HELIOTROPE

The home of WRA Advertising is a former shoe store built in 1890. Our scope included a complete renovation and tenant improvement project on the interior and a historic renovation of the exterior. Addressing the issue of daylighting was critical to the successful conversion of a long, narrow building - with windows only at the ends - into a healthy office environment. Our solution was to introduce a “Lightscoop” element to collect and redirect daylight from a new clearstory window to the workspaces below. It also serves as a multi-story lobby space connecting all three staff floors. The project had a very limited budget, and economies were achieved through minimizing new wall construction, minimizing new finishes, designing low cost custom furnishings and re-using old where possible.

Location:

Spokane, WA

Contractor:

S.G. Morin and Son, Inc.

Building Area:

11,835 sf

Office Capacity:

60 workstations

Completion:

2001

Photographer:

Julie Marquart

Publications

Merit Award - 2001 AIA Honor Awards for Washington Architecture
Merit Award – 2003 AIA NW and Pacific Region Honor Awards