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Duke University Schwartz-Butters Hall
Durham,
North Carolina,
USA
Schwartz-Butters Hall is a 40,000 square foot addition to, and 10,000 square foot renovation of, the 1938 Cameron Indoor Basketball Stadium. The pavilion accommodates the Sports Hall of Fame, an athletics center for Duke's varsity athletes, offices for coaches and staff, locker rooms, and basketball training facilities.
Duke University Sheffield Tennis Center
Durham,
North Carolina,
USA
Our firm was the design consultant for this new tennis pavilion which houses six indoor courts for varsity practice, matches and recreational tennis. An adjacent building accommodates coaching staff offices, dedicated locker rooms for the men's and women's tennis teams, separate locker facilities for the overall academic community, and a reception hall. The Tennis Center anchors the southeastern corner of the developing West Campus recreational complex and provides an outdoor terrace overlooking the green space. Materials-the distinctive Duke stone, brick, metal and glass-respond to the historical precedent of the existing campus architecture.
Duke University Wilson Student Recreation Center
Durham,
North Carolina,
USA
Cesar Pelli & Associates was the exterior design consultant for this 100,000 square foot student recreation center which includes a swimming pool, gymnasium and running track. Responding to the existing campus context, the facade employs the widely used Duke stone and specially blended brick in combination with painted aluminum. The new circular glass and aluminum stair tower acts as a strong focal point on the athletic plaza.
Grinnell College Athletics Center
Grinnell,
Iowa,
USA
This master plan for the athletic center at Grinnell College, designed in collaboration with Sasaki Associates, creates a north-south axis, in the form of a lawn that provides both a physical and visual link with the main campus. The athletic complex includes a new fieldhouse for indoor tennis and track and field sports; a pool house; a fitness center; a performance gym; and other associated facilities and support areas. The complex was designed to embrace the existing football field and to provide better access to adjacent outdoor track, baseball, softball, soccer, and tennis fields.
Princeton University DeNunzio Pool
Princeton,
New Jersey,
USA
The pool was designed to be among the fastest competition pools in the world. With complete diving facilities, the 1300-seat natatorium was designed to unify the diverse elements of the varsity sports complex and to create its formal entrance.
Stone, glazed brick and painted metal panels in the clerestory are used for accents and trim on the swimming pool facility to develop an architectural expression in harmony with the collegiate buildings of the main campus. The pool facilities meet all NCAA and FINA requirements for international competitions.
Tulsa Regional Events and Convention Center
Tulsa,
Oklahoma,
USA
The design of the Tulsa Regional Events Center responds to the client's desire that it be an architecturally significant icon and create a world-class identity for the City of Tulsa. Centrally located, the project responds to the scale of the city and is visible from the interstate highways and downtown tall buildings.
The Regional Events Center will function as a multi-purpose venue with a seating capacity ranging from 16,600 to 18,000. The center's flexible layout will allow it to accommodate sporting events such as hockey, arena football and NCAA events, performing arts events and other large public gatherings that demand a theatre-like seating capacity.
University of Chicago Gerald Ratner Athletics Center
Chicago,
Illinois,
USA
Located on the Hyde Park campus, the new Athletics Center will house a 50-meter Olympic-regulation swimming pool, a multi-purpose 2,500-seat basketball court and gymnasium, practice gymnasiums, a fitness center and support facilities. The Center will also include the University's Sports Hall of Fame.
Yale University William K. Lanman Jr. Center
New Haven,
Connecticut,
USA
As phase one of Yale's master plan of the expansion and renovation of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium, the Lanman Jr. Center includes a running track and four courts for either basketball or volleyball in a recreational field house. Renovations to the existing gymnasium include the restoration of the main building lobby, conversion of various spaces into a new fitness center, refurbishment of the John J. Lee amphitheater and its locker rooms and the conversion of six squash courts to international format.
Grinnell College Bucksbaum Center for the Arts
Grinnell,
Iowa,
USA
The building, which serves both the College's curriculum and the town of Grinnell, includes instruction, rehearsal and performance spaces for music, art and theater as well as an exhibition gallery. The design acts as a bridge from the campus to the town by reaching out in both directions. The organization of the building reflects integration of the fine arts in a liberal arts college setting.
Grinnell College Rosenfield Campus Center
Grinnell,
Iowa,
USA
The Joseph Rosenfield Campus Center functions as the "living room" of the Grinnell College campus. This complex provides a centralized dining facility for the entire campus. The building also includes several lounges; a multi-purpose room for lectures by visiting speakers; a campus post office; game rooms; e-mail kiosks; and numerous classrooms that can double as meeting rooms. The Campus Center consolidates campus programs, services, and activities - including spaces for multicultural student groups - within a single hub.
Institute for Advanced Study Mathematics and Lecture Recital Hall
Princeton,
New Jersey,
USA
The two buildings create an academic environment supportive of independent study and collaborative work. A large Common Room overlooking the central quadrangle and the nearby pond and woods serve as a popular gathering space for the campus-wide community. The Lecture-Recital Hall has excellent acoustics and is regularly used for concerts and recitals.
Ley Student Center Expansion, Rice University
Houston,
Texas,
USA
The expansion of the Ley Student Center centralizes all student service facilities at Rice University in a complex that includes a bookstore, cafeteria, private dining rooms, lounges, a garden courtyard and offices for student activity groups. Like Herring Hall, entrances are layered by cutting and folding the brick skin, reinterpreting the carved stone portals of earlier Rice buildings in modern thin-wall construction.
Rice University Herring Hall
Houston,
Texas,
USA
Herring Hall is an early example of the integration of a contemporary academic building into an established campus. The design extended the 1910 Beaux-Arts plan by Ralph Adams Cram, providing a third wall of a quadrangle on the central campus axis. The building's massing recalls the organization, typology and narrow proportions of earlier Rice architecture and yet it clearly expresses today's lightweight steel and brick cavity wall construction.
Thomas Golden Jr. Center at More House, Yale University
New Haven,
Connecticut,
USA
The new Thomas E. Golden Jr. Center was conceived as an expansion of the existing Chapel, with the purpose of providing more varied activities for the Catholic community at Yale. The new building includes a multi-purpose room, a dining room, a library, the chaplainsÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂàoffice, a student lounge and a meditation room. The form of Student Center compliments the existing Chapel and an intimate plaza provides the entrance to the student center and continues an important pedestrian axis of the Yale campus.
Trinity College Mathematics, Engineering and Computing Sciences Building
Hartford,
Connecticut,
USA
Sited to define and create a new quadrangle, the Center is a four-floor rectilinear structure that houses the Mathematics, Engineering and Computing Sciences Departments and includes laboratories, classrooms, seminar rooms, faculty offices and lounges. Entrance pavilions at either end frame the corridors and reinforce the corners of the quadrangle. The palette of materials reinterprets existing campus architectural elements.
University of California Riverside Humanities and Social Science Building
Riverside,
CA,
USA
The project accommodates six academic departments in four parallel three-story wings, two transverse two-story wings and a square seven-story wing. The building forms and details respond to the climate of Southern California. Deeply shaded horizontal walls of stucco and brick colonnades harmonize with the scale and materials of the University's best buildings.
University of California San Francisco Biology and Genetics Building
San Francisco,
California,
USA
This five-story facility on the UCSF Mission Bay campus includes laboratory and office space for the Departments of Human Genetics, Neuroscience, Developmental Biology and Center for Brain Development. A central gathering atrium connects all floors and encourages interaction among the researchers and users of the complex. The building is clad in stone, glass and metal.
University of California, Los Angeles Research Buildings
Los Angeles,
California,
USA
This pair of buildings joined into one replaces portions of the UCLA campus damaged by the 1994 Northridge earthquake. The Research Building II is dedicated to research in the field of immunology and AIDS, and the Orthopaedic Hospital Research Building to orthopedics and structural biology. The buildings relate to the color palette of the traditional architecture of the older campus, and to the contemporary buildings of the new Health Center. The combined 225,000-square-foot structure has four floors above grade and one floor below grade. Each above-ground level will house laboratories, laboratory support, conference rooms, and investigators' offices; a vivarium and mechanical services will be located below grade.
