Items Tagged with 'office building'

In early March’s municipal elections, San Francisco made it easier for developers to turn empty office buildings into homes with the passage of Proposition C, which offers a tax break for developers to convert up to 5 million square feet of commercial space by 2030.

Everyone knows that companies want more employees to come back to in-person work, but many may not be aware of the innovative and aggressive ways they are pursuing their goals.

When Phillip Carr discovered that the drab, 1950s ex-pawnshop he’d bought to house his management company was actually an ornate historic building dating from the 1880s, his renovation plans changed.

A recent announcement from the office of New York City Mayor Eric Adams has pushed adaptive reuse architecture back into the spotlight — specifically the reuse of empty commercial office space as affordable and market-rate housing.

In an effort to redefine the growing neighborhood of West Midtown Atlanta, award-winning international firm Oppenheim Architecture is leading the way with its design of the Star Metals District, developed by Allen Morris Company.

Brown Barn Films needed to transform a boring office suite into a creative space that made them happy to come to work and welcomed their clients to meetings. The answer proved to be as simple as a coat of paint and new, decorative ceiling tiles from Ceilume.

The multi-layered preservation of the historic Burlingame Post Office by architecture firm Page & Turnbull is bringing together Burlingame, California’s rich past and modern lifestyle at a new office-retail complex, 220 Park, designed by KSH Architects.