Perkins+Will Brochure 2014 by Mimi Day

ideas+buildings that honor the broader goals of society

about the firm / We believe that design has the power to positively transform people and the planet.

areas of practice Corporate + Commercial Civic + Cultural Healthcare Higher Education Hospitality +Residential K-12 Education Science + Technology Sports + Recreation Transportation disciplines Architecture Branded Environments Interiors Landscape Architecture Planning + Strategies Urban Design

Curious, agile, and adaptable, we craft solutions that inspire our clients and their communities, create positive long-term environmental, economic, and social change, and set new paradigms for the future. Since 1935, Perkins+Will has created innovative and award-winning designs for the world’s most forward-thinking clients. We are architects, interior designers, urban designers, landscape architects, consultants, and branded environment experts who approach design from all scales and perspectives. Engaged, accessible, and collaborative, our staff of 1,500 professionals brings together high design, functional performance, and social responsibility to advance project goals. Inspired by the programs within, we design from the inside-out. We combine a deeply humanistic approach with resultsdriven pragmatism to create dynamic spaces for people. Research-focused and inventive, every day we reimagine how space can be used to foster

stronger ties between communities, the built environment, and nature. With nearly 1,000 LEED ® Accredited Professionals, sustainable design and the use of healthy building materials are fundamental to our process. Our transformative designs help students learn better, patients heal faster, business teams perform stronger, and city dwellers have more meaningful daily experiences.

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our expertise spans across twenty-FOUR offices VANCOUVER SEATTLE OTTAWA

MINNEAPOLIS

TORONTO DUNDAS BOSTON CHICAGO NEW YORK WASHINGTON, D.C.

SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES

DALLAS AUSTIN HOUSTON

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK CHARLOTTE ATLANTA

MIAMI

HONOLULU

São Paulo

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shanghai

dubai

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Tops Fast Company’s 2013 List of Most Innovative Companies

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an essential part of everything we do At Perkins+Will, sustainability is an essential part of everything we do. It is our philosophy to design buildings that contribute to public health while enhancing the future of our planet.

Environmental Benefits

Economic Benefits

Health & Safety Benefits

Community Benefits

Reduces the impacts of natural resource consumption

Improves the bottom line

Enhances occupant comfort and health of occupants

Minimizes strain on local infrastructures and improves quality of life

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More than a process of reducing environmental impact; it is a rethinking of the relationship between humans and nature that extends to every aspect of our practice.

To date, Perkins+Will has: • The #1 ranking in Sustainable Design by Architect magazine in 2009, 2010 and 2011 • Nearly 1,000 LEED Accredited Professionals • 248 LEED Certified Projects, including 40 Platinum and 126 Gold • 243 LEED Registered Projects, including LEED New Construction 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, LEED Commercial Interiors, LEED Core and Shell, LEED for Healthcare, LEED for Schools, and LEED for Campus and Multiple-buildings • LEED Faculty and LEED Subject Matter Experts for New Construction

• USGBC National, Chapter, and Branch Board Members • An Integrated Design Process that involves all disciplines in a formalized, collaborative approach to realizing effective, appropriate sustainable design strategies • Commitment to the 2030 Challenge, as well as a 2030e2 energy estimating tool, shared with the industry at www.2030e2.perkinswill.com • The industry’s first publicly released Precautionary Materials List, online at transparency.perkinswill.com • Developer of the Transparency

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• Three AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten Awards • Three of the sixteen Clinton

toxicants in building materials • Two projects on track to achieve Living Building Challenge certification

Climate Initiative “Climate Positive” founding projects • The 2008 AIA/IIDA/CoreNet Sustainable Leadership Award for Design and Development

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design for the greater good For more than 75 years, Perkins+Will has been dedicated to the philosophy that design has the power to transform and enhance the mission and business of our clients and improve society overall. With a global perspective supported by local engagement, social responsibility is a core value of our firm and integral to everything we do. 8â&#x20AC;&#x192; Firm Profile

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Every year, Perkins+Will contributes the equivalent of a 15-person firm working full-time to provide pro bono services to organizations in our communities who would otherwise not have such access. Since 2007, Perkins+Will has more explicitly committed our resources to serve society through an extensive pro bono program. Through our public interest work, we seek to address basic human needs - food, shelter, health, education and empowerment. Since our initial experience working hands-on in New Orleans after hurricane Katrina, our Social Responsibility Initiative has expanded our pledge to Public Architecture to commit 1% of our billable resources to support pro bono initiatives.

For more than 75 years, Perkins+Will has been dedicated to the philosophy that design has the power to transform and enhance the mission and business of our clients and improve society overall. In every project, we strive for a comprehensive understanding of our clients’ mission, vision, needs and context in order to transform their culture and environment. We are deeply rooted in our mission of creating ideas + buildings that honor the broader goals of society.

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designing from the inside-out

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AREAs OF PRACTICE /

We practice broadly and learn deeply. Our worldclass designers benefit from the collaborative project experience and knowledge of each area of practice, bringing an informed, thoughtful, and multidisciplinary approach to each project.

Corporate + Commercial + Civic People are at the core of our Corporate + Commercial + Civic practice — our award-winning designs improve quality of life by responding to individual and societal needs. We believe great designs come from strong building programs. Efficient, creative, and highly sustainable, the spaces we design reflect the identity and needs of its community and become catalysts for change. Our buildings become an integral part of their larger social, cultural, environmental, and global context. Corporate Interiors We believe in the power of workplace design to unlock the positive potential of the workforce. Across every office and expertise, our goal is to create this kind of positive change for our clients’ teams, businesses, and brands — and our society for generations to come. Creative and environmentally progressive, our solutions create a lasting impact, significantly enhancing the success of an organization’s culture, relationships, attitude, and bottom line.

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Hospitality + Mixed-Use + Residential Our designs for hotels, mixed-use and residential developments, are driven by our commitment to brand identity, guest experience, and our client’s project goals. We tailor our design solutions to each client’s particular operations and objectives. Respectful of personal and community needs, our designs bring a sense of identity, comfort, and joy to the art of living. Healthcare As planners and designers of healthcare facilities, we bring together innovative technology and treatment models, layers of sophisticated operational process and great compassion to create powerful and advanced healthcare buildings. From master plans and freestanding buildings to renovations, the breadth and quality of our diverse portfolio have consistently placed Perkins+Will among the leading healthcare firms in the world.

Higher Education Innovative learning environments have been the cornerstone of our practice since the firm was founded. We create spaces that help define an institution, support its mission and enhance student, staff, faculty and community life. We design next generation learning spaces that inspire and motivate as they educate. K-12 Education Successful educational environments depend on the connections between students, educators, parents, educational institutions and the communities they serve. We have helped shape the way the world educates its children. From renovations and expansions to new schools or district-wide master plans, our dynamic and technologically-advanced learning environments inspire curiosity, encourage free play, and foster learning through a shared sense of connection and community.

Science + Technology Our practice creates research campuses, laboratory environments and technical spaces that support the strongest possible models for research and production. Partnering with our clients, we solve the functional challenges of planning and programming to design changeresponsive research and development facilities that inspire innovation, accelerate discovery, enhance energy performance and exceed regulatory requirements. Sports + Recreation We create exceptional facilities that transform society by supporting and enhancing the pursuit of wellness. Our user-oriented designs support mission and vision, celebrate the dynamic potential of the program within spaces, and are specifically responsive to their sites. Driven to create environments that are enduring and inspiring for today’s and tomorrow’s user, we anticipate and understand “next generation” lifestyle trends and the trends impacting the future of athletics and recreation.

