Temporary office set in place on 6/30/10. Click the "Blog" sub-tab above for more information on the temporary office to be used until we build the new office talked about below.
Sample illustrations/suggestions of what people envision here. I invite you to show me your thoughts/sketches as well.
Final building will have elements of all the ideas above for the
NEW APEXX COMPLEX TO REPLACE CURRENT BUILDINGS IN LAKE DELTON
Click the 1st image above to see a fly through video of this building version.
These are the first illustrative attempts of what will soon replace the old buildings of the world headquarters of APEXX. Other versions will be coming, including pieces of the versions depicted in the images above. The goal of the final building is to be a mixed use building - two or three floors high. Spaces will be available for office, retail, & maybe even residential. Tenants will have covered parking - no more scraping the ice and snow off your windshield in winter, or worrying about hail damage or melting to your seat in summer. A perfect comparison of this would be the Monona Wal-Mart off the Beltline in Madison.
While most eco-friendly buildings try to cut down or supplement their power consumption, there have yet to be any buildings that go so far as to generate more power than they consume. The new APEXX building will try to change that, which is why we are looking to follow the lead of the Masdar Headquarters in Abu Dhabi, the world's first positive energy building designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture out of Chicago IL. The first thing that could go up would be a solar roof pier that will gather juice as the rest of the structure goes up.
APEXX's goal is to revitalize the intersection of Hwy 23 & Hwy 12. Making it a stopping point for travelers as well as locals - a unique building like no other. I welcome your input, so now is your time to share ideas before final plans are made. If you wish to be a renter, or owner in the project, contact Mike Wentland anytime at (608) 254-6600.
Monday June 29th 2009, the first of the 3 old buildings were removed. Remaining buildings were removed May 2010, and because the Village of Lake Delton wouldn't allow me to proceed immediately with my permanent office, the temporary office was put in place on 6/30/10. Now the next step - the permanent building. Wheels stay in motion...
Again, if you'd like to show me your thoughts of what the new building should look like or include, contact me and I'll give you the boundary lines of the lot I have to work with.