Walking the walk
How do we return a historic building to its mixed-use origins and achieve LEED Platinum certification cost-effectively? Especially when it’s our own reputation—and our own budget—on the line?
Problem
We wanted beautiful, healthy, sustainable offices for our growing company, apartments renovated to high performance standards, and a design that respected the character of the historic neighborhood—all on a budget.
Our approach combined our experience in LEED certification, historic retrofits, and architectural design with new concepts from the WELL Building Standard. We also put our building diagnostic expertise to work to tune the building systems.