Transportation Well-planned, designed, and integrated transportation solutions have the power to change the trajectory of a community. They encourage vibrant, walkable neighborhoods, strengthen social fabric, promote a healthier environment, and foster a resilient, interconnected economy by efficiently connecting people, ideas, and services. Through an iterative and collaborative design process, we incorporate sustainable transportation planning into a wide range of project types — from large-scale urban design for cities and communities to station-area planning to transportation facility-specific architecture.

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DISCIPLINES /

We are architects, interior designers, urban designers, landscape architects, consultants, and branded environment experts who approach design from all scales and perspectives.

Architecture Our designs begin with you — our client’s vision is the starting point for all of our buildings. We design from the inside-out, focusing on people and experiences. We work with our clients to understand their mission, culture and aspirations. We incorporate these insights into existing site issues, community and context in order to create inspiring places that are efficient, flexible, healthy and sustainable. Through the thoughtful blending of design, program, and place, we create buildings that respect the past, are rooted in the present, and guide us toward the future. Interiors We recognize the importance of environment in the overall success of an organization’s culture, relationships, attitude, and bottom line. Our interdisciplinary team of talented designers draws heavily on frontend research as well as our global knowledge base to deliver solutions in support of our clients’ unique business drivers and project metrics.

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We blend research, planning, and programming seamlessly to create award-winning spaces that not only promote strategic business objectives but also nurture people and the environment. We impact the daily lives of the corporate specialist, medical technician, patient, student and executive by creating functional, flexible, future-focused spaces. Branded Environments If a brand is the message, the experience is the medium. Our Branded Environments practice is a research-based strategy and creative discipline internationally recognized for leveraging design as an asset to our clients. We identify your unique “DNA” and integrate it into rich twoand three-dimensional experiences that communicate your mission, help you reach your business and marketing goals, and captivate your audience.

Planning + Strategies Our team delivers innovative solutions that support and manage change. We are thoughtful listeners and agile facilitators. We identify, foster, and direct the unique and dynamic relationships found within each business towards broader organizational aspirations. Our work enables our clients to clearly identify their goals, evaluate a range of options, make informed strategic decisions, and envision a sustainable plan for the future. Preservation + Reuse When we choose to preserve or reuse rather than build new, we capture and repurpose the embodied energy in existing buildings, minimizing waste and saving resources. As designers, we strive for balance in the visual juxtaposition of old and new. We do not mimic the old or overwhelm it with our intervention. Our revived buildings and neighborhoods feel fresh, inviting, green, and dynamic. As global experts in this specialized practice and leaders in sustainable design, we are at the forefront of innovation.

Urban Design We are dedicated to building environments that are great for people. As an international leader in urban design, our multi-disciplinary team of experts weaves together landscape, transportation systems, infrastructure, and architecture to create the frameworks for vibrant, sustainable urban life. Our designs support the well-being of inhabitants, the strengthening of community, and the increasing of civic engagement. Our urban design solutions generate long-term economic, social and environmental value for both private and public clients and communities.

As an interdisciplinary practice enriched by the firmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s broad expertise in Urban Design, Architecture and Planning, we bring a holistic approach that seeks to transform space into a place.

Landscape Architecture Our discipline is deeply ingrained across a broad range of project types and scales, from intimate healing gardens to large-scale campuses. We believe the character and texture of the landscape profoundly influences both built structures and quality of life, forming the foundation for livable communities, iconic sites, and sustainable infrastructure.

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corporate + commercial + civic New paradigms that embrace sustainability, wellness, and quality of life

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Holistic designs

Across all our work, we set new paradigms for performance and sustainability. We see nature and innovation as inseparable. Efficient, creative, and highly sustainable, the spaces we design reflect the identity and needs of its community and become catalysts for change. 18â&#x20AC;&#x192; Firm Profile

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areas of practice Commercial Corporate Mixed-use Developments Multi-family Residential Libraries Museums Public Safety notable projects Chervon International Trading Company Nanjing, China Darden Restaurant Support Center Orlando, Florida Dockside Green Victoria, British Columbia Oriental Fisherman’s Wharf Shanghai, China Shanghai Natural History Museum Shanghai, China Van Dusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre Vancouver, British Columbia

We believe that great designs come from great purpose and inspiration. People are at the core of our Corporate, Commercial, and Civic practice — our award-winning designs improve quality of life by responding to individual and societal needs. Whether corporate office towers, mixed-use commercial complexes, or civic and cultural centers, each project is informed by the best practices of the many disciplines we practice including architecture, interiors, branded environments, planning and strategies, preservation and reuse, urban design, and landscape architecture. We create inspiring spaces that become an integral part of their larger social, cultural, environmental, and global context. We support our clients’ unique business drivers, while being deeply attuned to the physical and mental wellbeing of employees. Our planning and designs for mixed-use developments create magnetic and

memorable spaces, while reviving urban districts. In addition, all of our designs reflect local context, while projecting global relevance. Across all our work, we set new paradigms for performance and sustainability. We see nature and innovation as inseparable. As a world-class leader in sustainable design and material health research, we seamlessly integrate green and active designs, occupant engagement programs, and the use of healthy building materials to support wellness and sustainability. Efficient, creative, and highly sustainable, the spaces we design reflect the identity and needs of its community and become catalysts for change.

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Left: VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre Right: Sammamish Library, King County Library System

We are passionate about transforming and improving people’s lives through design.

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Corporate For more than seventy years, we have created corporate designs that have helped redefine the world’s most influential companies including Bank of America, Google, Pfizer, L’Oreal, and Unilever. We draw upon our growing body of research, benchmarking, and expertise to provide clients with cutting-edge insights and innovative solutions that position them as thought leaders in their industry. Supported by our international knowledge base, our multi-disciplinary teams address design challenges in a wide array of scales and complexity guided by our core values of client focus, design excellence, interdisciplinary approach, and global service. We recognize that a well-planned office building can help drive the overall success of an organization’s culture and business. We immerse ourselves in the client’s world in order to create compelling designs that are as responsive to their organizations as they are to individual users and their communities. Our designs reflect our client’s values and needs,

while projecting and amplifying their unique position in the marketplace. From major corporate campuses to internationally recognized headquarters, office buildings to conference centers, our designs are dynamic and flexible to future change. Commercial Our designs for commercial buildings create enduring environments that change the face of our cities. Whether hotel, housing, office, or retail space, our mixed-use projects become integral elements of their urban site. At the pedestrian level, they are dynamic places for social interaction that enliven our neighborhoods. It takes a firm with broad resources and knowledge to create the magic that makes a mixed-use commercial project work. Our approach to integrated design and our ability to coordinate the many components and disciplines necessary for a complex mixed-use development project sets us apart. With a deep understanding of commercial real estate strategies and extensive

Left: Skybridge, One North Halsted Right: Kiwanis Aquatics Centre and Library

knowledge of municipal permitting processes, we design buildings and programs that work within the urban context. Many of our commercial projects are part of broader real estate strategies. We understand the business opportunities and risks behind our projects and are highly adept at working within the parameters of our clients’ business plans. In most urban spaces, the sites for major commercial developments are negotiated arrangements with the city for height density and use. Our design work has been successful in creating a vision and iconic expression that excites the community and civic government and helps to secure the necessary size and scale permissions to make these dynamic projects possible. Our expertise in urban design guides us as we shape and mold projects to respond to natural circulation points within the city. Our Planning + Strategies team develops strategies that are not only efficient, dynamic, and beautiful, but also affordable and supportive of the overall real estate pro forma.

