Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc.

A little of background

Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc. is a multi-task design firm that provides Architecture, Engineering, and Design services in the Texas state. in 1945, the company was established in Lubbock and in 2010 ranked in the top 3 of multidiscipline Architecture/Engineering firms to work for. The firm has collected more than 35 Design Awards in the past 10 years and got LEED certified for a number of buildings such as the new office building in Lubbock, Tx in 2009. 

With six offices around Texas, the firm's services include: Aviation engineering, site development, solid waste, highway/railways, and structural. In Architecture they deal with healthcare, government, higher education, religious, and commercial. Moreover, they provide landscape and interior design services. 

The headquarter in Lubbock has two building, the original building and a new LEED certified one in the same block. below are some photos of the old office.  

headquarter - Lubbock 

 Interior open space - working area with open concept 

Another view of the working area - shelves along the corridors backing the offices

The new building (LEED certified) was intended to be green beginning with the parking lot which was purposely angled to facilitate the drainage movement.

Parking of the LEED building across from the old one - LEED certified

this green parking is a technique to reduce the stormwater runoff

To create this type of green parking, the soil needs to be thick to store water inside, which helps with maintaining the site.

LEED certified in 2009

Partition detail 

for the interior work space, the same concept, furniture layout, and selection of materials, were kept to maintain the same spirit of the old building 

Another important element of this building is the green roof which was designed to reduce the amount of heat entering the space which will lead to a reduction in electricity use for cooling a huge space.  

 Vegetation on the roof 

PSC is a great multidiscipline firm where every field can learn and benefit from the other because of the open concept layout. It shows that a good work combines more than one discipline to succeed. 

Reference: 

http://www.team-psc.com/p1_aboutpsc.html