U.S. Census Bureau Administration and Data Processing Headquarters
Maryland, USA
This 130,000 square foot facility was designed to accommodate the most sophisticated contemporary computer processing and telecommunications equipment. The building incorporates administrative offices, as well as information processing functions, data retrieval systems, and records storage for the Census Bureau.
The new facility is situated on gently rolling park-like setting which is being developed as a Science and Technology Center by the University of Maryland. Although the site dimensions suggested a linear arrangement of the building mass, the project required that all facilities be on one floor. This large-scale organizing gesture was accomplished by creating an armature which divides the site into four quadrants.
Selected Awards:
- Presidential Award for Design Excellence, 2000
- National Endowment for the Arts, Federal Design Award, 1999
- U.S. General Services Administration Design Awards, Honor Award for Architecture, 1998
- Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, American Architecture Award, 1999
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