University of Toronto Instructional Centre / Perkins + Will
Architects: Perkins + Will
Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Design Principal: Andrew Frontini
Architectural Team: Alan Mortsch, Alice Wong, Larry Silva, Claudia Bader,
Interior Design: Diana Shams
Area: 150,000 sqft
Year: 2012
Photographs: James Brittain, Ben Rahn/A-Frame
Earth Sciences Building / Perkins + Will
Architects: Perkins + Will
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Design Team: Peter Busby, Aneta Chmiel, Maginnis Cocivera, Paul Cowcher, Anna Espinoza, Jana Foit, Jeremiah Deutscher, Joerk Gravenstein, Herman Kao, Jon Loewen, Teresa Miller, Soren Schou, Eric Stedman, Julie Wong
Area: 15,794 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Martin Tessler
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability / Perkins + Will
Architects: Perkins + Will
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Design Team: Peter Busby, Martin Nielsen, Maginnis Cocivera, Sebastien Garon, Brian Gasmena, Jörk Grävenstein, Horace Lai, Blair McCarry, Z Smith
Area: 5,675 sqm
Year: 2011
Photographs: Martin Tessler
AIA Selects Four Projects for National Healthcare Design Awards
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) has announced four recipients of the AIA National Healthcare Design Awards program. The awards program highlights the “best of healthcare building design and healthcare design-oriented research” that exhibit “conceptual strengths that solve aesthetic, civic, urban, and social concerns as well as the requisite functional and sustainability concerns of a hospital”.
The AIA National Healthcare Design Award recipients are:
Top 250 U.S. Architectural Firms
Architectural Record has published their annual list of the “Top 250 Architecture Firms” in the United States. The companies are ranked according to architectural revenue from the prior year. Gensler claimed the number one spot, with a record high of $764 million in revenue, over the long-standing leader AECOM, whom brought in $445 million in 2011.
The firms classify themselves by:
- A = Architect
- AE = Architect-Engineer
- AP = Architect Planner
- EAL = Engineer Architect Landscape
- AEC = Architect-Engineer-Contractor
Continue after the break to review the top 25.
Exemplar of Sustainable Architecture: 1315 Peachtree / Perkins+Will
Understanding that environmental responsibility is an integral part of design excellence, Perkins + Will’s new Atlantic office, known as 1315 Peachtree, serves as an example on how current technologies can be used to achieve LEED Platinum Certification, meet the 2030 Challenge and help reduce toxic materials from our building products.
1315 Peachtree is an adaptive reuse of a 1985 office structure transformed into a high performance civic-focused building. Located in the heart of Midtown Atlanta across from the High Museum of Art, the new building continues to house the Peachtree Branch of the Atlanta-Fulton County Public Library and introduces a new street-level tenant space occupied by the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA). The Perkins+Will Atlanta office occupies the top four floors with office space for up to 240 employees. Continue reading for more information on the highest LEED score building in the Northern Hemisphere.
Transparency in the Building Industry – Nutrition Labels for Building Materials
In material safety article for the New York Times, Fred A. Bernstein conducts an interview with architect Peter Syrett and interior designer Chris Youseff of Perkins + Will that highlights their endeavor to create a database of common building materials and the potential dangers associated with their composition. The database, simply and appropriately referred to as Transparency Lists, is a resource of precautionary measures which breaks down into four categories: Precautionary List, Asthma Triggers + Asthmagens, Flame Retardants, and News, Media + Additional Research.
Read on for more after the break.
Top 100 Architecture Firms
Architect Magazine‘s third-annual ranking of American architecture firms takes a look at three factors: profitability, sustainability, and design quality. This whole picture approach provides an opportunity for small and large firms to go head to head, with a result of the best architecture firms, not necessarily the biggest.
Some of these practices have been featured on ArchDaily like Perkins + Will, Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Cannon Design, and Frank Harmon Architect.
Take a look at the complete rankings after the break.
Brooklin Community Centre And Library / Perkins + Will
Architects: Perkins + Will
Location: Brooklin, Ontario, Canada
Project area: 57,000 sq. ft.
