Kendall/Heaton Associates

The new headquarters for American Water at One Water Street is the centerpiece of the plan for the Camden Waterfront, a vibrant, mixed-use community with pedestrian-friendly streets and a network of open spaces that reconnects downtown Camden with its historic riverfront. The five-story building will provide a long and low backdrop to a new riverfront park. A five-story-high transparent atrium, illuminated by a skylight and crisscrossed by upper-level bridges, frames views through to the park and the Philadelphia skyline across the Delaware River. The building’s metal-and-glass facades recalls the site’s industrial past, boldly expressing through transparent glass curtain-wall the traveling stair that facilitate face-to-face interaction throughout the dynamic workplace within.

The project is LEED Platinum certified by the USGBC.