The branding of a project—so integral to the success of mixed-use work—is incorporated into the initial stages of designs by our Branded Environments team. Our team researches, defines, and suggests strategies for branding that energize the project and integrate it with our client’s brand. Sustainable building practices are a key component of our commercial work. Our development projects are often very close to existing transportation lines, making public transit important parts of the hiring and public-use component of the project. More frequently, our projects are often located on brownfields. Our projects clean up these sites, helping to protect our ground water recharge and prevent hazardous materials proliferation. These projects also have natural ways to save energy through reducing the embedded energy in materials that are used. Our portfolio of highly sustainable development projects are setting the direction for the world’s next generation of hotels, residences, offices, and retail spaces.

Civic Our Civic portfolio embodies the basic theme of our practice: ideas and buildings that honor the broader goals of our society. Civic and cultural buildings must stand the test of time. As creative thinkers, we bring innovative and powerful ideas to the public realm. As designers of public buildings, we craft timeless and highly sustainable buildings that become symbols for their institutions and are part of the legacy we hand down to future generationsRanging in scope from major national museums to local libraries and small public safety facilities, these buildings represent long term commitments by communities and institutions to the present and future. Our sensitive designs celebrate the identity and needs of a community and give physical form to the important functions contained within. Our public work fuels public-private partnership, sustained investment in community, and balanced growth. In an enduring way, they serve as real-time markers of our values and our dedication to the betterment of our society and culture.

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corporate interiors Solutions that support our clients’ unique business drivers and project metrics

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Globally Connected. Technologically Driven.

We blend research, planning, and programming seamlessly to create award-winning spaces that nurture people and the environment and promote strategic business objectives. 24â&#x20AC;&#x192; Firm Profile

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areas of practice Headquarters Consumer Products Financial Services Media+Advertising Professional Services Retail Showrooms Technology Trading selected clients Barclays Group Nike Google Haworth IDEO Linklaters L’Oreal Pfizer Thomson Reuters Unilever

Design has the power to unlock the potential of a workforce. It is really all about the people. In today’s ever-changing business climate, workplace design goes beyond a beautiful space — it is a critical tool for aligning people, culture, processes, and technology with organizational goals. We deliver creative and environmentally progressive solutions that create a lasting impact on our clients’ teams, business, and brand — for generations to come. Our clients are respected thought leaders and drivers of change. Our teams of specialists have worked with a wide range of businesses, expanding on a body of research and knowledge that provides our clients with exclusive, cutting-edge insights.

Results driven and client-focused, we mobilize teams of interdisciplinary experts around the needs of our clients. Each team is armed with our global knowledge base, industry-specific experience, and an informed perspective of future-focused best practices. Our toolkit includes proven techniques that enable our clients to clearly identify their goals, evaluate a range of options, make informed strategic decisions, and envision a sustainable, sociallyconscious plan for the future. The result is award-winning spaces that nurture people, place, and processes in support of strategic business objectives.

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healthcare Transformative spaces that promote health and wellness

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Transforming the patient experience We believe healthcare can act as a catalyst to improve human and ecological health by redefining the impact of the built environment on its occupants and surroundings. Healthcare can move beyond “less harm” and proactively foster global wellness by playing a significant role in healing people and the planet. 28 Firm Profile

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areas of expertise Academic Medical Centers Ambulatory Care + Outpatient Cancer Centers Children’s Hospitals Community Hospitals Critical Access Hospitals Healthcare Planning + Strategies Medical Education Medical Office Buildings Senior Living + Hospice notable projects Rush University Medical Center Chicago, Illinois Kenya Women & Children’s Wellness Centre Nairobi, Kenya Hospital Universitario San Vicente de Paul Rionegro, Medellín, Colombia The Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, Maryland

Transformative planning and design, innovative operational and medical planning, and proven technical project delivery are hallmarks of our practice. For more than 65 years, our vision and compassion have helped shape many of the nation’s most progressive academic medical centers, research institutions, community hospitals, and clinics. From master plans and freestanding buildings to renovations, the breadth and quality of our diverse portfolio have consistently placed us among the leading healthcare firms in the world. Our comprehensive services include master planning, programming, architecture, and interior design for clients ranging from ambulatory and primary care centers to medical research and education facilities. We have completed more than 2,600 planning and design projects for hundreds of leading institutions in the United States and internationally. The firm has received numerous awards

for design excellence including the coveted American Institute of Architects National Firm of the Year Award—the highest award given by the institute to a member firm. We have worked with many of US News & World Report’s Honor Roll Hospitals. Our work on healthcare and research projects for many of the nation’s most prestigious institutions successfully fuses operationally efficient healing environments with evidence-based design and research. Within these facilities, we have created transformational spaces that encourage collaboration, promote wellness, accommodate advanced technology, and support leading research and innovation.

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Clockwise from Top Left: True Family Women’s Cancer Center, Swedish Cancer Institute; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital; The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Eduard Hueber, Arch Photo, Inc.

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Left: Oregon Health and Science University, Peter O. Kohler Pavilion Right: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Eduard Hueber, Arch Photo, Inc. Children’s Tower Lobby. Artist Robert Israel’s School of Puffer Fish, painted fiberglass. Curator Nancy Rosen.

We place great value on the quality, efficiency, and beauty of the healthcare facilities we design. Fully embracing the advent of innovative building technologies and building information modeling (BIM), our multidisciplinary teams deliver projects at all scales. We bring experts in user-experience, operations, evidence-based design, and project delivery to engage clients and lead them in highly customized work plans particular to their cultures and institutional missions. We work directly with clients to deliver tailored solutions to unique challenges. We employ an interactive planning process that applies our leadership and in-depth experience with the world’s preeminent institutions to each client’s

specific program requirements, financial resources, and strategic vision. All healthcare institutions strive to provide high quality care in a humane, culturally-sensitive environment. By focusing on users—patients, families, and staff—the environments we create diffuse unease and provide comfort for patients, while providing supportive environments for staff that help reduce turnover, aid recruitment, and most importantly, improve patient outcomes. We believe healthcare can act as a catalyst to improve human and ecological health by redefining the impact of the built environment on its occupants and surroundings. Healthcare can move beyond “less harm” and proactively foster global wellness by playing a significant role in healing people and the planet.

We lead the industry in research and awareness of material health and regenerative design. Our team of sustainability specialists have reframed and advanced the national conversation on sustainable practices for healthcare and passionately apply these ideas to our current work. Transformative planning and design, innovative operational and medical planning, and proven technical project delivery are hallmarks of our practice. Our practice is dedicated to creating facilities that appropriately address innovative care delivery methods, operational efficiency, future-focused adaptability, and design excellence within the context of the client’s schedule and budget. Each project is an opportunity to discover innovative and efficient ways to facilitate the healing process.

