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Sweet Leaf Tea Headquarters
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Designed by San Antonio firm Wiese Hefty Design Build,
Leaf Tea Headquarters, Austin
the Austin headquarters of Sweet Leaf Tea highlights
Leaf Tea Company
a r c h i t e c t Wiese
the company’s brand while also displaying its eclectic
Hefty Design Build
d e s i g n t e a m Kristin
office culture. The architects used building information
Wiese Hefty, AIA General Contractor
modeling (BIM) software to design the almost 8,000-sf
c o n s u l t a n t s Spaulding Structural Engineering (structural); Design
space, which is an adaptive reuse of a 1918 building in
Build Lighting (lighting); Power Quality Engineering (MEP)
the Penn Field office complex. The project team gutted
p h o t o g r a p h e r Philip
the building to expose its structure, then devised an
c o n t r a c t o r Qual-Con
Thomas
open-grid interior that balances the building’s historical r e s o u r c e s concrete restoration : Penca Construction; metal laminate :
quality with modern requirements. A restrained material
Wilsonart (Travis Tile Sales); Design;
plastic fabrications :
Paul Mair
palette was used, with knotty cedar added to existing
metal / wood doors
wood elements. The interior was configured as three
architectural woodwork :
Hiatt & Kramer Co.;
and windows : RACO (Hull Supply); unit skylights : Metalux; glass : Listo
“buildings,” one each for a conference room, offices,
Glass; decorative glazing : Sun Pro Tint (Listo Glass); gypsum board :
and a kitchen/multi-use area (also available for public
Temple-Inland;
lighting :
functions). New skylights enhance interior daylighting,
DaSal Industries, Solavanti, Spectrum Lighting, Texas Flourescent
which comes predominantly from east-facing windows
(Elliot Electric Supply);
and is partially blocked by a large, unmovable air-con-
tile :
Autodesk (D|C|CADD)
American Tile;
signage :
emergency lighting :
Joan Bell;
Emergi-Lite;
software :
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add durable, low-cost accents to high-use areas. The
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project was completed at a cost just under $355,000. N O E L L E
H E I N Z E
FLOOR PLAN 1 LOBBY/RECEPTION 2 MAIN CONFERENCE 3 SMALL CONFERENCE 4 LOUNGE 5 KITCHEN 6 OFFICES 7 MAIN OFFICE AREA 8 MEDIUM CONFERENCE 9 SHOWER/CHANGING
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