarz
Block A is situated on a 33.5 acre property across from North Park Center in Dallas, Texas. This 400,000 SF class AA office building will anchor the new mixed-use development encompassing 700,000 SF of retail. Block A will provide 55,000 SF of retail along with a 5,000 SF bank. This office building will sit on top of a parking structure assembled for 1,500 spaces.
BOKA Powell’s sister company, Haldeman Powell de Mexico, designed the core and made plan refinements of the Torre Mayor, under the guidance of developer Reichmann International. Our scope of services included test-fits for corporate clients seeking United States efficiencies in a modern, 1,722,000 square foot Mexico City tower. Major emphasis was given to the core design, where, based upon BOKA Powell’s recommendation, the three 55-story, highrise elevator banks were repositioned and the radius increased to facilitate improved space utilization. Design Architect – Zeidler Partnership Architects Architect of Record – Adamson Associates Architects
Collins Crossing is an 11-story, Class A Office building with approximately 307,000 rentable square feet and a 6-level parking garage. The building has a through lobby extending from the main entrance to the parking garage providing a conditioned connection from the building to the garage. The large floor plate, finishes and building systems distinguish this building from the surrounding office market. The building’s unique shape, design, stone floors/walls, wood paneling and architectural ceiling treatments create an atmosphere of sophistication and warmth.
Granite Park is a 68-acre mixed-use development located in the southeast quadrant of the Dallas North Tollway and State Highway 121. Over 1,000,000 square feet of Class-A office space accompanies hotel, retail, and restaurant uses. All are planned around an extensively landscaped park with cascading waterways and sidewalks that connect all the buildings on a pedestrian level. Phase I and Phase II are 10-story office buildings totaling 525,000 square feet with 68,000 square feet of retail. Class A finishes and building systems distinguish these buildings from the surrounding office market. Stone floors, wood paneling and architectural ceiling treatments create an atmosphere of sophistication and warmth in the public acres.
The multi-phased MacArthur Ridge project is located on a sloping site on Hidden Ridge in Las Colinas. Phase I consisted of a six-story 210,000 square foot office building and a five-story 375,000 square foot parking structure. Phase II, a 210,000 square foot office building, was complete in November of 1998. A large paved and landscaped parking plaza has been created in front of the L-shaped precast and glass buildings. A design-build approach was used to construct both Phases of the project.
Phase III of this multi-phased project brought to completion the masterplan for the Colonnade Complex. Tower III is a 16-story, 425,000 square-foot addition, sited perpendicularly to the Colonnade axis, connecting with the Colonnade’s north wall. The atrium entry is fronted by a landscaped arrival court to provide a ceremonial entrance in the northeast quadrant of the site. On-site vehicular traffic is allowed to pass through a porte cochere carved into the rounded end of Tower III, a theme carried forward from Towers I and II. The lease space areas are configured to be typical speculative office spaces, available for tenant finish-out. The grey granite exterior cladding is carried into the Colonnade Atrium Space. The space connects the three office towers and parking garage, and provides common retail, banking and conference center functions for the complex. Nominated: TOBY Award - BOMA International 2001-2002 Building of the Year 500,000 - 1,000,000 SF
Located at the intersection of State Highway 114 and State Highway 161 in Irving, Texas, the Las Colinas Corporate Center is situated on a prominent site convenient to the DFW Airport and the Las Colinas Urban Center. The six-story Phase I was complete in 1997 with Phase II completed in the fall of 1998. The arrangement of the two Class “A” office buildings creates an informal campus connected by an internal parking plaza with enhanced paving and a comprehensive landscape design. The office towers are designed with the latest generation floor plates that allow for maximum lease depths and efficient layout of offices and open plan areas. Barrel-vaulted roofs over the center bay accentuate the understated elegance of the building design that provides the development with an eye-catching identity. The multi-textured precast concrete facades utilize exposed granite chip aggregate to create a delicate pattern. An entry canopy extends along the front of each building providing shade and scale to the pedestrian walkway. An underground tunnel links the two buildings. The adjacent parking has a 4:1000 ratio with 30% covered parking accommodated in two parking structures.
This design concept for the renovation of an existing office building provided for a dramatic lobby and entrance experience, with integration of cutting edge building systems and technology throughout.
BOKA Powell has recently completed the design for the first phase of a new medical/professional office complex in Rancho Mirage, California. Developed by American Medical Office Partners, Inc. and located on Bob Hope Drive, minutes away from the Eisenhower Hospital complex and Betty Ford Clinic in Palm Springs, this facility is the largest office project approved in the area in almost 20 years. The project consists of two separate office buildings of 49,000 SF each with separate adjoining open parking garages. The façade has a sophisticated desert style that harmonizes with the aesthetics of the region. The building is sited to take full advantage of the desert mountain views. The project is in collaboration with William Graves Architect.
Through this process we discovered that collaboration and teaming spaces are the main issue to address. The design team responded by creating a flexible zone concept that allow for large and small enclosed conference rooms, open informal teaming areas or closed manager/executive offices. The Flex Zone allows every employee access to common space for meetings. To start the customer experience an Executive Briefing Center and new reception area is being designed to ensure CommScope marketing message is reflected throughout their space. Research and development labs are used not only for product develop but also to show case their employees and expertise. A Demo Porch area was created to allow engineers to present the latest technology to their customer while separating the lab space so that other employees are disrupted. CommScope, formerly AT&T, is the global leader in infrastructure solutions for communication networks for more then 130 countries. It is the premier manufacture of coaxial cable for broadband cable television networks and one of the leading North American providers of environmentally secure cabinets. CommScope is approaching their new project by building a team that helps facilitate and manage change. Together Steelcase Applied Research & Consulting and BOKA Powell have teamed up to meet this need. With in depth surveys, site observations, executive and employee workshops, the team has defined the criteria and goals for the project. This information is being used throughout the project during all phases to validate all ideas. These benchmarks have been established and will be tested and validated in the post move-in survey.
“Cities are a hallmark of human civilization.” How a city forms is a direct correlation to the unique culture of the region. Red Urban’s primary desire in design intent was to celebrate the fusion of their global company’s culture combined with that of Urban Dallas. Natural earth tones combined with Red Urban’s signature red, the color that represents love and affection, formed the color palette. Stained concrete, tiles with a rusted metal look, ebonized walnut and a draped creative area were the primary means for accomplishing the materiality of Dallas Loft. Red Urban was highly involved in the concept’s finalization, a distinctive graphic vinyl wallcovering from a photo taken by a local photographer of Downtown Dallas’s Lower South Side. The accomplished success of Red Urban’s Dallas Office hinged upon BOKA Powell adopting Red Urban’s business philosophy that only brands that have built a two-way relationship based on a mutual affection will succeed and thrive.
Noble Royalties selected BOKA Powell as the interior designer for their new corporate office space at Addison Circle. BOKA Powell worked closely with the client to create a warm, inviting space using texture and rich materials as well as working with the furniture dealer to select new office furniture. The project team worked on an aggressive timeline from design thru construction to make this a smooth transition for the client.
BOKA Powell is focused on the documentation of the concepts of a full team of consultants including programming specialists, architectural and interior designers, and mep engineers. Our challenge has been to translate the extraordinarily large floor plates of a retail mall into a seriously capable work environment to support a fun team attitude. Utilizing raised floors with power, data and hvac distribution below allows unlimited space flexibility for Rackers to build their teams around their talent. Amenities such as a full-service cafeteria, fitness center, fueling stations and open escalators for vertical transportation and communication allow different configurations of physical space to be immediately responsive to changes in organizational structure. Fanatical Support is Rackspace’s terminology for legendary customer support of IT Hosting – meeting and exceeding every customer’s needs and expectations. This high-technology firm has directed the conversion of an entire existing shopping mall into office space to integrate the best technologies and practices in the most collaborative, flexible, high-energy work environment possible.
NEC America’s corporate headquarters is situated at the northwest corner of State Highway 114 and State Highway 161, and anchors the 82-acre master-planned Las Colinas Corporate Center. Comprised of two buildings totaling 525,000 square feet in Phase I, shell and interior design services were performed via a fast-track delivery method to meet the move-in requirements for NEC. The masterplan can ultimately support 1.05 million square feet. The nine-story, high-rise centerpiece of the campus contains the executive offices, standard open offices, and amenities such as a full-service cafeteria, fitness center, and executive briefing center, designed for product demo and sales. The adjacent "L " shaped mid-rise, composed of a five-story wing and a three-story wing, contains offices, testing labs, and a training center, as well as loading and mailroom facilities consistent with a large-campus development. The geometric massing of the buildings punctuated by "lantern " elements is the focus of the overall composition of the project. Conditioned connectors that help form the edges of a landscaped, sunken plaza achieve connectivity between the buildings and garage.
The new American Headquarters Campus for Accor Hotels is a reflection of the client’s desire to achieve clarity and order in both its aesthetic expression and functionality. The work spaces are configured to encourage collaboration and creativity. The campus building design incorporates layered wall elements and design features that enhance the character of its tilt wall construction system while providing a cost effective real estate solution with a strong exit strategy. BOKA Powell was retained by Accor North America and Staubach for the programming and interiors and by Billingsley Corporation for campus planning and shell building design.
BOKA Powell designed 110,000 SF of interiors for Mercedes Corporate Headquarters in Mexico City. Working on a very tight schedule to finish six floors of reception areas, conference and meeting room, IT/Data Center, general office, collaboration areas and break rooms we created a space full of different textures, shapes, and colors to compliment the unique shape of the building. The bridged towers allowed us to create a conference room completely enclosed by glass to enjoy all of the views from high above the city. The allotted space in conjunction with the amount of employees for the building challenged our space planning, but we ultimately resolved it with open collaborative areas that had mixed uses. We incorporated many modern textiles, lighting fixtures and new technologies to blend with Mercedes design standards. We created a unique identity for each floor using different colors and carpets while keeping the connection of the spaces through the interior architectural elements that we designed.