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higher education Environments that inspire learning and discovery

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Studentcentered experiences

Today, learning happens everywhere: in and out of the classroom, on and off campus, in formal and informal settings. Our buildings for higher education foster a new culture of learning that is increasingly multi-dimensional, global, social, experiential, and interactive. 34â&#x20AC;&#x192; Firm Profile

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areas of expertise Campus Facilities + Academic Planning Specialized Learning Environments Student Life Health Sciences Education Academic Science

Tomorrow’s sustainable campus will generate more power than it consumes, harvest more water than it uses, and become inseparably connected with local ecosystems. Innovative learning environments have been the cornerstone of our practice since the firm was founded in 1935. Our first academic project — The Crow Island School, now a National Historic Landmark — redefined educational design and became the model for an entire generation of buildings. We remain leaders in this field, continually informed by the myriad influences that are shaping it.

trend observations, and design solutions for the benefit of projects going forward. These include almost every aspect of higher education design, from campus and academic planning to student life facilities, and the complex detailing of science and research buildings. Our clients range from community colleges and liberal arts institutions to research universities, business and medical schools.

During the past 20 years, we have worked with more than 250 colleges and universities across the country and the globe. Our practice emphasizes collaboration, with Centers of Excellence that enable our designers to readily share best practices, future

Our design process is a partnership. We work with our clients to develop visionary planning that will withstand the test of time, and to create distinctive buildings and environments that are grounded in the unique mission and culture of each institution.

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Left: Roger Williams University, North Campus Residence Hall; Right: Universidade Agostinho Neto

Campus + Facilities Planning Campus and facilities planning is about revealing a sense of purpose and place. Strategic, Academic, and Capital Plans are the drivers for our work. In meeting our clients’ missions, we integrate sustainability into strategies for education, operations, and administration. We translate data-driven needs into compelling graphics, implementable guidelines, and tracking tools. We evaluate programmatic demands against campus heritage, context and capacity, and position our clients with plans that embrace change, improve recruitment and retention, attract funding, and save resources. Our Academic and Student Life Facilities Planning is grounded in the Carnegie Classification and specific characteristics of each post-secondary institution. We envision spaces that support student-centered learning, interdisciplinary collaboration, and community. Our sustainability planning interconnects buildings, open space, and infrastructure systems for stewardship and learning.

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Specialized Learning Environments Today, learning happens everywhere: in and out of the classroom, on and off campus, in formal and informal settings. Academic institutions are creating educational cultures that are increasingly interdependent, multidimensional, global, distributed, social, experiential, and interactive.

Business Schools We understand the business of business schools. Seeking relevance in 21st century business and society, schools must embrace technology, anticipate constant change as institutions re-organize curriculum, establish community and global alliances, and develop multi-disciplinary programs.

Our planning and design strategies support this fluid environment where pedagogy, technology, and new ideas are continually evolving and blurring traditional boundaries. Flexible and adaptable environments must support the dynamic nature of teaching and learning; spaces must foster collaboration, serendipitous encounters, and “productive collisions.”

As strategic partners we support our clients’ missions and goals while anticipating changes in technology, pedagogy, demography, and the environment. A well-planned school can support and enhance innovative learning opportunities across multiple undergraduate, graduate and executive programs. It can enable new initiatives, outreach, and research activities. Our strategic planning and design methodology is focused on our clients’ goals. We are skilled in analyzing and balancing the myriad of program needs, and the critical core issues facing successful business education: brand identity, social responsibility, sustainability, ethics, and community.

Left: University of Calgary, EEEL; Right: University of British Columbia, CIRS

Student Life Student life facilities are the heart of an academic community. They must be welcoming for many and a refuge for one; accommodate the diversity of a small city but offer the familiarity of home. In a world where communicating around the globe seems easier than communicating across the hallway, student life facilities — student centers, residence halls and informal learning environments — fulfill a vital need to create engagement with both people and place. When the right mix of programs, at the right place on campus come together in a signature building that symbolizes the values and vision of an institution, the results can be magical.

Academic Science Students and faculty are drawn to institutions where cutting-edge science is practiced. Buildings that support the academic sciences must live up to their promise by creating environments that encourage dynamic, interactive team-based learning, and cross-disciplinary spaces that foster collaboration and innovation. We work with faculty and students to understand the factors that drive exceptional teaching and research and integrate them into the built environment. Our buildings for the academic sciences inspire engaged learning and help their institutions to attract and retain world-class faculty, researchers and students.

Health Sciences Education Changes in the practice of healthcare — emphasis on patient-centered care, interdisciplinary teams, new visualization tools, and evidence-based practice — are having a significant impact on the education and training of physicians, dentists, nurses and allied health professionals. Insights gained from our extensive experience and expertise in healthcare, science, and education across the country are brought to bear on each project, resulting in an integrated and informed approach that bridges academia and professional practice.

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Hospitality + Mixed-Use + Residential Designs that bring a sense of joy to the art of living

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selected projects 5th and Madison Beacon Capital Partners Seattle, Washington Bayview Mixed-use Development Vancouver, British Columbia Dockside Green Victoria, British Columbia Kempinski Hotel and Residences SailTower Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Oriental Fisherman’s Wharf Shanghai, China Skybridge, One North Halsted Chicago, Illinois The Contemporaine at 516 North Wells Chicago, Illinois

We seek to creatively innovate within each flag’s brand standards, infusing our projects with a fresh approach and new ideas. Our designs for hotels, mixed-use and residential developments, are driven by our commitment to brand identity, guest experience, and our client’s project goals. Collaborating with developers and hotel flags including JW Mariott and the Kempinski, as well as boutique brands, we tailor our design solutions to each client’s particular operations and objectives. From the master planning to concept design, base building, programming and planning, entry experience and interior design, our offerings encompass all aspects of a project from concept to completion. As hospitality designers, we value the brand experience. Across our work, we seek to creatively innovate within each flag’s brand standards, infusing our projects with a fresh approach and new ideas. We take the time to visit the

management and staff of our clients to ask critical questions about the positioning of the property and operations strategies. These insights allow us to translate our client’s vision into the physical spaces of the hotel environment, ultimately creating a delightful and memorable guest experience. As designers of mixed-use buildings, we support the diverse economies of our cities. We understand the complexities of planning for and implementing varied business models. We collaborate with developers to create flexible design solutions that bring to life their business plan and reflect the unique programs within, while respecting the local contexts and expressing the spirit of our age.

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Left: 22 West Washington; Right: Eau Claire Marketplace

Our buildings provide a sense of comfort and identity for the users. Respectful of personal and community needs, our designs seek to improve the living fabric of our cities.

As residential designers, we seek to enhance quality of life and occupant wellness. Our buildings provide a sense of comfort and identity for residents. Respectful of personal and community needs, our designs bring a sense of identity, comfort, and joy to the art of living. As industry leaders in sustainable designs and materials research, we work with clients to implement healthy building materials and green designs. These strategies reduce operational costs, and showcase our clientsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sustainable vision and brand to their users. We take the time to visit the management and staff of our clients to ask critical questions about the positioning of the property and operations

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strategies. These insights allow us to translate our clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision into the physical spaces of the hotel environment, ultimately creating a delightful and memorable guest experience.

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k-12 education Shaping the way the world educates its children

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areas of expertise Elementary Schools Middle Schools High Schools Independent Schools Beyond the Classroom Education Planning + Strategies notable projects Crow Island Elementary School Winnetka, Illinois Hector P. Garcia Middle School Dallas, Texas Helen Bernstein High School Hollywood, California International School of Beijing Beijing, People’s Republic of China Perspectives Charter School Chicago, Illinois Samuel Brighouse Elementary School Richmond, British Columbia

We began more than seventy-five years ago with a school so special, it changed the way educational facilities were designed. We have helped shape the way the world educates its children. We began more than seventy-five years ago with a school so special, it changed the way educational facilities were designed. Crow Island School represented an evolution in the way we educate our children and established our reputation as an innovative and sensitive school architect. Since then, education has always been at the heart of our practice. Today, our practice is evolving and setting new paradigms while continuing to uphold the fundamental principles of designing for students, from the inside-out.

the planning and design of schools. In each project, we ask ourselves not only what we are creating, but why we are creating it. We collaborate with students, parents, and administrators to craft dynamic and technologically-advanced learning environments that inspire curiosity, encourage free play, and foster learning through a shared sense of community. Our dedication to understanding each community’s needs results in a custom educational environment designed to support ever changing educational contexts and facilitate the highest quality education available to our children.

