DETAILS

Federal headquarters sized for 3,000 census workers, swelling to 6,000 during the decennial census. Includes a bank, library, cafeteria, auditorium, and conference center. The building incorporates 3 half-acre rooftop gardens (on levels 2, 3, and 5), and employs domestic white oak sunshading blades to manage heat gain on the long east-west façades mandated by the site’s shape. The blades have been designed as camouflage to blend in with the adjacent woodland preserve, which has been extended to rise up and over/through the building center, and becomes a courtyard amenity path marked by artist commissions.

2,500,000sf

$330M

Built: Completed in 2007

LEED Silver Certified

AWARDS

Chicago Athenaeum, 2009

AIA NY State, 2007

AIA NY State, 2007

IIDA/Metropolis, 2007

US GSA Workplace, 2007

BusinessWeek / Arch Record, 2007

AIA NYC Architecture, 2007

AIA NYC Interiors, 2007

AIA NYC Project, 2005

Miami Biennale, 2005

PUBLICATIONS

Architectural Record Magazine, March 2007

Building Design + Construction, May 2007

Architect Product Spec Guide, Spring 2007

Architectural Record Magazine, March 2007

Interior Design Magazine, November 2006

Anthony Fieldman, Lead Designer / Associate Partner - SOM

Aybars Asci, Sr. Designer - SOM

SOM - Architect of Record