The spotlight is on Arch|Nexus SAC in the latest newsletter from nonprofit electric company SMUD. Describing the Arch|Nexus SAC location as “one of the most aggressively sustainable buildings in the world,” SMUD encourages other designs to follow suit in undertaking the Living Building Challenge.

To read the full article please click here.

One of the more visible features of our Sacramento office building, Arch | Nexus SAC is the public art installation which doubles as a bike rack and triples as a public seating area. CODA WORX magazine (Collaboration of Design + Art) has recently published an article featuring this installation known as Luna Cycles. CODA’s mission is to raise awareness about environmental and social issues as well as develop community engagement and pride through the inclusion of public art.

The article highlights the unique challenges and opportunities of creating a public art piece for a Living Building. In the article, artist Jay Stargaard says “Living buildings are regenerative spaces that are designed to be self-sufficient, giving more than they take in water and energy resources. The bike rack sculpture communicates the unique values of the renovated building while encouraging community connection.”
To see the full article at CODA WORX click here.

Arch Nexus SAC was recently featured in Architectural Products magazine. The article focuses on the building’s sustainability features, including details about the plumbing engineering. The article can be read for free for the current month on Architectural Product’s website, pages 29-31.

Arch Nexus SAC was recently recognized with an Award of Merit for the Sustainable Design category from the Structural Engineers Association of Central California (SEAOCC). The award will be presented to Miyamoto International at the SEAOCC Awards Dinner on June 13, 2017.

We are excited to announce that our new Sacramento office has received version 4 LEED platinum certification! This is only the third building in the world to have achieved the highest level of LEED version 4 certification. To learn about the features and design strategies of Arch Nexus SAC, please visit http://www.archnexus.com/arch-nexus-sac/

It was so much fun this morning to celebrate with you at the Arch Nexus SAC Ribbon Cutting and Block Party. We had a great turnout, public officials shared some inspirational thoughts, hundreds of people toured our new building, and the band Humble Wolf rocked the place! The Sacramento Bee and Sacramento Fox40 were also present to cover the event.

http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article135766848.html

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Hank LR

Band 01 LR

Kenner and Peter LR

It is almost time to celebrate the Ribbon Cutting of Arch | Nexus SAC. Plan to arrive early as the party will begin on Thursday, March 2nd at 9:30 AM sharp with remarks from Mayor Darrell Steinberg, Councilmember Steve Hansen and Arch Nexus President Kenner Kingston. Afterwards, you can take a tour of the building, party with some of our R Street neighbors, and enjoy live music by Humble Wolf!

Check out our preview.

We look forward to seeing you!

Now that we have moved in, we invite you to join us at our Ribbon Cutting Event. Afterwards, Arch Nexus, along with our R Street neighbors, will be throwing a Block Party! Please mark your calendars for March 2nd from 9:30-11:30 AM and expect more details soon on what will be a fun event for everyone.

To add this event to your calendar, please visit http://eepurl.com/cAh1NH

After many arduous but very gratifying months of design and construction, the new Arch Nexus Sacramento R Street office opened for business today! Relocation from the 3rd Street office occurred over the last couple of days of 2016. The renovated building will double the capacity for occupants to help meet the needs for our growing business in the Sacramento and central valley regions. Additionally, this new office incorporates an unprecedented number of sustainable design features, such as a cutting edge composting system, on site agriculture, on site water filtration and treatment, and energy independence by means of highly efficient electrical systems and a solar PV array, just to name a few.

Our objective of designing and building California’s first Living Building has now crossed a major threshold and our focus turns to occupying and working in such a high performance building. Training for the employees has been underway for some time and systems commissioning is now in progress. Once we have registered 12 consecutive months of meeting some very strict performance standards our Living Building journey will be complete.

The new address for the Arch Nexus Sacramento office is:
930 R Street
Sacramento, Ca. 95811

Stay tuned for information regarding a ribbon cutting and gala at which time tours can be arranged. Until then we invite you to visit the Arch | Nexus SAC website at dev.archnexus.com/arch-nexus-sac/ which will be updated regularly as we move through the performance period. Lastly, and as always, wish us luck as we pursue Living Building Certification in 2018!

In addition to becoming one of the greenest office buildings in the world, we are also committed to making Arch | Nexus SAC an integrated part of the Historic R Street community and culture. As a part of this effort we are seeking to tap into the vibrant art community in Sacramento and commission a public art project/bike rack to be prominently located near the main entry on the corner of R Street and 10th Street. Our vision and hope is to have an artistic expression that exemplifies sustainability, the values of Arch Nexus, and the culture of Historic R Street. To download a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) with further details including budget, eligibility, and timeline, please click here.