Our team includes many of the most experienced and creative education architects and planners in the world, making us a preeminent authority on

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Left: Harold G. Fearn Elementary School Right: Therrell High School

Education has always been at the heart of our practice. Today, our practice is evolving and setting new paradigms while continuing to uphold the fundamental principles of designing for students, from the inside-out.

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From day one, our team works closely with the institution to tailor a project process that best supports its program goals. Our experience includes every aspect of school construction including facilitating pre-referendum community meetings, developing facility planning options, creating a building program, and designing building additions, renovations, and new school facilities. Designing for the future generation, we hold ourselves socially accountable through our commitment to sustainability. With more than 1030 LEED accredited professionals firm-wide and more than 20 LEED certified schools, we are leaders in environmentally conscious K-12 architecture.

As an industry leader in materials research, we use healthy building materials to create environments that express the aspirations of our clients, improve the lives of their community, and honor the broader goals of society.

Clockwise from Top Left: Samuel Brighouse Elementary School, Eastbrook Middle School, Benjamin E. Mays High School, Bartholomew Central Middle School

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science + technology Environments that inspire innovation, connect research, and accelerate discovery

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areas of practice Academic Research Corporate Research Federal Research Research Parks selected clients AstraZeneca Baylor University Broad Institute Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Department of Homeland Security Duke University Medical Center Gilead Sciences Harvard University Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories Massachusetts Institute of Technology National Institutes of Health Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Stanford University TEVA/Novopharm, Ltd. Texas A&M University University of California, Los Angeles University of Minnesota University of North Carolina University of Washington

We are skilled at designing environments that are conducive to a concentrated effort while providing adaptability for growth and technological changes. We create research campuses, laboratory environments, and technical spaces that support the strongest models for research and production. Partnering with our clients, we solve the functional challenges of planning and programming to design change-responsive research and development facilities that inspire innovation, accelerate discovery, enhance energy performance, and exceed regulatory requirements. With a staff of leading lab experts and in-house scientists, we are able to connect with researchers and other technical users. We speak their language and work to establish trust and consensus. We stay on campuses to support our clients because we understand that our buildings must last for generations and cycles of program activities.

Today’s research environments – whether corporate, institutional, or academic – are competitive venues for the brightest minds. Success hinges on both the ability to attract talent with the best design as well as the ability to support innovation. We work with our clients to recognize their key differentiators and apply those principles to make distinctive and successful design solutions. Research and production buildings are complex “machines” that require as much careful planning and integration as the science within. Whether evaluating the development opportunities of green field sites or urban adaptive re-use, we combine our design expertise with the resources of our in-house Planning + Strategies group.

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Left: Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Research Tower Right: 320 Charles Street Broad Institute

We are skilled at designing environments that are conducive to a concentrated effort while providing adaptability for growth and technological changes.

We offer a complete menu of services to combine design impact with real estate and life cycle cost analyses. Having designed hundreds of lab interiors – from startups to established global pharmaceuticals – we understand the critical early decisions that can impact project success over a long time span. We have developed streamlined tools that address lease duration, chemical quantities, growth projections, adaptability quotients, and factors critical to assessing commercial space relative to lab suitability. In addition to best-inclass visioning, interviewing, and analysis techniques, we apply Value Stream Mapping to support improvement in the efficiency of real estate and operations, helping our clients reduce square footage and time-to-market. We are skilled at designing environments that are conducive to a

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concentrated effort while providing adaptability for growth and technological changes. Our designs grow from a close collaboration between our clients and the design team to explore options for space requirements, points of access and internal circulation patterns, and the advanced engineering systems required to accommodate the research programs. The technical demands of today’s science environments require the highest standards of design and expertise. We seek to understand the “science of science” through internal grass-roots research efforts that focus on the research industry as a whole. Our firm portfolio includes more than 50 new projects with BSL-2 and BSL-3 laboratories, in addition to five BSL-4 labs. Our recent areas of focus include green chemistry, specialized casework design, energy efficient laboratory

Left: L’Oreal Research and Innovation Facilities, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Right: Institute for Systems Biology Corporate Headquarters

equipment, green vivaria design, biomimicry, creative solutions for renovating facilities, and achieving zero carbon in existing research buildings. We believe in cross-disciplinary advancement in design. What we learn from our Healthcare and Higher Education practices are also part of our toolkit of design resources. Our in-depth focus on effective office workplace environments apply to the lab as well. Through post-occupancy evaluations and benchmarking, we study our previous projects to compare common traits and identify evolving trends in order to better inform our future projects. We continue interaction with building users once the building is operational to determine the project successes and challenges. These lessons learned serve as quality assurance on future projects.

We are committed to environmental sustainability at all levels and take a holistic approach to green laboratory design. Recognized internationally as a leader in sustainable design, we have one of the largest portfolios of built green projects in the United States and Canada. Our commitment is evident in our history of successful sustainable projects, our public advocacy, and our extensive and ongoing research on high performance green design. Through thoughtful application of technology and a selective use of materials and resources, we have proven that sustainable design does not mean increased capital budget or increased design fees. In fact, these strategies lead to reduced operating costs and can extend the useful life of a building.

We have designed more than 50 million square feet of science facilities in the past ten years, working in every type of industry including private, federal agency, and academic institution. Our projects range from a 1,000 square foot interior laboratory fit-out to a multi-million square foot science city. We have received more than 11 national awards for design excellence, and have been recognized for innovation in science and research facility planning with 8 ‘Lab of the Year’ awards from R&D Magazine. Actively sharing knowledge and expertise across our firm, we allow the benefits of our national expertise and global thought leaders to be delivered to each of our clients every day.

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sports + recreation Exceptional facilities that improve our wellbeing

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areas of expertise Aquatics Athletic Masterplans Collegiate Sports Fitness and Wellness Ice Rinks Multi-Use Recreation notable projects University of Massachusetts Amherst Football Training Facility Amherst, Massachusetts University of Oregon Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, Oregon Cornell Community Centre and Library Markham, Ontario Kiwanis Aquatics Centre and Library St. Catharines, Ontario

Our innovative designs encourage active lifestyles and enrich daily experiences. Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sports and recreation facilities are reflections of the spirit of the communities and institutions that they serve. Whether one participates on a team or cheers from a distance, trains individually or exercises socially, sports and recreation centers provide a communal, unifying experience. We create exceptional facilities that are rooted in their location and transform society by elevating and supporting wellness and community. The Collegiate Athletic and Recreation Experience Athletic and student recreation centers are an integral part of the campus experience. Post-secondary sports facilities encourage students to do more than workout or participate in intramural and intercollegiate sports, they provide them with a place to communicate

across cultural boundaries, create new relationships, and foster lifestyle changes that inspire and shape their lives. Through extensive engagement with students, athletes, administrators, and planners, our custom user-oriented designs are uniquely reflective of each campus and its surroundings. Encouraging Community Activity In our communities, sport, fitness and recreation venues offer experiences that will last a lifetime. These facilities offer various types of fitness, for all generations. Providing a more holistic view of wellness, they become important nodes that are helping people improve their physical, mental, and spiritual wellbeing. No longer simply a place to workout, these facilities are integral to the everyday life of the entire community.