Autonomy etalk’s new corporate headquarters focuses on creating an exciting, hip, and fun space that highlights their software-based products and corporate culture. Special Attention was paid to the lobby and show center to illustrate etalk’s “Meaning Based Computing” system. In the lobby and boardroom, customers enjoy open views to the Dallas Cultural District below. The views are only interrupted by a large fish tank dividing the lobby from the boardroom. Large scale artwork adds dramatic colors to the space and provides an extra touch of fun. To balance these bright colors, a natural color palette was chosen, and texture and materials were carefully selected to create an elegant space, as evidenced by the stone flooring and wool carpeting. Change management was a critical step in achieving success on this project. The existing employee workstations required a large footprint and included high, enclosed panels. The solution for the new space was to use a 120-degree furniture system with low panels to provide a more efficient real estate solution. Fun and multifunctional spaces were used throughout to give employees and managers places to explore and collaborate on the next generation of new ideas. For example, a new breakroom/dining/meeting space was designed to include the opportunity for friendly Xbox competitions among employees. Autonomy etalk has found that these community spaces are bringing people together and boosting productivity.
BOKA Powell provided Interior Design and furniture selection services for Siemens Dematic Postal Automation Systems’ new campus headquarters located on a 14.1-acre site across from first base at the Ballpark in Arlington, Texas. The spaces were created to enhance efficiency and cost-effectiveness in the development and testing of state-of-the-art postal equipment for the United States Postal Service, as well as other commercial clients. Programming and interior planning for the first phase of the campus, consisting of a 235,000 SF Research and Development facility, accommodates a diverse array of functions including R & D labs, software labs, testing labs, a training center, data center, machine shop and general office functions. Departmental adjacencies were organized to synergize the company’s business model by fostering an interactive atmosphere that encourages collaborative problem solving. The spaces were designed in a collaborative effort with corporate leadership, as well as users of the space, with the goal of creating a timeless and sophisticated space that would meet strict budget and scheduling requirements.
This existing corporate campus was replanned to accomodate a multi-tenant mix, and redeveloped with new lobby and public area spaces, exterior and landscape upgrades, as well as new MEP systems. In addition, BOKA Powell designed a new 474,810 SF parking garage on-site to flexibly accomodate the leasing strategy. BOKA Powell fully upgraded the ground floor lobby, including security gates, new restrooms and the existing elevators. We completely gutted the existing floor plan of walls ceilings, lighting, finishes, etc. while reworking base building Gypsum Board columns, exterior of the core walls and reconstructed new restrooms, and added new ceiling lighting, leveled the floors, planned interior construction and finishes. The plan shown includes upgraded 3rd floor lobby, with secured entry, offices, workstations, conference rooms, break rooms, training room on 6” raised floor.
BOKA Powell provided design services for both the interiors and shell for this 130,000 sf financial services center. The facility incorporates call center work areas, a conferencing center, executive offices, cafe’, data center and NOC. At the entry rotunda, exposed steel columns and beams combined with natural stone veneer and wood create a space with warmth, comfort and scale. Clerestory windows wrap around the circumference of the rotunda above. The organizing concept for the interior spaces was based on a "streetscape" theme, playing off the company’s automotive focus. Brightly colored power walls and large-scale carpet patterns bring character to the workspaces, as well as creative lighting solutions that lend a visual interest and inherent functionality to the spaces. The main cafe provides an escape from the "city life" of the workspaces, with a trellis covered patio for lunch breaks and other gatherings.
The new corporate headquarters for Omni American Credit Union represents a unique combination of Texas vernacular aesthetics and 21st century technology. Omni American chose BOKA Powell to design their executive floor in University Center II, which was recently purchased by Omni American, located at 1320 South University in Fort Worth. The executive floor combines space efficiency with a richly detailed environment of wood, leather and stone. The space program, including executive offices, a state of the art boardroom, a wellness center, kitchen and a media room, were developed to foster a sense of connectivity between diverse program elements.
BOKA Powell completed Collegiate Developments full service interiors project in late 2005. We designed the full office finish out with a high end contemporary look which included offices, Boardroom, Conference Rooms and Break Areas to name a few. Collegiate Development specializes in higher end student housing throughout America.
BOKA Powell designed the new 80,000 SF Headquarter for Horizon Health on Lake Vista Drive in Lewisville, Texas. The site is located in the heart of a growing commercial corridor, along a picturesque lake front. The building diagram consists of two main wings of office/tenant space flanking a central lobby. The lobby extends through the entire width of the building, providing sweeping views of the lake beyond. Keeping the service cores to a minimum, the overall plan is conducive to both single-tenant and multi-tenant scenarios, providing long-term flexibility for the owner. The exterior elevation is terminated at the four corners with full-height curtain wall, providing glass corner offices that maximize the views of the lake. Glass stair towers at each end allow natural light to penetrate into the building, encouraging the use of the stairs. The site landscaping concept includes an entry plaza, and strategically designed planting and walkways that connect to the existing jogging trails around the lake. The interior design focuses on connectivity and adjacencies within the different departments at Horizon Health Corporation. Amenities include an exterior patio overlooking the water, providing a relaxing space to eat and mingle. The materials and colors used throughout the interiors focus on bringing the calm and serenity of nature into the building.
BOKA Powell worked with Brann Worldwide in creating a new regional headquarters that is specifically tailored to the Brann creative process. Incorporating a cafeteria with a number of teaming and brainstorming areas, the facility fosters the interaction of team members.
BOKA Powell designed a new regional office center for CB Richard Ellis in the Lincoln Center Complex. This was the existing building for CBRE, but relocated to another floor. The project consisted of 29,000 square feet of remodel space. Services included Programming, Design, Construction Documentation, and Construction Administration. The space included state of the art conference and audio visual services, blending a unique look with functional efficiency. CBRE wanted to reduce the number of offices and move more staff into open plan systems.
Xerox Corporation’s decision to consolidate their Customer Support Center from Las Colinas office buildings to an existing warehouse in Lewisville, Texas affected six divisions of the corporation, 160,000 square feet of building area and a total of 650 people. BOKA Powell provided complete planning, programming, architecture and interior design services, while implementing "fast track " construction procedures. Renovating the Lewisville facility required site improvements, new windows, a new entrance and canopy, and the addition of restroom and other core areas. The vast open warehouse becomes an internal city composed of elements that operate at three successive scales. At the large scale, a "town center " accommodates centralized functions such as building entry, reception and large group meetings. Beginning at the town center, a primary circulation route, "the boulevard " winds through a series of multi-departmental areas or "neighborhoods ". Gridded "main streets " intersect the "boulevard " and lead to intermediate scale "neighborhood centers " which house shared multi-departmental support areas. The design solution provides comfortable work areas, unique spaces for communal activity, and eventful paths of circulation, while responding in character and function to the daily needs of the building’s inhabitants.
The Wishing Place is located in Las Colinas thanks to a generous donation of land from the Las Colinas Land Limited Partnership, represented by Cousins Properties. The site is a prime one-acre building site located near the corner of Royal Lane and Riverside Drive in the emerging La Villita area of Las Colinas. BOKA Powell, pro bono architect for this project, has designed a 13,500 square foot building with space for future expansion. The building combines residential architectural features with an element of fantasy.
One of a series of personal banking centers designed by BOKA Powell, this project is designed to provide the highest level of luxury, security and functionality to Chase’s high income clients. Secured paths were created for customers, employees and security personnel. A palette of fine woods and marbles works together with a carefully developed art program to create the desired ambiance for the space. The facility incorporates a trading floor designed to accommodate continuous evolution in technology.
Microsoft - Digital Anvil consists of 34,000 square feet in a downtown Austin, Texas office building. Microsoft purchased Digital Anvil in 2001 making the combination of the two companies a major focus of the project. The design concept was to provide a sophisticated and visually stimulating environment for this outer space game development group in support of Microsoft’s X-Box product. The environment houses a variety of non-typical job functions such as game software developers, engine designers, artists, animators, musicians, and sound engineers. Functionally, it is a very high tech Hollywood type studio with the desire to be laid back, responsive to the Austin culture. Challenges included designing an environment to support a mostly male population under the age of 30 who “live” at the office, playing or developing computer games all hours of the day and night. Other challenges included the separation of the serious side of developing software from the interactive team side of testing and playing games. All of this had to be provided in a flexible layout to allow teams to integrate and segregate at will while developing a game product and to create spaces for downtime as well.
BOKA Powell provided Interior Design Services, furniture selection and art selection services for Thompson Coe for over 73,000 sf of office space recently completed at the Plaza of the Americas. The program incorporated a conference center located adjacent to the main reception area that will allow for flexible teaming and conferencing. The design goal was to deliver to Thompson Coe a timeless and sophisticated space that meets strict budget and schedule requirements. BOKA Powell utilized 3D tools and animations in the Design Development phase, which assisted the Partners in visualizing design options. This process allowed for informed decisions to be made efficiently.
BOKA Powell provided programming and interior design services, and furniture selection for Strasburger for over 75,000 sf of renovated office space in the Bank of America building in downtown Dallas. Currently under design, the program includes a single reception, conference center and multi-purpose room. The design goal was to seamlessly incorporate current technology and workplace needs with the existing space. BOKA Powell utilized 3D tools and animations in the Design Development phase, which assisted the Partners in visualizing design options. This process allowed for informed decisions to be made efficiently.
The Archon Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., this innovative and resourceful group requires office space that is immediately responsive to requests for growth and change. BOKA Powell provided office spaces that are functional and collaborative working environments that make the staff feel equally at home, whether in Texas or Tokyo. We relocated Archon Group from a mult-tenant building to occupy this building as a single tenant this required some base building services such as security, reception, mail/copier services and dining. BOKA Powell changed the reception area to express the design image of Archon for decades to come.
Recently named one of the best places to work in Dallas, Tracy Locke Partnership is not only one of the premier advertising agencies, but also is a dynamic people focused organization. Our designers worked in close collaboration with the client’s internal teams to create functional spaces that reflect each team’s uniqueness. The phased interior remodel included a 7-11 mock storefront, a multi-purpose training space, and a "blue sky " brainstorming area complete with carpeted bleachers, dry erase walls and booth style seating. The opportunities created to display account work and the creation of varied team settings for the formulation of new ideas is the basis of the successful design.
