Project: 24,000 SF Professional Office Building

Location: Upland, CA

Date:1995

Quality: High

Above: Angled steps flank a raised brick planter and lead to the entry doors. Handicap access to the rear entry is at grade level.

Above: Colored pencil & markers concept rendering

Below: Side view of the building through the trees.

Angled red brick "turrets" accentuate the building's centrally placed entrance and contrast with the black glass used elsewhere. Roof mounted skylights provide natural daylight to the full-height interior atrium of this 24,000 SF three-story office building. Ficus trees and bromeliads planted at completion are still thriving years later. Stairs, elevators and restrooms are located within the angled towers which flank the entrance - handicap access is located off the parking lot to the building's rear.

The brickwork is actually a veneer that covers up steel stud framing. Similarly, the dual-glazed tinted glass curtain walling system conceals the structural steel frame that was designed to withstand both earthquake and wind loads.