The Old Mill

Project Details

Project Name
The Old Mill
Location
ThorntonPA
Project Types
Office
Project Scope
Adaptive Reuse
Shared By
deverarch
Project Status
Built
Year Completed
1997

Project Description

The owner of this commodities trading firm wanted an operations center identifiable with the culture of his native southeastern Pennsylvania. More than that, however, he also wanted a building to showcase the activities, technologies, and safety features upon which his business is founded. To accomplish these goals, Dever Architects undertook the adaptive reuse of a three-hundred-year-old mill.

All the building’s new features were developed to achieve a complete coordination of design and a distinctive unity of place. Three ruling ideas prevail: the rugged, industrial character of the original structure; the Adirondack influences it displayed from its 1920’s use as a country club; and the geometry of the building’s reconstructed, operating water wheel. The project’s most dramatic new feature is a ramp, comprising wood, glass and steel and descending through the wheel room’s main space. The many elements are brought into harmony through careful design and a color palette that unifies the entire building.

A winner of the 1997 Commerce Bank, Philadelphia Business Journal, Building Excellence Awards of the Delaware Valley, Best Suburban Construction.

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