Perkins Eastman Projects

15 Union Square West

6/8/2011 5:47:51 PM

When designed in 1870 by architect John Kellum, 15 Union Square West served as the original building of luxury jeweler Tiffany & Company. The building utilized a cast-iron facade and elaborate decorative treatments befitting Tiffany and its products.

Brack Capital retained Perkins Eastman to convert the existing five-story, 93-foot-high building into luxury residential units, including the addition of seven more floors of penthouses on top of the existing structure. Because the original cast iron elements were removed in the 1950s, a new building skin is being developed featuring an outer layer of thermal insulating glass and an inner decorative layer of a transparent material featuring a recreated image of the original Tiffany’s cast iron building.

The concept will be carried through to the interior by reviving original finishes including black walnut, bronze, enameled metals, and cloisonné. A full suite of luxury amenities is planned, including a gym, swimming pool, spa, and suites of private wine cellars. Many apartments will feature the original 18-foot ceilings with views to Union Square Park. All units will include private terraces to maximize views of the Square.

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303 East 33rd Street

10/27/2011 4:09:47 PM

Developed by Toll Brothers, Inc. and The Kibel Companies, 303 East 33rd Street is the first green development in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan. The 165,000 sf, 12-story building comprises 128 studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom homes in a variety of layouts. There is also a three-bedroom, four-bathroom triplex penthouse with a total of 1,700 sf of outdoor space. Amenities include a fully-equipped fitness center, media lounge with pool table, a children’s playroom, on-site valet parking, and full-service concierge.

The building’s design is a fresh interpretation of the full- and half-block residential complexes built during the last century, and reflects the mix of architectural diversity in the area. The development is defined as a series of single attached buildings facing the street alternating in height. Brick piers, terraces, balconies, and large expanses of glass fracture the architectural repetition along the street, heightening the concept of an ensemble of buildings rather than a single development.

A landscaped roof-top takes advantage of distinctive urban views of the City and provides an outdoor oasis for the residents. The project is designed to achieve LEED Certification and receive NYSERDA funding for decreased energy demand. The project is LEED Certified and received NYSERDA funding for decreased energy demand.

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34 Berry Street

6/8/2011 6:00:01 PM

This new seven-story rental apartment building in post-industrial Williamsburg, Brooklyn takes its cues from surrounding brick and metal warehouse and industrial buildings. Dark brick and aluminum combine to form sleek contemporary facades on four sides of the building. Most of the glass panels are red, orange, and brown spandrel glass that echoes the colors of nearby historic buildings.

Designed to attract single people and young families, the building’s design incorporates amenities such as refrigerated storage for food deliveries, a rooftop recreation room, gym/yoga rooms, a business center, and bicycle storage. A landscaped courtyard is actually a ‘green roof’ over the parking garage below, which accommodates 71 cars.

The 142 units range in size from 450 to 1,200 square feet many of which contain private terraces. All units have hardwood floors, stainless steel appliances, and large windows. The massing of the building has been organized to afford many of the units with scenic views of Manhattan.

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66 Main

6/8/2011 6:07:33 PM

66 Main is a 254,000 sf, 171-unit luxury apartment building incorporating ground-floor retail and two levels of parking for residents. It is part of the continuing revitalization of the Yonkers Downtown Waterfront District. The design will help to bring continuous activity to the downtown area.

The 10-story elevations respond to the older architecture of the city, reminiscent of industrial loft buildings adapted for residential use. The design utilizes large windows to draw natural light deep into the building and high ceilings for first-class appeal.

The corner at Main and Hawthorne is highlighted by the entry marquee to the residential portion-this marks the main lobby entry point. In the lobby there will be 24-hour concierge service and direct access to the 154-space parking garage.

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835 Sixth Avenue: Eventi Hotel and the Beatrice Residences

7/26/2011 2:27:38 PM

Design of 835 Sixth Avenue, a new 34-story, 450,000 sf mixed-use tower in Manhattan’s thriving Chelsea neighborhood was designed by Perkins Eastman. The 26-story residential tower is built on an eight-story retail and hotel base, which includes many of the building’s facilities. Though high-rise luxury condominiums are becoming the norm in the area, 835 Sixth Avenue unusual in combining both hospitality and residential accommodations and amenities.

