Overview
Prime Architects designed a 9,000 SF multi-tenant retail center in Oklahoma City on a tornado-affected site. The new building reuses the existing foundation. It is a pre-engineered metal building clad in brick, stone and EIFS.
Technical Scope
- Architecture/Interiors: Multiple storefronts sized for varied retail tenants; large windows for daylight.
- Structural: Pre-engineered metal building with metal framing and metal roof, set on the existing foundation.
- Envelope: Brick, stone and EIFS exterior.
- Mechanical/Electrical: New HVAC systems and energy-efficient lighting.
- Civil/Site: Parking lot improvements and landscape enhancements.
Challenge and Solution
The site had been damaged by a tornado. The design reused the existing foundation under a new pre-engineered metal building.
Project Data:
- Client / agency: Private Client
- Location: Oklahoma City, OK
- Size: Approx. 9,000 SF
- Construction cost: Undisclosed
- Completed: On-going
- Project type: Rebuild on existing foundation (tornado-affected site)
- Prime Architects role: Prime architect; project management, architecture, planning
Relevant If Your Project Involves:
- Retail shell
- Pre-engineered metal building
- Foundation reuse
- Disaster recovery rebuild
- Site/parking upgrades