Cincinnati, OH
  • Office/Corporate
  • Enclosure
  • Tan
  • Applied
  • Ohio

TQL Ivy Pointe Office

  • Office/Corporate
  • Enclosure
  • Tan
  • Applied
  • Ohio

PROJECT OVERVIEW

The TQL Ivy Pointe Office building is predominately thin brick-clad with light sandblasted buff-colored precast details framing the spandrels. The precast provides a face-sealed curtainwall that provides effective moisture control that typical rain screen construction cannot.  The thin brick is finished with a rake joint.  Additional precast details include a 2-1/2’ projection below the parapet to lend a dramatic shadowline.  The parapets themselves are at a height of 42” over the roofline to allow maintenance and other personnel to work on the roof without tying off.

The design made repeated use of a few stacked panel designs, allowing maximum economy.  L-shaped thin bricks wrapped around window returns as would a full depth brick course.   Formliner created a stone look formliner to the columns at the main entrance to add to the feeling of solidity.  Reveals add drama and break up the mass to create a human scale.

Project Details

  • Architects: PDT Architects
  • Engineer: Steven Schaefer Associates, Inc.
  • General Contractor: Cincinnati United Contractors, Inc.
  • Project Size: 100,000 sq. ft.
  • Precast Size: 22,500 sq. ft.

Key Project Attributes

  • Knowing that precast has a reputation for compressing construction schedules and delivering quality on similar projects, the design team gave High Concrete Group the nod to build the skin of the project

  • To fast track the building, the owners chose a design-build approach

  • The cladding is tied back to the steel frame of the building; inside the walls are insulated and finished with drywall

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