BOKA Powell worked closely with the Greenberg Traurig team. We interviewed all shareholders to collect furniture inventory and measurements to create a customized per person. Each shareholder had the option to reuse their existing office furniture or get the custom grade wood office system. We kept the existing monumental staircase which connected two floors. BOKA Powell updated their technology and new paper storage. As well as customizing their reception desk using elements and features of the stairs.
BOKA Powell provides ongoing programming, design and construction administration services to Microsoft Corporation for technical support, lab and sales office facilities on a National basis. The Dallas facility, illustrated here, consists of a technical support call center, labs, cafe, training rooms, company store, and a software library. The first three phases total approx-imately 400,000 square feet with potential for significant expansion. The Charlotte product service support center mirrors the size and program elements of the Dallas facility. The unique features of these facilities include the dispersion of teaming and lab areas throughout the call center space, which encourages efficient team problem solving. Game room and media center areas provide an environment for employees to relax and socialize. The cafeterias are designed to provide visual relief from the fast-paced creative work that characterizes the office environment. A portion of the cafeteria can be subdivided to orm an auditorium for frequently held seminars. Food is prepared to order by a chef in a "front line" cooking arrangement. The cafeteria is designed for a population of 2,000 with a projected capture rate of 65‰.
JP Morgan Chase Bank commissioned BOKA Powell to evaluate and redesign the first of several floors in the JP Morgan Chase Tower in Dallas. New corporate working guidelines provided an opportunity to limit hardwall offices and place modular 9’x13’ manager stations on the interior, opening up the expanse of perimeter window for all to share. A lively team area was designed on either end of the floor encompassing an informal meeting area, a coffee bar and a copy/workroom. Movable walls and flexible furnishings were utilized to create a formal conference area capable of being divided into three rooms or acting as one large staff meeting room. The overall transparency of the space and the warmth of the finishes create an inviting environment for both employees and visitors. The project was conceived and delivered as the product of a group of JPMC National providers; teamwork and close coordination streamlined the design and construction process.
Located in Mountain Village/Telluride, Colorado, the Villas at Cortina is a 4-story townhome building with 17 units, an underground parking garage, ski in and ski out access, and unobstructed views of the surrounding mountain landscape. BOKA Powell is designing both the building and residential for all the condominium units.
A 32-story residential tower located in downtown Austin, Texas consisting of 148 for sale condominiums with 6,000 square feet of retail and restaurant at the street level. The 32nd floor amenity level consists of an outdoor pool, fitness center, entertainment room, and library. A 446-space parking garage is integral with the design. The entire project is being designed to LEED® certified standards.
Centro is a 4 story 61 key extended stay hotel with 72 structured parking spaces under a public amenity deck. The public lobby space includes a small market and marketing display area. Future plans for the project include gradual conversion of the hotel to for-sale condominiums. The project is the first phase of a larger masterplan in the city center of National City, CA that includes Revolution, a 2 building high rise development, and Lumina National City. Site developments include the construction of a new, pedestrian friendly avenue that will form the street edge of both phases and eventually become a transit hub for downtown National City.
Barton Place is a six-story multi-building condominium complex located just south of downtown Austin near Zilker Park and Barton Springs. The six condominium buildings rest on top of a 2-level of underground parking structure, containing 607 parking spaces for condominium residents and patrons of two nearby restaurants. Barton Place offers a unique lifestyle opportunity due to its park side location and the pedestrian connection across the site that links restaurant row on Barton Springs Road with the Town Lake Hike and Bike Trail. The many restaurants, bars, coffee shops and parks within a comfortable walking distance make this one of the most desirable residential sites in Austin. The architecture is a modern interpretation of the local vernacular that capitalizes on 360 degree views of downtown, Town Lake, and Zilker Park. The project is clustered around an elevated plaza built on top of the parking garage that is lushly landscaped with native plants, as well as a massive, 100 foot pecan tree at the heart of the project. In keeping with the environmentally conscious local culture, the project will seek a rating with the Austin green building program, and relocate a number of outstanding trees to the nearby park.
The theme of this project is both ‘Manhattan’ as well as high impact design that is unique and distinctive as well as ‘high energy’ to create a sense of street level excitement using large format signage and dynamic graphics of LED type screens. The estimated total square footage for the project is 836,000 GSF and includes the following approximate areas: 77,800 SF Retail, 320 residential rental units or 400,000 leasable SF, and 358,200 SF of structured parking and open space (courtyard). The project is intended to be very upscale New York style and ‘brand-able’ with an underlying theme of ‘Manhattan Place’. It is anticipated that there will be 10-12 different unit types developed in the equivalent of a city block with retail at ground level and parking at ground and second level above retail. This will have a concrete frame structure with three levels of apartments above utilizing stick frame construction.
Designed in the Spanish Mission style, the Mansion Residences consists of 200,000 square feet of condominium space over 14 floors, provided in a shell condition for finish out by individual unit owners. Each floor of the tower can be utilized as one unit, or demised into two units. BOKA Powell provided complete architectural design, production and coordination for the project, working closely with Rosewood Property Company, the Dallas Historic Landmark Commission and the Oak Lawn Neighborhood Association in developing a building design that would compliment the existing Mansion Restaurant and surrounding neighborhood. The building incorporates two levels of secured below grade parking, with a valet station and extensive security monitoring for ease of accessibility and safety. A connecting link to the hotel and restaurant provides direct access to services from those facilities, and incorporates a health club and beauty salon. Within the tower itself, an innovative 16” raised floor system is utilized throughout for the routing of all mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems within each unit, without disruption to units above or below. Kitchen and bath facilities can be located virtu-ally anywhere on a floor, allowing for maximum planning flexibility. A moisture detection system is incorporated below all raised floor areas to allow for the quick location and repair of leaks. The tower is designed to minimize noise infiltration between units, as well as from operations from nearby Love Field Airport , through the use of a post tensioned concrete frame, acoustically insulated glazing and insulated concrete masonry unit wall construction.
This condominium development sits on a 4-acre waterfront site located along Town Lake with spectacular views of downtown Austin. Four contemporary-styled buildings ranging from six to twelve stories are clustered around a lushly landscaped courtyard and pool deck. All parking is located in a below-grade parking structure beneath the residential towers. The 370,000 square feet of construction includes 200 condominium units, a fitness center and street-level retail. The project will be designed to be a model “green” development, incorporating numerous sustainable design strategies.
The five-story, 137 unit mixed-use apartment project located in downtown Austin, Texas consists of ground floor retail and restaurant, an interior parking garage consisting of 296 parking spaces and an amenity area enclosed in a four-story, open courtyard with pool and exercise spaces. Unique features include street level walk-up units on two sides.
St. Regis Hotel and luxury residences includes 150 key luxury units, and 80 residential units. Located adjacent to the Historic Katy Trail in the upscale Turtle Creek area, this project will incorporate a luxurious spa and a signature restaraunt. This hotel is made up of a modern aesthetic design with amenities such as an elevated roof terrace for admiring city views. This project is being designed with LEED certified credentials.
Nestled in the heart of picturesque Mountain Village, situated amongst the aspen and spruce-covered mountains is Cassidy Ridge – luxury condominiums with expansive 270° views that will take your breath away. Taking cue from the weathered ruins of old mining operations dotting the hillsides, Cassidy Ridge evokes a modern interpretation of this historic mineshaft vernacular. The town of Mountain Village, perched 9,500 feet above the valley floor, has come into its own over the past 25 years, featuring convenient access to the slopes of Telluride Ski Resort and inviting guests to experience the best of what the Telluride region has to offer. Each of the 23 homes at Cassidy Ridge is unique, offering residents the very best finishes – from local stone to the finest granite available. The interiors bring the mountain’s finest materials and aesthetics indoors. Residents lay their feet on wood plank, 100-percent wool carpeting, honed granite or limestone flooring; prepare sumptuous meals on countertops of granite or marble and work with high-end appliances from Bosch, Wolf and GE; and let each space be defined by walls covered with the finest plaster. Each finish conjures images of the European village style for which the Mountain Village area is known. Exposed wood beams frame tongue and groove plank ceilings that further exemplify the mountain resort style.
Centro is a 4 story 61 key extended stay hotel with 72 structured parking spaces under a public amenity deck. The public lobby space includes a small market and marketing display area. Future plans for the project include gradual conversion of the hotel to for-sale condominiums. The project is the first phase of a larger masterplan in the city center of National City, CA that includes Revolution, a 2 building high rise development, and Lumina National City. Site developments include the construction of a new, pedestrian friendly avenue that will form the street edge of both phases and eventually become a transit hub for downtown National City.
Primed in the ashes of aged ideas and modern amenities, Palazzos is the resurrection of old and the start of something new. Affixed on somewhat of an acropolis, V is born of traditional palazzos architecture twisted to find a place in a new world. Family values of old such as the Medici and the like where power and prestige paved the way for free thinkers and great artist who canvassed the earth in precision masterpieces that still resonate of Renaissance past, we here have molded a vision of that time. We aim to capture the essence of that past; bringing a taste of Tuscany to a frontier that only the privileged few will get to indulge. The five buildings will encompass 13-units with the first two floors stacking and the third of three uniquely grand 3-bedroom layouts. Ranging from 1,650 s.f. to 2,350 s.f. the eight floor plans offer a variety of style and comfort in which to choose. Each building will have a central courtyard and amenities unique to itself to add character and set the stage for different pleasurable choices. The central most building will include a tower that spirals from the top of one of the third floor units making it the grandest of all. This tower will be seen far in the distance as a symbol of prosperity and solidifying the foundation of an old Tuscan vision in a new era.
The Chateau at Turtle Creek incorporates four units per floor over 16 floors, with each unit optimized for views along the turtle creek corridor. The design aesthetic, based on 18th century French architecture, is designed to compliment the historical context of Oak Lawn.
Redevelopment of the Republic Insurance site in Dallas, Texas could bring to the Turtle Creek area 640,000 SF of new construction. This mixed-use project concept includes luxury condominiums, assisted living units, and a hotel.
BOKA Powell designed this residential and retail lifestyle development in Frisco, Texas to include four levels / 220 residential rental units over ground level retail and restaurant space. The two parking structures are wrapped by the residential and retail, allowing for close proximity to the garage structure, as well as efficient and loading and waste services.
