Confidential Financial Institution Regional Headquarters A Collaborative, Interactive & Engaged Corporate Campus

The Challenge

The HKS team was asked to design a collaborative, interactive and engaged regional headquarters campus for a major financial institution inspired by Texas art and landscapes that would attract and retain top employees.

The Design Solution

The new regional headquarters is a 50-acre campus with three office buildings built to accommodate 6,000 employees. The campus features contemporary amenities including a wellness center, a childcare center, multiple art installations, a cafeteria, a Starbucks, and public plazas between buildings. The sustainably designed campus is LEED Gold certified.

Donald Judd, the minimal artist known for his landscape installations in Marfa, Texas, was the inspiration behind the workplace interiors. Quoting Judd, HKS designers sought to use “just enough design to solve the problem at hand.” Raw materials such as steel and an exposed concrete structure provide a backdrop for artistic details including florescent tube lights, a nod to Judd’s friend, modern artist Dan Flavin.

The Design Impact

With the new regional headquarters, the confidential financial institution is among several large national employers at Plano’s Legacy West mixed-use development. With a contemporary, connected design, the campus is destined to be an attractive and engaging place to work for years to come.