Strawn Tower

Strawn Tow­er is an exist­ing 12-sto­ry high-rise build­ing built in 1970, orig­i­nal­ly con­struct­ed and cur­rent­ly owned and oper­at­ed by the Char­lotte Hous­ing Author­i­ty. Strawn Tow­er will house 170 senior ten­ants. In 2009, the Char­lotte Hous­ing Author­i­ty retained the ser­vices of Axiom Archi­tec­ture to head the design team to ful­ly ren­o­vate the build­ing. The ren­o­va­tion involved full sys­tem upgrades (mechan­i­cal, plumb­ing, elec­tri­cal, fire and ele­va­tor), com­plete inte­ri­or upgrades/ refin­ish­ing, a win­dow sys­tem replace­ment and mul­ti­ple oth­er build­ing skin and exte­ri­or upgrades and changes. Along with these build­ing improve­ments, two floors were com­plete­ly gut­ted and redesigned to house full-ser­vices and ameni­ties for the res­i­dents. The build­ing is reg­is­tered with the USGBC (U.S. Green Build­ing Coun­cil) and achieved LEED Gold Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion.