McKinney Municipal Complex
Designed to promote a sense of community, inclusion and collaboration, the goal of the new Municipal Complex is to include public and community spaces for City Council and citizens, as well as various City departments. The Complex will preserve the history and character of a former industrial site while providing the growing community access to multi-purpose municipal, workplace, and community spaces. The project celebrates community through its focus on an outdoor covered pavilion and central plaza centered across from a new landmark art installation depicting community members at a Juneteenth celebration by Guido van Helten. The design of the Municipal Complex will also incorporate green space, connections to the City’s hike & bike trail network, and Old Settler’s Park.
Designed in collaboration with Parkhill.
The Lake Flato team showed a strong commitment to creating a functional space that met the community's needs while respecting McKinney's history. Their approach in preserving and integrating the adjacent historic flour mill and downtown area into the new City Hall design demonstrated an understanding of the city's heritage and the importance of redeveloping McKinney’s Eastside.George C. Fuller
Mayor, City of McKinney
The new Municipal Complex will complement existing development and serve as a catalyst for redevelopment within the area. Unique to this project, developed through workplace strategy, are collaborative collisions: workspace environments planned for collaboration and transparency. The design speaks to these ideals and includes social stairways, an IT hangout, and coffee intentionally placed for cross-pollination of departments.
The Municipal Complex will be centered around multi-purpose community spaces, both indoors and outdoors, with a separate City Council Chambers to promote use by the community.
McKinney Municipal Complex