BOKA Powell is currently working with Alliance Communities and Opus in creating a North Dallas residential and retail development that evokes a spirit and energy of an in-town living experience. The development will contain 300-rental units with 33,000 SF of ground floor retail space. The project also has plans for a 5-level parking garage.
For you art lovers out there. The Phoenix Midtown Apartments, on Mockingbird Lane, has achieved a milestone of sorts. Eyecon, our artists have completed the first of seven large murals to be painted on the buildings new skin. Take a look. The murals are stylized to fit the "Art Deco" theme of this existing large residential community near Southern Methodist University. This is an ongoing project that still has another 20 months of work to do, including a complete new landscape design along Mockingbird Lane with palm trees, etc.
27 Story Mixed Use building, 321,000 SF Residential – 242 Units, 27,000 SF Retail and 229,000 SF structured parking with 536 parking spaces
BOKA Powell provided Masterplanning, Programming, Architectural, Interior and Engineering Design Services for this new Dining Hall on the Campus of UTSA. This market style cafeteria will provide dining services for 500 people, offering a variety of seating areas from large open seating to intimate small scale dining to outdoor patios. The meal service is adaptable from the normal meal plan experience to private dining. The interior will include stained concrete floors, rough hewn timber beams, stone walls and wood ceilings. The Dining Hall is centrally located to provide a Gateway image to visitors and students.
The new Residence Hall designed to be a living learning environment, provides suite housing for 500 students, anxilliary functions to complete the functional mission including: meeting rooms, classrooms, study room, television/social rooms, laundry and food service facilities. The complex is shaped to respond to the masterplan while creating two courtyards. One public and one contemplative.
BOKA Powell was initially commissioned to conduct an in-depth business analysis and prepare the building program for new apartment housing at the University of Texas at El Paso, and was subsequently selected to deliver the project as a part of a Design-Build team. The building program was intended to give the selected design team a "workbook" that would provide guidelines for creating new architecture that conforms to the greater campus fabric. The ancient design concepts of Bhutanese architecture that provided the inspiration for the University of Texas at El Paso campus inspired the BOKA Powell design team in creating a housing precinct that fosters a sense of community, security and identity. The "fortress" housing blocks are sited in a way that minimizes disturbance to the terrain, while creating a series of focused courtyards and quiet space for the inhabitants. Adherence to modern accessibility standards was juxtaposed with the need to reflect the fortress nature of the historic model. Ramping and stairways are carefully integrated as recessive features of the building massing.
BOKA Powell provided Masterplanning, Programming, Architectural, Interior and Engineering Design Services for this new Dining Hall on the Campus of UTSA. This market style cafeteria will provide dining services for 500 people, offering a variety of seating areas from large open seating to intimate small scale dining to outdoor patios. The meal service is adaptable from the normal meal plan experience to private dining. The interior will include stained concrete floors, rough hewn timber beams, stone walls and wood ceilings. The Dining Hall is centrally located to provide a Gateway image to visitors and students.
The University of Texas at Arlington Phase II Residence Hall is modeled after the kalpana chawla Arlington Hall. The University engaged BOKA Powell to design and develop the new Residence Hall. The 149,000 square foot structure houses 430 students. BOKA Powell provided all architectural services including schematic design, design development, construction documents and construction administration for this project.
The first to be built on campus in nearly 40 years, the newest residence hall at Texas A&M University at Kingsville is a 630-bed student housing facility that is comprised of three-and four-story buildings that create several courtyards. Built in the campus’ traditional Mission Style, the building includes two and four-bedroom suites with one or two bathrooms, depending on the design, a living room, and a kitchenette. The living and learning environment has study labs, a large lounge and meeting rooms, wireless internet, a full kitchen for student use, launry facilities and Resident Advisor (RA) apartments.
The University of Houston Wheeler Hall is a freshman housing complex totaling 2,046 beds in two equal phases. Sited along the southern edge of the campus, the project fills a void in the campus fabric between two existing housing complexes and defines the edge of the University. The concrete frame building is clad with a brick and glass façade, which relates to nearby campus buildings and provides a distinctly residential expression to the complex. The typical four student residential suites are grouped into living/learning communities, termed neighborhoods, with one resident advisor for every 32 students. These neighborhoods share either a study lounge or a social space which in turn serve the entire community of students. Administrative offices, classroom space, computer labs, multifunction space, and a convenience store are included at the ground level and are organized to encourage use by all students, both those residing in the complex and in nearby housing facilities. The two phases are organized on the site so that the image of the project from both the University and the adjoining neighborhood is that of a uniform building, reinforcing the idea that the complex completes the residential district. Once inside the complex however, a series of dynamic and active spaces reveal themselves to the students as places to live, study, socialize and play. The site is bisected by a pedestrian mall providing all students access to the adjacent dining hall to the east.
The University of Texas at Arlington Residence Hall was the first new dorm on the UTA campus since 1977. Information compiled from a survey of students prompted the University to design and develop the new Hall. The 180,000 square foot structure houses 600 students in apartment style units and includes amenities such as a Commons Building, fitness center and computer lab. BOKA Powell provided all architectural services including schematic design, design development, construction documents and construction administration for this design-build project.
BOKA Powell is provided furniture selection services for the 1000 bed residence hall project as well as the associated City Center and Neighborhood Centers.
BOKA Powell is working with the University of Nevada, Reno with the vision of a redevelopment plan for the Gateway District which borders the south edge of the campus along Highway 80. The first phase of this long term redevelopment plan will include a 200-key mixed use hotel block incorporating office, retail and a conference center. BOKA Powell has played a significant role in introducing development and finance partners to additional campus-related opportunities for student housing and academic facilities.
Sam’s Place is a 6,800 square foot facility offering students an option for snacks and meals in between meal periods. Designed in a modern, coffee-house style, Sam’s offers students lounge, booth and bistro seating, as well as grab-n-go choices. Functions include full service kitchen with serving lines, walk-in cooler and freezer and prep areas. The public spaces include the cafeteria space, Internet cafe, coffee bar and a convenience store area as well as an outdoor seating area. BOKA Powell coordinated with Texas Tech Hospitality Services to ensure Sam’s Place met their needs and provided organization between the contracted equipment and various Owner-provided equipment.
The new Residence Hall designed to be a living learning environment, provides suite housing for 500 students, anxilliary functions to complete the functional mission including: meeting rooms, classrooms, study room, television/social rooms, laundry and food service facilities. The complex is shaped to respond to the masterplan while creating two courtyards. One public and one contemplative.
BOKA Powell provided all architectural services including schematic design, design development, construction documents and construction administration for this design-build new Residence Hall project.
BOKA Powell provided all architectural services including schematic design, design development, construction documents and construction administration for this design-build new Residence Hall project.
The new Residence Hall designed to be a living learning environment, provides suite housing for 500 students, anxilliary functions to complete the functional mission including: meeting rooms, classrooms, study room, television/social rooms, laundry and food service facilities. The complex is shaped to respond to the masterplan while creating two courtyards. One public and one contemplative.
The Sorority Row project organizes five new chapter houses into a cohesive community, creating a new center for university sorority life. Each unique chapter house will provide double suite housing for twenty-five residents, a suite for a resident advisor, a chapter room, as well as study and dining facilities.
The University House at Highland is a 170,000 square feet student housing complex comprised of six apartment style buildings. Each building provides a combination of one, two and three bedroom units. The modern design provides an attractive alternative to the more traditional housing currently provided to students. Amenities include a club house with fitness, study, lounge, kitchen and recreation areas, as well as, a swimming pool plaza, volleyball and open courtyards. BOKA Powell provided all architectural services, including schematic design through construction administration for this design build project.
BOKA Powell provided a feasibility study for the renovation of existing housing towers to provide modern, code compliant, on-campus housing for approximately 400 students. This study, involved 171,831 sf of living space in a combination of unit types.
BOKA Powell has designed new apartment style student housing for Northwestern State University that is adding 392-beds and 140,000 SF to campus. The overall design objective was to give students a safe, state-of-the-art living environment that provides clear circulation to the campus and the dining hall. The parking around the complex is zoned to minimize walking distance. Three buildings are configured on the site to create a variety of exterior spaces connected by a Community Center. The outdoor activity areas include volleyball courts and a swimming pool. The Community Center consists of a large multi-purpose room, office suits and a lobby/lounge area. The living units are situated in clusters of nine, minimizing the number of corridors and the feel of a traditional dormitory environment. There are common areas on each floor which include study space, activity lounge areas, and laundry facilities. The exterior façade of the buildings are designed to harmonize with the historic campus architecture, yet maintain their own unique quality.
The SOSU student housing project, Shearer Hall is a new construction, 3 story facility located on the site of a previous student dorm building. The new facility is designed to incorporate market rate apartment amenities while maintaining a central campus location in order to foster traditional campus life. The design team created a building form whose scale works in context with existing campus architecture to enhance existing campus spaces and share the same exterior materials palette as the new campus police station, football stadium and student union building. The end result is a building that achieves a harmonious sense of place in the existing campus community. Shearer Hall is comprised of 6 one bedroom units, 18 two bedroom/ two bathroom units and 69 four bedroom/ two bathroom units for a total of 318 beds. The project has a student lounge, study area and break out room on each of the 3 residence floors as well as a grand community room with full kitchen on the first floor for a total of approximately 97,000 square feet. The project was dedicated in February 2006.
BOKA Powell provides ongoing Programming and Interior Design Services to Dallas County Community College. The BOKA Powell team has worked closely with Dallas County Community College in optimizing the space efficiency of administrative and classroom areas, as well as upgrading the public lobbies and entries at selected facilities.
Masterplanning and Schematic Design
Marking the expansion of the Dallas-based Methodist Health System into Addison is the development of a 108,500 SF Methodist Hospital for Surgery. The facility expands surgical services provided by Methodist Health System and their partner physicians in this new world class healing environment. The Hospital has seven fully-equipped operating rooms, 28 private patient rooms, 4 intensive care units, a diagnostic imaging suite (including CT and MRI), and physical therapy. The hospital will focus on treating patients in need of highly-specialized spine and joint surgery and will be the only dedicated orthopedics hospital of its kind in the area. The BIM process has allowed for a significant reduction in the construction schedule on this hospital, allowing the developer to meet a critical completion date. In addition, the project has benefited from far fewer change orders than is typical.
