HVAC System Adds ‘Pizzazz’ To Hoover’s Headquarters
AUSTIN, TX — A 50-year-old 75,000-square-foot building which formerly housed an industrial bakery was recently converted into a high-tech headquarters for Hoover’s Inc., an Austin-based business information provider.
The retrofit, designed by Boka Powell, Dallas, took advantage of the factory’s exposed steel girders, six-foot square wall exhaust ventilator fans, the steel ceiling, and other existing industrial features. The design strategy of exposing the 20-foot-high ceiling presented an HVAC challenge for consulting engineer Talex Inc Engineers, Austin, and mechanical contractor Encompass Inc., Houston.