This project involved the relocation of a high profile company to the upper floors of a high-rise office tower in Philadelphia. The design provides a sense of informal elegance through its soft forms, warm palette of materials, and details that are shaped to provide comfort and durability.

A two-story lobby links executive offices with a boardroom and conference cetner on the top floor of the building. Cherry wood panels along the walls accented by horizontal bands of bleached oak wrap the lobby. The floor is composed of a basket weave of oak and staggered cherry inserts focusing on a flowing wood staircase lined with a stainless stell railing. Doors and movable partitions on the upper level fold away to provide uninterrupted views of Philadelphia skyline or can be closed for acoustical privacy.

Spence Kass was Project Designer while associated with Kenneth Parker Associates.

Publications: Facilities Design & Management, September 1988

Photography: Tom Crane