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Clockwise from Top Left: University of Toronto at Mississauga Recreation, Athletics and Wellness Centre; Oak Ridges Community Centre; Angus Glen Community Centre and Library; Cassie Campbell Community Centre

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Kiwanis Aquatics Centre and Library

Every partnership with our clients and our communities is an opportunity for us to influence and enhance the future of sport and recreation for generations to come.

Research Driven, Client-focused Design As a research-based practice with a broad depth of experience, the resources to undertake complex challenges and extensive planning experience, we are proven leaders in the design of innovative sports and recreation facilities. We understand the challenge of civic communities and higher education clients to anticipate the next generation of lifestyle trends. Our design process explores all challenges through data gathering and collaborative client discussion. The result ensures a full exploration of all options and collective control of the process with an aim to provide the best possible solutions. With our clients, we strive to achieve well-designed environments that are visually simple, enduring, and able to accommodate the future of athletics, sports and recreation.

A Better Environment for Better Well-Being Creating healthy buildings that promote well-being requires us to elevate the sustainable performance of sports and recreation facilities. In our practice, we are shifting our focus from green — the physical environment — to blue — the human environment. Each of our highly sustainable facilities enriches user experience, encourages participation, and inspires active lifestyles.

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Transportation Creating transportation experiences that inspire and uplift the public community

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Connecting people, communities, and ideas Locally and around the globe, we strive to create vibrant, walkable, compact neighborhoods that include transit as a central hub. Enhancing the quality of life for residents and providing long-term sustainability, our solutions provide the leading-edge in transit-oriented planning and design at every scale. 64â&#x20AC;&#x192; Firm Profile

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areas of practice Airports Transit Stations Transit-Oriented Development Transit Planning selected projects Atlanta BeltLine Atlanta, Georgia Beirut International Airport Terminal Expansion Beirut, Lebanon Brentwood Skytrain Station Burnaby, British Columbia Dubai International Airport Concourses 2 & 3 Dubai, UAE O’Hare International Airport Terminal 5 Chicago, Illinois Olayya-Batha Corridor Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ottawa Light Rail Transit Stations Ottawa, Ontario

Well-designed and integrated transit solutions have the power to transform communities. Well-designed and integrated transit solutions have the power to transform communities. They create vibrant, walkable neighborhoods that limit urban sprawl and strengthen the social fabric, promote a healthier environment through reduced automobile use and carbon emissions, and foster a resilient, interconnected economy by efficiently connecting people, ideas, and services. We offer unmatched expertise in all modes of transportation, with in-depth knowledge in the particular challenges of balancing competing needs when they intersect at multi-modal centers. Our approach focuses on creating quality transit solutions that work — from large-scale transportation planning and transit-oriented developments to individual station designs. We take a holistic approach to transit. From feasibility studies to detailing and material

selection our ultimate goal is to create an exceptional experience that increases ridership. We design pleasurable spaces — unique, accessible, intuitive, and safe — and by thoughtfully connect stations to other modes of transport and their urban context. Whether a project entails urban design, architecture, or interiors, we implement a sustainable agenda into everything we do. We consistently integrate a variety of strategies to reclaim and recycle materials, specify healthy products that are proven to be safe for occupants and the environment, reduce consumption of energy and water, minimize GHG emissions and mitigate global environmental impacts.

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Clockwise from Left: OLRT: Tunneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pasture Station, OLRT: Rideau Pasture Station, Ar-Riyadh LRT

Every year, well over 3.7 million people pass through our transit stations.

Our work has proven time and again that prioritizing these concerns will neither increase costs nor compromise design quality. In each of our planning and urban design schemes we strive to create vibrant, walkable, compact neighborhoods that include transit as a central hub. Every year, well over 3.7 million people pass through our transit stations. Enhancing the quality of life for residents and providing long-term sustainability, our solutions provide innovative transit-oriented planning and urban design at every scale. We employ a simple, kit-of-parts approach to our station designs, which has consistently proven that elegant stations can be delivered on time and within budget. Essential elements include open spaces that allow for clear sightlines, the use of glass to maximize transparency and safety, a

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focus on healthy, durable materials, and the provision of generous canopies for rain and wind protection. Innovative roof structures are designed to be seen from a distance, with striking forms serving as a dynamic reflection of the movement associated with transit stations. Simple volumes, lighting, public art, and intuitive way finding are also incorporated, ensuring that the transit experience is as enjoyable as it is convenient.

Top: OLRT: Campus Station; Bottom:O’Hare International Airport, Terminal 5

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branded environments Design solutions that maximize brand potential

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Expressions. Experiences. Environments. A well-designed, branded environment offers benefits for customers, employees, and for the brand itself. We identify your brand’s unique “DNA” and integrate it into rich two- and three-dimensional experiences that communicate your values, help you reach your business and marketing goals, and captivate your audience. 70 Firm Profile

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services Brand Strategy Brand Space Brand Identification Brand Communication Notable projects Antron Resource Center Chicago, Illinois Haworth Chicago Showroom Chicago, Illinois Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum New York, New York One Haworth Center Holland, Michigan Swedish Convenant Hospital Chicago, Illinois University of Cincinnati Richard E. Lindner Center Cincinnati, Ohio

A great experience not only provides informational cues, but enhances brand interaction to a level of delight. If a brand is the message, the experience is the medium. Our Branded Environments practice is a research-based strategy and creative discipline internationally recognized for leveraging design as an asset to our clients. We create experiences that deliver on your brand promise. We understand that a great experience not only provides informational cues, but also enhances brand interaction to a level of delight. You, our client, form the nucleus of our engagement. Together, we build a collaborative relationship that enables us to reflect your unique mission, culture, community, and ideals. Using proprietary tools such as Patterning and Strategic Opportunity Matrices, we identify your unique “DNA” and integrate it into rich two- and three-dimensional

experiences that communicate your mission, help you reach your business and marketing goals, and captivate your audience. We are an interdisciplinary team of specialists in brand strategy, development and positioning, research, marketing communications, graphic design, and interior architecture. Our approach delivers increased sales, improved positioning and customer recognition, differentiation, and higher perceived value from investors. Internally, benefits include higher employee satisfaction and retention, increased productivity, and a better understanding of firm mission, vision, and values.

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If a brand is the message, the experience is the medium.

New York University, Stern School of Business

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Left: Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum; Top Right: Masland; Bottom Right: University of Cincinatti, Richard E. Lindner Center

Brand Strategy Through a combination of research, visioning sessions, and stakeholder interviews, we refine and reshape your brand, making user interaction more valuable and ultimately, more enjoyable for the intended audience. Whether introducing a new brand to the marketplace or reinvigorating an existing one, we employ expertise in research and analysis, strategic planning, and market positioning to craft a strategy for your brand expression and an enhanced brand experience. Brand Space A well-designed, branded environment offers benefits for customers, employees, and for the brand itself. Using our expertise, clients report increased employee recruitment, retention and productivity, and improved morale, not to mention a higher perceived brand value with investors and increased sales growth. Our three-dimensional design capabilities

include interior architecture and design, finishes and furnishings selection, and environmental graphics that maximize a space’s potential. We collaborate with all of our discipline leaders to deliver brand space solutions to a wide array of clients, from showrooms and corporate headquarters to universities, hospitals, airports, and more. Brand Identification We craft robust identities that convey your business attributes and unique personality. Our team uses effective graphic design to create logos that engage your target audience. Expertise in creating employee and donor recognition elements allow you to celebrate staff and reflect your organization’s history, culture, and purpose.

challenges in order to craft the most functional, effective, and aesthetically pleasing solution. Brand Communication Like a physical environment, twodimensional expressions enable customers to experience and interact with your brand. Our team designs business and marketing collateral materials, packaging, sales tools, electronic communications, and relationship management tools that are tailored to your business objectives and aligned with the overall brand look and feel. From designing an e-newsletter to launching an entirely new web-based business ground up, our communications tools support and bring to life your corporate mission and core values.

