The resulting LEED^® Gold-certified 336,000-square-foot, seven-story facility includes a 110,000-square-foot parking structure, a two-story newsroom, broadcast facilities, recording studios, an operations center, office and administrative space, a 10,000-square-foot data center, a 2,400-square-foot performance auditorium, a full-service kitchen and staff cafeteria, a fitness center, and a stand-by power generation plant.

Background noise from the heating and air-conditioning system was a large concern because of the recording studio environment. We designed the appropriate mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems for both of NPR's base buildings and the interior spaces. We also added emergency power generators and redundant HVAC so that a power interruption would never be known to the studio occupants.