Another piece of Zeppelin Development‘s TAXI master plan is falling into place with the construction of FLIGHT, a 140,000 square foot office building that will be the corporate headquarters for Boa Technology. The new four-story building will sit along Ringsby Court just north of the adaptive reuse FREIGHT building and opposite the newly opened FREIGHT Residences. The approximate location of FLIGHT is outlined on the Google Earth aerial image below.
FLIGHT will feature the strong horizontal forms and oblique geometry that defines the architecture of the TAXI campus, thanks to Dynia Architects. Courtesy of Zeppelin and Dynia, here is a rendering of FLIGHT looking south toward Downtown, with the FREIGHT Residences on the right and Ringsby Court on the left:
Boa Technology will occupy 100,000 square feet of the building with the remaining 40,000 available for other tenants. In addition to housing Boa’s offices, the new facility will also include the company’s research and development department and a prototype engineering and testing laboratory. The four-story structure will feature a two-story atrium, a 13,000 square-foot green roof, outdoor meeting spaces, and parking for 100 bicycles. The project is seeking LEED Silver certification and will include a 170 kw solar photovoltaic array that will offset about 20 percent of the building’s electricity use.
Construction on FLIGHT is now underway with completion planned for late 2017.
How many parking spaces?
Great to see the green roof. Hope that concept spreads in Denver. Imagine the acres of black, heat producing epdm convention center roof replaced by a green roof for all of downtown to se.
I’ve always thought that it’s a travesty that the convention center roof isn’t covered with solar panels. what a missed opportunity.
At least some of it has some solar panels, but it would be nice to have the whole roof covered in them.
Considering that a large portion of that roof will be taken up by the new expansion, and was always planned for such, the city probably felt it would be a waste to do a green roof there.