Nestled into a hillside of ponderosa pines with views of Humphrey’s Peak, the High-Performance training facility attracts top student-athletes to Northern Arizona University. DLR Group delivered a 65,000 square-foot, three-story, state-of-the-art High-Performance Center with a 10,000 square-foot weight room, sports medicine spaces, academic center, practice basketball courts, team meeting rooms, locker rooms, and a hall of fame. The facility also has an iconic team auditorium on the third level, with unobstructed views of the 12,600-foot Humphrey’s Peak and the San Francisco Range (Figure 1). The unique spaces and environment provided structural challenges and opportunities for creative design.

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Formerly the Madison Street Jail, constructed in 1985, the 225 W. Madison project in Phoenix provided an opportunity to resurrect a decommissioned jail facility and re-purpose it through adaptive re-use as a Class A office building. Maricopa County, the facility owner, chose to re-use and adapt the existing building, resulting in approximately $70M in savings. The 278,775-square-foot building project completely transformed the jail into an open workspace. This was accomplished by enhancing the structural integrity of the original cast-in-place concrete structure, which also serves as the exterior skin. DLR Group provided planning, architecture, structural engineering, MEP engineering, interiors, and construction administration services. …