With its use of natural airflow and daylight, the Terry Thomas might be an innovative office building, but it makes no claim of being high tech or cutting edge. “A lot of things in this building are kind of old school. The idea that you can open windows on all four sides of the building isn’t a particularly new idea,” Greaves asserts. “I think it’s something we forgot about for the last 50 years because we were in these hermetically sealed bottles. By stepping back and looking at the building holistically, we were able to incorporate a lot of things that, taken together, create a unique office environment for our firm and serve as a physical representation of our design culture.”
GREEN TEAM
- ARCHITECT / Weber Thompson, Seattle, www.weberthompson.com
- OWNER AND DEVELOPER / First Western Development, Seattle, (425) 329-0848
- GENERAL CONTRACTOR / Rafn Co., Bellevue, Wash., www.rafn.com
- MECHANICAL ENGINEER AND THERMAL MODELING / Stantec Consulting, Seattle, www.stantec.com
- CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEER / DCI Engineers, Bellevue, www.dci-engineers.com
- COMMERCIAL AND LEASING AGENT / Stephen C. Grey & Associates LLC, Seattle, www.scga.com
- DAYLIGHT MODELING / University of Washington Integrated Design Lab, Seattle, www.daylightinglab.com
MATERIALS AND SOURCES
- CASTELLATED STEEL BEAMS / SmartBeam from R.F. Stearns, West Linn, Ore., www.rfstearns.com
- METAL STUDS / Scafco Steel Stud Manufacturing Co., Spokane, Wash., www.scafco.com/stud
- WALL PANELS / Pinnacle 440 from Homasote Co., West Trenton, N.J., www.homasote.com
- ROOF MEMBRANE / UltraPly TPO from Firestone Building Products, Indianapolis, www.firestonebpco.com
- WINDOW WALL / Tri-Fab VG 451T from Kawneer, Norcross, Ga., www.kawneer.com
- GLAZING / PPG Industries Inc., Pittsburgh, corporateportal.ppg.com
- EXTERIOR VENETIAN BLINDS / EL 80 AS from Nysan Solar Control, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, www.hunterdouglascontract.com/nysan
- AUTOMATED LOUVERS / EAC louver/damper from Greenheck, Schofield, Wis., www.greenheck.com
- HYDRONIC RADIATORS / Solidoflux N from Buderus Hydronic Systems, Londonderry, N.H., www.buderus.net
- FLUORESCENT-TUBE AND RECESSED-CAN LIGHTING / Lithonia Lighting, Conyers, Ga., www.lithonia.com
- OTHER LIGHTS / Flux Inc., Seattle, fluxinc.org, and Juno Lighting Group, Des Plaines, Ill., www.junolighting.com
- MECHANICAL SYSTEM CONTROLS / Distech Controls, Brossard, Quebec, Canada, www.distech-controls.com
- LIGHTING CONTROLS / Lighting Control & Design, Glendale, Calif., www.lightingcontrols.com, and Eaton Corp., Cleveland, www.eaton.com
- DUAL-FLUSH TOILET / WES 111 from Sloan Valve Co., Franklin Park, Ill., www.sloanvalve.com
- WATERLESS URINALS / Ecotech Water LLC, St. Pete Beach, Fla., www.ecotechwater.com
- SOLAR-POWERED, TOUCH-FREE LAVATORY FAUCETS / Sloan Valve
- ACOUSTIC CEILING PANELS / Optima Plank and Cortega panels from Armstrong, Lancaster, Pa., www.armstrong.com/ceilings; Focus D from Ecophon, Montgomeryville, Pa., www.ecophon-us.com; and Prago perforated panels from Richter Veneer Technologies, Owings Mills, Md., www.richter-edgebanding.com
- CEILING FANS / Cirrus Hugger from Modern Fan Co., Ashland, Ore., www.modernfan.com
- GYPSUM WALLBOARD / CertainTeed, Valley Forge, Pa., www.certainteed.com
- WALL COVERING / Polygal Plastics Industries Ltd., Charlotte, N.C., www.polygal.com
- WOOD DOORS / Marshfield DoorSystems, Marshfield, Wis., www.marshfielddoorsystems.com
- CARPET TILE / Mannington, Salem, N.J., www.mannington.com
- WALK-OFF GRATES / Pedisystem GridLine from Construction Specialties Inc., Cranford, N.J., www.c-sgroup.com
- FINISHES/VARNISH / 2097 Kel-Thane II from Kelly-Moore Paint Co., San Carlos, Calif., www.kellymoore.com
- STAIN / Miller Paint Co., Portland, Ore., www.millerpaint.com
- FURNITURE / Herman Miller, Zeeland, Mich., www.hermanmiller.com