LEAZAR HALL
College of Design, NC State University
Leazar Hall is a renovation of a 62,000 sf historic building (circa 1912) located in the oldest campus precinct of North Carolina State University. The building, originally built in two phases as the campus dining hall, was changed in the 1970s and 1980s into a maze of offices and classrooms by a series of renovations to house nine different campus departments and services. This new renovation transforms the building and makes it a part of the College of Design complex that is located across a campus street. The project restores the three-level (plus mezzanine) building into a single use building with studios, seminar/review rooms, materials lab, and faculty offices. A new stair and elevator tower was incorporated into the design, which provides both egress and accessibility to a previously disjointed plan.
PENLAND l
Brevard, North Carolina
Phase I of this new studio building at the Penland School of Crafts houses a letterpress studio and and printmaking facilities. Environmental sustainability played an important role in this project. Solar orientation, storm water management, daylighting, and management of energy consumption all combine to make the carbon footprint of the building as small as possible. Although LEED certification was not pursued, every effort to follow the guildelines set forth by the US Green Building Council was taken.
Design Team:
Architecture: Cannon Architects
Landscape Architecture: Reynolds & Jewel
Structural Engineer: Kaydos-Daniels Engineers, PLLC
PME Engineer: Edmondson Engineers, PA
ST MARY MAGDELINE
This new church of 34,000 sf is the third phase of a four phase master plan. The building will seat 1,300 in the Nave and 120 in the Chapel. The plans also call for a Narthex, Classrooms, Sacristies, Meeting Rooms, Columbarium and Outdoor Plaza.
ARCHIVE BUILDLING
Raleigh, NC
The final phase of the Archives Library Building Renovation was to re-roof the entry plaza, a 17,000 sf plaza roof that sits above the basement level of the building. The plaza was converted into a green roof, and an outdoor gathering space for the community.
Design Team:
Architecture: Cannon Architects
Landscape Architecture: Surface 678
Structural Engineer: Kaydos-Daniels Engineers, PLLC
PME Engineer: SSME
JUICE IT UP
Cary, NC
This 1600 sf project is the first of several for a client located in Chapel Hill, NC and in Los Angeles, CA. The project is located in a strip shopping center and is typical of many of the other locations that have been and will be built. The scope of our work was to provide components – counter, merchandizing units, menu boards, lighting, finishes, colors, etc. – that provide a store identity and that can be replicated and modified for other locations.
spruill annex renovation
Raleigh, NC
This project involved the renovation, addition, and conversion of an abandoned 100 year-old hospital wing for criminal mental patients into new government offices. The new building addition encompasses a new entry, lobby, reception/waiting area, elevator and stair core. It is sited on the inside corner between the abandoned building wing and a hospital wing still in use. The limited budget required new systems for HVAC, electrical, plumbing, windows, new stairs and elevator, and all finishes for the reconfigured space. Corridors were opened at the ends to provide natural light and views, and simple projecting accent walls of color signal circulation changes.
The lobby and reception area introduce natural materials such as a stone floor and benches, desk surfaces made of cherry wood, coupled with brick walls and cherry paneling. This warm palette of materials immediately greets the visitors and sets the foundation for a de-institutionalized setting all through the renovation. Interior glass is introduced throughout to remove the feel of hospital corridors and to allow daylight to reach internal spaces.
The new entry canopy, suspended from the stair tower, addresses the need for defining a new public entrance from the street. The principle exterior materials include brick, aluminum, stainless steel, glass and glass-block. The interior environment is defined by highlights of color and glass, cherry doors, slate floors and carpet.
CANNON ARCHITECT OFFICES
Raleigh, NC
The office is located at the end of an existing block-long warehouse in two garage bays that were previously used to wash large delivery trucks. The high bay studio opens to views of downtown Raleigh through glass that fills-in the previous large garage doors. Internally two green lantern boxes that define a central communal work area for plotters, printers, storage, drawing layout, etc, divide the space. Two solid blue boxes house the service zone in one and the conference room in the other. A mezzanine is located on top of these solid boxes. With the existing interior perimeter painted white the colored objects are placed inside to define spaces and their uses.
DURHAM ACADEMY LEARNING COMMONS
Upper School Learning Commons - Administration + Library Addition and Renovation
The existing Library was demoished to make room for a new addition to the administration building (that was gutted to the steel frame and roof) and the entire project was converted into a New Learning Commons and Administration Building. The program called for 3 major library spaces - a central commons (lobby), a computer based study room, and a stacks / reading room. Also included were a student store, faculty offices, administrative offices and support spaces for the library and offices.
Design Team:
Architecture: Cannon Architects
Landscape Architecture: Surface 678
Structural Engineer: Gardner & McDaniel
PME Engineer: Edmondson Engineers, PA
durham academy kirby gymnasium
The existing Gymnasium has been demolished to the structural frame and roof. A new gymnasium was rebuilt within this structure, including all new systems for HVAC, Lighting, and Fire Protection. An addition redefines the aesthetic of the building and provides a new lobby / exhibit hall, weight and exercise rooms, locker rooms, meeting rooms, and athletic department offices. The project was completed in January 2013.
Design Team:
Architecture: Cannon Architects
Landscape Architecture: Surface 678
Civil Engineer: BNK, Inc.
Structural Engineer: Gardner & McDaniel
PME Engineer: Edmondson Engineers, PA
DUKE CENTER FOR HUMAN GENETICS
Durham, NC
This new 125,000 sf Office and Research Laboratory Building is designed to provide space for a world class Human Genetics Research Center. The design is a collaboration between Hillier and Cannon Architects. The Center for Human Genetics (CHG) houses office space for faculty, researcher scientists, administrative staff, and medical staff. It also houses laboratories, library space, lounge space, meeting and seminar rooms, a clinic, and a public lobby. Both architectural firms collaborated on all aspects of the building, with Hillier, the architect of record, was primarily responsible for the exterior architecture, lab design and overall project coordination. Cannon Architects was primarily responsible for all interior architecture, including layout of spaces, selection of finishes, and furniture, furnishings & equipment design.