Kilpatrick Design Case Study - Cooper Carry

Washington D.C.
Our final design and construction effort for Kilpatrick Townsend movements which created space for a long linear balcony; which
finished this spring in downtown Washington, DC. With the existed already but was not used. Our proposal was to demolish
all of the offices and support space in this corner of the tenth
White House in view, the historic Westory Building at the corner
of 14th and F Street, has served as the firms DC home for many floor to create a brand new unified reception and conferencing
years. Occupying the top three floors of the building this 65,000+ suite for the firm. This would also allow them to activate and
square foot in place renovation would have some similar challenges
to the Atlanta headquarters project, and would offer up York project, this major shift in thinking would allow for a con-
utilize the exterior balcony as an amenity. Not unlike the New
some new challenges as well.
centration of high end materials in the public area of the project
and both freed up conferencing square footage in other areas of
As currently built, the firm was located on the 9th, 10th and 11th the project while balancing the cost of the finishes in the employee
floors of the building. Clients or guests would take the elevator to centric portions of the office.
the ninth floor and be received in a small, dark, internal reception
space. Attorneys would come greet their guests and escort After seven phases of in place construction were complete, the
them to any number of conference rooms scattered throughout firm had received a top to bottom face lift with new finishes, new
the three floors of the firm. We wanted to change this paradigm lighting, recaptured square footage for filing and workrooms, and
but to do this meant we would have to propose a major change increased secretarial ratios to the same 4:1 level as the previous
to the design concept for the space. One floor up from the current
reception area, the building’s exterior skin has some inward for their large employee break area, bathed in natural
projects. One of the highlights was a completely new design
light,
and showcasing a floor to ceiling mural of Pierre Charles
L’Enfant’s original master plan painting of Washington, DC.
Without question, the most impressive transformation
was the new reception and conferencing suite on the 10th
floor. Exiting the elevator you find the new reception space
adorned with a natural stone floor which turns vertically
to become a 100 foot long stone clad feature wall; linking
conferencing space on both ends. Warm “pickled oak” wood
veneer panels wrap the opposing elevator core and reappear
as accents and furnishings throughout the space. A dynamic
red wall wrapped in a three dimensional fabric create a focal
point of color visible in multiple adjacent conference rooms.
A showpiece boardroom at the end of the axis houses a
spectacular 40 + foot long table complete with an integrated
video conference camera lift and direct access to the exterior
balcony. The corner conference room no doubt serves as the
“pièce de résistance” with views to the White House and the
Washington Monument.