Armada Hoffler Tower

Armada Hoffler Tower
  1. About the Armada Hoffler Tower in Virginia Beach
  2. Architect and team
  3. Architectural style
  4. Spaces and uses
  5. Structure and materials

The Armada Hoffler Tower is a Contemporary skyscraper designed by CMSS Architects, and built between 2000 and 2003 in Virginia Beach, VA.

Armada Hoffler Tower is not the only name you might know this building by though. The building is, or has also been known as Virginia Beach Town Center Tower I.

Its precise street address is 222 Central Park Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA. You can also find it on the map here.

The Armada Hoffler Tower was the first building in a complex called Virginia Beach Town Center..

Building's timeline

Construction begins
2000
25
Construction completed
2003
22
years ago
2025

Architect and team

CMSS Architects was the architecture firm in charge of the architectural design.

That being said, architecture is a complex discipline involving many professionals from different fields, without whom this building would have not been possible. We will surely be leaving out a lot of names here, but here is a list of the people we do know also played their part in making the Armada Hoffler Tower a reality:

  • Armada Hoffler Construction Company as the Main Contractor
  • Otis Elevator Company as the company in charge of the elevators system
  • Armada Hoffler as the Main Developer

Architectural Style

The Armada Hoffler Tower can be categorized as a Contemporary building.

Contemporary style architecture builds on top of the principles of Modernism and Postmodernism, but incorporates other variables which might not have been that important in the past, but certainly are today, such as technology, sustainability, inclusivity, and others.

From a historical point of view, it is hard to categorize things from a not-so-distant time, and therefore we choose to categorize most buildings built after the year 2000 as "Contemporary". It is possible that as time goes by and we, as a society, gain perspective on the things happening today, we'll be able to look back and recategorize all these buildings into more concrete subsections, some of which might not even exist today.

That being said, and even thought being a contemporary building, probably taking advantage of modern materials, construction techniques, and technology, the design of the Armada Hoffler Tower is inspired by the postmodernism style.

Spaces & Uses

The Armada Hoffler Tower reaches an architectural height of 397ft (121m). It has a total of 23 floors, which combined offer a total of 323,993 sqf (30,100m2) of usable space.

In regards to parking space, the building has a total of 850 spots available, which roughly equals 37 spots per floor (above ground), or one parking spot per every 377 sqf (35m2) of usable space.

Ever since opening its doors to the public in 2003, the Armada Hoffler Tower has mainly been used as Commercial space.

The building is made up of three volumes: a 23-story office tower, a 9-story integrated parking garage, and another office volume that houses the Virginia Beach College of Hampton University.

At street level, there are 3,577 square meters of retail space.

397ft (121m)

Materials & Structure

From an aesthetic point of view, the facade features a combination of white precast concrete or stone panels and dark, reflective glass.

Each elevation is organized into multiple bays, with the central bay fully glazed and crowned by a gabled roof, while the flanking bays alternate horizontal bands of glass and white spandrel panels.

At the top, the building is capped with a white metallic structure that serves as both a spire and an antenna, adding a distinctive vertical accent to the skyline.

Sources

  • en.wikipedia.org
  • armadahoffler.com
  • www.divaris.com
  • skyscraperpage.com
  • www.commercialsearch.com