Our work in brand identity also orients users. Our wayfinding and signage team works closely with clients to understand brand personality, architectural character, user groups, building programs, and navigational

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landscape architecture Artfully crafted spaces that connect culture and nature

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Bold. transformative. implementable.

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notable projects Atlanta BeltLine Corridor Design Atlanta, Georgia College of Coastal Georgia Brunswick, Georgia Darden Restaurant Group Headquarters Orlando, Florida University of Florida Innovation Square Gainesville, Florida Puerto Rico Capitol District Master Plan San Juan, Puerto Rico SANY Corporate Headquarters Master Plan Beijing, China Willson Hospice House Albany, Georgia COFCO Research and Innovation Campus Beijing, China Duke Medicine Pavilion Plaza Durham, North Carolina

Well-designed, engaging landscapes and urban spaces form the foundation for healthy, vibrant communities and sustainable infrastructure. Our Landscape Architecture practice is deeply ingrained across a broad range of project types and scales, from intimate healing gardens to large-scale campuses. We believe that the character and texture of the landscape profoundly influences both built structures and quality of life. Well-designed, engaging landscapes and urban spaces form the foundation for healthy, vibrant communities and sustainable infrastructure. Enriched by the firm’s expertise across multiple disciplines, our landscape architects work with our urban planners, architects, and designers to create animated, memorable, and timeless places.

Guided by a commitment to environmental stewardship, our approach to landscape architecture seeks to enhance and meaningfully connect people to the buildings, open spaces, and city fabric. Our projects are noted for thoughtful and original strategies for sustainability that work with demanding site conditions and climates. With all aspects of design, from innovative materials selection to sustainable management practices, we deliver site-specific solutions that embrace the changing and temporal nature of the landscape. The results can be seen in artfully crafted, distinctive spaces that serve a larger purpose by connecting people, culture, and the natural world.

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Clockwise from Left: Innovation Square, College of Coastal Georgia, Willson Hospice

The character and texture of the landscape profoundly influences both built structures and quality of life.

Our Landscape Architecture studio is made up of an inspired team of landscape architects, planners, and transportation expertsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;most with multi-disciplinary backgrounds, all with a passion for creating vibrant, sustainable places. Together, these experts offer a balanced perspective on what makes a site unique and how to draw out its inimitable sense of place. Our collaborative studio brings multiple disciplines together to offer a wellrounded approach to place-making, from concept to completion. This synthesis is evident in our work as lead designer and manager of the Atlanta BeltLine Corridor Design, a 22-mile linear park built on a loop of reclaimed railroad tracks. This groundbreaking public infrastructure effort repurposes underused and outdated assets

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to create vibrant, connected public spaces that catalyze economic growth and boost quality of life. By aligning the unique elements of diverse cultures and ecologies, our practice sets the stage for active public life. The Puerto Rico Capitol District Master Plan placed our landscape architects on the forefront of city-making with a rare and historic opportunity to restore the grandeur of a national landmark. At Innovation Square, an awardwinning urban redevelopment project in Gainesville, Florida, our team transformed 12 underused blocks near the University of Florida into a walkable urban research district. These thriving, walkable districts are driven by an open space strategy that connects the community while addressing circulation, growth, and ecological issues.

Left: 1315 Peachtree Street; Right: Atlanta BeltLine

Praised as “intriguing and accessible” and “not only aspirational, but implementable,” our award-winning projects advance the standards for design excellence beyond the building. Our site design for Willson Hospice in Albany, Georgia, elevates the role of landscape architecture from background amenity to a key part of the healing environment. For its care in establishing sustainable resource management, the hospice was designated a Certified Silver Audubon International Signature Sanctuary, the only healthcare facility ever to achieve this award. Critical to our approach is building a strong relationship with our clients. The most successful projects are fostered by open communication and creative ideas from both sides of the table. For example, our

transformational work at the College of Coastal Georgia is the result of a longterm collaboration with the client to reenvision this campus as an expression of the institution’s values. Not only were we able to build a strong framework for growth and reestablish the site as the heart of the campus community, our site design gives an identity to the college by highlighting the distinct character of the coastal landscape.

artfully crafted, distinctive spaces that serve a larger purpose by connecting people, culture, and the natural world.

Whether as team lead or embedded partner, we design and implement a clearly constructed, modern design expression that works with the specific demands of each site. By incorporating multiple expert perspectives right from the beginning, our team produces imaginative, but practical solutions saving the client time and money in the process. The results can be seen in

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planning+ strategies Aligning strategic assets to support your mission, vision, and values

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areas of practice Workplace Planning Healthcare Planning + Strategies Science + Technology Planning Education Planning + Strategies Campus Facilities + Academic Planning Sustainable Advisory Services

We create immediate and long-term value by providing a comprehensive understanding of the connections between an organization’s strategic objectives and its assets of people, process and facilities. Our team delivers innovative solutions that support sustainable change. We are thoughtful listeners and agile facilitators. We identify, foster, and direct the dynamic relationships found within each organization towards its broader aspirations. Our team creates immediate and long-term value by helping our clients channel their assets — people, processes, and facilities — to best support strategic objectives and to encourage innovations. It is through aligning organizational strategy and assuring individual well-being that we enable our clients to lead in their fields.

We offer strategies for workplace, healthcare, science and technology, and education. The interdisciplinary insights our team of specialists provides are informed by best practices in the work we do across multiple market sectors and regions. In each of these areas, we enable our clients to clearly identify their goals, evaluate their options, make informed decisions, and envision a sustainable plan for the future.

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urban design Bold concepts, deep analysis, and a clarity for action

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Creating Vibrant, Sustainable Environments Our urban designers work in places of magnificent urban opportunity that demand creative responses to growth, transformation, leadership, and community passions. In these settings, we design places of urban life, discovery, and economic vitality. 86â&#x20AC;&#x192; Firm Profile

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areas of practice District + Regional Planning Landscape Architecture Master Planning Transportation-Related Planning Urban Regeneration selected projects Atlanta BeltLine Atlanta, Georgia Dockside Green Victoria, British Columbia Edmonton City Centre Airport Lands Edmonton, Alberta Innovation Square Gainesville, Florida Mission Rock Seawall Lot 337 San Francisco, California New York University, 2031 New York, New York SANY Beijing Master Plan Beijing, China

Our work enhances the best qualities of urban living, weaving together landscape architecture, transportation systems, and infrastructure to shape distinctive and magnetic places. We are dedicated to building environments that enrich people’s lives. Our work focuses on the best qualities of urban living, weaving public spaces, diverse uses, and memorable context into a distinctive pattern of place. Our multi-disciplinary team of urban designers calls upon landscape architecture, transportation systems, infrastructure, and architecture to create frameworks for distinctive and magnetic places. Successful regeneration and creation of sustainable cities demands subtle cultural, environmental, and economic responses. We constantly nourish and advance the development of new tools and innovative thinking for design and communication. Informed by our global expertise, knowledge, and resources, we craft thoughtful, multi-layered urban designs that have shaped cities around the world.

