Studios Architecture
STUDIOS Architecture is an international design firm that was founded in 1985 in San Francisco, California. The firm provides architecture, master planning, interior design, environmental graphic design and strategic consulting services on commercial, mixed-use, civic, and institutional projects around the world. They are considered a mid-sized firm with approximately 180 employees overall, with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington D.C., New York, and Paris.
They are designing the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Headquarters renovation project in Washington, D.C., which will seek LEED Platinum Certification and also has a goal to achieve carbon neutral status by 2030. The firm has many other projects that have received or are pending LEED Gold Certification, including the University of Cincinnati’s CARE/Crawley Building, 200 Fifth Avenue in New York, and the New York headquarters offices for the Grey Global Group.
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[edit] Works
[edit] Domestic projects
- Bloomberg L.P. headquarters, Interiors, New York, NY located in the Bloomberg Tower
- Foundry Square, 1,250,000-square-foot (116,000 m2) development in the neighborhood of South of Market, San Francisco, California[1]
- IAC/InterActiveCorp, 140,000 square feet (13,000 m2) of Interior Architecture
- 610 Broadway, New York, NY, 70,000 square feet (7,000 m2) Architecture[2] developed by Macklowe Properties
- 1110 Vermont Avenue, Washington, DC, 300,000 square feet (30,000 m2) Architecture and Interior Renovation
- Bond Market Association, Washington, DC, 12,000 square feet (1,100 m2), Interior Architecture
- Bureau of Public Debt, Federal Office Building, Parkersburg, WV, 210,000 square feet (20,000 m2) Masterplanning, Architecture, and Interior Architecture, part of the GSA Design Excellence Program
- State of California Department of Health Services, Richmond Laboratory Campus, Phase III Office Building, Richmond, CA, 200,000 square feet (20,000 m2) Architecture and Interior Architecture
- Catellus Corporation Mission Bay Block 28, 387,000 square feet (36,000 m2) Architecture, Mission Bay, San Francisco, California
- The Pentagon, Pentagon Renovation Program 4,000,000 square feet (372,000 m2) Interior Architecture and Strategic Planning
- XM Satellite Radio, 145,000 square feet (13,500 m2) Interior Architecture and Strategic Planning
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Washington, DC, 300,000 square feet (30,000 m2) Strategic Programming and Interior Architecture
- The Googleplex, Mountain View, California, current Google headquarters and former Silicon Graphics (SGI) headquarters
- Computer History Museum, Mountain View, California, former Silicon Graphics (SGI) headquarters
[edit] International projects
STUDIOS was a consultant on the interior design of the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3] STUDIOS also co-designed (with Team 7 International) the interior of the 1,800-seat symphony and opera performance hall of the Shanghai Grand Theatre.[4][5] STUDIOS has also designed a number of major corporate campuses,[6] including a new office complex for Marconi Communications in Genoa, Italy with partner, General Planning of Milan as well as the 81,000 square feet (7,500 m2) corporate offices for Cisco Systems in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.
[edit] Awards and honors
STUDIOS Architecture's work has received over 150 awards. In addition to receiving the Firm of the Year award in 2002 from the AIA California Council, they were also ranked #3 "Most Admired" firm in Interior Design magazine’s 2009 annual poll among architecture firms.
- American Institute of Architects Institute Honor Award for Interior Architecture, 2007 Bloomberg L.P. Headquarters Office New York, NY[7]
- Chicago Athenaeum, American Architecture Awards, 2006 California State Department of Health, San Francisco, CA[8]
- BusinessWeek/Architectural Record Award, 2006 Bloomberg L.P. Headquarters Office, New York, NY[9]
- BusinessWeek/Architectural Record Merit Award, 2006 California State Department of Health Services, San Francisco, CA[10]
- New York Construction Merit Award, 2006 IAC/InterActiveCorp Headquarters, New York, NY
- Gold Nugget Merit Award and Grand Award, 2006 State of California Department of Health Services, Laboratory Campus Phase III Office Building, Richmond, CA[11]
- American Institute of Architects East Bay Awards Architecture Merit Award, 2005 State of California Department of Health Services, Laboratory Campus Phase III Office Building, Richmond, CA[12]
- American Institute of Architects San Francisco Design Awards, Excellence in Interior Architecture Citation, 2005 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, San Francisco, CA[13]
- American Institute of Architects New York Design Awards, Merit Award in the Interior Architecture category, 2005[14]
- American Institute of Architects Washington DC, Excellence Award in the Historic Resources category, 2004 Christ Church of Georgetown, Washington, DC
- Chicago Athenaeum, American Architecture Awards, 2004 Milpitas City Hall, Milpitas, CA[15]
- American Institute of Architects San Francisco Design Awards/Best of the Bay, Excellence in Design Award, 2003 Milpitas City Hall, Milpitas, CA[16]
[edit] References
- Notes
- ^ Foundry Square, San Francisco
- ^ Garbarine, Rachelle (2004-06-23). "COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE: REGIONAL MARKET -- NoHo; A Neighborhood Rarity: New Offices". The New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30615F63B5D0C708EDDAF0894DC404482&showabstract=1.
- ^ "The Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2004". Aga Khan Development Network. http://www.akdn.org/agency/akaa/ninthcycle/page_07txt.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
- ^ "Kerun Ip". arcspace. 1999. http://www.arcspace.com/camera/kerun_ip/gallery/pages/18.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
- ^ "Interior Applications: Cut Stone, Split Face, Rock Face & Pavers". Mankato Kasota Stone. Sweets, The McGraw-Hill Companies. 2005. http://sweets.construction.com/mfg/436/P36606.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-20.[dead link]
- ^ "STUDIOS Architecture". american-architects.com. http://www.american-architects.com/index.php?seite=usa_profile_architekten_detail_us&system_id=15117. Retrieved 2007-03-07.
- ^ 2007 Honors & Awards Recipients
- ^ 2006 American Architecture Awards
- ^ Breaking Down the Walls at Bloomberg
- ^ BusinessWeek/Architectural Record Awards
- ^ Best Office - 60,000 sq. ft. and over
- ^ 2005 AIA East Bay Design Awards
- ^ American Institute of Architects San Francisco Chapter
- ^ AIANY | Design Awards 2005 Winners - Interiors
- ^ 2004 American Architecture Awards
- ^ http://www.techstrategy.com/archsf/October/2003DesignAwardsWinners.htm
