Designed by Moody Nolan, The impetus behind the concept for a new corporate headquarters in suburban Dayton, Ohio, was the owner?s love of adventure, aviation and the spirit of collaboration. Operating nationally, the locally-run company has re-located 70 employees into this new 39,000 square foot facility from its previous location in Centerville, a few miles to the north. Drawing upon the Owner?s desire for collaboration, the design team involved students from the AIA-founded Charter High School for Architecture and Design (CHAD) of Center City Philadelphia in charrettes. This involvement of bright, young minds provided the design team with unique feedback during the early formative stages of the process.
Photography: Brad Feinknopf
Located on the grounds of the Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport and at the busy intersection of Austin Boulevard and Springboro Pike, the building is ideally situated in a high-growth area of Dayton.  The form of Corporate Headquarters is created via a double-loaded office bar wrapping around itself and uncoiling toward the public street intersection, forming a point of entry and an interior glass-enclosed atrium.  Inspiration is gleaned from the notion of motion and lift, trajectory and momentum. Photography: Brad Feinknopf
The outer “public” skin of the building form is sheathed in folded and triangulated sections of aluminum composite metal panels and strip windows.  The triangulations allow the building to twist and lean a...