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Lisa Logan Architectural Photography
Trent Community Sport and Recreation Centre / Perkins + Will
Architects: Perkins + Will
Location: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Project area: 80,000 sq. ft.
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Tom Arban Photography
Center for Urban Waters / Perkins + Will
Architects: Perkins + Will
Location: Tacoma, WA, USA
Client: National Development Council and the City of Tacoma
Structural/Civil Engineer: AHBL, Inc.
Mechanical/Electrical Engineer: WSP Flack + Kurtz
Lighting: WSP Flack + Kurtz
Landscape Architect: Swift & Company
Commissioning Agent: Rushing
Acoustical: Yantis
Cost Estimator: Davis Langdon Associates
Developer: Loring
Contractor: Turner Construction
Project area: 51,000 sq. ft.
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Benjamin Benschneider
Sammamish Library / Perkins + Will
Architects: Perkins + Will
Location: Sammamish, WA, USA
Client: King County Library System
Civil and Structural Engineering: Coughlin Porter Lundeen
Space Planning: Design Perspectives
Cost Estimating: Davis Langdon
Landscape Architecture: Nakano Associates
Electrical Engineering: Sparling
Acoustical: Yantis
Lighting: Candela
Mechanical Engineering: Stantec
Contractor: Sierra Construction
Project area: 20,000 sq. ft.
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Courtesy of Perkins+Will
Architecture City Guide: Chicago
We are headed to the windy city of Chicago for this weeks Architecture City Guide series. Jam packed with architecture from Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe, here are our 12 recommendations if you are visiting Chicago. Head to the comment section and share your recommendations for additional buildings to include on our list!
The Architecture City Guide: Chicago list and corresponding map after the break!
235 Van Buren / Perkins + Will
Located in the South Loop neighborhood of downtown Chicago, 235 Van Buren is a residential tower designed to work as a transition between the more commercial developments to the north and the residential and mixed-use developments to the south. It is also a response to two site conditions. The first condition, to the north, is the densely infilled context of the Chicago “Loop.” The second condition, to the south, is an open space created by a freeway and traffic interchange which also contains a small park.
Drawings and photographs of 235 Van Buren following the break.
Architects: Perkins + Will
Location: 235 Van Buren Chicago, Illinois, USA
Design Principal: Ralph Johnson
Managing Principal: Bridget Lesniak
Project Designer: Bryan Schabel
Project Architects: Robert Neper and Greg Tamborino
Project Team: Ricardo Escutia, Connie Perry, Alissa Piere, Tara Rejniak, Chris Wolf
Structural Engineer: Tylk Gustafson Reckers Wilson Andrews, LLC
MEP Engineer: Cosentini Associates, Inc.
Landscape Architect: Terra Engineering, Ltd.
General Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease
Client: CMK Development Corporation
Project Area: 740,000 sqf
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: James Steinkamp, Steinkamp Photography
Contemporaine / Perkins + Will
Contemporaine is a 28-unit condominium building located on a corner lot in the River North area of urban Chicago. The building consists of an eleven-story residential tower and a four-story retail and parking base. The sculptural quality of the tower and the articulation of its functional parts work to mediate the building to the varying scales of the surrounding context.
Photographs and drawings of Contemporaine following the break.
Architects: Perkins + Will
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Design Principal: Ralph Johnson
Project Manager: Dave Gutierrez and Nicol Chervenak
Technical Principal: Fereidoon Afshari
Project Designer: Bryan Schabel
Project Architect: Marius Ronnet
Specifications: Raymond Coleman
Additional Team Members: Curt Behnke, Cengiz Yetken, Nicolette Daly, Steve Santucci
Structural Engineering: C.E. Anderson & Associates
MEP & Fire Protection: McGuire Engineers
Civil Engineering: Terra Engineering
Mechanical Design Build Contractor: AMS Mechanical Systems
Electrical Design Build Contractor: New Aspen Electric
Plumbing Design Build Contractor: C.J. Erikson Plumbing Co.
Fire Prot. Design Build Contractor: US Fire Protection Illinois, Inc.
Client / Owner: CMK Development Corporation
Construction Manager: McShane Construction
Project Area: 96,000 sqf
Photographs: Steinkamp/Ballogg Photography