BOKA Powell led the Strategic Facility Master Planning (FMP) Process for Methodist Dallas Medical Center and the result has been a vision-driven "Centennial Plan" for 2027. The plan will allow the Methodist Dallas facility to become more quaternary, growing inpatient services within its existing inpatient facility with no new construction, and improving wayfinding and circulation throughout the facility. The plan also allows for growth of outpatient services on an expanded campus in more appropriate, accessible and cost effective space. The project’s strategic process included operational benchmarking, department utilization modeling, analysis of space and facilities utilization and departmental adjacency needs, identification of key planning units, collaborative projections development, priorities and phasing recommendations. The plan began with proposed growth of inpatient services within the existing facility footprint, including movement of outpatient and public services off the main campus and improved utilization of existing hospital space. Movement of outpatient services off campus not only allowed for growth of inpatient services and improved flow for patients, staff and visitors, but also inspired the vision for campus expansion into a mixed use Medical District.
The FMP process followed four major concepts:
The MHS Regional Ambulatory Facility Plan provided MHS the opportunity to expand its regional footprint by phasing facility growth with a market’s development. We collaborated on an ambulatory facility strategy and created a plan for capturing future market opportunities by creating a facility prototype that provided for staged development from medical office building to an inpatient facility as future need exists. As part of our study to plan for development of a growing medical campus, we master planned medical mixed-use sites in various South Dallas neighborhoods. The plan allowed for a process-oriented growth strategy and included the following components:
The MHS Regional Ambulatory Facility Plan also recognized the opportunity for MHS to expand its primary care footprint beyond South Dallas. MHS senior management directed our team to review select opportunities that would provide avenues for primary services growth for both physicians and ambulatory diagnostics and therapies. We evaluated service niche opportunities and locations that MHS feels is critical to its mission and demographic growth. We identified opportunity sites for primary care services based on market demographics, competitive environment and site location. We also sought to consolidate the Family Health Centers as strategically and financially appropriate and to better understand their referral patterns.
BOKA Powell led the Strategic Facility Master Planning (FMP) Process for Methodist Dallas Medical Center and the result has been a vision-driven &Centennial Plan& for 2027. The Charlton Campus plan includes planning for the appropriate use and organization of increasingly disparate space within the existing facility, bed capacity expansion, improvement of campus circulation, way-finding, and future consolidation of outpatient services. The FMP targeted expansion of the Emergency Department and Support Services as key next steps. The plan includes proposed campus zoning for inpatient services, outpatient services and support components. The inpatient zoning plan includes reserving a location for a future bed tower; the outpatient zoning plan includes planning for the growth of new outpatient MOBs on land currently owned by Methodist Charlton. The project’s strategic process included operational benchmarking, department utilization modeling, analysis of space and facilities utilization and departmental adjacency needs, identification of key planning units, collaborative projections development, priorities and phasing recommendations. The FMP process followed four major concepts:
BOKA Powell worked with Erlanger Health System to develop a masterplan to coordinate the activities of the UTC College of Medicine and Erlanger Hospital into a new mixed-use medical concept that leveraged the individual volumes of these organizations for retail, ambulatory healthcare, medical office, University, clinical and workforce housing.
BOKA Powell provided interior renovation services for the 20,000 square foot Pediatric Unit at the world renown Parkland Memorial Hospital. Dallas Chapter AIA Honor Award Healthcare Interior Design
BOKA Powell managed the coordination and development of a multi-tenant medically-oriented facility on the Texas A&M Health Science Center Campus in Bryan, Texas. The project involves facility design development, as well as programming and space planning for each of the tenants. The facility will include both clinical and academic components, including the Texas Brain and Spine Institute, the Texas A&M Family Medicine Residency Program and Behavioral Medicine Program, and the Blinn College Allied Health Programs. The Clinical Spaces include the Texas Brain and Spine Institute which houses a Neuro-Spine Clinic as well as Physical Therapy and Imaging Components. The Texas A&M Physicians space includes a Family Residency Program as well as Behavioral Medicine Residency and Private Practice Programs. The facility allows for segregation of patient populations as well as a separate identity for each of the clinical programs from the entrance and lobby areas to the individual departmental components within the facility. The Academic Space includes Allied Health Programs for Blinn College and allows for the relocation and growth of six existing programs, the addition of two new programs, and opportunities for the coordination of all programs within a single facility as well as a new, more authentic-feeling clinical learning environment for students via a simulated hospital.
BOKA Powell began a strategic planning process to understand the future growth of Blinn College Allied Health Programs. The process evaluated the existing Allied Health Programs, their current enrollment, existing resources, curriculum, degree plans, implementation of new teaching methods and future growth influencers. The process also included identification of potential for future programs in order to evaluate expected resource expansion. The process involved directors of each of the Allied Health Programs, the Allied Health Programs Division Chair, the Vice President of Applied Sciences, the Dean of Institutional Effectiveness and Accreditation, the Executive Director of Facilities, the Chief Financial Officer and President/ CEO of the College. The group held brainstorming sessions to discuss program needs and identify growth influencers for each of the individual programs. We identified both positive and negative growth influencers for individual programs and globally, across all programs. We evaluated program capacities based on existing enrollment, curriculum and degree contact hours, and program resources. A plan for the future program growth and resources of Blinn College of Allied Health will be developed based on:
Plan the Methodist Dallas Medical Center Mixed Use Medical District as part of the Centennial Vision, beginning with development of new MOB to separate and grow outpatient services apart from the existing campus. As appropriate, continue to add outpatient facility(ies) or primary care MOBs to accommodate outpatient care and administrative components that do not need to be located in an inpatient hospital setting. Develop Medical District with appropriate complementary components, to include the following or similar types of facilities:
BOKA Powell designed the new 80,000 SF Headquarter for Horizon Health on Lake Vista Drive in Lewisville, Texas. The site is located in the heart of a growing commercial corridor, along a picturesque lake front. The building diagram consists of two main wings of office/tenant space flanking a central lobby. The lobby extends through the entire width of the building, providing sweeping views of the lake beyond. Keeping the service cores to a minimum, the overall plan is conducive to both single-tenant and multi-tenant scenarios, providing long-term flexibility for the owner. The exterior elevation is terminated at the four corners with full-height curtain wall, providing glass corner offices that maximize the views of the lake. Glass stair towers at each end allow natural light to penetrate into the building, encouraging the use of the stairs. The site landscaping concept includes an entry plaza, and strategically designed planting and walkways that connect to the existing jogging trails around the lake. The interior design focuses on connectivity and adjacencies within the different departments at Horizon Health Corporation. Amenities include an exterior patio overlooking the water, providing a relaxing space to eat and mingle. The materials and colors used throughout the interiors focus on bringing the calm and serenity of nature into the building.
To Provide a Conceptual Facility Plan and Identify Space Requirements for Golden Cross Academic Clinic through: ›Facilitation of interviews with key stakeholders ›Determination of specific facility and program needs ›Calculation of Facility Capacity ›Understanding of Operations and Program Needs ›Expectation of Future Growth
BOKA Powell designed this 130,780 sf shell building in Las Colinas, Texas for Cigna as part of a developer team. The floor plate of the building is designed to maximize useable square footage and allow for flexibility in making future modifications to the space. The unique exterior skin system features an exposed structural system, which eliminated the need for precast fabrication and delivery and allowed the building to be developed on a very fast track. Functions including R&D labs, software labs, testing labs, a training center, data center, machine shop, and general office functions. Departmental adjacencies were organized to synergize the company’s business model by fostering an interactive atmosphere that encourages collaborative problem solving. The spaces were designed in a collaborative effort with both the corporate leadership, as well as users of the space, with the goal of creating a timeless and sophisticated space that would meet strict budget and scheduling requirements. Concurrently, BOKA Powell was contracted directly by Cigna to create Interior Construction Documents, based on a space plan provided by Cigna’s in-house interior design team. BOKA Powell worked closely with Cigna and the developer to ensure that the shell building and interiors worked together to maximize efficiency and value for the project as a whole.
BOKA Powell has recently completed the design for the first phase of a new medical/professional office complex in Rancho Mirage, California. Developed by American Medical Office Partners, Inc. and located on Bob Hope Drive, minutes away from the Eisenhower Hospital complex and Betty Ford Clinic in Palm Springs, this facility is the largest office project approved in the area in almost 20 years. The project consists of two separate office buildings of 49,000 SF each with separate adjoining open parking garages. The façade has a sophisticated desert style that harmonizes with the aesthetics of the region. The building is sited to take full advantage of the desert mountain views. The project is in collaboration with William Graves Architect.
The headquarters campus for Tenet Corporate Headquarters is comprised of a 16-story build-to-suit for Tenet Healthcare and a 13-story building as a companion for allied vendors. Both buildings feature a dramatic two-story lobby detailed with wood and stone. The floor plates are deep and efficient with a compact core area. The 15th and 16th floors include a two-story executive lobby with a cascading staircase. The buildings and adjacent garage are attached with a conditioned concourse level, with executive parking accommodated in the basement level. BOKA Powell designed, created, and construction documented the buildings for Hines Interests.
BOKA Powell was commissioned to design a new 31,000 SF medical office building in Plano, Texas. Located near Presbyterian Hospital of Plano, this two story shell office structure houses doctor groups who desire to own their office space rather than lease. The building is a contemporary architectural design located on a 3.4 acre site. Parking for 174 cars is provided. As well as doing the shell design, BOKA Powell has maintained involvement in the design and finish out of several doctor suites within the building. Construction was completed in the fall of 2003.
The Sports Village USA indoor multi-sport facility is the anchor to a mixed-use development on 22.5 acres in Frisco, Texas consisting of residential, retail and restaurant uses. Located directly adjacent to Pizza Hut Park, home to the professional soccer team FC Dallas, the developments retail and restaurants will be geared towards the sports enthusiast. The 200,000 SF sports facility will consist of 12 basketball/volleyball courts, including a championship "center court", a turf field for football or soccer uses along with attached retail and a food court. The facility is planned to host a large number of leagues and camps for all ages.