University of Houston Science, Engineering and Classroom Complex
Houston,
Texas,
USA
The Science, Engineering and Classroom Complex is a new interdisciplinary research and classroom group of buildings. Sited within the University's existing science buildings, this new complex provides a "gateway" to the west side of campus. The facilities include a five-story laboratory building, a two-story classroom building and a 550-seat teaching auditorium. These buildings are linked by a sweeping exterior arcade anchored at each end by a glass pavilion.
University of Idaho Lionel Hampton Center
Moscow,
Idaho,
USA
The Lionel Hampton Center will honor Lionel Hampton's dream to build an international home for jazz at the University of Idaho and will be a significant international center for the study and performance of Jazz. This state-of-the-art Education and Performance Facility Center will unite UI's jazz education efforts under one harmonious roof. The building will house the International Jazz Collections and offices for the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. The highlight of the Center, an 800-seat performance hall, will be the primary venue for School of Music student ensembles, recitals, faculty performances and guest artists. The facility will also be a focus venue at the yearly Jazz Festival.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Business Instructional Facility
Urbana-Champaign,
Illinois,
USA
The project goals for the Business Instructional Facility for the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign are to foster collegiality among the many students who will use this facility and to support informal interactions among students and faculty. The building will be functional in design within and between classrooms, offices and open spaces, providing for present needs while also accommodating possible future reconfigurations of spaces within the building. At the same time, the project as proposed creates a signature building that gives the College of Business a distinct and professional image.
University of Texas at Austin Seay Research Building
Austin,
Texas,
USA
The Seay Psychology & Child Development and Family Research Building is the first project completed under the master plan for the University of Texas at Austin by Cesar Pelli & Associates. The building steps from a five-story lab wing on the west to a three-story wing with a preschool on the north. The building's materials and details are modern interpretations of the vocabulary of Cass Gilbert's and Paul Cret's original buildings. Additionally, in keeping with the campus tradition of vibrantly painting the soffits on deep roof overhangs, the undersides of the eaves are ornamented with brightly patterned porcelain enamel. The focus of the courtyard, which adjoins a spacious patio on the south side, is a central seating area that creates an outdoor classroom space.
University of Washington Physics and Astronomy Building
Seattle,
WA,
USA
The project consists of four architectural components: administration, laboratories and classrooms, auditoria and a cross campus covered walkway. They form a semi-enclosed courtyard. The building forms and details are designed to relate to the University's existing campus.
Vassar College Center for Drama and Film
Poughkeepsie,
New York,
USA
The Center is a new multi-purpose teaching facility. The Center is built on the site of the original riding stables, Avery Hall, a 19th century Victorian brick building and will incorporate its original facade. The cladding deliberately contrasts with the old facade with a striped pattern of dark and light gray ground-face block. Major program elements include a 330-seat theater and a 110-seat screening room.
Wake Forest University Worrell Professional Center for Law and Management
Winston-Salem,
North Carolina,
USA
The Center combines the Law and Management Schools with a common library and shared facilities. A large rotunda marks the central library, which can be entered directly from the courtyard. An arcade around the courtyard provides informal meeting places. The main entrances to the two schools are differentiated by stone colors and roof shapes to reinforce their equal but different identities.
Yale University Malone Engineering Center
New Haven,
Connecticut,
USA
The Malone Engineering Center at Yale comprises four floors above grade with one basement level with windows opening onto the Farmington Canal. It is constructed on a triangular site bordered on the south by A.K. Watson Hall and Becton Center and on the north by the Farmington Canal. Its program supports both bio-engineering and physical science labs.
Yale University Press Renovation and Evans Wing
New Haven,
Connecticut,
USA
The project renovated existing facilities and added a wing that doubled the original space. The scale of the new wing maintains the coherence of neighboring buildings. We have purposely designed a background building. A terrace for informal lunches and receptions opens to the inside of the block. The Press Library, originally the Chapel for the United Church on the Green, was completely rehabilitated during the renovation.
1500 Louisiana
Houston,
Texas,
USA
This 40-story corporate headquarters in downtown Houston on a full city block rests atop a 7-story podium that houses four trading floors. The ground floor includes retail space, a 240-seat auditorium, and a double-height lobby. The second floor also accommodates a large food court and a circular bridge leading to an adjacent office building and a new parking garage. Echoing the structural design of an airplane wing, the support for this bridge is contained within the deck, resulting in a transparent envelope. The tower's reflective skin includes perforated sunshades projecting from the spandrel area.
731 Lexington
New York,
NY,
USA
The 55 story tower is located on a full block site between Lexington and Third Avenues and 58th and 59th streets. The tower offers extensive views of Central Park and contains both office space and a mix of luxury condominiums clad in a structurally glazed curtainwall system highlighted with stainless steel and culminating in a signature top that softly glows at night.
The base of the building includes 3 floors of retail and features a mid block exterior public space known as One Beacon Court that allows multiple formal entries with canopies and vehicular drop-off.
Bank of America Corporate Center
Charlotte,
North Carolina,
USA
The Bank of America Corporate Center (formerly NationsBank Corporate Center) is comprised of a headquarters tower, a landscaped plaza, a performing arts center and a major Public Room. The tower is the focal point of the Charlotte skyline and Founders Hall is the social heart of the City. The Blumenthal Performing Arts Center is the most important public, cultural institution in North Carolina.
BankBoston Argentina Headquarters
Buenos Aires,
Argentina
The Bank Boston Headquarters site is located in the Catalinas Norte district in downtown Buenos Aires. The design follows the Catalinas Norte design guidelines but reinterprets them in a contemporary spirit. The tower starts from the base as a very simple volume and acquires sculptural forms as it reaches the sky. A series of setbacks with increasingly slanted walls and a counter-sloped cap create a distinct profile in the skyline of Buenos Aires. This building is not a mute prism but it has become a place marker enriching the character of the city silhouette.
Charigali
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
The 1.5 million square foot Charigali Headquarters Tower will anchor the southwest corner of the gateway development at Kuala Lumpur City Centre and define the northern edge of the landscaped plaza in front of the Mandarin Hotel. Similar to the Petronas Twin Towers, the architectural form is generated by two interlocking volumes: a square and a triangle, rising out of the base podium. In contrast to the Petronas Towers, the top of the proposed tower is distinguished by a simple elegant crowing halo, which will be lit at night.
Citigroup Tower
London,
England,
UK
This new 42-story tower houses the corporate and investment banking businesses of Citigroup, including Salomon Smith Barney and Citibank. The tower faces two parks, one with the Jubilee Line Station to the south and Canada Square Park, with a new shopping mall below, to the north. The tower is capped by a crystalline top that is illuminated at night. A large gridded pattern of stainless steel modulates the curtain wall, which is clad in energy efficient glass that optimizes natural light and views.
International Finance Centre
Hong Kong,
China
As the new headquarters for the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the International Finance Centre occupies one of the most beautiful urban sites in the world. It is located adjacent to the narrowest crossing of Victoria Harbour marking a new gateway to the City. This project reflects the importance of Hong Kong as a world financial center and will be an integral part of the new air terminal station, which offers express service to the new Chek Lap Kok Airport.
Key Center
Cleveland,
Ohio,
USA
Key Center faces both the Public Square and the Mall, defining and linking Cleveland's two most important historic downtown public spaces. The design includedthe rehabilitation of the historic Society for Savings Bank and a 403-room convention hotel, which completes the full block development known as Key Center.
The Tower was designed to feel like an independent building; its narrower face next to the Bank is articulated in plan and section with setbacks that create a sympathetic eleven-story base. The Public Square facade is set behind that of the Bank; its wide reveal separates the two, allowing the original building's mass and silhouette to be expressed. Key Center is clad in Stony Creek granite, composite steel and concrete. The building top is composed of stainless steel.
