PROJECT  T. Rowe Price HQ Baltimore

ARCHITECT  KPF (Kohn Pedersen Fox)

LOCATION  Baltimore, Maryland, US​

PROJECT COMPLETION DATE  1/31/2025

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN TEAM  Jeffrey Kenoff AIA, Design Principal; Forth Bagley AIA, Managing Principal; Greg Mell AIA, Managing Director; Wenxin Chen AIA, Senior Designer; Georgina Lalli AIA, Job Captain; Tulip Yeung AIA, Senior Design; Hiroya Umeda; Edwin Baruch; Justin Tsang
OWNER/CLIENT  Beatty Development Group
CONTRACTOR/CONSTRUCTION MANAGER  Armada Hoffler Construction
PHOTOGRAPHER  StudioSZ Photo | Justin Szeremeta
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT IO Studio
CIVIL ENGINEER RKK
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER  Morris & Ritchie Associates, Inc.
MECHANICAL ENGINEER  JDB Engineering, Inc.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER  JDB Engineering, Inc.
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SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT  
Taking advantage of its prominent brownfield redevelopment site as a gateway to the Inner Harbor, the design for the project provides a distinctive global headquarters for Baltimore-based T. Rowe Price. Harbor Point is a 27-acre waterfront neighborhood located between Harbor East and Fell’s Point in Baltimore, Maryland. The site is located on the waterfront to the west of Wills Wharf and south of the Central Plaza. Comprised of two buildings linked by a lobby atrium, the T. Rowe Price Headquarters embraces its location on the waterfront, offering a walkable connectivity between a landscaped central plaza and the adjacent 4.5-acre Point Park. The pedestrian-scaled structures are crafted with locally inspired materials that echo the city’s vernacular. Large windows in the lobby atrium and office spaces offer views of the harbor, andharbor and bring natural light into the interior spaces. In addition to its office program, the design also includes public space, retail, roof gardens and amenity spaces. The project, most notably, focuses on the remediation of contaminated brownfield land, to re-establish a link between the city and the waterfront, incorporating new pedestrian links and an indigenous landscape. Throughout the design, a series of passive and active strategies have been adopted, to reduce whole-life carbon, increase resilience and comfort.

Design Concept:
As one of Maryland’s oldest companies, T. Rowe Price was founded in Baltimore in 1937. As they continue to evolve, it was critical to not only to keep the headquarters in Baltimore but to be a catalyst for the city’s sustainable, community and urban growth. In lieu of the traditional office building that would maximize efficiency through compacting and optimize cost through stacking, the design team set forth a different set of principles that would seek value around reconnecting a community to its place as well as redefining a flexible and future-thinking workplace for the next generation. Converting Harbor Point from a brownfield site opened new opportunities to re-establish pedestrian fluidity for the city’s urban edge. Through humanization in scale, site porosity and use the T. Rowe Price Headquarters not only seeks to revitalize the harbor front but set a new standard for extending the city’s urban fabric.

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1. T. Rowe Price Headquarters, Baltimore © StudioSZ Photo | Justin Szeremeta
2. The design reconnects a community to its place. © StudioSZ Photo | Justin Szeremeta
3. Large floor-to-floor heights are utilized to facilitate future flexibility. © StudioSZ Photo | Justin Szeremeta
4. A indigenous landscape has been reintroduced. © StudioSZ Photo | Justin Szeremeta
5. Connected by a mixed-use urban living room, the buildings can be segmented in multiple ways for a variety of future uses. © StudioSZ Photo | Justin Szeremeta
6. T. Rowe Price HQ seeks to revitalize the habor front and set a new standard for extending the city’s urban fabric. © StudioSZ Photo | Justin Szeremeta
7. The projects plays significant role in the revitalisation of Harbor Point and acts as a catalyst for urban renewal. © StudioSZ Photo | Justin Szeremeta
8. A flexible and future thinking workplace for the next generation. © StudioSZ Photo | Justin Szeremeta