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Office Building for ICS, Inc.
Frederick, Maryland
Construction Cost: $3,000,000
Completion Date: April 2003


This 31,500 square foot building was designed as both a generic shell office building to accommodate its current tenant, Integrated Communication Solutions, Inc. (ICS), as well as be adaptable for dividing the facility into separate tenants in the future should this be required. Proffitt & Associates Architects worked diligently with general contractor and development partner of the project, Parker, Cade & Large and the current tenant, ICS, to design a facility that complied with the covenants of the Westview Office Park Guidelines, fit the irregular footprint provided on the site plan, and provided a statement that worked with the developer’s vision of this facility as well as ICS.

The exterior design reflects a rhythmic pattern of bronze aluminum windows within a primarily red brick exterior with brown soldier course accents and brown splitface block base and vertical wall and pier elements utilized to break up the “horizontalness” of the building as well as providing an appealing variation on the elevations. A curved steel entry canopy designed with a stainless steel finish, provides a strong visible entrance to the building.

The interior of the facility was designed in a high tech manner to reflect its users, and the current market of computer technology. Exposed masonry walls are visible in both the first and second floor lobbies, clear anodized aluminum entrance doors are provided within the main lobbies and designed with horizontal mullions that tie into the interior wall finishes within the building’s public areas, and an open steel and glass entry stair provides direct vertical access between floors.