Lord Corporation I - World Headquarters
Cary, NC
The Lord Corporation World Headquarters building is the home of this international company that develops and markets high-tech mechanical and chemical products. Built in a suburban office park, this three-story building is the anchor of a sixty-seven acre corporate campus.
The rectangular component of the building contains professional offices on the first two floors with senior executives occupying the third floor. All offices are stacked on the west end of the building with meeting rooms, staff lounges and other support spaces consolidated on the other end of each floor level. Set into this rectangular form is a large cylinder that marks the entrance and contains a two-story lobby and several conference rooms. Extending south from the three-story office block is a single-story meeting and training center that is anchored by another cylindrical form containing a 160-seat auditorium.