SUMMIT ENGINEERING

This new office for a regional multi-disciplinary engineering firm celebrates simple materials and an ordered resolution. Birch plywood wall panels, expressed structure, earth-inspired flooring, and comfy furnishings work together to create an open and daylit space for collaboration. The second floor remodel of an existing, small two-story office building utilizes light-colored walls and white ceiling finishes to reflect and draw-in natural light from the perimeter windows, making the space bright while also serving to showcase Summit's own lighting design. Choreographed mechanical, structural, electrical, and sprinkler systems make the interior a demonstrative example of how design and builder teams can share authorship of the architecture. A crafted plate steel entry gate is the contribution of a local artisan fabricator to the project, adding a memorable threshold between the existing building lobby and the revived space. Jim Murphy and Associates and team made the new office a reality.