Fruit & Produce Co Headquarters, Washington Warehouse Images, American Industrial Architecture
Fruit & Produce Co Headquarters in Washington
American Warehouse Building, WA, USA ? design by Graham Baba Architects
21 Mar 2017
Fruit & Produce Co Headquarters
Location: Yakima, Washington, USA
Design: Graham Baba Architects
Fruit & Produce Co Headquarters

Surrounded by the world?s most high-tech fruit packing warehouses, the 16,500-square-foot Washington Fruit & Produce Co. headquarters is conceived as an oasis amidst a sea of concrete and low-lying brush landscape. Tucked behind landforms and site walls, this courtyard-focused office complex provides a refuge from the noise and activity of the industrial processing yards nearby.
Taking its design cue from an aging barn that the client had identified as a favorite, the concept seeks to capture the essence of an utilitarian agricultural aesthetic. A simple exposed structure that employs a limited material palette and natural patina, the design merges rural vernacular with an equally spare contemporary aesthetic.

The L-shaped building is nested into the landscape through the use of board-formed concrete site walls and earthen berms that wrap the perimeter to form a central, landscaped courtyard. Soil excavated for foundation work was repurposed for the perimeter berms, eliminating the need to remove it or add more.

A notch through the berm provides access from the parking area to the formal cour...