In expanding their fan base around the Dallas-Fort Worth area, the Dallas Stars Hockey Club asked BOKA Powell to create this new hockey facility for the organization and the City of McKinney in the growing community development of Craig Ranch. The facility, complete with two NHL size ice rinks, will provide space for recreational league ice hockey and figure skating, as well as locker rooms for multiple teams and individuals. Unlike other centers, this facility will have party rooms at rink level to allow for events capable of both viewing and participating in the skate activities. The facility has rental and administrative space, as well as a Dallas Stars Pro-Shop to supply memorabilia and equipment for league play. There will also be a sports bar for all-around festivities after the game and/or club viewing Dallas Stars games on national television.
This new and unique entertainment center is focused around recreational and semi-professional hockey/arena football, but also provides an exciting new venue for the city of Cedar Park for concerts and other entertainment events. The facility provides 6,000 seats arranged in a bowl configuration around the center floor, with 12 to 16 luxury suites, 2 party suites, concessions, retail, hockey, recreational skating, gymnastics, indoor soccer, arena football, and other amenities within approximately 200,000 square feet of space on 24 acres of land adjacent to Hwy 183A. Cedar Park is 17 miles Northwest of Austin, Texas and is quickly becoming the ‘place to be’ as a suburb of Austin. The exterior of the facility utilizes regional materials and is designed to fit into the local and cultural environment of South Texas. BOKA Powell assembled one of the finest sports and entertainment project development teams available in the region under the Ownership of Norman Green, former owner of the Dallas Stars and formerly of the Board of Governors of the National Hockey League.
The Golf Club at Fossil Creek, located in Fort Worth, Texas, was the first piece of an ambitious Master Plan developed by Woodbine Development Corporation in the late 1980’s. The Golf Club was originally part of the Marriott Golf’s Resort Chain noted for resorts such as Camelback and Shadow Hills in Arizona. Designed by Arnold Palmer, the golf course accommodates approximately 45,000 – 50,000 rounds of golf a year. The design was inspired by the view of exposed limestone cliffs and original farm structures on site. The building was carefully sited on a bluff at the edge of an existing forest to take advantage both of views from inside the dining area and of shade offered to the exterior deck areas. The 16,000 square foot facility houses a full-service Banquet Kitchen, Great Room (dining), Pro Shop, Club Room, Offices, and Men’s & Women’s Locker Rooms on the upper level. The partially buried basement level contains storage for approximately 75 golf carts and a maintenance shop. The determination of the finished floor elevation for the second level was critical to the successful operation of tournaments. To solve this, a front-end loader was brought to the site. The Club Manager and Architect were actually raised to the exact height where they could view the cart staging area, the golfers coming off the 18th green, and the No. 1 tee box all at the same time. This spot is where the Silo Pro Shop, which can be seen in the photographs above, now stands.
McKinney Sports Complex is a Municpally owned one story tilt wall building. The facility contains a food court, offices, retail, administration, indoor soccer, mezzanine, and basketball courts. BOKA Powell is responsible for developing various schemes through free hand sketching and 3d modeling. Duties also included programming, schematic design through the construction documents, and various graphics. Worked closely with consultants, clients, city officals, and did code reseach.
The Block 21 project in Austin combines a dynamic set of program elements to create a new urban center for the city. This 1,000,000 square foot project includes a W Hotel holding 225 keys and 200 condominiums plus Austin City Limits Music Venue, Children's Museum, office, retail and event parking. In Association with Andersson - Wise Architects
Located just inside the loop of Westheimer, the River Oaks District in Houston, Texas will mark a serious upgrade with new bold rich urban settings. This mixed-use development includes two hotel towers and two office towers that will include approximately 300,000 SF of retail, 300 luxury apartments, 250,000 SF office, two four-star hotels and 150 condominiums. Block B of this development will include a 32 story, 397,000 SF W Hotel, 130 condominiums, ballrooms, pool, spa, fitness and restaurants and 673,000 SF of structured parking. Block D of this development will include a 14 Story, 249,000 SF hotel including 263-key Le Meridian with pool, and fitness center.
This challenging mixed use re-development is currently in design. The project includes: 180 key boutique hotel plus amenities, 100,000 SF new mall commons, retail GLA and 4 signature restaurants on outdoor dining court. Phase I of this redevelopment includes the demolition of the existing Frost Mall Court and Mervyns anchor store to make room for a new luxury hotel, new mall atrium court, upscale retail shops and 4 signature restaurants on an outdoor dining court. Phase I completion is scheduled for late 2010. A potential Phase II addition is also being considered that would include an office building, parking garage and boutique retail shopping street.
The exterior facade takes a design cue from the NoKA stainless steel box. The three elements are Glass, Stainless Steel and Black Chrome. The interior is a catalyst for experiencing the chocolate, Pure, Tasteful, Luxurious. The palette is inspired from the cacao tree and the many colors of its pods and flowers. The use of stone and wood evoke the memory of the Matterhorn and of the cacao bean. The texture of the materials celebrate the relationship of the rough fissures of the cacao bean ant the silkiness of the Encore Collection. In this space the chocolate is the focus, This is not a predictable retail solution This is a space to honor the magic of the chocolatier.
The theme of this project is both ‘Manhattan’ as well as high impact design that is unique and distinctive as well as ‘high energy’ to create a sense of street level excitement using large format signage and dynamic graphics of LED type screens. The estimated total square footage for the project is 836,000 GSF and includes the following approximate areas: 77,800 SF Retail, 320 retail rental units or 400,000 leasable SF, and 358,200 SF of structured parking and open space (courtyard). The project is intended to be very upscale New York style and ‘brand-able’ with an underlying theme of ‘Manhattan Place’. It is anticipated that there will be 10-12 different unit types developed in the equivalent of a city block with retail at ground level and parking at ground and second level above retail. This will have a concrete frame structure with three levels of apartments above utilizing stick frame construction.
Granite Park Three Retail is a two-story, 48,000 sf retail center located within the 68 acres of the Granite Park Development in Plano, Texas. Designed by BOKA Powell, this shopping center creates an atmosphere of shopping and dining to cater to the office community within the adjacent office towers. The exterior aesthetics of the shopping center compliments the office towers using similar stone, glass, and sloped elements.
11 fully developed acres remain at the SE corner of Warren Parkway and the Dallas North Tollway which is currently planned for a significant Class-AA office project, a 4 star plus full service hotel, and a high end restaurant cluster.
BOKA Powell, along with Economic Research Associates (ERA), conducted an economic study for the Dallas Farmers Market (DFM). A thorough and involved research of the DFM and its surrounding community was needed to boost the Market’s economic performance. BOKA Powell and ERA actively responded to this need, engaging representatives of the City of Dallas, DFM management and Convention Center Bureau Management. Posing pertinent questions to these officials and analyzing comparative information regarding other farmers market were crucial in developing a strategy to restore DFM as a financial asset to the City of Dallas.
The Shops at Granite Park, located within the 68 acres of Granite Park Development designed by BOKA Powell, creates an urban shopping and dining environment that synergizes with the office and future hotel uses.
BOKA Powell, along with Mesa Design, has been awarded the Fairview Center master plan with a scope of work to create a new town at the southeast corner of the premier intersection of Hwy. 121 and I-75. The planning for this development of over 300 acres includes infrastructure and complete development guidelines for a mixed-use town plan. Plans for this new town include over 2,000 urban style homes and over three million square feet of office space and retail space. BOKA Powell worked with the client in developing an interactive web site that incorporated plans, market data and architectural concepts. Please visit the site at http://www.fairviewcenter.com. We are providing masterplanning and architectural design services, web page design and graphics.
This mixed-use master plan encompasses the site of the old Belz Outlet Mall. Located at Highway 75 and Highway 121 in Allen, Texas, this site is in one of the fastest growing communities in the DFW Metroplex area and the City of Allen is committed to the highest quality developments possible. Design concepts depicted include a "lifestyle center", outdoor mall, mixed-use housing/retail, "architainment" village with restaurants on an island and corporate offices. Careful thoroughfare and land-use planning allow each area to have its own distinct character.
BOKA Powell, in association with Solutions Design Group, is currently in the conceptual design phase of this revitalization project for the historic Mississippi River town of Donaldsonville. This project is centered around the redevelopment of the Main Street Central Business District. The economic redevelopment plan for Donaldsonville involves a regional airport, which is expected to greatly increase tourism. With the addition of casinos, paddle boats and hotels, the riverfront area is being revitalized with shops, pedestrian walkways and open spaces. The area is being designed to entire tourists with modern amenities while being sensitive to the historic architecture of the area.
Located at Main Street between Ervay and Akard, two doors down from the first and flagship Neiman Marcus store. This project is comprised of both adaptive reuse and new build. The program contains 130 rooms, restaurant, bar, ballroom and meeting space and spa suite. The entire design is by the world famous Adam D. Tihany. The famous restaurant is by Charlie Palmer of Aureole and Charlie Palmer Steak fame. The lounge is by Pure Las Vegas, one of the hottest names at night. In addition to the Cellar Lounge, there is a pool bar and grill. The unique pool cantilevers 8 feet above Main Street traffic. Hotel Joule is scheduled to open in the spring of 2008.
For you art lovers out there. The Phoenix Midtown Apartments, on Mockingbird Lane, has achieved a milestone of sorts. Eyecon, our artists have completed the first of seven large murals to be painted on the buildings new skin. Take a look. The murals are stylized to fit the “Art Deco” theme of this existing large residential community near Southern Methodist University. This is an ongoing project that still has another 20 months of work to do, including a complete new landscape design along Mockingbird Lane with palm trees, etc.
This 15-story tower office building designed in the early 1980’s represents a style of architecture prevalent at that time using dark glass in the tower and travertine stone as accent elements around the podium and street level lobby. The location along the now busy McKinney Avenue has prompted the building owners to upgrade the street level to better embrace the street life. BOKA Powell has been engaged in creating a new ‘front door’ that is closer to the street and provides a new and more updated entry that will enliven the space and provide visitors and tenants with a new sense of welcome. The space will be energized with light by opening up the lobby to two levels of height and a large wall of glass utilizing an apparently seamless system to allow an unobstructed view to the inside. Materials are selected to create the transformation from all stone and glass to glass and metal and stone in a variety of forms to enhance the experience of space and invite people to sit and interact with others. The introduction of retail space at the ground lobby will further enliven this space for activity.
