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CLIF BAR HEADQUARTERS Emeryville, CA

Type: Office Campus Size: 75,000 SF Owner: Clif Bar

Cliff Bar’s headquarters is a 75,000 square foot warehouse, originally World War II valve manufacturing facility which has been transformed into office space for this leading provider of healthy food products. The project is designed with sustainable features such as solar panels, daylighting and energy efficient artificial lighting. The project is LEED Platinum certified. Transparency and open office culture are few of design elements emphasized by the client. The space celebrates the inherent natural light and volumetric space of the repurposed warehouse, while capturing the company culture and connecting employees to the outdoors through “biophilic” interior design. Daylight integration into the open offices with artificial lighting was one of the challenges in the project. Continuous dimming for luminaires in the open offices provided smooth transition from daylight to artificial light. Color temperatures of the sources are carefully considered according to the function of the space. Seventy five per per cent of the materials used in the build-out were repurposed, including 12,000 feet of reclaimed wood from shipping containers, barns and railroad ties.

The project is LEED Platinum certified.

IESNA Award of Merit (San Francisco Section) 2011