Lehman Brothers Building
London,
England,
UK
The 33-story Lehman Brothers Tower forms part of the urban facade defining the southern edge of Jubilee Park - the heart of the Heron Quay development. The Lehman Brothers Tower anchors the western end of Jubilee Park. The delicate curtain wall made of steel and glass becomes denser as the building rises, forming a crowning gesture at the top.
NHK Osaka Headquarters and Broadcast Center
Osaka,
Japan
The NHK Osaka Broadcasting Center is adjacent to the Osaka Castle Park and the ancient Naniwanomiya Palace archaeological ruins. The Osaka City Museum and Archaeological Resource Center are connected to the NHK Broadcasting Center by a 35-meter tall spherical Atrium which serves as the entrance.
The 18-story Broadcasting Center tower is comprised of vertically stacked high-tech multimedia studios and offices. The lower 6 floors incorporate a 1400-seat multipurpose Concert Hall. The Tower is clad in metal and lightly reflective glass to express the image of NHK and to contrast with the granite-clad new Osaka City Museum.
Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower
Tokyo,
Japan
The Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower is located on an entire city block in Muromachi, one of the most historically significant areas of Tokyo. It is the first block to be designated as an âÃÂÃÂimportant cultural assetâÃÂàunder a program by Tokyo Metropolitan Government to encourage preservation of historic buildings. The 41-story mixed-use tower includes the corporate headquarters for the Mitsui Group as well as trading floors and retail space, and is connected to the adjacent landmark 1929 Neoclassical Sakura Bank. The buildingâÃÂÃÂs top ten stories house JapanâÃÂÃÂs first Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Both the tower and hotel offer panoramic views of Tokyo Bay and the Imperial Palace and are in close proximity to the financial districts and the shopping district in Ginza.
NTT Headquarters
Tokyo,
Japan
The NTT Headquarters is a 30-story tower for corporate offices and a 6-level below-grade telecommunications center. Connected to the Tower is a 45,000 square foot special purpose building; between the two is a new open garden.
Owens Corning World Headquarters
Toledo,
Ohio,
USA
The project houses 1,100 employees in a campus-like environment organized around a large central courtyard. The building is an assemblage of component parts linked together by glass-enclosed connectors. A sinuous form clad in ceramic frit-patterned reflective glass on one side with clear glass on the other, the Workplace component follows the river's curves and provides optimal views of the water as well as access to natural daylight. Ancillary components are clad in various colors of glazed brick to provide a textural contrast. The centrally located lobby is topped with a striking porcelain enamel panel roof form punctuated with small clerestory windows.
Petronas Towers
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
The design of the towers responds to its climate and to formal characteristics of the dominant Islamic culture. The towers are figurative and symmetrical and create a figurative space between them. Each tower has its own vertical axis, but the axis of the total composition is in the center of the void. The bridge with its supporting structure creates a portal to the sky, a door to the infinite.
Repsol-YPF Headquarters
Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Located on Dock 3 in Puerto Madero, the new Headquarters for Repsol-YPF will become a symbol of the company and a landmark in the city of Buenos Aires. Its shape is generated by a triangular prism juxtaposed to a rotated square prism. The silhouette of both volumes against the sky will offer a symbolic figure of reference against the skyline of Puerto Madero and Buenos Aires, while the tower top features a five-storey Winter Garden that offers unique views of the city.
Torre Iberdrola
Bilbao,
Spain
Torre Iberdrola will complete a major compositional element of the Master Plan for Abandoibiarra. The tower form, seen from afar, will provide a familiar visual point to orient oneself within the city of Bilbao. The form of the tower is a softly rounded triangle in plan that tapers gently upwards towards the sky, suggesting a crystal obelisk. A double skin facade will allow panoramic views to the city and the ria, while contributing to the sustainability of the building.
Wachovia Center
Winston-Salem,
North Carolina,
USA
This corporate bank headquarters building occupies an entire city block in the heart of downtown. The square plan at the base gently develops into an octagon through a series of chamfered corners and culminates in a dome-shaped top. The entire building is clad in white granite and glass. Exterior public spaces, including a major landscaped plaza, are friendly and inviting. The lobby is a grand hall with details derived from Old Salem's heritage.
Wells Fargo Center
Minneapolis,
Minnesota,
USA
Wells Fargo Center (formerly Norwest Center) is designed to capture the spirit of the City of Minneapolis in its architecture. The tower has a dominant vertical rhythm and a distinctive silhouette, like all true skyscrapers. A central skylight and rings of windows transform the interior rotunda into a luminous, glowing space.
Zurich Tower
The Hague,
Netherlands
The hexagonal tower is a corporate headquarters building. The design follows the design guidelines, materials and color tones requested by the De Resident Master Plan designed by Robert Krier in cooperation with Sjoerd Soeters. The master plan extends the old city fabric into an area of The Hague that was bombed during World War II. Nine architects have collaborated in the project.
Cole Eye Institute
Cleveland,
Ohio,
USA
This state-of-the-art facility houses the Division of Ophthalmology and includes ambulatory surgery, research laboratories, diagnostic services, continuing education, refractive surgery, pediatric treatment and a research library. Through the use of open conference rooms and a three-story skylit atrium, the project not only encourages interaction and collaboration among physicians and scientists, but creates a welcoming environment for patients as well.
Crile Clinic
Cleveland,
Ohio,
USA
The Clinic Building terminates the eastern axis of the Cleveland Clinic Green, a landscaped park enjoyed by medical staff and patients. The building contains out-patient facilities, which are organized in functional groups and whose individual coherence is established by two-story lobbies. The building is oriented to the west to capture views of downtown and the Green.
Gonda Practice Integration Building
Rochester,
Minnesota,
USA
The new Gonda Building is the premier outpatient facility at the Mayo Clinic. It links directly with the Mayo Building, Rochester Methodist Hospital, and the Damon West Parking Garage. The project's shell and infrastructure was planned as a three phase vertically expanding building of which two phases have been completed. Phase 3 allows for an additional ten story tower.
The massing of the building clearly reflects the functional requirements of the program and provides an appropriate fit to the Mayo Building. The building is clad in a finely detailed stone, glass and linen stainless steel curtainwall on the main elevations with all-glass curtainwalls connecting the Gonda and Mayo buildings.
Lerner Research Institute
Cleveland,
Ohio,
USA
The Institute is the Cleveland Clinic's center for bio-medical research and houses laboratory, research and support spaces. The project is organized around a large public courtyard. The Education Institute wing comprises a medical library, teaching and conference facilities and support spaces. Configured on two levels, the Library includes state-of-the-art research facilities to serve clinical and research staff. Advanced video conferencing and telemedicine capabilities are incorporated throughout the facilities.
St. Luke's Medical Tower
Houston,
Texas,
USA
The Tower is a sophisticated, state-of-the-art medical facility and teaching hospital which captures the spirit and character of Houston and the adjacent Texas Medical Center. Twin octagonal towers respond to this dual frontage and help define the urban environment. The circular roofs and spires bring each tower to a dynamic terminus.
Taussig Cancer Center
Cleveland,
Ohio,
USA
The new four-story, state-of-the-art Cancer Center will house the Clinic's hematology/oncology research and treatment facilities. The materials of the building continue the tradition of stone- and metal-clad Clinic structures.
The design creates a tranquil atmosphere for patients and their families by bringing natural light and fresh air into treatment rooms and waiting areas, and by providing an enclosed garden and a large atrium for their use. The building maximizes the number of patient and exam rooms with windows. Each floor supports areas for treatment, clinical services, administration and laboratories.
University of California San Francisco Biology and Genetics Building
San Francisco,
California,
USA
This five-story facility on the UCSF Mission Bay campus includes laboratory and office space for the Departments of Human Genetics, Neuroscience, Developmental Biology and Center for Brain Development. A central gathering atrium connects all floors and encourages interaction among the researchers and users of the complex. The building is clad in stone, glass and metal.