This adaptive renovation project consisted of transforming the Butter Krust Bakery into the Corporate Headquarters for Hoovers Online. This existing 78,000 sf facility posed many challenges that the design team successfully overcame. Today, it is home to more than 200 users who enjoy the many amenities and openness not present in their previous work environment. Some unique features of the building include inflatable ductwork, outdoor terrace, cafe with coffee service from one of the old bread delivery trucks, and a work area with computer friendly lighting.
Ground floor will remain a US post Office. The buildings upper floors are currently being selectively demolished with preservation construction ongoing to historic courtrooms. We are working in collaboration with Norman Alston (historic specialist). Future project use is now being evaluated. It will be either a boutique hotel, Class A Office or 40 luxury residential condominiums.
This existing corporate campus was replanned to accomodate a multi-tenant mix, and redeveloped with new lobby and public area spaces, exterior and landscape upgrades, as well as new MEP systems. In addition, BOKA Powell designed a new 474,810 SF parking garage on-site to flexibly accomodate the leasing strategy. BOKA Powell fully upgraded the ground floor lobby, including security gates, new restrooms and the existing elevators. We completely gutted the existing floor plan of walls ceilings, lighting, finishes, etc. while reworking base building Gypsum Board columns, exterior of the core walls and reconstructed new restrooms, and added new ceiling lighting, leveled the floors, planned interior construction and finishes. The plan shown includes upgraded 3rd floor lobby, with secured entry, offices, workstations, conference rooms, break rooms, training room on 6” raised floor.
BOKA Powell is focused on the documentation of the concepts of a full team of consultants including programming specialists, architectural and interior designers, and mep engineers. Our challenge has been to translate the extraordinarily large floor plates of a retail mall into a seriously capable work environment to support a fun team attitude. Utilizing raised floors with power, data and hvac distribution below allows unlimited space flexibility for Rackers to build their teams around their talent. Amenities such as a full-service cafeteria, fitness center, fueling stations and open escalators for vertical transportation and communication allow different configurations of physical space to be immediately responsive to changes in organizational structure. Fanatical Support is Rackspace’s terminology for legendary customer support of IT Hosting – meeting and exceeding every customer’s needs and expectations. This high-technology firm has directed the conversion of an entire existing shopping mall into office space to integrate the best technologies and practices in the most collaborative, flexible, high-energy work environment possible.
BOKA Powell, along with Economic Research Associates (ERA), conducted an economic study for the Dallas Farmers Market (DFM). A thorough and involved research of the DFM and its surrounding community was needed to boost the Market’s economic performance. BOKA Powell and ERA actively responded to this need, engaging representatives of the City of Dallas, DFM management and Convention Center Bureau Management. Posing pertinent questions to these officials and analyzing comparative information regarding other farmers market were crucial in developing a strategy to restore DFM as a financial asset to the City of Dallas.
BOKA Powell was asked to evaluate and design for phased renovation to improve the dated image of this prestigious downtown office address. The design goals were to downsize the city block sized lobby space in scale and to re-introduce a new income producing tenant space to the ground floor. The improvements included the demolition of the large existing bank teller space and the basement food court public dining area. Existing granite slabs in the lobby were carefully salvaged for future patching and remodeling. A warmer aesthetic approach was desired and included in the introduction of new public seating areas, carpet, lighting and custom wood privacy screens. The tall lobby area also features three very large custom light fixtures that are suspended to help reduce the overall perception of height. The basement food court improvements included a new ceiling, reshaping of existing column covers, new metallic paint, custom graphics and furniture. The improvements have been favorably received and both spaces are now actively enjoyed by the building’s tenants and visitors.
BOKA Powell was asked to evaluate and design for phased renovation to improve the dated image of this prestigious downtown office address. The design goals were to downsize the city block sized lobby space in scale and to re-introduce a new income producing tenant space to the ground floor. The improvements included the demolition of the large existing bank teller space and the basement food court public dining area. Existing granite slabs in the lobby were carefully salvaged for future patching and remodeling. A warmer aesthetic approach was desired and included in the introduction of new public seating areas, carpet, lighting and custom wood privacy screens. The tall lobby area also features three very large custom light fixtures that are suspended to help reduce the overall perception of height. The basement food court improvements included a new ceiling, reshaping of existing column covers, new metallic paint, custom graphics and furniture. The improvements have been favorably received and both spaces are now actively enjoyed by the building’s tenants and visitors.
Renovation of an existing drive to create a plaza linking pedestrian and vehicular between two adjacent office towers in an urban context. Another cool-laboration, this time with Chris Russell (Landscape Architect). We incorporated colored concrete in select areas for impact and softened the abundance of hard, geometric surfaces with the creative placement of planting beds, large plant containers, trees and a low, serpentine and landscape wall. Renovation also involved recladding of the two office towers and design of a decorative stair to link the new lower plaza to an existing upper plaza.
No trespassing, vacant, keep out and other uninviting words are plastered throughout urban environments due to old buildings not being able to respond to current functional needs formally, economically, or societally. The ephemeral quality of american life requires that as time passes buildings adapt to new uses and new technologies. If a building is rendered vacant in 30 years because the program or social requirements for the site have changed then it can no longer be considered a sustainable development. The definition of sustainability should include the requirement that a project perform throughout the life-cycle of the building and not just the program. With this opportunity we challenged ourselves with an additional task to have this development adapt to new uses as functional and social characteristic change in the future. The design not only responds to the program requirements set forth by this competition, but to also provide infrastructures that will evolve with future uses on the site, whether they are a hotel, corporate offices, school, or university campus. As a prototype the project is developed to maintain a consistent density throughout the site and create an urban edge that will preserve the urban fabric within U.S. cities. Internally the project responds to site specific conditions on three levels. The base level is the plaza shaped by pedestrian traffic throughout the site and manifests the social conditions of the current use. Defining the plaza are the buildings that make use of exterior passive systems bases on solar orientation and internal prefabricated components to compose the residential units. On top of the buildings are the roof gardens that provide open green spaces for the residence to socialize and harvest. Architecture and the environments they create need to adapt to new uses as functional and social factors change with time to truly be sustainable. This requires developers, designers, engineers, and all other stakeholders to strategize about the impact their response to current programs will have on the urban condition of the future.
The Block 21 project in Austin combines a dynamic set of program elements to create a new urban center for the city. This 1,100,000 square foot project includes a 250-key W Hotel and 175 condominiums plus a new Austin City Limits Music Venue, Children’s Museum, office space, retail space and an extensive below-grade parking garage. This project is being designed to LEED® Gold Standards.
As part of a dynamic 75-acre mixed-use urban center, BOKA Powell completed the 17-story One Victory Park project, which fronts the Victory Park development and incorporates 16 stories of office space, ground level retail, and a seven-story garage. One Victory Park integrates flexible building mechanical systems within a highly efficient floor plate to create Dallas’ first multi-tenant office building with a pre-certified LEED® Silver designation. One Victory Park is home to the premier firms of Haynes & Boone, PlainsCapital Bank and Ernst & Young and includes direct access to the Katy Trail.
A 32-story residential tower located in downtown Austin, Texas consisting of 148 for sale condominiums with 6,000 square feet of retail and restaurant at the street level. The 32nd floor amenity level consists of an outdoor pool, fitness center, entertainment room, and library. A 446-space parking garage is integral with the design. The entire project is being designed to LEED® certified standards.
Barton Place is a six-story multi-building condominium complex located just south of downtown Austin near Zilker Park and Barton Springs. The six condominium buildings rest on top of a 2-level of underground parking structure, containing 607 parking spaces for condominium residents and patrons of two nearby restaurants. Barton Place offers a unique lifestyle opportunity due to its park side location and the pedestrian connection across the site that links restaurant row on Barton Springs Road with the Town Lake Hike and Bike Trail. The many restaurants, bars, coffee shops and parks within a comfortable walking distance make this one of the most desirable residential sites in Austin. The architecture is a modern interpretation of the local vernacular that capitalizes on 360 degree views of downtown, Town Lake, and Zilker Park. The project is clustered around an elevated plaza built on top of the parking garage that is lushly landscaped with native plants, as well as a massive, 100 foot pecan tree at the heart of the project. In keeping with the environmentally conscious local culture, the project will seek a rating with the Austin green building program, and relocate a number of outstanding trees to the nearby park.
In October 1997, Hines was selected by Tenet Healthcare Corporation to build their 378,000 square-foot facility in Dallas, Texas. The building is part of a multi-use complex containing four separate structures, all developed by Hines: Tower I, Tower II (a 306,000 square foot multi-tenant building), a 125,000 square-foot upscale retail development, and a 2,400 car-parking structure. The site also has a hotel planned which will house approximately 250 rooms as well as associated public spaces and amenities. With a distinct curvilinear architectural design, exterior finishes of granite, aggregate precast and glass, and a two-story lobby with granite, European limestone and fine anigre wood finishes with unique decorative backlit artglass flanking elevator lobbies, this building won the 2001 Golden Trowel Award. It has a seven (7) level, 2,400 car parking garage adjoining building with climate controlled skybridge access to Lobby, extensively landscaped site and motor court, on-site management and on-site security with advanced monitoring system 24-hours, 7 days a week. There is also a deli/cafe with a roof top garden terrace.
The 1 Hotel concept developed for Starwood Capital seeks to leverage the high visibility and active street level activity of downtown Austin, Texas. Designed to ultimately be LEED® Silver, this 4-star hotel project is comprised of 250 keys, a signature restaraunt, specialty retail, spa, lobby bar, rooftop bar. The program elements include use of solar power, green roof decks, unobtrusive parking with major on-site components, and careul consideration of view orientation from guestrooms to adjacent structures.