Immersed in the settings of our clients, we transform new cities, waterfronts, city centers, educational and corporate campuses, and urban districts into vibrant, sustainable communities. We envision flexible solutions that anticipate future change. We establish the vision, identify the means, and develop a framework for action, generating long-term economic, social, and environmental value for private and public clients and communities. Our firm is distinguished by our commitment to sustainability, taking special pride in urban design’s global potential for positive change. We deliver green solutions that are elegant, eminently buildable, and ultimately enduring.

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Clockwise from Left: Qingdao Master Plan; Atlanta BeltLine; Mission Rock

We have an insatiable appetite for projects that are built upon rigorous site evaluation and can demonstrate the positive benefits of whole systems sustainability at an urban design scale. It is here that communities will redefine the way we work, play, and live.

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Design: Bold Concepts, Deep Analysis, Clarity for Action Success in a Perkins+Will urban design project comes not with an idea dropped in from Vancouver or Rio or Shanghai, but with a concept that redefines a city on the world map. These concepts harvest the resources of each place, attract significant new investment, and arm the client with the planning, design, economic, and environmental strategies to guide those actions. Toolmaking is central to our ability to fully and rapidly understand and analyze the implications of our design ideas, whether for healthcare and educational campuses, redevelopment districts, cities, or corporate expansions. Young urban designers across Perkins+Will are challenged to develop innovative approaches to apply computational graphics, rapid prototyping, visualization and communication advances to the specific needs of our global urban design clients.

Clients, Communities, and Designers Our interdisciplinary model means that we can partner on any scale project, whether as team lead or embedded partner. Our partners are often the communities we serve and it is here that our award-winning â&#x20AC;&#x153;Planning Gameâ&#x20AC;? is tailored to assure substantive participation. In nearly a hundred applications, we have garnered awards and the kudos of clients and communities who better understand and are empowered to express their perspectives.

Edmonton City Centre Airport Lands

Transformative Ideas and Demonstrated Success In projects ranging from individual streetscape to an entire metropolitan region, our interdisciplinary teams are able to envision and develop ambitious and transformative ideas that are implementable. We understand that a visionary idea must be articulated clearly to gain traction among communities and leadership circles, and realistic enough to achieve implementation. Thoroughly grounded in a detailed understanding of each site and cultural context, as well as the goals and budget of the client, we establish the vision, identify the means, and develop the framework to meet those goals. We employ methodologies both innovative and time-tested to arrive at strategies to guide development, catalyze economic growth, and activate an authentic and memorable public realm. Our work for the public sector gives us an understanding of the imperatives

and challenges civic institutions must address to create a framework for development. Our private sector experience gives us a keen understanding of markets and the rigors of economic viability. We understand how to enhance the public realm to guide and stimulate development in the private sphere. We can inspire constituencies, support entitlement, and move extraordinary projects to funding and construction. • Working at a citywide scale, the Atlanta

• As we transform former military bases, railyards, airports and postindustrial waterfronts, we raise the bar toward carbon-positive solutions from Edmonton, Alberta to New York Harbor. • Committed to engaging landscapes and urban spaces as the foundation for healthy, vibrant communities we successfully interweave such new spaces into settings as diverse as Innovation Square, an urban research district at the University of Florida

Beltline Corridor Design guides the

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foot mixed-use neighborhood of Mission

greenway, repurposing infrastructure

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assets to create vibrant, connected public spaces that jumpstart economic growth and boost quality of life. • Interweaving urban design and transportation strategies, we enable mobility choices from high speed rail to bikes to water transportation, reaping benefits of infrastructure investments from Atlanta to New York to Boston’s Central Artery.

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preservation + reuse Learn and build on the past while creating transformative places for the future

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Transformative places for the future

Now, more than ever, the environmental impact of existing buildings demands our attention. Adaptive reuse is one of the most sustainable strategies available to us today. These strategies offer tremendous opportunities to learn and build on the past while creating transformative places for the future. 92â&#x20AC;&#x192; Firm Profile

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areas of practice Adaptive Reuse Preservation Post-Industrial Waterfronts Military Base Reuse Preservation Planning Cultural Resource Studies notable projects 1315 Peachtree Street Atlanta, Georgia Hotel Victor Miami Beach, Florida Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Nww York, New York Presidio of San Francisco San Francisco, California Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre Oakville, Ontario San Francisco Conservatory of Music San Francisco, California San Francisco Ferry Building San Francisco, California

When we choose to preserve or reuse rather than build new, we capture the embodied energy in existing buildings, minimizing waste and saving resources. Now, more than ever, the environmental impact of existing buildings demands our attention. Adaptive reuse is one of the most sustainable strategies available to us today. When we choose to preserve or reuse rather than build new, we capture and repurpose the embodied energy in existing buildings, minimizing waste and saving resources. These strategies offer tremendous opportunities to learn and build on the past while creating transformative places for the future. We conduct intensive due diligence to assess a building’s needs and deficiencies, and identify opportunities for transformation, sustainability, and strategic ways to maximize value within our clients’ budgets. Our projects consistently exceed performance expectations in financial success, energy efficiency, and place-making.

By considering mixed-use options for reuse, these projects create jobs and business opportunities, stimulate economic activity, enhance property values, and add to the local tax base. Our areas of expertise include: Preservation Through preservation, we acknowledge that the layers of history add interest and vitality to the built environment. We typically design our preservation projects in accordance with the U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s Standards, and many have received the substantial benefit of historic tax credits and other incentive programs. Adaptive Reuse Whether in New York City, San Francisco, Toronto, or Panama City, our adaptive reuse work brings new life to sites while remaining sympathetic

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Left: University of California, Los Angeles, Young Library Renovation Right: University of Washington, Husky Union Building

to original character. We transform streets, neighborhoods, and districts by adding urban variety, economic vitality, and richness. Post-Industrial Waterfronts As global cities evolve and industry relocates, post-industrial urban waterfronts can become communal meeting places, centers for arts and entertainment, and focal points for celebration. We work with communities to reclaim these often forgotten, closed-off areas and return them to the public realm. Military Base Reuse These frequently large and diverse sites can be regenerated and repurposed for sustainable mixed-use neighborhoods, and integrated into surrounding communities. We build on the efficiency of many basesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; original infrastructure and seek to expand upon and refocus existing patterns.

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Preservation Planning We study the broad patterns of historic neighborhoods, and through critical analysis and strategic transformations seek ways to maintain historic character while introducing new uses and sustainable systems. Cultural Resource Studies Our extensive studies and research result in cultural landscape reports and historic structures reports, some of which may be required for project entitlements. As designers, we strive for balance in the visual juxtaposition of old and new. Our revived buildings and neighborhoods feel fresh, inviting, green, and dynamic. As global experts in this specialized practice and leaders in sustainable design, we are at the forefront of innovation. Our ground-breaking projects include our Atlanta office at

1315 Peachtree Street, the highest rated LEED building in the Northern Hemisphere, San Francisco Ferry Building, Presidio of San Francisco, and Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre in Ontario.

Clockwise from Top Left: Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, Presidio Landmark, Forest City Residential West, San Francisco Conservatory of Music

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