One Haworth Center
Holland, Michigan
Perkins+Will
BusinessWeek/Architectural Record Awards Winner
By Sebastian Howard
Haworth’s C.E.O. and president, Franco Bianchi, knew that his company’s new headquarters had to be more than just an office complex. Haworth, a design firm specializing in work-space solutions, needed a showroom and laboratory for displaying and testing its products in action. The new design couldn’t just be a “face-lift” of the old building, says Bianchi. Perkins+Will principal Eva Maddox notes that Haworth wanted “an environment that would help them change their culture” from wasteful to sustainable, from fixed to flexible. “They went from being a furniture company to a work-space company,” says Maddox.
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