Preserve at 620 is an award-winning adaptive-reuse project that has transformed a defunct retailer into a thriving creative workplace environment. The whole design is geared to foster a sense of community as well as promote health and wellness. The existing exterior block wall was deconstructed in three key locations to establish a sense of place and entry. Two courtyards were carved out of the original “box,” integrating the landscape and bringing in additional natural light. Employees have a choice of amenities to enjoy including a fitness center, putting green and sport courts, bicycle shop, vegetable gardens, dog run, beautiful landscaped areas, and a roof deck with eye-popping views over Lake Travis into the adjacent Balcones Canyonland Reserve. Still more important, the building reconnects its occupants to the natural environment—an extension of the same commitment to sustainability that inspired the project at the outset.

• Services: Architecture
• Client: Aquila Commercial
• Status: Completed
• Year: 2019
• Scope: Renovation / 226,329 SF