Gray Design Group Wins Awards for Elsevier

Gray Design Group has won two awards for its architectural and interior design work on Elsevier Inc.'s three-story, 152,000-square-foot office building in the Riverport Business Park.

 The Elsevier headquarters facility was chosen from more than 2,500 projects as a Green Building of America project.In addition, the Concrete Council recently recognized Gray Design Group's Elsevier project as a 2009 Quality Concrete Award winner.

Principal Toby Heddinghaus led Gray's team on the project. Gray achieved enough points for Silver certification under the LEED for New Construction green building rating system by conserving water and increasing energy efficiency while providing an appealing contemporary and upscale design. Using a significant quantity of regional materials and successfully diverting nearly all of the construction waste from landfills provided LEED credits that set this large building apart from the rest. Elsevier's products are showcased amongst a 1½-story granite-clad water feature located at the building's grand central staircase and the thru-lobby, which features suspended acrylic canopies with indirect lighting complemented by stainless steel and back-painted glass clad elevators. The modern canopy-style lighting concepts extend into the full-service cafeteria, which has open ceilings and exposed duct work.

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