University of California, Los Angeles Research Buildings
Los Angeles,
California,
USA
This pair of buildings joined into one replaces portions of the UCLA campus damaged by the 1994 Northridge earthquake. The Research Building II is dedicated to research in the field of immunology and AIDS, and the Orthopaedic Hospital Research Building to orthopedics and structural biology. The buildings relate to the color palette of the traditional architecture of the older campus, and to the contemporary buildings of the new Health Center. The combined 225,000-square-foot structure has four floors above grade and one floor below grade. Each above-ground level will house laboratories, laboratory support, conference rooms, and investigators' offices; a vivarium and mechanical services will be located below grade.
University of Houston Science, Engineering and Classroom Complex
Houston,
Texas,
USA
The Science, Engineering and Classroom Complex is a new interdisciplinary research and classroom group of buildings. Sited within the University's existing science buildings, this new complex provides a "gateway" to the west side of campus. The facilities include a five-story laboratory building, a two-story classroom building and a 550-seat teaching auditorium. These buildings are linked by a sweeping exterior arcade anchored at each end by a glass pavilion.
University of Washington Physics and Astronomy Building
Seattle,
WA,
USA
The project consists of four architectural components: administration, laboratories and classrooms, auditoria and a cross campus covered walkway. They form a semi-enclosed courtyard. The building forms and details are designed to relate to the University's existing campus.
Yale University Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine
New Haven,
Connecticut,
USA
This research facility of the Yale School of Medicine provides opportunities for advanced study in the fields of molecular genetics, neurobiology, molecular oncology and cardiobiology.
The Center is organized along a linear corridor with laboratories opposite offices and support areas. The research wing consists of four floors with double-loaded corridors of laboratories opposite offices and lab support. The administrative wing contains a lobby, conference and seminar rooms and offices for the director and staff. The architectural detailing of the Center relates to the Georgian character of surrounding buildings.
731 Lexington
New York,
NY,
USA
The 55 story tower is located on a full block site between Lexington and Third Avenues and 58th and 59th streets. The tower offers extensive views of Central Park and contains both office space and a mix of luxury condominiums clad in a structurally glazed curtainwall system highlighted with stainless steel and culminating in a signature top that softly glows at night.
The base of the building includes 3 floors of retail and features a mid block exterior public space known as One Beacon Court that allows multiple formal entries with canopies and vehicular drop-off.
Atago Green Hills
Tokyo,
Japan
Atago Green Hills is a unique development comprising a modern array of offices, residences, and shops adjacent to Mt. Atago and the Seisho-ji Temple. Surrounded by Atago-yama and Shiba Parks, the Atago area offers year-round access to lush verdant parks. Situated between two major business districts and adjacent to many hotels and embassies, the Atago area is developing into an important first-grade business center of Tokyo.
Biwako Hotel
Lake Biwa,
Japan,
Japan
The design of the hotel is a compositional series of curves, which echo the shoreline and maximize views of Lake Biwa. The curving, flowing forms and blue/green coloration were inspired by the colors and forms of the lake and the surrounding mountains.
City Lights at Queens Landing
Queens,
New York,
USA
The mixed-use project includes a 522-unit tower, a 5-floor base with retail and a K-2 school, and a 527-car garage. Multiple setbacks at the sides of the building provide most units with corner windows and balconies, maximizing views of the East River and Manhattan. The tower top culminates in a shaped profile, articulating the meeting of building and sky and making a brow above the Queens facade. The curved east and west elevations serve as distinct facades, creating two fronts to the building, facing Queens and Manhattan.
CityCenter Hotel and Casino
Las Vegas,
Nevada,
USA
In recognition of the Las Vegas continuing growth, MGM Mirage commissioned a Master Plan, the result of which is their Project CityCenter, an 8-million square foot pedestrian-oriented urban environment on a 66-acre site between the Bellagio and Monte Carlo casino resorts. The new 60-story, 4,000-room CityCenter Hotel Tower & Casino will be the development's physical and visual centerpiece. The design is comprised of a cohesive grouping of slender, intersecting arced glass forms, unique to Las Vegas. CityCenter aims to be the first project in Nevada and by far the largest anywhere to receive LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
Four Leaf Towers
Houston,
Texas,
USA
On Houston's San Felipe Boulevard, two 40-story residential towers with 400 residential units are capped with truncated, pyramidal tops. The curtain wall is a glass composition of tinted vision glass and three colors of ceramic glass. One of the earliest examples of multicolored frit glass, the colors of the facade are interwoven to create a reflective pattern.
Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Tokyo,
Japan
Its first in Japan, the Mandarin OrientalâÂÂs new hotel in Tokyo opened in December 2005 and is located on the top ten floors of the new Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower in the cityâÂÂs financial district.
From a private entrance, arriving guests are ushered directly to the 38th floor Sky Lobby.
The hotelâÂÂs 180 guestrooms and suites offer panoramic vistas of Tokyo. Positioning itself as TokyoâÂÂs leading luxury hotel, ammenities include an exclusive spa and health club, a ballroom, a wedding chapel, extensive restaurants and bars, boutique cellars, a cake shop and significant business, meeting and banquet facilities.
Museum of Modern Art Tower
New York,
New York,
USA
As part of the expansion plans for its fiftieth anniversary year, the Museum of Modern Art embarked on a building program that included new revenue-producing elements. The Museum sought to resolve its operating deficits by building a residential tower using the air rights directly over the new galleries. The multi-colored glass curtain wall has patterned mullions, tinted vision glass and eleven shades of spandrel glass.
Paradise Street Development Area
Liverpool,
England
The Paradise Street Development is a large, retail-led, mixed use development with areas of varying character both in terms of scale and use. The central organizing element for the entire development is Chavasse Park. Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, the 2 hectare park is intended as a large scale, delightful urban centerpiece. PCPA is also designing the residential project One Park West on the northwest corner of the park. The 380-unit, thirteen-story building will be a significant landmark on the Liverpool waterfront.
Residencial Del Bosque
Mexico City,
Mexico
Rising from a triangular piece of land in the Polanco District, the two 31-story residential buildings are twin towers designed as sculptural pylons, with a multiple curved plan, set backs and balconies to maximize views and enhance their residential quality. The buildings are clad in alternating bands of butt glazed glass and red pre-cast terrazzo spandrels with accents of glazed Mexican tiles.
Sea Hawk Hotel and Resort
Fukuoka,
Japan
The Sea Hawk Hotel and Resort was designed to fully express the special conditions of its waterside site and the nature of resort hotels in Japan. The design is a composition of sculptural forms; it marks the water's edge as seen from the city and is a beacon from the water. The taut curves of the roof and walls relate to the water and wind.
Shanghai Pudong Lujiazui Comprehensive Development
Shanghai,
China
This large, urban, mixed use development will be located in the heart of the burgeoning Pudong district of Shanghai. Each of the two 820 and 852-foot tall high-rise towers will contain approximately 1.5 million square feet of floor space. The top 10 floors of the South Tower will house a prestigious hotel, while a third 262-foot tall tower will house a second major hotel. A 4- level podium will house retail, restaurants and event spaces.
The Solaire
New York,
New York,
USA
Located in Battery Park City at the tip of Manhattan, this 252-unit new apartment building is the first to be designed under an ambitious set of new guidelines developed by the Battery Park City Authority and modeled on the LEED rating system. It is the first "green" high-rise residential building in the United States.
The design incorporates photovoltaics, a geothermal system, blackwater treatment for reuse of water in toilets and irrigation of a neighboring park, gas-absorption chillers, and occupancy sensor systems for both lighting and climate control. The building is expected to achieve a Gold LEED rating.
The Visionaire
New York,
New York,
USA
The Visionaire, is Pelli Clarke Pelli ArchitectsâÃÂàthird and most advanced âÃÂÃÂgreenâÃÂàresidential building in Battery Park City, New York (presently targeted for LEED Platinum Certification). It complements the Solaire, completed in 2003, and the Verdesian, completed in 2006. The building is a 35-story tower with a 10-story podium, including 250 residential condominium units, street level retail and a 4-story 40,000 square foot headquarters for the Battery Park City Parks Conservancy. The building is clad in a high performance curtain wall with an integrated terra cotta rain screen that wraps the podium and towerâÃÂÃÂs curving surfaces while it provides enriched color and texture.
