Architecture designed for corporate culture and regional identity

The outside of a facility welcomes and attracts visitors and employees; it also conveys the company’s culture and work. As such, this exterior deserves careful consideration and attention to detail to craft an intentional persona. A delicate part of this type of design is selecting appropriately representative materials to match the company’s messaging.

In the case of a high-tech life sciences company, an artful blend of material qualities was in order: transparency, permanence, texture, and reflection. These made evident our client’s identity as a world-class pharmaceutical company—precisely the desire as the company moved to a new facility in the southern United States. Our architectural team captured these material qualities and created two inspired but distinctly different building design options.