Corporate Office Building

Columbus, Indiana

2018

This new headquarters building of 28,000 s.f. is located on a suburban site adjacent to the owner’s existing office building, also designed by LJA. The buildings are joined by a shared courtyard and landscape and use compatible materials, creating a harmonious corporate campus.

The new building is brick-clad with limestone and steel detailing. Trellises shade upper-level terraces and the expansive glazing, controlling heat gain and glare.

Interiors, also designed by the architect, consist of open work areas arranged around a core of spaces like private offices and conference rooms. The exposed structure contrasts with the refined finish of special items like the steel, ash and walnut stair, wood screen wall and other items. The furnishings and extensive art program lend color and visual interest to the interior.

Elwood Staffing Campus-Original Headquarters Building Link

Corporate Headquarters

Edinburgh, Indiana

2017

A modestly-scaled office building in a mixed context of single family houses and very large industrial buildings. The well-proportioned simple volume is clad in metal as a nod to its neighbors, with thermally-modifed Yellow Poplar used for detail. The thermally-modified wood is one of the owner’s products and its use here was one of the first in the United States.

Offices/Co-Working Space and Small Business Incubator

Columbus, Indiana

2020

Multiple functions are accommodated in a single building on a site elevated above the floodplain. The office section is intentionally very different from the pole barn section that extends to the east. The bays are occupied by small businesses that utilize space in the office block.

Interior Renovation

Columbus, Indiana

2012

An interior renovation of commercial space in the former Commons Mall building, designed by Cesar Pelli (1973). IUCAD included gallery, studio, shop and office space and was the first outpost of Indiana University, Bloomington in its developing alliance with the Columbus community. Completed on a very modest budget with input from faculty and community members, the facility became, as envisioned, a lively center for art and design, as well as an off-campus site for Bloomington-based design classes.

Medical Office Building

Seymour, Indiana

2007

A new medical office building on a suburban site. The project included preliminary planning for the entire 5 acre site. The building also includes a retail space for shoes and other items.

Public Works

Parking Garage Walkway Renovation for Columbus Redevelopment Commission

Columbus, Indiana

2018

A mural by local graphic design students and faculty had been installed in a dark, poorly-lit walkway that was also an important pedestrian link in downtown. The renovation remedied this, using color and pattern cues from the mural.

Historic Building Renovation, Interiors and Exhibit Design

Columbus, Indiana

Multiple Projects 2003-2020

The “face” on the kids’ entrance door is an example of the numerous ways in which the building and exhibits of Kidscommons are designed to engage the primary users of the facility. The c. 1915 building, a former J.C. Penney store, was completely renovated according to accepted historic preservation standards, that included preserving interior features like the stair and tin ceilings. The new storefront replaced a later storefront, and reintroduces the tripartite storefront while introducing new materials and colors.

Exhibit designs include the Japanese House, Explora House and Climbing Façade.

Office Building

Columbus, Indiana

2004

A new office building of 18,000 s.f. on a suburban site is linked by a canopy and shared courtyard to the new headquarters building, creating a corporate campus. The project includes the original design and subsequent renovations as the company grew to fill unfinished space.

Elwood Staffing Campus- New Headquarters Building Link

Retail Tenant Improvements

Columbus, Indiana

2016

An interior renovation that created an inviting retail space which works well for the diverse functions of meat sales, sale and consumption of wine, and meat cutting and storage. The unusual form of the architect-designed tables allow groups of different sizes to gather at one table-a direct response to space limitations.

Wellness Facility

Columbus, Indiana

2014

Tenant improvements and exterior renovation in a historic downtown commercial building. The unfortunate 1960’s storefront was replaced, following design cues from historic photographs. Exterior colors restore the palette of the downtown color scheme designed by Alexander Girard in 1964.

The interior includes public meeting and gallery space, a walk-in medical facility, and space for wellness classes such as yoga or cooking demonstrations.

Historic Building Renovation

Columbus, Indiana

The renovation of a c. 1885 commercial building included a full-gut remodeling, with care given to restoring important details. The missing elements have been replaced with historically-informed modern interpretations.

Existing Building Renovation

Columbus, Indiana

2015

A complete renovation of an existing warehouse and scrap metal recycling facility. One wing was renovated, the other demolished. The new limestone entry and rear addition hearkens to the existing building’s origin in the prewar era.

Entrance Canopy

Columbus, Indiana

2010

This porte-cochere and entrance canopy lead to the extended care portion of a retirement facility. The building, designed in 1967 by Norman Fletcher of The Architects’ Collaborative, is one of the notable works of Modern architecture that Columbus is known for. Elements of the original design were used as cues leading to the design of this structure.

Commercial Building Renovation

Columbus, Indiana

2014

An existing commercial building, of curious design and in extremely poor condition, was renovated for use as a self-storage facility. The multiple gables of the structure, along with attractive colors and materials, differentiate the facility in a market flooded with generic storage structures.