Torre Libertad
Mexico City,
Mexico
Currently under construction, Torre Libertad is a 31-story mixed use tower along the grand historic boulevard âPaseo de la Reformaâ in Mexico City. In response to its unique and historically significant site, the design of the tower is simple and sculptural. The 150-meter tower will include 100 luxury residential apartments on 16 floors and will house the prestigious St. Regis Hotel. The first of their kind in Mexico City, the residences will offer hotel services and will be marketed as 'work / residences'.
Private Residence - California
Pebble Beach,
California,
USA
The Pebble Beach House is located on a 2.5-acre site on a steep hillside overlooking Carmel Bay, Point Lobos and the Pacific Ocean. The house is organized around a central outdoor courtyard facing the bay and the southern sun. Three lines of circulation surround the courtyard and organize all of the functions of the house.
Private Residence - Maryland
Undisclosed,
Maryland,
USA
The private residence in Maryland uses the spine of the building as the central public space that connects five pavilions organized by use and their unique relation to the landscape.
Private Residence - Western USA
Undisclosed,
USA
The private residence in the western United States is built in the woods with a wood structure. The house is organized around a spine. Common and public areas are situated to the west of the spine; bedrooms and other more private spaces are to the east. A small guest house shares the construction vocabulary.
Aphrodisias New Museum
Aphrodisias,
Turkey
Located amidst one of the most beautiful and significant Roman sites in Turkey, the museum will house the remnant of Aphrodisia's most unique architectural feature: the Sebasteion. The museum's exterior is clad in traditional Turkish articulated stone walls. An existing cypress-lined walk leads to an entrance pavilion shaded with deep overhangs and wooden screens. Exhibits are presented in various settings: enclosed and skylit galleries, colonnades, exterior courtyards and walled gardens.
Chubu Cultural Center and Museum
Kurayoshi,
Japan
The Performing Arts Center is part of the Chubu Cultural Center which comprises a Museum, the Kurayoshi Commons, the Kurayoshi Public Library, a Women's Center and an Outdoor Plaza. The Center accommodates a 1500-seat multi-purpose theater, a 300-seat symphony hall, as well as rehearsal and support spaces. The Kurayoshi Commons, a glazed public room 42 meters in height, serves as a lobby for the facilities.
Connecticut Science Center
Hartford,
Connecticut,
USA
Pelli Clarke Pelli was selected by Conecticut Science Center to design their new landmark facility after winning an international competition. The new science center will be built on a site overlooking the Connecticut River adjacent to the new convention center in Hartford.
The new Connecticut Science Center was designed to communicate the excitement of Science. The ambitious and dynamic forms appear to reach out, beyond their physical limits.
Greenwich Library Addition and Renovation
Greenwich,
Connecticut,
USA
The Greenwich Library project involves the addition to and renovation of an existing building. The main floor of the addition is organized along a circulation spine flanked by book collections. This spine terminates at a new reading area with a large curved glass wall overlooking a garden; beyond that is a reading room wrapped in walls with numerous square windows that create a diaphanous space.
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Madison,
Wisconsin,
USA
The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA) is one of the key components of Overture Center. MMoCA provides for unprecedented visual art opportunities for citizens throughout the region and features 11,800 square feet of exhibition space on three floors. The main museum entrance opens onto a lobby and dramatic glass icon that serves as a gathering area for openings and other functions. The museum also features a rooftop cafÃÂé and sculpture garden. Open throughout the year, the sculpture garden allows the Museum to present important exhibitions of large-scale, outdoor sculpture amidst a park-like setting.
Mattatuck Museum
Waterbury,
Connecticut,
USA
The Mattatuck Museum included the adaptive re-use of the four-story steel frame, brick and limestone-clad Masonic Temple and the design of a new addition to create spacious exhibition gallery spaces, a 300-seat performance and conference space, research library, cafe, classrooms and museum store.
Minneapolis Central Library
Minneapolis,
Minnesota,
USA
Located at the north end of Nicollet Mall, the Minneapolis Central Library is a vital civic landmark and cultural center for downtown Minneapolis - and the region. The shifting urban geometry carries through the public space of the building. The resulting "courtyard" informs the shape of the galleria and the wing-like roof that spans over the Nicollet and Hennepin entrances. The five story, glass-enclosed galleria, flanked by plazas on Nicollet and Hennepin, is the "living room" for Minneapolis. Two levels of below-grade parking and three future skyway connections tie into the city's pedestrian and vehicular patterns.
Museum of Modern Art
New York,
New York,
USA
The project doubled existing gallery space, increased curatorial space and improved circulation. The addition included a four-story, glass-enclosed garden hall overlooking the sculpture garden and housing circulation, two new restaurants, a bookstore and a completely refurbished sculpture garden.
Mystic Marinelife Aquarium
Mystic,
Connecticut,
USA
The expansion of the Mystic Marinelife Aquarium included upgrading exhibits in existing buildings, adding an outdoor exhibit of Beluga whales and designing an Institute for Exploration and a new entry pavilion. The concept is based on assembling distinct forms into a single, cohesive whole, in collage fashion, to highlight the unique nature of each exhibit element while integrating existing and new buildings. The sweeping, iconographic umbrella form of the entry pavilion is reminiscent of early 20th-century garden pavilions. The sculptural form of the Institute for Exploration, a pair of nestled, truncated cones, is a counterpoint to the simple umbrella-like entry pavilion.
National Museum of Art, Osaka
Osaka,
Japan
Located on an irregular and extremely tight below-grade site in a major arts district, the museum was conceived as a sculptural form. The lightweight stainless steel entrance acts as a counterpoint to the massive form of the neighboring Science Museum. The design gives the museum a prominent and distinctive image, not only for itself but to announce the entire arts district. The museum is distributed on three levels with the first as a public free zone followed by two levels of gallery space.
Osaka City Museum and Archaeological Resource Center
Osaka,
Japan
The complex is located on an important historical site adjacent to the Osaka Castle Park and the archaeological ruins of the ancient Naniwanomiya Palace. A spherical atrium connects the museum with the NHK Broadcasting Center. The atrium serves as the entrance to a concert hall, television studios and the museum. The museum is the largest history museum in the city, exhibiting ancient artifacts and contemporary culture.
US Eastern District Courthouse
Brooklyn,
New York,
USA
The new Brooklyn Federal Courthouse is located in the downtown Brooklyn Civic Center, near the historic main post office and visible from the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, and Lower Manhattan. The project combines three separate but interconnected elements: an existing six-story courthouse, a new 14-story courthouse building, and a new six-story hall and entrance lobby that connects the two. The expansion adds eight district courtrooms, four magistrate courtrooms, one arraignment courtroom, and 13 judges' chambers. The facades of the new courthouse wing are clad in limestone, metal, and glass.
Greenwich Library Addition and Renovation
Greenwich,
Connecticut,
USA
The Greenwich Library project involves the addition to and renovation of an existing building. The main floor of the addition is organized along a circulation spine flanked by book collections. This spine terminates at a new reading area with a large curved glass wall overlooking a garden; beyond that is a reading room wrapped in walls with numerous square windows that create a diaphanous space.
Kurayoshi Library
Kurayoshi,
Japan
The new Kurayoshi Library is located in the heart of Tottori Prefecture, adjacent to the new Chubu Cultural Center and Museum also designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates. Comprised of two primary sections - the main City library and a disaster communications center - the facility includes spaces for computer training, group seminars and a 180-seat auditorium. The Library is accessed through a two-story glazed lobby, which will display exhibits of community arts, books and information. A sweeping glass wall in the reading room and open stack area faces a landscaped plaza that separates the Library from the Cultural Center.
