As the Chesapeake Campus developed, Rand Elliott Architects created the concept of “Jewels.” These are the glass, modern works of architecture that complement the red brick buildings and add energy to the campus plan. The Building 15 “jewel’ takes inspiration from beautiful scale and proportion, as sell as bay windows that create lanterns of energy.

It’s a cornerstone building, one of the East Campus glass buildings, each with a unique skin, making it different but compatible with the whole. Glass also offers improved energy efficiency. Low-E is fundamental, but Argon Gas fill and warm-edge spaces are additions that pay for themselves.

The glass skin reflects the ideas of horizontal earth strata and vertical exploration.

The “lanterns” at the southwest and southeast tips symbolize the company’s “energy” and “vision.”

Basement areas include seven conference rooms and two 50-student tiered-floor training rooms, optimized for multimedia presentations.