There was a time when public buildings, no matter how functional – police stations, transportation hubs, visitor centers, office buildings, even storage sheds – proudly showcased American progress and ingenuity. These civic buildings ennobled us and inspired us. We returned the favor by tearing most of them down, replacing them in the ‘60s with dull, hermetically sealed boxes that did more to alienate the public than invite them in. While quality design is thankfully making a comeback, larger flagship facilities are mostly the beneficiaries, leaving smaller or less glamorous programs to make do with outdated facilities or to pursue a quick-fix, new build or modular solutions.

It’s time to inspire again.

Public and community facilities can be visually exciting, welcoming, interactive, flexible, sustainable and scalable, without being costly or complicated.

Use intuitive, contextual design to enhance usability and flexibility. Frog buildings use high ceilings and clerestory windows to invite the public into a suite of inspiring, flexible spaces. Variable ceiling heights also provide employees with optimized environments and abundant natural light, keeping them happy and productive. And, it satisfies administrators who want facilities that can be repurposed over time without sacrificing usability, quality, or performance. 

Showcase your commitment to the environment. Frog buildings integrate well with their surroundings and can serve as a creative educational tool to convey environmental values and new systems to the public. Frog buildings were designed with LEED and other green certifications in mind and can easily achieve up to 80% of LEED Silver certification points without even trying. LEED Gold or Platinum is no problem and zero energy is a synch. Now that’s a great story to tell.

Build your ideal solution before it’s too late. Frog buildings can complement your facility program with a quick, flexible, in-year solution. We collapse the development cycle by pre-engineering the parts of the building where it makes smart sense to do so. Provided there’s a viable site and funding potential, you could move into a LEED certifiable building within 6 months of your first phone call to Project Frog.

Weigh costs and benefits over the lifecycle. Project Frog’s buildings can reduce operating expenses by up to 70%, simplify the real estate planning and construction process, and demonstrate tangible community benefits.

Get a leg up on public procurement requirements. Our buildings make it easy to design your response and provide predictability of project cost, schedule, and performance to reduce risk. Our buildings are assembled easily by local workforces, allowing smaller contractors to compete on large projects where they would otherwise be ineligible. Plus, their workers can learn from the assembly process of green materials and features, providing valuable green collar training to a local workforce in need of new skills.

Test the Frog fit. It couldn’t be easier. All you need is one minute to fill out our questionnaire (coming soon) to provide one, or multiple site addresses and a rough description of a project size and scope. Once that’s done, we give you access to our Frog Configurator Kit, an easy to use design tool that lets you play with a variety of different Frog product configurations on a site and test out interior layouts that could fit your program. If it looks like it might be a good match, our Planning Team will work with you to tailor your space and site plans, specify product and performance goals, and refine pricing and schedule.

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