Minneapolis Central Library
Minneapolis,
Minnesota,
USA
Located at the north end of Nicollet Mall, the Minneapolis Central Library is a vital civic landmark and cultural center for downtown Minneapolis - and the region. The shifting urban geometry carries through the public space of the building. The resulting "courtyard" informs the shape of the galleria and the wing-like roof that spans over the Nicollet and Hennepin entrances. The five story, glass-enclosed galleria, flanked by plazas on Nicollet and Hennepin, is the "living room" for Minneapolis. Two levels of below-grade parking and three future skyway connections tie into the city's pedestrian and vehicular patterns.
Abandoibarra Master Plan
Bilbao,
Spain
The master plan extends the order of the city grid onto Abandoibarra. The 6-meter drop that today separates the Ensanche from the river Nerviun, is resolved with gently sloping streets that will comfortably accommodate everyday pedestrian use. The master plan balances public and private interests, favoring the public, open spaces and buildings favoring the open spaces and the needs of pedestrians and vehicles favoring pedestrians. Two-thirds of the master plan area is dedicated to parks and open spaces. Abandoibarra will be the most public, pedestrian friendly and green area of Bilbao.
Fukuoka Twin Dome City
Fukuoka,
Japan
The firm prepared the master plan proposal for a 40-acre landfill site on the edge of Hakata Bay. A major challenge was to successfully integrate the programmatic requirements with the site's baseball stadium. A Fantasy Dome, conceived as an entertainment and retail facility, along with the baseball stadium were intended to each have a compelling image within the greater whole of the Twin Dome City.
A glass enclosed galleria serves as the unifying element in the complex. It arcs through the site, connecting each of the programmatic elements.
Paradise Street Development Area
Liverpool,
England
The Paradise Street Development is a large, retail-led, mixed use development with areas of varying character both in terms of scale and use. The central organizing element for the entire development is Chavasse Park. Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, the 2 hectare park is intended as a large scale, delightful urban centerpiece. PCPA is also designing the residential project One Park West on the northwest corner of the park. The 380-unit, thirteen-story building will be a significant landmark on the Liverpool waterfront.
Porta Nuova Garibaldi
Milan,
Italy
The City of Milan recently began the redevelopment of a large and significant urban site. North of the historic city center and directly adjacent to the Garibaldi train station, the site once contained rail yards abandoned since the 1950s. Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects was commissioned to create a master plan and a mixed-use development on a 17.3 acre plot on the south end of the site. Twenty acres on the north end of the site are planned as a prominent public park. The goal of the master plan was to create a new and grand city center which will serve as a gateway reconnecting formerly separated neighborhoods.
Rice University Master Plan
Houston,
Texas,
USA
The goal of the master plan for Rice University was to preserve and protect the invaluable assets that distinguish the campus among the most beautiful in the country. These assets include carefully planned open spaces, a large group of distinctive buildings and an extraordinary stock of mature trees. The master plan reaffirms the best ideas of the original master plan by Cram, Goodhue and Ferguson and designs an extended framework into which the University can grow while maintaining the unity and beauty of the original master plan.
Universidad Siglo 21
Cordoba,
Argentina
Designed in collaboration with Balmori Associates, the master plan for the new campus of the Universidad Siglo 21 creates a pedestrian environment that will enhance and enliven the special and day-to-day activities of the institution. The campus will consist of two main axes, each expressing different yet complementary characters. The east-west axis will be urban in nature and serve as the main circulation spine on which the primary campus buildings will be located. The north-south axis, comprising a main quadrangle and a grand esplanade, will be a cascading, green corridor with views to the city center and lead to a new picturesque lake at the southern end of the campus.
University of Texas at Austin Master Plan
Austin,
Texas,
USA
The master plan is unusual in that it addresses the planned growth of a mature campus rather than the growth of a new campus and its context. The principles of this new master plan are rooted in goals such as: To return the core campus to the pedestrian,- To establish a community of landscaped spaces, which together with buildings, will extend and reknit the campus into a coherent and supportive academic community, To increase on-campus housing to build and reinforce a sense of academic community, To concentrate near-future and immediate construction on the core campus rather than at its perimeter.
Chubu Cultural Center and Museum
Kurayoshi,
Japan
The Performing Arts Center is part of the Chubu Cultural Center which comprises a Museum, the Kurayoshi Commons, the Kurayoshi Public Library, a Women's Center and an Outdoor Plaza. The Center accommodates a 1500-seat multi-purpose theater, a 300-seat symphony hall, as well as rehearsal and support spaces. The Kurayoshi Commons, a glazed public room 42 meters in height, serves as a lobby for the facilities.
Connecticut Science Center
Hartford,
Connecticut,
USA
Pelli Clarke Pelli was selected by Conecticut Science Center to design their new landmark facility after winning an international competition. The new science center will be built on a site overlooking the Connecticut River adjacent to the new convention center in Hartford.
The new Connecticut Science Center was designed to communicate the excitement of Science. The ambitious and dynamic forms appear to reach out, beyond their physical limits.
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Madison,
Wisconsin,
USA
The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA) is one of the key components of Overture Center. MMoCA provides for unprecedented visual art opportunities for citizens throughout the region and features 11,800 square feet of exhibition space on three floors. The main museum entrance opens onto a lobby and dramatic glass icon that serves as a gathering area for openings and other functions. The museum also features a rooftop cafÃÂé and sculpture garden. Open throughout the year, the sculpture garden allows the Museum to present important exhibitions of large-scale, outdoor sculpture amidst a park-like setting.
Mattatuck Museum
Waterbury,
Connecticut,
USA
The Mattatuck Museum included the adaptive re-use of the four-story steel frame, brick and limestone-clad Masonic Temple and the design of a new addition to create spacious exhibition gallery spaces, a 300-seat performance and conference space, research library, cafe, classrooms and museum store.
Museum of Modern Art
New York,
New York,
USA
The project doubled existing gallery space, increased curatorial space and improved circulation. The addition included a four-story, glass-enclosed garden hall overlooking the sculpture garden and housing circulation, two new restaurants, a bookstore and a completely refurbished sculpture garden.
National Museum of Art, Osaka
Osaka,
Japan
Located on an irregular and extremely tight below-grade site in a major arts district, the museum was conceived as a sculptural form. The lightweight stainless steel entrance acts as a counterpoint to the massive form of the neighboring Science Museum. The design gives the museum a prominent and distinctive image, not only for itself but to announce the entire arts district. The museum is distributed on three levels with the first as a public free zone followed by two levels of gallery space.
Osaka City Museum and Archaeological Resource Center
Osaka,
Japan
The complex is located on an important historical site adjacent to the Osaka Castle Park and the archaeological ruins of the ancient Naniwanomiya Palace. A spherical atrium connects the museum with the NHK Broadcasting Center. The atrium serves as the entrance to a concert hall, television studios and the museum. The museum is the largest history museum in the city, exhibiting ancient artifacts and contemporary culture.
Vassar College Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
Poughkeepsie,
New York,
USA
The project combines the academic requirements of teaching art history with the exhibition and support requirements of a major regional museum. The gallery entrance is a hexagonal glass pavilion. Exhibition galleries are designed for maximum flexibility on a near-cubic module with high walls converging to clerestory windows which bring down controlled natural light. The main body of the art gallery is a two-story bar with walls of limestone and rust-colored brick.
Beijing World Financial Center
Beijing,
China
The 2 million square foot World Financial Center will be located in the Central Business District of Beijing. The project is a state-of-the-art office complex with two 393-foot tall towers and a public Wintergarden. In addition to independent lobbies for each tower, the first 2 levels will also provide space for approximately 40,000 square feet of high-end retail area along with an additional 20,000 square feet of retail in the 1st lower level.
Boston South Station Air Rights Development
Boston,
Massachusetts,
USA
The 1.2 million square foot mixed use South Station Air Rights Development is designed to complement the historical and architectural context of existing structures, while minimizing the impact of development on the surrounding neighborhood. The towerâs faceted oval form echoes in a contemporary manner, the curve of the main facade of the South Station Headhouse. The towerâs glass skin and top are composed of several layers of varied glass types, designed in collaboration with James Carpenter Designs. The design promises to enhance South Station, create a fitting symbol for Bostonâs Financial District and offer a graceful and contemporary addition to the skyline of Boston.
