The project consisted of a new 2-story Retail building with a partial cellar and roof terrace at the 2nd floor. The building was designed for use by a single Retail Tenant, and was centered around an open stair and glass elevator core to provide high visibility circulation between the sales floors and easy access to the roof terrace.
The central core also provided the primary lateral bracing for the building's structure. We chose old-school double-height X-bracing both for architectural effect and the Retail Tenant's interest in exposed steel construction - an interest we were happy to express throughout the design.