Client: Cannon Design

Date completed: August 2008

Program: A 32,000-square-foot office for 120 employees that includes a gallery and exhibit space. The basement features a model shop, library, and boardroom. An oblong rooftop structure once used to store coal conveyor equipment now houses another boardroom and the staff lunchroom.

Design concept and solution: In 2007, Cannon Design purchased a 19,000-square-foot powerhouse originally constructed in 1928 and decommissioned in 1980. The steel-structured building once provided coal-fired steam heat to a dozen buildings in the downtown area. Cannon Design restored, renovated, and adapted the building for reuse as their office space. They retained the original steel structure, which featured eight columns and truss work, and designed a new steel system to support second and third floors, which cantilever over the ground-floor gallery. The firm restored the revival style exterior, which features tall, arched windows and terra cotta detailing. The project was awarded LEED Gold status in 2009, in part for its underground cistern storm water collection system, the light-colored roof materials that reduce the heat-island effect, and high-efficiency plumbing fixtures.  


People

Owner: Cannon Design

Architect
Cannon Design
1100 Clark Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63012
T: 314.241.6250
F: 314.241.2570
www.cannondesign.com

Personnel in architect’s firm who should receive special credit:
Thomas C. Bergmann, AIA, LEED AP, Project Principal
tbergmann@cannondesign.com

David M. Polzin, AIA LEED AP, Senior Designer
dpolzin@cannondesign.com

Lynn S. Grossman, AIA, LEED AP
Project Architect
lgrossman@cannondesign.com

Kristy R. Piasecki, RA, LEED AP
Project Architect
kpiasecki@cannondesign.com
Julie M. Donovan, LC, LEED AP
Lighting-Electrical Design
jdonovan@cannondesign.com

J. Joe Scott, CPD, FASPE, LEED AP
Plumbing Design
jsscott@cannondesign.com

Ruofei Sun, Ph.D., PE, SE, LEED AP
Structural Engineering
rsun@cannondesign.com

Architect of record:
Cannon Design
1100 Clark Street
St. Louis, MO 63102
314.241.6250

Interior designer:
Cannon Design
1100 Clark Street
St. Louis, MO 63102
314.241.6250

Engineer(s):
Cannon Design
1100 Clark Street
St. Louis, MO 63102
314.241.6250

Consultants:
Interior Furnishings:
Centro Modern Furnishings
St. Louis, MO 63108
314.454.0111

Environmental Services:
Sitex Environmental Services
St. Louis, MO 63104
314.421.0600

General Contractor:
R. G. Ross
St. Louis, MO 63125
314.638.9255

Photographers:
Gayle Babcock, Architectural Imageworks, LLC
Patti Gabriel Photography

Plans/Drawings/Renderings:
Cannon Design

CAD system, project management, or other software used:
Autocad; ADT

 

Products

Exteriors:
Fencing: Ameristar Fencing

Flashing: Firestone

Roofing: Mule Hide TPO

Windows/Glass: Quaker Windows

Window Film/Solar Shading: Guardian Industries

Electrical/Mechanical:
Building Controls: Delta

Communications: Systemax

Elevators/Escalators/Lifts: Kone Elevators, National Wheel O-Vator

Electrical/Electronics (Power/Wiring/Cabling): Square D, Wattstopper

Fire/Life Safety: Hilti, Larsen, Notifier

HVAC: Kees, Trane, Indeeco, Dayton, Lochinvar, Loren Cook, Titus, Ruskin

Lighting: Cooper Lighting, Focal Point, Architectural Lighting Works, Louis Poulsen, FineLight

Plumbing/Washrooms: American Standard, Sloan, Centoco, Symmons, Brass Craft
Manufacturing, Dearborn Brass, Lasco Bathware, Jones Stephens Corporation, Elkay, J&B Products, Zoeller Pump Company, Fiat Products, Chicago Faucet Company, Watts Reulator Company, Amtrol, Sioux Chief MFG, Jay R Smith Manufacturing, Bobrick

Interiors:
Carpet: Lee's, Interface, Tandus

Casework: Abet Laminati, Sagatsune Hardware, Formica, Avonite

Ceilings: Armstrong

Doors: VT Industries, Williams Bros.

Fabrics/Textiles: Thermoveil, Design Tex, Maharam, Nysan

Flooring (Hard-Surface/Resilient): Desco Epoxy Floor Coating, HTC Superfloor, Diamond Clad, Expanko, Nora Rubber Flooring, Roppe, Johnsonite

Hardware: Dorma, Schlage, Domel, Hager, LCN

Interior Finishes:
Paint/Coatings: Sherman Williams, Wall Talkers

Wall Coverings: Golterman & Sabo, Forbo

Walls/Partitions: USG, Lafarge, Dietrich Metal Framing, Knauf Insulation, CPI Daylighting, Linetec