Lansdale Municipal Complex Awarded By County For Excellence In Design

LANSDALE, PA — The renovation of Lansdale's historic municipal complex into a modern center of town government has been awarded by Montgomery County for excellence in planning and design.

The complex has won the 2017 Montgomery Award, which is awarded by the Montgomery County Planning Commission.

Award winners were chosen from a wide pool of prominent nominees that have done quality work to enhance the county, the borough said.

“In a design that combined existing building facades with new construction, the project was complex involving unique nuances that would provide challenges to most,” Assistant Borough Manager John J. Ernst said. “Every Borough staff member, contracted designer, engineer and construction member, took these challenges head on and used care and precision to create a finished product that not only looks good but more importantly will last."

Here's what Lansdale has to say about their building:

"Through the use of a centralized public lobby serving as the heart of the new facility, the design focuses itself around a customer friendly organization strategy to promote proper service of the public’s needs including public meeting space, comfortable and private transaction spaces and a fully accessible facility. As such, each building element, the Police Station, Borough offices and public meeting rooms link together to create a highly efficient, flexible and sustainable building to meet the needs of the Borough for years to come. By rooting design within the existing Borough Hall facades, major attention was dedicated to preserving the historic context and appearance at a gateway location within the Borough. "

Congratulations, Lansdale!

Image via Borough of Lansdale