FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Topeka, Kansas
Apr 9, 2019 - UPDATED Apr 13, 2019 with new Preservation Option
ARCHITECT PUBLISHES BOLD NEW DOCKING DESIGN
Lunetta Design published a bold new design for the Docking State Office Building today. Videos and paintings of this new design can be found at www.lunetta.design This new design preserves the existing bones of the original 1954 office building and uses them to create an entirely new, productive, and pleasant environment for hundreds of state employees and their respective agencies.
“As a proud Kansan and Midwesterner, I value practicality, economy, and history, so this design vision takes advantage of our enormous opportunity here to create efficient rent-free space for the state, improve the urban design of the Capitol grounds, and contribute to Kansas’ seat of Government. The original historic curtain walls on the building’s north faces are repaired and preserved in this concept, while the south facing walls are modernized with shaded porches and overhangs, dramatically increasing user comfort and energy efficiency. We can do all this while preserving the building’s original carved stone artwork as well as it’s Kansas legacy of modern architecture.”
- Jeffrey Terrell, Founder and President of Lunetta Design
Lunetta Design’s fresh concept would use the existing floor slabs on the southeast and southwest facing walls as new overhangs to eliminate costly and uncomfortable heat gains in the summer months while letting free heat into the building during the winter when it is desired. An entirely new exterior skin of the building would be installed at these locations. Terrell adds, “I am confident we can create a new Docking Building design which approaches net-zero energy consumption for our fellow taxpayers.”
“My hope is that this design will spur a broad conversation about the huge civic and economic opportunity that is within our grasp at the Docking State Office Building. Accomplishing something great here will take effort from many stakeholders and Kansans of all stripes. Let us not fail the test.”
ABOUT LUNETTA DESIGN: www.lunetta.design 1-888-LUNETTA info@lunetta.design
Lunetta Design, LLC is an architecture and visualization firm with offices in Kansas and Delaware that helps you make the invisible visible in the fields of architectural design, urban planning, interior renovation, and historic revitalization. Their focus on design quality translates to greater happiness, beauty, and profit. As Founder and President of Lunetta Design, Jeffrey Terrell brings an incredible breadth of prior design experience to each challenge, having designed institutional, educational, commercial, hospitality, civic, master-planning, and residential spaces across the world. Jeffrey is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame (magna cum laude), is a Wabash College Lilly Fellow, and has been featured on HGTV. Mr. Terrell first came to Kansas in 1992 as the Design Architect from Chicago’s Hammond Beeby and Babka for the Farrell Library Renovation and Expansion project at Kansas State University (now the Hale Library). He adores his family, his three dogs, and his 1999 Harley Davidson Super Glide Sport.
REFERENCES
Docking State Office Building: Kansas Historical Society
Joint Committee on State Building Construction (Agendas/Minutes/Testimony) June 1, 2016