AWAD


Medical Office Building Palm Harbor, Florida

Architect
Ranon & Partners, Inc.

Landscape Architect
Ranon & Oural, Inc.

Owner
Michael H. Butan, M.D. .. P-E

General Contractor
Dooley and Mack Constructors




 The design for this 10,000
 square foot office building strives
 to provide an understated, profes- Photos by George Cott
 sional image. The facility's two
 anchor tenants are a plastic sur-
 gery center and a neurology cen-
 ter.
 The site is a rural strip of land
 bounded by a major highway. To
 fast moving traffic, the extended
 entrance canopies increase the
 apparent building "frontage".
 They also provide a sense of invi-
 tation, arrival, enclosure and shel-
 ter, in addition to expressing the
 hierarchy of the interior spatial
 system.
 The two principal building
 lobbies are high-volumed voids 1
 formed by adjacent masses of
 support spaces. The glazed frames
 which functionally subdivide
 these spaces are an interplay of
 solid, clear and translucent pan-
 els. The exterior translucent
 screen adds lightness to the build-
 ing during daylight hours and at
 night, the backlit panels provide t
 ambience and presence. -
 In reaction to Florida's severe
 climate, the building has an east/
 west axis, generous overhangs and
 reflective coloration.






Jury: "This building is a study in
beautifully composed geometry.
It is well proportioned, bright,
airy and disciplined. The use of
sunscreens is particularly success-
ful."


FLORIDA ARCHITECT September/October 1989