Pekin Insurance’s 50,000-square-foot headquarters addition was designed to support the company’s culture and brand, “Beyond the Expected.” The 90-year-old insurance company wanted to reimagine its corporate work environment by creating open workspace with collaborative support areas, numerous meeting rooms, coffee bars, and daylit expanses that overlook the new outdoor bridge and walking paths. The addition to the circa 1960 and 1980 campus buildings gives employees a choice of where and how to work, offering more for recruitment and staff retention. This cultural shift drove many of the collaborative and connected spaces designed in the new addition.