8th and 9th Office Buildings

Commonwealth Architects, with Perkins+Will serving as the design architect, is working with the Virginia Department of General Services for the design of a new office building and the rehabilitation of the existing 9th Street Office Building near Richmond's Capitol Square. The preliminary design, developed with input from community representatives, anticipates a Silver LEED Certification. The buildings will feature many sustainable design elements, including green roofing, raised flooring, daylighting and high-tech solar glazing. Also, the new building will re-use many of the historic materials that are currently in the former Murphy Hotel, in which the new building will replace. The 9th Street Building, the former Hotel Richmond, will be rehabilitated following the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation with special care being devoted to the significant character-defining features of the building.