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Shipt

This renovation of the first floor of the Historic John Hand building, on the Heaviest Corner on Earth, housed the original headquarters for Birmingham’s high-tech startup, Shipt.

CCR adapted the Alabama white marble and terrazzo remnants into a highly collaborative and open workspace.

Coffee bars, sitting areas and even the former teller line are utilized as places to get away from desking as a change of scenery.

The conference rooms are fully glazed to allow natural light to spill into the work areas.

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Shannon Waltchack Offices

Perforated metal cladding painted to match the Shannon Waltchack brand flows like unfurled ribbons and skins the existing walls, covering duct work and other obstructions and serving the office spaces below.

These winding walls include hidden doors and dramatic undulating moiré patterns. The low ceilings are emphasized by a monolithic color contrasting against the intense orange bands.

Glass front offices unify and lighten the open office areas. A fast track construction led to cladding the existing unfinished space with new materials only where needed.

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Smile-A-Mile Place

Smile-A-Mile, Alabama’s program for children with cancer, had outgrown their space and approached us to help build a home to host their families outside the hospital.

Hence, Smile-A-Mile Place was born out of an old warehouse in the Parkside District just a few blocks from Children’s of Alabama.

In addition to 2,500 square feet of office space for the staff, the project includes 6,000 square feet of event space for interacting with the children.

  • LocationBirmingham, AL
  • Project Type
    Commercial Public
  • Award 2018 Merit Award, AIA Alabama

The spaces recall beloved moments the children spend together on Lake Martin and provide them year-round and convenient access to the hospital.

The families can gather in a circle in the Community Room with the dramatic backdrop of a sky-lit custom metal stair known as “The Mountain”.

Along with rooms for arts & crafts and exercising, a small theater built of reclaimed wood hosts talent shows.

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Studio GoodLight

Studio GoodLight is a historic renovation of one part of a residential duplex and is a live/work arrangement. Preserving the existing building was a guiding design mantra in an additive approach.

  • LocationBirmingham, AL
  • Project Type
    Commercial Single-Family
  • Awards 2017 Honor Award, AIA Alabama
  • 2017 Merit Award, AIA Birmingham
  • 2017 Best of Residential Design, IDIE International Design Association

A rear stair and hidden door serve as a private entrance while a three-story spiral stair passes by the entrance to the residence allowing studio guests to access the roof top terrace.

Massive bridge girders, added at some point in the building’s history, were cleaned and lacquered to contrast with the white studio walls.

The studio is flooded with natural light from a variety of tubular skylights. Each skylight provides a specific lighting purpose for a variety of photographic prerequisites ranging from fashion to food.

A full commercial kitchen, garage and wardrobe areas complete the programmatic areas of the studio.

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Haven

A Birmingham event space featuring 20,000 square feet of open warehouse, polished concrete floors, skylights and an exposed steel mezzanine.

Haven shares its building with Dataperk, a Birmingham tech firm.

The design features a bar area with a pressed tin ceiling, custom restrooms with nods to the building’s automotive past and a large open space ideal for any event.

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Dataperk

The project is an adaptive reuse of a 1924 building (and 1946 addition) that originally housed the Mack Truck dealership and service center into a new headquarters office for the owner’s computer technology company, Dataperk.

The character of the building was retained to comply with the requirements for historic tax credits.

Approximately 20,000 square feet of warehouse was built out with open office, new exposed steel mezzanine, skylights, glass floor openings and bright furniture.

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The Stockyard

The design features reused components and materials such as shipping containers to create interior space, discarded barn siding and reclaimed Birmingham street trees which were milled and kiln dried on site.

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The wood and rusting siding, interior graphics, and a vine-covered steel trellis add a natural warmth to the industrial elements.

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Bancography

Originally developed by Robert Jemison Jr. for the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce headquarters, The Jemison Building opened in 1908.

The original stained glass dome was preserved along with its natural aging patina, and new rectilinear offices and reception areas fill the space with open ceilings and glass walls.

Additional support offices and meeting spaces adjoin the large, internal light well which provides natural light throughout the office space.

 

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55th Place Arts

Conceived as a creative civic revitalization project of the historic Woodlawn neighborhood, 55th Place Arts seeks to foster a thriving arts community by housing musicians, beauticians, art galleries and studio spaces.

Utilizing dynamic facades and bold colors enables the neighborhood to maintain a strong sense of individuality. 55th Place Arts proves a catalyst for continuing growth in a once blighted neighborhood.

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REHAU

REHAU is a leading manufacturer and supplier of polymer-based solutions and their decision to build a new, state of the art Technical Center provided a unique opportunity to showcase construction-related products.

REHAU’s manufacturing plant and offices, located in Cullman, Alabama, provide a vital component to the southeastern construction and automotive industry.

Their global market outreach encompasses furniture to appliances to aircraft components.

The building has training facilities, meeting areas and open office areas for the team of engineers working on automotive and construction components.

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