Project: IDX Tower
Location: Seattle, Washington
Developer/Owner/Manager: Hines
Design Architect: Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership
Design Architect: Kendall Heaton Associates
IDX Tower is a 40 story tower located in the central business district of Seattle. The tower sits on approximately one acre and has a retail courtyard incorporated in the podium at its base, featuring a unique 5-story atrium.
The facilities include executive offices, corporate security, trading floors, auditoriums, computer centers, and food service facilities. The security systems include integrated CCTV, access control, optical turnstiles, communications, and badging using smart chip identification cards.
The automation systems include all electric, state of the art direct digital controls for the monitoring and control of lighting, dual temperature central plants, HVAC, standby power, life safety systems, water services, telecommunication, and computer room systems.
HMA designed the security and building automation systems for the headquarters office building in downtown Seattle.