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Chesapeake Energy Headquarters

Scope

New Construction

Location

Charleston, WV

size

121,000 gsf

awards

AIAWV Honor Award for Excellence in Architecture

The corporate regional headquarters of Chesapeake Energy includes over 350 offices, a large dining and kitchen space, multiple conference spaces, storage, and office support spaces, as well as a fitness suite with locker rooms and an exterior nature preserve and hiking trails.

With a collaboration between Silling Architects and Oklahoma City-based Elliot + Associates, the new building design engages the land in a way to minimize the footprint by making use of a cantilevered building structure as well as following the line of the crown of the hill on which it is situated. With an estimated construction cost of $39 million and projected LEED Gold rating, the project includes 296 total parking spaces with a concentric site design concept meant to encourage walking and enhance views to the surrounding landscape.