DALLAS, Texas – November 15, 2021 — The CRTKL-designed Nokia North American Headquarters at Cypress Waters took home the CoreNet Global North Texas award for Workplace Strategy Interiors over 50,000 SF.
CoreNet Global is a global non-profit organization operating in over 50 countries with a mission to advance the practice of corporate real estate. Their annual awards recognize the best corporate real estate projects of the year in the DFW marketplace.
CRTKL designed Nokia’s North American headquarters project, which consolidates Nokia’s Las Colinas and Plano locations into a single location in Cypress Waters – a live, work, play development—addressing two of the latest challenges facing today’s corporate end-users: the combined effect of globalization and technological innovation on employee work styles.
Focusing the design of the workplace to support a culture shift from a hierarchical workplace for process and individual work to an interactive, team-based collaborative workstyle concentrating on innovation, technology and problem solving were key components in our approach to their design. By creating a centralized campus location, Nokia HQ offers flexible space and encourages teamwork while unifying two corporate cultures and providing a variety of spaces that respects their employees and the knowledge and value they bring to the company.
From left: Rina Burnett, Associate Principal in CRTKL’s Dallas office; Sarah Phillips, Designer in CRTKL’s Dallas office; Tracey Martinez, Designer Service Manager, Americas for Nokia; Todd Cooper, President of CoreNet Global, North Texas