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p r o j e c t The c l i e n t The
Lance Armstrong Foundation Headquarters, Austin
Lance Armstrong Foundation
a r c h i t e c t s Lake/Flato
Architects in collaboration with the Bom-
marito Group d e s i g n t e a m Ted Flato, FAIA; Robert Harris, FAIA; Marla Bommarito
Crouch; Marcus Bove, AIA; Judy Bush; Christine Briseno c o n t r a c t o r Spaw
Maxwell Company
c o n s u l t a n t s Architectural
Engineers Collaborative (structural);
ACR Engineering (MEP); Wiss, Janney Elstner Associates (roofing/exterior envelope); Baker-Aicklen & Associates (civil/survey/ environmental); Terracon Consulting Engineers and Scientists (environmental/geotech/testing); Accessibility Unlimited (accessibility); Onsite AV Service Partners (AV); Ten Eyck Landscape Architects (landscape); fd2s (graphics); Brown Design Consulting (lighting); Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems (LEED); AVNET Enterprise Solutions (data/IT); IntroSpec (specifications) p h o t o g r a p h e r s Casey
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Dunn; Paul Hester
Lance Armstrong Foundation
Entering the Lance Armstrong Foundation (Livestrong) headquarters is an exercise in transition—from busy streetscape through serene garden to an open, sunlit interior. Transition also characterizes the conversion of the 1950s-era warehouse into the Livestrong offices, considering that a wide variety of the project’s materials were salvaged from the original structure. Completed in March 2009, the building is an adaptive re-use of a former paper warehouse located in east Austin, an urban neighborhood in the midst of revitalization. The design team, Lake/Flato Architects in collaboration with the Bommarito Group, has created a place that engages the community, not competes with it. The team, led by Bob Harris, FAIA, a partner at Lake/Flato, and Marc Bove, AIA, president of the Bommarito Group, was asked to help fulfill the client’s vision: 1) to be an asset to the community where the building exists; 2) to provide a completely open office space with no hierarchy; and 3) to create a healthy, sustainable environment that supports the organization’s mission to “inspire and empower.” “It was amazing to work with the architects to build a sustainable structure that incorporates the attitude, innovation, and passion that drive Livestrong. The open, collaborative space with tons of natural light provides an ideal environment for us to work and serve cancer constituents in the community and around the globe,” says Livestrong CFO Greg Lee. Sited a few blocks from downtown on E. Sixth Street, the 30,000-sf rectangular brick box faces an elementary school and playground, is diagonal to a recently constructed four-story urban loft/
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