200 W. Madison

GastingerWalker& was invited by a long-standing client, Transwestern, to design a new Tenant Lounge for their building at 200 W. Madison in the heart of the Chicago loop

This high-profile building attracts a wide variety of professionals from website designers and graphic artists to law firms and insurance companies, as well as the whole spectrum of age groups from college students to retirement.  The client’s directive was to create a new tenant lounge with design elements and unique features that no one has ever seen before in the city, using DIRTT as one of the primary construction materials for walls, back painted glass, millwork, live planting walls and embedded TV’s and A/V.

Virgin Mobile

Working on this project, Virgin Mobile outlined the attributes of their company culture that they wanted reflected in the office design. They were seeking an office space where their people were easy to access, collaborate, encourage entrepreneurial thinking, and have fun.  All workspaces access windows for both daylight and sweeping views of downtown from the 24th floor. The collaboration stations were outfitted with cutting-edge technology and glass-marker boards to easily share and express ideas. The open floorplan and workspaces, including the meeting rooms and collaboration stations allows for everyone to be seen and heard. The conference rooms have glass walls and doors to observe each other working, creating and pitching new ideas. The kitchen area doubles as a place for the staff to both eat and unwind with panoramic views and a layout that accommodates large gathering.

Virgin Mobile USA and GastingerWalker&

Article from METROWIREMEDIA by Autumn MorningSky

Missouri has successfully lured Virgin Mobile USA to downtown Kansas City.

Baited by $1.87 million in incentives through the Missouri Works program, the telecom company has agreed to create at least 84 jobs over the next five years at its new Kansas City home at One Kansas City Place, 1200 Main St. The selection comes months after Virgin Mobile announced its search for a new home base in downtown Kansas City...read more

Virgin Mobile USA will locate within One Kansas City Place at 1200 Main in downtown. The skyscraper is the tallest building between Chicago and Dallas.

Edison Spaces

Thomas Edison was the inspiration for the design and industrial lab environment materials such as concrete floors, ceilings that are open to deck, brick and wood wall features, and Edison style lightbulbs are used throughout

The concept behind Edison Spaces is an office that leases small interior suites to startup companies on a monthly basis. The structural deck and exposed metal columns were painted black for a vintage industrial accent trim.

Open areas are communal spaces for sub-tenants to share, including conferencing rooms, open collaboration spaces, printing room and break room. Space and design challenges included creating a welcoming entry and impressive common areas that would be inviting to both existing and potential sub-tenants to lease.

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