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Clive Wilkinson

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Clive Wilkinson (born 1954, Cape Town, South Africa) is an architect and interior designer.[1] Acknowledged as a pioneer in workplace design by the IIDA,[2] Wilkinson is perhaps best known for designing the interior of one of the buildings in the Googleplex, the headquarters of Google in Silicon Valley.[3] He has also designed several top global advertising agencies, including JWT in New York City,[4] and Mother Advertising in London.[5] Wilkinson's introduction of urban planning concepts to organize and animate large office projects began with the design of TBWA\Chiat\Day's Los Angeles headquarters in 1998.

Education and early career

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Completing his first architectural degree at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, Wilkinson finished his professional schooling in 1980 at the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA) in London, studying under Rem Koolhaas and Zaha Hadid. He went on to work for Arup and then Terry Farrell, where he became a Design Director and collaborated on such urban renewal projects as TVAM Studios and Alban Gate.[citation needed]

In 1990, after working in Sydney, Australia for six months, Wilkinson relocated from London to Los Angeles to work briefly for Frank Gehry as a Project Manager on the Disney Concert Hall and Chiat/Day’s Venice, Los Angeles offices. By 1991, Wilkinson had established his own firm in Los Angeles. His first project to win international acclaim was the headquarters for the world-renowned advertising agency TBWA\Chiat\Day. Wilkinson transformed an empty warehouse in Los Angeles into an Advertising City where open offices co-exist with a basketball court and Main Street. The outwardly plain-looking structure was made visually dynamic by an addition of a yellow gatehouse entrance with tubular bridge structures.[6]

Clive Wilkinson Architects

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With a practice in Los Angeles, California, Clive Wilkinson's eponymous firm, Clive Wilkinson Architects (CWa), completed a 330,000 Square Foot office in Sydney, Australia for Macquarie Group, One Shelley Street,[7] the recipient of multiple architectural awards. The firm then went on to design Macquarie's London Headquarters at Ropemaker Place[8] in 2010. After being named a Finalist in both 2010 and 2011, Clive Wilkinson Architects was awarded the 2012 Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum's National Design Award for "Excellence in Interior Design".[9]

In 2012 the firm moved from its West Hollywood headquarters to Culver City - into its own building on Washington Boulevard, which the firm designed and built from ground up and which includes the coffee shop Cognoscenti Archived 12 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine at street level.

Recent projects include the design of new offices for radio station and NPR affiliate, KCRW[10] in Santa Monica, including a new facility for Santa Monica College's Academy of Entertainment Technology campus[11] which was awarded 2018 Best of Year Winner for Higher Education[12] and designing new buildings for the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

The firm has collaborated with several other architects on prestigious projects: with WRNS Studio on new buildings for Intuit in Silicon Valley,[13] with Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) on the 1M sq.ft. Google Caribbean project,[14] and with Morphosis Architects on the 560,000 sq.ft. headquarters building for lululemon in Vancouver, Canada.[15]

In 2019, Wilkinson completed his second house for his family in West Los Angeles, which received Interior Design Magazine's 2019 Best of Year Award[16] and was featured on the cover of the November/December 2019 issue of Dwell Magazine.[17][18]

In 2019, Wilkinson released his first book ‘The Theatre of Work’[19] with Frame Publishers[20] in Holland. The book examines the history of the workplace and outlines a thesis for elevating the experience of the office to the level of compelling theatre. It includes fourteen case studies of his firm's work, based on seven design principles.

Additional Accolades

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In 2005, Wilkinson was inducted into Interior Design Magazine's Hall of Fame,[21][22] and selected as a "Master of Design" by Fast Company (magazine)[23] in 2006. In 2008 The New York Times featured an article about Wilkinson and the Norwich Drive Residence, a home he built for himself in West Hollywood.[24] In 2019 Wilkinson was awarded Contract Magazine's "Legend Award."

References

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  1. ^ "Clive Wilkinson Architects". Haworth, Inc. 2011. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Past Honorees". International Interior Design Association. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ Jade Chang (19 June 2006). "Behind the Glass Curtain". Metropolis Magazine. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  4. ^ Deborah Wilk (1 December 2008). "Clive Wilkinson Architects JWT, NEW YORK". Interior Design Magazine. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  5. ^ Edie Cohen (1 June 2005). "Big Mama". Interior Design Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  6. ^ TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles, YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vzp3O8wYF8
  7. ^ Katie Gerfen (8 July 2010). "One Shelley Street Sydney/Clive Wilkinson Architects". Architect Magazine. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  8. ^ Ropemaker Place, retrieved 18 January 2020
  9. ^ National Design Award
  10. ^ Sam Lubell (8 August 2008). "Making Radio Waves". The Architect's Newspaper. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  11. ^ "Closer Look at Clive Wilkinson's Plans for KCRW and Santa Monica College*". Curbed Los Angeles. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  12. ^ Cohen, Edie (3 January 2019). "Santa Monica College Center for Media and Design by Clive Wilkinson Architects: 2018 Best of Year Winner for Higher Education". Interior Design. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  13. ^ "WRNS + clive wilkinson team up to design an innovative workspace in silicon valley". designboom | architecture & design magazine. 30 March 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Google and BIG propose one million square feet of offices in Sunnyvale". Archpaper.com. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Stunning Lululemon Store Support Centre Presented at Open House | SkyriseVancouver". vancouver.skyrisecities.com. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  16. ^ Cohen, Edie (15 January 2020). "Los Angeles Residence by Clive Wilkinson Architects: 2019 Best of Year Winner for City House". Interior Design. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  17. ^ "Made in America: The State of U.S. Design". Dwell. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  18. ^ Volner, Ian. "Wilkinson Residence by Clive Wilkinson Architects". Dwell. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  19. ^ "Clive Wilkinson Architects | The Theatre of Work". Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  20. ^ "Frame Publishers". Frame store. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  21. ^ "National Design Awards". Smithsonian, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  22. ^ "Clive Wilkinson". Interior Design. 23 November 2010. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  23. ^ Aric Chen (1 October 2006). "The Builder". Fast Company. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  24. ^ Barbara Graustark (August 2008). "Clubhouse Living". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
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