The building’s design fosters a dynamic and unique sense of community as it allows residents, hotel guests, and visitors to utilize all of its facilities. The landscaped plaza between 29th and 30th Streets is open to the public and leads to a lobby entrance of the base. The building has a first floor with two separate lobbies, one for residents and one for the hotel/retail area. Both the 1,800 sf (167 sm )restaurant and the 5,000 sf (460 sm) of retail space on the first floor are visible from street level due to the glass curtainwall exterior. The third through the eighth floors of the building are hotel accommodations, the ninth through thirteenth are for long-term stays, and the sixteenth through forty-fourth floors are high-end condominiums. Amenities include two13,000 sf (1,200 sm ) patios with pools, spas, and private landscaped terraces.

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Abu Dhabi Court Complex

5/13/2010 11:09:30 PM

Perkins Eastman is providing planning, programming, and design services for a new Court Complex on a desert site minutes from downtown Abu Dhabi. Our objective is to create a modern courthouse that is flexible, durable, employs ‘smart’ technologies, sustainable design initiatives, incorporates the leading trends and best practices in courthouse design, and above all, conveys the dignity and gravitas symbolic of the judicial system.

The 40,000 sm (430,600 sf) 7-story complex is a programmatically complex facility, containing 37 courtrooms and housing 16 major functional components: Ministry of Justice; Preliminary Courts; Juvenile Courts; Appeals Courts; Settlement Committee; Public Prosecutor; Appeals Prosecutor; Administration of State Matters; Public (Notary) Attorneys; Forensics; Facility Administration; Information Technology (IT) Management; Security; Food Services; Central Services; Common Spaces; and Lobby.

Conceived as a linear building, the new facility features a distinct public entrance leading to a central atrium. A pedestrian street that houses the public functions and service points forms the base of the atrium space. To the north of the pedestrian street is the main multi-floor court building, and to the south is a single-story building that articulates the main entrance and provides an enclosure to the pedestrian street.

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Air Force Villages

8/16/2011 1:50:59 PM

Air Force Villages initiated a repositioning of its two self-contained campuses; one location offering an urban lifestyle, the other a more rural one. The strategic planning process focused on addressing future marketability of housing options as well as amenities for residents. It was crucial that this planning address resident preferences at each campus, while not duplicating options and amenities. The resulting plan integrated the campuses, allowing each to stand as a neighborhood within a larger combined context of the Air Force Villages’ community.

The first phase of enhancements included creating complements to the single large dining venue at each campus with additional options. A new bistro and a 16th floor fine dining sky lounge restaurant and bar were created in the independent living high-rise at Village I. At Village II, a grab-and-go style cafe revitalizes the existing town center.

Three new four-story independent living Hill Residences were added to the new entry of Village I replacing existing smaller duplex type homes and apartments, which had become less marketable. A new skilled care-rehabilitation residence, designed in a small house connected model replaces the existing institutional model. Village II added 75 customized-to-suit, ranch-style independent living homes.

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Al Hamriya Port Waterfront Development

7/16/2010 9:58:57 AM

Dubai Port, Customs, and Free Zone Corporation retained Perkins Eastman and Belluschi Consulting to create architecture for the Al Hamriya Port Waterfront development that reflects Dubai’s origins as a seafaring community on the Arabian Gulf. Perkins Eastman’s scope of work involved developing plans for the various buildings outlined in the approved 10 hectare (24.7 acre) master plan with elevations based on contextual architecture. The 164,675 sm (1.7M sf) program includes a five-star hotel, leasable offices, four-star hotel and related amenities, restaurants, a Souk, health club, gourmet restaurant, entertainment center, art gallery, flagship stores, hypermarket with flagship store, nautical club and leisure marina, as well as a working fishing port with a dock, marina center, workers’ housing, marina observation platform, and boat yard.

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Al Maktoum Accident and Emergency Hospital

6/1/2011 11:33:09 AM

Perkins Eastman was selected by the Dubai Health Authority to design the most sophisticated Accident and Emergency Hospital of its kind in the UAE. The design creates a facility capable of providing immediate care for minor- to high-level trauma accidents and emergencies.

