T Bailey Offices / Olson Kundig Architects

Jul 2010

By Nico Saieh — Filed under: Industrial Architecture ,Institutional Architecture , OSKA Architects, USA

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Olson Kundig Architects share with us the T Bailey Offices in Anacortes, Washington, which explore the idea of using the client’s product— pipes used in wind turbine towers — in the construction of their headquarters. This 11,700 square foot office addition adjoins the existing heavy industrial manufacturing plant of T Bailey. All steel fabrication and erection takes place in the plant adjoining the project.

Visitors enter the building and climb to the main office space via a horizontal 14’ and vertical 22’ diameter pipes. Located within the vertical pipe, a skylight and large fan ventilate the main office floor. The skylight and fan are powered by solar energy. Warm air is sucked from the office space through the stairway pipe and evacuated out of the building, significantly reducing the cooling load.

Materials are unfinished – concrete floors, unfinished steel, and an exposed structure – giving the space a raw aesthetic while reducing the coatings and toxic materials added to the building. The roof’s slope directs runoff into a rain garden and adjoining landscape.

* Location to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.

Cite:
Saieh , Nico . "T Bailey Offices / Olson Kundig Architects" 11 Jul 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed 09 Feb 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/68209>

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joni says:

its great
i like the presentations given

# July 12, 2010 at 07:46

Tee says:

Very nice project!
Does anyone have a clue what they used to render the section of the description?

# July 12, 2010 at 08:21

Abe says:

Sketchup + Illustrator/Photoshop???

# July 12, 2010 at 11:33

philly billy says:

sketchup, vray, photoshop

# July 12, 2010 at 12:01

Thanks,
already thought that this ingeniousity of light and colours was vray again!

# July 13, 2010 at 08:06

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