HQ Littlefield

PROJECT LOCATION: Austin, Texas
CLIENT: HQ Business Centers of Austin
DOC: 1997

DESCRIPTION:
For their third HQ Business Center of Austin, the client leased the top two floors of the historic Littlefield Building. This 20,000 square foot executive suite's location was marked by the massive brick corbelled columns which resulted from the enclosing of the original roof garden, now the ninth floor. The original light wells were decked at each level with the top floor having a skylight.

The design solution acknowledged and respected the historic architecture and created volumes that responded to the programming needs of conference rooms, reception area and support/management functions clustered at the center of the facility on both floors. Simple details of raised painted wall sections and tumbled antique mosaic marble floors gave the spaces the depth and texture to compliment the existing architecture. A suspended ceiling of sandblasted translucent fiberglass moderated the existing skylight and provided concealment of necessary mechanical to climatize the newly enclosed space. The transitional furnishings and historic photographs found in archives give the tenants a sense of place.