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LOC Architects

LOC Architects

Los Angeles, CA

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True HQ

YEAR: 2018

SIZE: 18,000 sf

This 18,000 SF headquarters for a beverage lifestyle accessories designer and distributor is located in an existing concrete warehouse in central Seattle. While providing high ceilings and an uninterrupted open plan, the warehouse was a cold concrete shell partially submerged in the terrain that provided no views or natural light. The goal of this project required the transformation of industrial concrete space in central Seattle into a thriving, people-centered workplace.

 
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Status: Built
Location: Seattle, WA, US
Firm Role: Architect
Additional Credits: COLLABORATORS:
Structural: Swenson Say Faget
Construction: Northway Construction
TEAM: Ali Jeevanjee, Naif Altouri

PHOTOGRAPHY: Steve Hanson

 
LOC set out to achieve these goals via the introduction light, via large skylights, views, via large glass doors, and warmth, through the expression of all of the new elements in wood.
LOC set out to achieve these goals via the introduction light, via large skylights, views, via large glass doors, and warmth, through the expression of all of the new elements in wood.
The space is entered at the foot of a bridge spanning two mezzanines and overlooking the main work floor.
The space is entered at the foot of a bridge spanning two mezzanines and overlooking the main work floor.
The bridge leads to a bank of glass enclosed meeting rooms.
The bridge leads to a bank of glass enclosed meeting rooms.
The meeting rooms in use...
The meeting rooms in use...
… which overlook the level below and look out to the street through large glass roll-up doors.
… which overlook the level below and look out to the street through large glass roll-up doors.
Looking back across the space to the transparent monumental stair leading to the lower level.
Looking back across the space to the transparent monumental stair leading to the lower level.
Looking up at the hovering meeting rooms from below.
Looking up at the hovering meeting rooms from below.
A series of privacy booths tucked underneath the mezzanine.
A series of privacy booths tucked underneath the mezzanine.
Looking towards the front towards a brightly lit meeting room.
Looking towards the front towards a brightly lit meeting room.
The break area on the upper mezzanine.
The break area on the upper mezzanine.
A series of workstations opening to the street to allow cool exterior breezes to enter the project.
A series of workstations opening to the street to allow cool exterior breezes to enter the project.