Cannon Offices Honored

With 10 design honors already to its credit, the Power House—the new regional offices of Cannon Design in St. Louis, was recently honored with five additional national citations, receiving a National Award of Merit from the Society of American Registered Architects (SARA), a Citation of Excellence in Buildings magazine’s Project Innovations competition, an Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects, Central States, an Interiors Award for Sustainable Design from Contract magazine and an Award of Merit from Interior Design magazine’s “Best Of” competition

With 10 design honors already to its credit, the Power House—the new regional offices of Cannon Design in St. Louis, was recently honored with five additional national citations, receiving a National Award of Merit from the Society of American Registered Architects (SARA), a Citation of Excellence in Buildings magazine’s Project Innovations competition, an Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects, Central States, an Interiors Award for Sustainable Design from Contract magazine and an Award of Merit from Interior Design magazine’s “Best Of” competition

Constructed in 1928, the St. Louis Municipal Power House building was an original part of the Municipal Service Building complex that still occupies an entire block of downtown St. Louis providing parking space for city vehicles, a fire department and an electric substation.

After standing vacant for nearly 30 years the new regional offices of Cannon Design opened in September 2008.

On July 14, 2009, The Power House was awarded LEED® Gold status by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). In pursuit of this significant achievement, the design team applied an integrated, holistic approach at every stage of the restoration/ rehabilitation process.

With regards to “green” materials and system selection initiatives: storm water is collected in an on-site underground cistern for irrigation; light-colored roof materials reduce a “heat-island” effect; use of high-efficiency plumbing fixtures resulted in 33% reduction in water usage; application of insulated, low-E coated glass reduces energy consumption; 98.6% of existing walls, floors and roof structure have been reused; gypsum board waste was reused on site as backfill for the sideyard, to name a few.