Granite Park is a 68-acre mixed-use development located in thesoutheast quadrant of the Dallas North Tollway and State Highway 121. Over 1,000,000 square feet of Class-A office spaceaccompanies hotel, retail, and restaurant uses. All are planned around an extensively-landscaped park with cascading waterways and sidewalks that connect all the buildings on a pedestrian level.
BOKA Powell is working with the University of Nevada, Reno with the vision of a redevelopment plan for the Gateway District which borders the south edge of the campus along Highway 80. The first phase of this long term redevelopment plan will include a 200-key mixed use hotel block incorporating office, retail and a conference center. BOKA Powell has played a significant role in introducing development and finance partners to additional campus-related opportunities for student housing and academic facilities.
BOKA Powell collaborated with Hillwood Properties to masterplan this 2500-acre mixed-use development located in Westlake, Texas. More than 800 acres of corporate campuses and pristine office parks are strategically nestled among 1700 acres of public and private open space including upscale living, shopping and entertainment. BOKA Powell was selected to design both the shell and interiors of the 130,000 square foot corporate campus and call center for Daimler Chrysler Financial Services, the first campus to be developed at Circle T.
Large scale urban planning requires flexibility and vision, allowing for the evolution of functional market drivers. This urban plan includes two Parcels of land re-claimed by city improvements in highway infrastructure. Parcel One consists of 2 office towers that total 1 Million s.f. and a 300 Key Convention Hotel. Parcel One is adjacent to the Charlotte Convention Center, which contains over 280,000 contiguous exhibit space. The location of this parcel is vital to the cities development, as it is the termination point and the gateway into downtown Charlotte. Parcel Two (Adjacent to Parcel One)consists of 2 phased Office Towers that total 1 Million s.f. This parcel is adjacent to the newly planned NASCAR Museum and office tower that will be completed in early 2010.
BOKA Powell, along with Mesa Design, has been awarded the Fairview Center master plan with a scope of work to create a new town at the southeast corner of the premier intersection of Hwy. 121 and I-75. The planning for this development of over 300 acres includes infrastructure and complete development guidelines for a mixed-use town plan. Plans for this new town include over 2,000 urban style homes and over three million square feet of office space and retail space. We are providing masterplanning and architectural design services, web page design and graphics.
BOKA Powell, along with Economic Research Associates (ERA), conducted an economic study for the Dallas Farmers Market (DFM). A thorough and involved research of the DFM and its surrounding community was needed to boost the Market’s economic performance. BOKA Powell and ERA actively responded to this need, engaging representatives of the City of Dallas, DFM management and Convention Center Bureau Management. Posing pertinent questions to these officials and analyzing comparative information regarding other farmers market were crucial in developing a strategy to restore DFM as a financial asset to the City of Dallas.
11 fully developed acres remain at the SE corner of Warren Parkway and the Dallas North Tollway which is currently planned for a significant Class-AA office project, a 4 star plus full service hotel, and a high end restaurant cluster.
BOKA Powell is creating the initial land planning and programming for what could become the ultimate Hotel Casino destination in Las Vegas. Known as WorldPort Las Vegas and encompassing up to 106 acres in the heart of the Las Vegas strip, this multi–phased development concept consists of 28,000 tower guest rooms and condominiums on a base of casino, retail and entertainment. The concept provides for the participation of a team of world class architects in the development of individual components, with BOKA Powell providing Executive Architect services.
BOKA Powell provided architectural design services for the redevelopment of the World Trade Center in Mexico City. An existing steel structural frame, originally intended to be a hotel, was converted into an office tower. The adjacent hotel and shopping mall were designed to compliment the tower and create a cohesive visual identity for the World Trade Center precinct. Design Architect: BOKA Powell Architect of Record: Gutierrez Cortina Arquitectos
BOKA Powell is working with the City of Allen on their Millennium Project to design a true Class A business park of mid-rise buildings. The intent of the project is to create a site development with quality buildings typical of a high-end business park. The scope of work includes masterplanning and design of a signature architectural style. This project is in the Planning stage.
Redevelopment of the Republic Insurance site in Dallas, Texas could bring to the Turtle Creek area 640,000 SF of new construction. This mixed-use project concept includes luxury condominiums, assisted living units, and a hotel.
The NEC America headquarters masterplan is situated at the northwest corner of State Highway 114 and State Highway 161 in Irving, Texas. The development is comprised of two buildings totaling 525,000 SF and can ultimately be built out to over 1 million SF. BOKA Powell was commissioned to provide masterplanning services as well as complete architectural and interior design.
Phase III of the multi-phased project completed the buildings masterplanned for the Colonnade Complex. Tower III is a 16 story, 425,000 square foot addition, sited perpendicular to the Colonnade axis and connects with the Colonnade's north wall. The atrium entry is fronted by a landscaped arrival court to provide a ceremonial entrance in the northeast quadrant of the site. On-site vehicular traffic is allowed to pass through a porte cochere carved into the rounded end of Tower III, a theme carried forward from Towers I and II. The lease space areas are configured to be typical speculative office spaces, available for tenant finish-out. The grey granite exterior cladding is carried into the Colonnade Atrium Space. The space connects the three office towers and parking garage and provides common retail, banking and conference center functions for the complex. Nominated: TOBY Award - BOMA International 2001-2002 Building of the Year 500,000 - 1,000,000 s.f.
BOKA Powell is currently working with Harwood International on the development of multiple parcels containing multiple office buildings, apartment towers, restaurant, and retail uses within the Harwood District. A) Saint Ann Court – 26 Stories, 331K SF Office with 347K SF, 900-car structured parking B) Bleu Ciel – 30 Story, 565K SF building containing 262 Luxury Condominium Units and 466-car structured parking C) Glacier – 25 Story Apartment Tower containing 99 Units, 158K SF, and 178 parking spaces D) The Square – 27 Story Mixed Use building, 321K SF Residential – 242 Units, 27K SF Retail and 229K SF structured parking with 536 parking spaces
BOKA Powell, in association with Solutions Design Group, is currently in the conceptual design phase of this revitalization project for the historic Mississippi River town of Donaldsonville. This project is centered around the redevelopment of the Main Street Central Business District. The economic redevelopment plan for Donaldsonville involves a regional airport, which is expected to greatly increase tourism. With the addition of casinos, paddle boats and hotels, the riverfront area is being revitalized with shops, pedestrian walkways and open spaces. The area is being designed to entire tourists with modern amenities while being sensitive to the historic architecture of the area.
BOKA Powell provides Masterplanning, Multi Tenant Planning and Adaptive Reuse design services for the former Alcatel Campus in Richardson, Texas. The existing campus offers 1.2 million GSF of Office, Research & Development, Lab, Manufacturing and Warehouse space, with approximately 40 acres undeveloped. The project currently has 3,931 parking spaces. As Master Architect for the Campus, BOKA Powell has developed parking and building renovation scenarios to allow for multi tenant occupancy, generating mythical multi tenant scenario and computer generated renovation options. In addition, BOKA Powell has developed masterplan options for potential users that illustrate new development on unoccupied sites, and selective demolition and reconfiguration for specific existing buildings. BOKA Powell maintains all CADD documentation and floor plans for the campus for use by potential tenants and their designers.
BOKA Powell developed multiple land plan scenarios for Cousins Stone using 3-D visuals and animations at the Las Colinas urban center in Irving, Texas.
Located at the intersection of State Highway 114 and State Highway 161 in Irving, Texas, the Las Colinas Corporate Center is situated on a prominent site convenient to the DFW Airport and the Las Colinas Urban Center. The six-story Phase I was complete in 1997 with Phase II completed in the fall of 1998. The arrangement of the two Class "A" office buildings creates an informal campus connected by an internal parking plaza with enhanced paving and a comprehensive landscape design. The office towers are designed with the latest generation floor plates that allow for maximum lease depths and efficient layout of offices and open plan areas. Barrel-vaulted roofs over the center bay accentuate the understated elegance of the building design that provides the development with an eye-catching identity. The multi-textured precast concrete facades utilize exposed granite chip aggregate to create a delicate pattern. An entry canopy extends along the front of each building providing shade and scale to the pedestrian walkway. An underground tunnel links the two buildings. The adjacent parking has a 4:1000 ratio with 30 percent covered parking accommodated in two parking structures.
BOKA Powell created this 25-acre phased development plan for Colinas Crossing in Farmers Branch, Texas. The masterplan includes a mix of multi- story class A office and Tilt wall low rise office product, structured parking and an on-site daycare facility. BOKA Powell combined computer-generated graphics with aerial photography of the site to assist the landowner in evaluating a variety of planning options and building massing alternatives.
BOKA Powell was the Master Architect of Record for the 4,500,000 s.f. development, coordinating the design efforts of multiple internationally known designers, including John Jerdi for the masterplanning and retail elements, and Kaplan Mclaughlin Diaz for the hotel and residential components. BOKA Powell was retained to design and produce 1,000,000 s.f. of office and 1,500,000 s.f. of below grade parking. In Association with Jerde Partnership and Augusto H. Alvarez
Allstate Insurance Company’s 484,000 square foot Regional Operating Campus, which is located in Irving, Texas, consists of Administration, Data Center, Call Center and Output Processing/ Printing Facilities with a 446,000 square foot parking structure. Each building is designed to be competitive in the multi-tenant office market, enhancing Allstate’s flexibility as well as the overall value of the campus. BOKA Powell provided masterplanning, architectural and interior design services.
Victory Dallas Mixed-use Projects – Hillwood Development and Hines / Hillwood JV Victory Tower – Mandarin Hotel, Office, Retail, Condos, Super-condos and parking structure One Victory Park, 17 Story, 435K SF Office, 13K SF retail, 1180 car parking structure Two Victory Park, 23 Story, 526K SF Office, 15K SF Retail, 1656 car parking structure
This mixed-use master plan encompasses the site of the old Belz Outlet Mall. Located at Highway 75 and Highway 121 in Allen, Texas, this site is in one of the fastest growing communities in the DFW Metroplex area and the City of Allen is committed to the highest quality developments possible. Design concepts depicted include a "lifestyle center", outdoor mall, mixed-use housing/retail, "architainment" village with restaurants on an island and corporate offices. Careful thoroughfare and land-use planning allow each area to have its own distinct character.