SMUD Headquarters Rehabilitation

SMUD Headquarters Rehabilitation

SMUD HEADQUARTERS REHABILITATION

Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture

AREA
100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft

BUDGET
$50M - 100M

YEAR
2019

LOCATION
Sacramento, CA, United States

CATEGORY
Commercial › Office

After 60 years of continuous use, an extensive rehabilitation of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) Headquarters is finally complete.

SMUD Headquarters Rehabilitation
SMUD Headquarters Rehabilitation

Renovation of this landmark mid-century modern design has brought this iconic 146,000 SF building into the 21st Century while artfully addressing the concerns of the preservation community.

In 1958 we designed this building for a young utility and were commissioned in 2014 to renovate the entire facility inside and out. A carefully considered addition allows for greatly increased daylighting and access to views.

A central enclosed stair and mechanical shaft was replaced with a large open stair for enhanced vertical circulation and transparency between wings.

SMUD Headquarters Rehabilitation
SMUD Headquarters Rehabilitation

Open offices were completely updated to include different types of conferencing, meeting and break areas with modern furniture and finishes.

Open office areas were completely modernized to address the needs of SMUD’s multi-generational workforce while incorporating the original concept of an over-arching five-foot grid.

SMUD Headquarters Rehabilitation
SMUD Headquarters Rehabilitation

Also included in this rehabilitation were site and landscape improvements designed to historically maintain significant features of the 13-acre site and artist Wayne Thiebaud’s mosaic tile mural “Water City,” was carefully cleaned and preserved.

The SMUD Headquarters is on the National Register of Historic Places and the rehabilitation was designed to achieve LEED Gold certification.

SMUD Headquarters Rehabilitation
SMUD Headquarters Rehabilitation
SMUD Headquarters Rehabilitation