Creating Sustainable Mixed-Use Buildings

Graphite believes in weaving sustainability into every decision we make as architects, planners, and designers. Whether in pursuit of sustainable development bonuses, reduction of carbon emissions, optimizing operational consumption of water and energy, or building the infrastructure to carbon free transportation.
Your goals are Graphite's goals.
Mixed-Use Buildings
Desnsity delivers sustainability. The closer things are, the less energy is used, the more resources are saved, and the fewer emissions it takes to get from one place to another.
Living Building Pilot
We explore the opportunities of added height and building area. These development bonuses provide real returns on investment for substantial sustainability upgrades.
Through the process we bring the team on the path of discovery. We collectively listen to all parties as the team develops strategies to achieve a projects sustainability goals. Strategies we believe in leverage more area, a diversity of uses, reduce material, waste, and emissions.
We believe in the triple bottom line to optimize People, Planet, and Profit.
Adaptive Re-Use
Mary's Place Family Shelter converted six stories of Class A commercial office to serve as temporary shelter for hundreds of families in the Denny Re-Grade neighborhood.
Mass Timber
Graphite is equipped with the knowledge and expertise on Mass Timber construction. We know the variables, the speed of construction, and know the market and value this offers.
Our portfolio includes LEED Gold, Salmon Safe, and Fitwel certified buildings and our knowledge on Living Building and LEED Platinum takes our certification expertise further.
We have delivered 5.5 million square feet of LEED Gold Certified buildings.
Mixed-Use Districts
Explore the Denny Re-grade, a neighborhood of densely planned various uses that provide a sustainable solution to the newly energized hub of the city.

Retail

We take a holistic approach to sustainability. Explore how vertical density reinforces sustainability efforts through mixed-use design.