TAP Architecture

TAP ARCHITECTURE’S design for Valliance Bank Headquarters has been honored with the Commercial Building Design Award of Excellence from the City of McKinney. TAP‘s design for the 125,000 sq ft Class A office building reflects its location’s vibrancy with a dramatic form sculpted in blue/green high performance glass and Texas limestone. The pristine stone striped corporate container is placed between a terraced grass plinth and a Texas sky that reflects earth and firmament in a constant and sometimes extravagant display of moving images.

In contrast to the sculpted rigor of the building are bookends of practical whimsy and fine art. The white sails provide shade and direction to the main entry while the acute corner of the building form points unequivocally to the serpentine granite sculpture by Khang Pham. The very deliberate interface of building and art was informed by the client’s longtime patronage and passion for public art. R. T. Oliver directed TAP to create an appropriate location for the display of a signature sculpture and personally selected this work by the award winning Canadian-Vietnamese artist.

McKinney, situated on the northern edge of the DFW Metroplex, was recently ranked number 5 in the nation’s best places to live by CNN’s Money Magazine and rated the 3rd fastest growing US city with population more than 100,000. See more: http://www.mckinneyedc.com/blog/post/65