West Palm Beach City Center Complex, 401 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA / Built: 2009 / Architect: Song + Associates, Inc. / Floors: 6 / Height: 71.60 ft / Building Size: 270,000 SF / Building Type: Government + Cultural Facilities

Ever since its grand opening City Center has become the centerpiece of downtown West Palm Beach. The City Center complex includes the City Hall (150,000 GSF, including the City’s Commission Chambers), the Mandel Public Library (85,000 GSF, including a 150-seat auditorium, children’s library, and teen library), the Palm Beach Photographic Centre and Museum (35,000 GSF) and a parking garage for 300 cars with charging stations for electric vehicles.

Song + Associates originally conducted a space-needs study in 1997 to program the future functions of City Center as part of Phase I for the project. Once funding was established years later, Song + Associates validated the study by providing necessary program modifications to reflect the city’s growth and reorganization. We also developed new programs for those departments that were not part of the original study. This phase of the project consisted of weekly meetings with the library staff, Photographic Centre staff, and each of the 22 departments within City Hall in order to understand the workflow, workspaces, support spaces, and department adjacencies. After the programming and master planning was completed then came the design to create a civic connection space for the public all in one convenient location.

Awards:

Urban Land Institute Vision Award, 2010

International Downtown Association Award of Distinction, 2009

American City & County Crown Community Award, 2009

Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.songandassociates.com/city-center
www.pbcgov.org/papa/Asps/PropertyDetail/PropertyDetail.as...
www.emporis.com/buildings/1202161/west-palm-beach-city-ce...

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