Carnival Center for the Performing Arts
Miami,
Florida,
USA
Opened in October, 2006, The Carnival Center for the Performing Arts includes the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House, the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall and an outdoor Plaza of the Arts. The 2480-seat Ballet Opera House complex also houses a 200-seat Studio Theatre and offers community oriented theatre for regional and community groups. The 2200-seat Concert Hall building provides choral seating for 200. Behind the orchestra, the Hall houses educational outreach facilities. Between the two buildings is an outdoor oval-shaped Plaza of the Arts bisected by Biscayne Boulevard. The Plaza, designed by Balmori Associates, supports a wide variety of social and cultural public life and art.
Charigali
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
The 1.5 million square foot Charigali Headquarters Tower will anchor the southwest corner of the gateway development at Kuala Lumpur City Centre and define the northern edge of the landscaped plaza in front of the Mandarin Hotel. Similar to the Petronas Twin Towers, the architectural form is generated by two interlocking volumes: a square and a triangle, rising out of the base podium. In contrast to the Petronas Towers, the top of the proposed tower is distinguished by a simple elegant crowing halo, which will be lit at night.
CityCenter Hotel and Casino
Las Vegas,
Nevada,
USA
In recognition of the Las Vegas continuing growth, MGM Mirage commissioned a Master Plan, the result of which is their Project CityCenter, an 8-million square foot pedestrian-oriented urban environment on a 66-acre site between the Bellagio and Monte Carlo casino resorts. The new 60-story, 4,000-room CityCenter Hotel Tower & Casino will be the development's physical and visual centerpiece. The design is comprised of a cohesive grouping of slender, intersecting arced glass forms, unique to Las Vegas. CityCenter aims to be the first project in Nevada and by far the largest anywhere to receive LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
Connecticut Science Center
Hartford,
Connecticut,
USA
Pelli Clarke Pelli was selected by Conecticut Science Center to design their new landmark facility after winning an international competition. The new science center will be built on a site overlooking the Connecticut River adjacent to the new convention center in Hartford.
The new Connecticut Science Center was designed to communicate the excitement of Science. The ambitious and dynamic forms appear to reach out, beyond their physical limits.
New Airport Terminal Building and Parkade, Winnipeg International Airport
Winnipeg,
Manitoba,
Canada
Cesar Pelli & Associates is the Master Architect for the master plan and design of the new Airport Terminal Building and Parkade at the Winnipeg International Airport.
The airport terminal building and parking structure are major components of the Winnipeg Airports Authority's phased airport site redevelopment. Other program components include groundside site services and additional aircraft parking apron. Sited on an open site to the northeast of the existing 1964 terminal, the new terminal is targeted for completion in 2010. Expected to be completed in 2006, the four level parking structure will serve approximately 1,600 public and rental cars and will front the terminal.
The design of the terminal seeks to maximize transparency for easy way finding and provide unimpeded views to the sweeping Winnipeg and Manitoba prairie landscape and sky.
Orange County Performing Arts Center
Costa Mesa,
CA,
USA
Following a recent gift of a 6-acre land parcel adjacent to the existing Orange County Performing Arts Center, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects designed a new 2,000-seat Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall and 500-seat multi-purpose Samueli Theater. The expansion also includes house rehearsal rooms, including a dedicated space for the resident Pacific Symphony Orchestra.
Paradise Street Development Area
Liverpool,
England
The Paradise Street Development is a large, retail-led, mixed use development with areas of varying character both in terms of scale and use. The central organizing element for the entire development is Chavasse Park. Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, the 2 hectare park is intended as a large scale, delightful urban centerpiece. PCPA is also designing the residential project One Park West on the northwest corner of the park. The 380-unit, thirteen-story building will be a significant landmark on the Liverpool waterfront.
Porta Nuova Garibaldi
Milan,
Italy
The City of Milan recently began the redevelopment of a large and significant urban site. North of the historic city center and directly adjacent to the Garibaldi train station, the site once contained rail yards abandoned since the 1950s. Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects was commissioned to create a master plan and a mixed-use development on a 17.3 acre plot on the south end of the site. Twenty acres on the north end of the site are planned as a prominent public park. The goal of the master plan was to create a new and grand city center which will serve as a gateway reconnecting formerly separated neighborhoods.
Porta Nuova Garibaldi Towers A, B, C
Milan,
Italy
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects was recently commissioned to further develop and design the largest components of the Porta Nuova Garibaldi Masterplan. Towers A, B, and C will be comprised of international âÂÂClass Aâ office space. Each tower will provide breath taking views of the park, the Piazza Circolare, and the city. These three buildings are the first to be constructed and will establish the principal image of this landmark project on the Milan skyline. They will provide a new, fresh and modern aesthetic to the project that will instill a sense of high quality and design in all who visit. The towers create a composition which appears to embrace the piazza with a strong focus on humane, ground level pedestrian activity at the base of the buildings.
Repsol-YPF Headquarters
Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Located on Dock 3 in Puerto Madero, the new Headquarters for Repsol-YPF will become a symbol of the company and a landmark in the city of Buenos Aires. Its shape is generated by a triangular prism juxtaposed to a rotated square prism. The silhouette of both volumes against the sky will offer a symbolic figure of reference against the skyline of Puerto Madero and Buenos Aires, while the tower top features a five-storey Winter Garden that offers unique views of the city.
Shanghai Pudong Lujiazui Comprehensive Development
Shanghai,
China
This large, urban, mixed use development will be located in the heart of the burgeoning Pudong district of Shanghai. Each of the two 820 and 852-foot tall high-rise towers will contain approximately 1.5 million square feet of floor space. The top 10 floors of the South Tower will house a prestigious hotel, while a third 262-foot tall tower will house a second major hotel. A 4- level podium will house retail, restaurants and event spaces.
Torre Caja Sol
Seville,
Spain
Puerto Triana will be a 36-story, multi-tenant office tower combined with a 4-story podium containing both office and retail space. The tower is designed to be harmonious and constantly engaged in a dialog with the important landmarks of the city, while defining the skyline of Seville. Both the tower and podium will incorporate many sustainable features such as a green roof and a retractable canvas awning for the podium and sun shading features, lighting control devices, and maximized solar orientation for the tower.
Torre Iberdrola
Bilbao,
Spain
Torre Iberdrola will complete a major compositional element of the Master Plan for Abandoibiarra. The tower form, seen from afar, will provide a familiar visual point to orient oneself within the city of Bilbao. The form of the tower is a softly rounded triangle in plan that tapers gently upwards towards the sky, suggesting a crystal obelisk. A double skin facade will allow panoramic views to the city and the ria, while contributing to the sustainability of the building.
Torre Libertad
Mexico City,
Mexico
Currently under construction, Torre Libertad is a 31-story mixed use tower along the grand historic boulevard âPaseo de la Reformaâ in Mexico City. In response to its unique and historically significant site, the design of the tower is simple and sculptural. The 150-meter tower will include 100 luxury residential apartments on 16 floors and will house the prestigious St. Regis Hotel. The first of their kind in Mexico City, the residences will offer hotel services and will be marketed as 'work / residences'.
Transbay Transit Center and Tower
San Francisco,
California,
USA
The Transbay Transit Center aspires to become one of San Francisco's great civic places. Its architecture is open, full of light, and sustainable. It is designed to be the centerpiece of a new neighborhood. As such, we propose transforming the roof of the Transit Center into a 5.4 acre public park - City Park. The park actively improves the environment around the Transit Center, absorbing pollution from bus exhaust, treating and recycling water, and providing a habitat for local wildlife. The Transbay Tower is a slender, graceful and beautiful icon. It is a simple and eternal form, like an obelisk, marking the location of the Transit Center against the San Francisco sky. At its base is Mission Square, a grand public space sheltered under a flowing glass and steel canopy forming the main entrance to the Transit Center.
