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Westspitze houses 15 private office suites targeted at permanent commercial tenants, service providers, and medical practices, as well as offering flexible shared spaces and meeting rooms.
The building accommodates a dedicated therapy and training center, extending Westspitze's mix of commercial and medical uses to include physiotherapy and medically supervised health training.
Vertical planting is distributed through the interior circulation areas, introducing dense rainforest vegetation against the minimalist white surfaces to create a deliberately contrasting interior landscape.
Thin-film photovoltaic elements are integrated directly into the curtain-wall facade, combining energy generation with a conventional architectural envelope rather than expressing the solar technology as an additional layer.
Approximately 38,846 cubic feet of solid spruce from the northern Black Forest and Upper Swabia were used in the exterior walls and floor slabs, making the timber structure a defining component of the building.
Westspitze is a seven-story commercial building that combines a timber-hybrid structure with an integrated photovoltaic curtain wall, creating a contemporary workplace defined by a restrained industrial material palette.
Open work areas are organized around flexible sit-to-stand desks and low-height partitions, balancing visual connectivity with acoustic control and spatial definition.
The lunchroom functions as a social hub, combining a patterned acoustic wall with deep-blue upholstered surfaces and concealed lighting to extend the project's nautical palette into an employee amenity space.
A glazed conference room provides a defined meeting environment within the open workplace, with wave-patterned acoustic treatment and maritime imagery reinforcing the project's nautical design language.
Entertainment Cruise Productions' St. Louis headquarters by Lawrence Group combines contemporary workplace and hospitality design with nautical influences to translate the company's cruise-focused identity into a flexible office environment.
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