"The Fourth Ward Office Project responds to a number of site conditions, including the adjacent BeltLine. The dual towers introduce a link between the BeltLine and the emerging development, which negotiates the building’s grade to frame an engaged pedestrian pathway and parklike open space, the Appalachian Steps. The Steps move through the site and connect occupants and ground-level public users with parking, multi-modal transit, retail tenants, and other amenity zones." —Kirsten Ring Murray, FAIA, Design Principal
Fourth Ward Office Project is a 1.1 million-square-foot commercial high-rise building fronting the Atlanta BeltLine with offices and street-level retail. Organized around a central thoroughfare that doubles as public civic plaza space, the building creates new urban connections between Old Fourth Ward Park and the rapidly revitalizing Atlanta BeltLine corridor. Certified LEED Gold, the building includes sustainable design features that reduce energy consumption, address stormwater runoff, and encourage alternate forms of transportation. Utilizing extensive daylight and thermal modeling, the building facade enhances building performance while maintaining daylight and thermal comfort for occupants.
Project Team: Tom Kundig, FAIA, RIBA, Design Principal; Kirsten Ring Murray, FAIA, Design Principal; Steven Rainville, AIA, LEED AP, Design Principal; Kimberly Shoemake-Medlock, AIA, Project Manager; John Hallock, AIA, LEED AP, Project Architect; Christopher Hall, Kailin Wang, Ana Brainerd, Betty Huang, Evan Harlan, Erik Gunderson, Amir Ghazanfari, Laura Sinn and Alexis Burson Nichol, Architectural Staff; Vikram Sami, AIA, BEMP, LEED AP, Director of Building Performance; Sarah Muchow, IIDA, NCIDQ, and Margaret Undine, NCIDQ, Interior Design; Kinsey Johnson, Interior Design Staff; Jane Devine, Project Administrator
Key Consultants: New City, LLC, Developer; HKS, Executive Architect; Brasfield & Gorrie, General Contractor; Future Green Studio, Design Landscape Architect; Kimley Horn, Landscape Architect, Civil Engineer and Parking & Traffic Engineer; Uzon + Case, Structural Engineer; Working Buildings, Sustainability, LEED and Commissioning; ENGR3 Consulting Engineers, MEP Engineer; Front and Green Facades, Façade Consultants; Niteo, Lighting Design; Arc Cost Group, Estimator; Studio Pacifica, Accessibility
Photographers: Nic Lehoux and Celso Rojas