Tulsa Regional Events and Convention Center
Tulsa,
Oklahoma,
USA
The design of the Tulsa Regional Events Center responds to the client's desire that it be an architecturally significant icon and create a world-class identity for the City of Tulsa. Centrally located, the project responds to the scale of the city and is visible from the interstate highways and downtown tall buildings.
The Regional Events Center will function as a multi-purpose venue with a seating capacity ranging from 16,600 to 18,000. The center's flexible layout will allow it to accommodate sporting events such as hockey, arena football and NCAA events, performing arts events and other large public gatherings that demand a theatre-like seating capacity.
181 West Madison
Chicago,
IL,
USA
The tower is designed to fit appropriately in the historic Chicago Loop. Metal mullions and ribs of granite reinforce the verticality of the building in a straightforward manner. Metal bars at the top reflect sunlight and create a distinctive image on the skyline.
1900 K Street
Washington, DC,
USA
This 13-story office building is located at the corner of 19th and K Streets in the heart of Washington's central business district. The building's height and massing maintains the continuity of the street walls and conforms to the strict limitations imposed by Washington's zoning laws. The curved exterior wall marks the corner of the block and the main entrance to the building. The curtain wall is a system of glass and stainless steel with slate spandrels.
30 and 40 Bank Street
London,
England,
UK
30 and 40 Bank Street are both composed of two interlocking volumes and are similar in character. Both are clad in warm Brazilian granite and a metal and glass curtain wall. The two buildings are connected by the East Winter Garden.
560 Mission Street
San Francisco,
California,
USA
The design of 560 Mission Street is both modern and classical. It is an elegant, delicately proportioned tower of glass and aluminum. The aluminum, painted a deep rich green, forms a tapestry of lines on the glass wall. The changes of densities of this play of lines recall San Francisco's Hallidie building, the first "glass curtain wall" building in the western United States.
The project includes a plaza and urban park that features a bamboo grove and stone fountain. The fountain serves as the backdrop for a kinetic sculpture by artist George Rickey entitled "Annular Eclipse".
731 Lexington
New York,
NY,
USA
The 55 story tower is located on a full block site between Lexington and Third Avenues and 58th and 59th streets. The tower offers extensive views of Central Park and contains both office space and a mix of luxury condominiums clad in a structurally glazed curtainwall system highlighted with stainless steel and culminating in a signature top that softly glows at night.
The base of the building includes 3 floors of retail and features a mid block exterior public space known as One Beacon Court that allows multiple formal entries with canopies and vehicular drop-off.
777 Tower
Los Angeles,
CA,
USA
The tower has a strong relationship with its site in downtown Los Angeles. It is clad in light colored metal and glass to create subtle profiles and strong silhouettes. The sculpted forms capture the Southern California light with shadows and highlights.
Beijing World Financial Center
Beijing,
China
The 2 million square foot World Financial Center will be located in the Central Business District of Beijing. The project is a state-of-the-art office complex with two 393-foot tall towers and a public Wintergarden. In addition to independent lobbies for each tower, the first 2 levels will also provide space for approximately 40,000 square feet of high-end retail area along with an additional 20,000 square feet of retail in the 1st lower level.
Boston South Station Air Rights Development
Boston,
Massachusetts,
USA
The 1.2 million square foot mixed use South Station Air Rights Development is designed to complement the historical and architectural context of existing structures, while minimizing the impact of development on the surrounding neighborhood. The towerâs faceted oval form echoes in a contemporary manner, the curve of the main facade of the South Station Headhouse. The towerâs glass skin and top are composed of several layers of varied glass types, designed in collaboration with James Carpenter Designs. The design promises to enhance South Station, create a fitting symbol for Bostonâs Financial District and offer a graceful and contemporary addition to the skyline of Boston.
Carnegie Hall Tower
New York,
NY,
USA
This tower is an addition to Carnegie Hall. It respects and strengthens its critical urban context. Rising above the historic concert hall, the tower extends its composition into the sky and reinterprets its massing, coloration and system of ornamentation.
Century Tower
New Haven,
Connecticut,
USA
Century Tower in New Haven is a 19-story mixed use building whose simple, frontal massing grows from the character and architectural tradition of New Haven and other New England towns. Setbacks and folded corners relate the scale of the tower to the scale of the neighborhood. Larger windows on the upper three floors increase the proportion of glass to brick and thus the reflectivity of the building
Cheung Kong Center
Hong Kong,
SAR,
China
Responding to the local planning parameters and feng shui principles, Cheung Kong Center takes the form of a tall and well proportioned square prism and establishes its presence through its simplicity and elegance. The reflective glass wall is modulated by a grid of stainless steel lines and incorporates a dense pattern of light fixtures that glow softly at night. A secondary, denser pattern of fiber optic lights change color and design.
Cira Centre
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania,
USA
The 435-foot tall Cira Centre takes advantage of the air-rights above the railyards of Amtrak's 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. A grand foyer at the base of the tower provides a link to Amtrak trains, regional commuter trains, and a parking garage. The building expands Philadelphia's downtown across the Schuylkill River into a new region occupied by the train station, the University of Pennsylvania, and Drexel University, creating a unified urban district.
Edificio Republica
Buenos Aires,
Argentina
The Republica building adapts itself to the triangular block at the border of the city with a broad convex curve with views towards Puerto Madero and the Rio de la Plata. The facades conform to vertical planes that define the street space; a concave corner faces Plaza Roma. The corner is accentuated by a five-story cylindrical volume and a main entrance that faces Plaza Roma, a terrace garden and offices with views toward the Plaza.
International Finance Centre
Hong Kong,
China
As the new headquarters for the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the International Finance Centre occupies one of the most beautiful urban sites in the world. It is located adjacent to the narrowest crossing of Victoria Harbour marking a new gateway to the City. This project reflects the importance of Hong Kong as a world financial center and will be an integral part of the new air terminal station, which offers express service to the new Chek Lap Kok Airport.
Investment Building
Washington, DC,
USA
The Investment Building Project, a renovation and addition to a 1923 Beaux-Arts office building, preserves the original structure's historic limestone facades along 15th Street and K Street while transforming its interiors into efficient modern offices. The renovated building contains 13 floors of offices, including one in an English basement, and three additional levels of parking below grade. The offices wrap two vertically stacked and interconnected atriums one of six stories and one of seven stories. Both are finished in light anigre wood and have projecting bays and balconies. The lower atrium is crowned with a backlit glass ceiling; a 60-foot-diameter tension-truss skylight caps the upper atrium, which acts as the reception area for the top six floors.
Mori Tower
Tokyo,
Japan
Atago Green Hills is a unique development comprising a modern array of offices, residences and shops adjacent to Mt. Atago and the Seisho-ji Temple. The project combines the redesign of a large public park with the integration of an existing Zen Buddhist Temple and two 42-story towers - the Mori Office Tower and the Forest Residential Tower.
The Mori Tower is clad with a dramatically shaped, vertically organized painted aluminum curtainwall with a sculptural columnar emphasis. Reflective glass alternates with white ceramic frit pattern spandrels of ten different densities that diminish as they rise. In this manner the tower is more solid looking towards the base and glassier towards the sky.
Nakanoshima Mitsui Building
Osaka,
Japan
The Nakanoshima Mitsui Tower occupies a very narrow site that spans across Nakanoshima Island and faces both arms of the river. At thirty-one stories and 140 meters in height, it is among the most prominent buildings in Osaka. Though its siting is limited and extreme, the building is rich in detail and material gently changing expression from a stone bottom to a crystalline top.
One Canada Square
London,
England,
UK
This is the first skyscaper in England and marks the center of the Canary Wharf complex of buildings. The tower is a tall, square prism that culminates in a square pyramid against the sky. Stainless steel cladding reflects changes in light and the color of the sky; it softly gleams in the gray and misty London days.
Petronas Towers
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
The design of the towers responds to its climate and to formal characteristics of the dominant Islamic culture. The towers are figurative and symmetrical and create a figurative space between them. Each tower has its own vertical axis, but the axis of the total composition is in the center of the void. The bridge with its supporting str