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Moseley’s HQ in Virginia honored with LEED-Platinum
Published: 06-Nov-2009
The headquarters of full-service design firm, Moseley Architects in Richmond, Virginia, has received US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-Platinum certification.
Mosley's headquarters is the first building in the city of Richmond to receive the coveted honor, and the only building in Virginia to qualify for both the Platinum designation and the historic tax credits.
According to the firm, the 79-year-old structure in Richmond’s historic Scott’s Addition neighborhood is a proof that it is possible to meet demanding environmental standards while protecting a building’s historic integrity. The Moseley Architects headquarters in the historically significant industrial neighborhood of Scott’s Addition had been the home for Baker Equipment, a truck equipment specialist.
Seeing the building reborn as the home for an architectural firm required creative solutions for a range of knotty problems. The challenges faced by the practice while redesigning the facility were: maintaining the building’s industrial appearance from the street, protecting and enhancing windows and skylights, creating proper lighting, establishing a system of efficient energy usage, growing a roof garden, managing rainwater runoff in an environmentally sound manner, and other issues.
The firm has been in the building for one year, having relocated from Chesterfield County. Bryna Dunn, vice president and director of environmental planning and research commented that the building is designed as a ‘living laboratory’.
Moseley Architects focuses on the public sector, creating buildings for governments, schools, and detention facilities. In addition to its headquarters in Richmond, Moseley Architects has offices in Charlotte, Harrisonburg, Raleigh-Durham, Virginia Beach, and Warrenton.
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