The 300-bed, 85,000 sm (914,000 sf) facility includes two five-story nursing unit wings with a mix of private, two bed, and four bed rooms and extensive critical care services. A separate three-story clinical services component includes an emergency department capable of handing up to 70,000 visits annually, along with a surgical suite with 18 operating theatres and recovery. A rooftop helipad and an ambulance receiving area are directly linked to a surgical trauma operating suite and a diagnostic imaging unit with MRI, CT, and X-ray capabilities. Additional spaces for diagnostic imaging, surgery, endoscopy, lab functions, and an outpatient clinic are also included within the facility’s design.

The highly integrated design provides significant flexibility and a focus on patient care and family needs utilizing the most advanced medical technology, international design, and healthcare planning solutions available.

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Al Raha Beach Hotel and Resort

6/1/2010 3:37:10 PM

Perkins Eastman’s conceptual design for the latest addition to the luxury Al Raha Beach Hotel and Resort showcases a spectacular coastal view along the Arabian Gulf of Abu Dhabi. Adjacent to existing buildings, the 35-story residential hotel offers 240 furnished suites, restaurants, cafés, an art gallery, retail venues, a business centre, spa, and boat deck.

Drawing design inspiration from the sea, the proposed 44,800 sm (482,2200 sf) tower extends into the Gulf in the form and color of a moving wave. The emerging wave on the western elevation creates the main entrance canopy; on the north end it covers the common areas. Situated below ground level, the entire north wall of the lower mezzanine is constructed of glass to reveal a natural aquarium. The roof deck, featuring a large canopy equipped with solar panels, includes an infinity pool with cascading waterfalls at the perimeter.

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American Museum of Natural History: Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins

5/13/2010 9:45:23 PM

Perkins Eastman teamed with the in-house design department of the American Museum of Natural History to complete a 9,000 sf renovation of the Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins—a permanent exhibition space that explores humans as part of the animal kingdom and their evolution.

Perkins Eastman worked closely with the museum's experts to upgrade the exhibits, improve traffic flow, and design a classroom-style orientation room for group visits. Since the museum's landmark status precludes modifications to the hall's exterior, Perkins Eastman designed a series of curved non-load bearing walls that divide the space according to a new curatorial focus, while maximizing exhibit flexibility and crowd circulation. Channel glass walls and platforms de-emphasize the separation between exhibit and visitor while protecting valuable artifacts. The orientation room is complete with classroom-style seating and a laboratory for projects and tutorials. Details are specific to the museum’s aesthetic including terrazzo and stone flooring and fabric wall coverings, while satisfying the exhibit's technical requirements with projectors, HVAC systems, acoustical ceilings and floors, and concealed cabling. Perkins Eastman staged the renovation process to create as little disturbance as possible to the museum and its visitors during operating hours.

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Binghamton University: Appalachian Collegiate Center

3/29/2011 4:49:45 PM

To provide identity to the new residential community on campus, Binghamton University desired an iconic building that would serve as the setting for a variety of student activities including dining, graduation events, film screenings, and other extracurriculars.

The design team responded with a facility that creates a gateway from the academic campus to a new hilltop residential college. Taking advantage of the hillside topography and the narrow dimensions of the site, the 55,000 sf Appalachian Collegiate Center floats above its prominent location, forming a welcoming portal at the head of a monumental stair. The 500-student dining hall has expansive views of the campus, the valley below, and the mountains. The hall shelters gathering environments underneath, including an outdoor foyer, a café, an amphitheater, and a rock garden—shaded in summer while receiving maximum sunlight throughout the winter. The design of the Appalachian Collegiate Center fosters greater social interaction among students both indoors and out.

This project was completed by the Principals and staff of EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman.

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Arverne-by-the-Sea

9/29/2011 1:31:55 PM

Despite an oceanfront setting and several high-profile initiatives, Arverne, at 120 acres the largest waterfront urban renewal area in the US, resisted development for more than 30 years. EE&K’s award-winning design knits together the subway and the sea, creating a unique transit-based beachfront community. The new community’s network of public spaces and amenities include a charter school, a neighborhood supermarket, and a mixed-use main street named Ocean Way. EE&K developed designs for a range of housing types to address different needs, including luxury condominiums and innovative two-family prototypes devised for economic resilience and flexibility. EE&K’s plan incorporated an environmentally sensitive approach toward the site’s barrier-island setting, highlighted by a six-acre beachfront preserve.

The radial plan orients each of the neighborhoods around the previously under-utilized subway station. As the main subway arrival and departure point, the retail transit plaza will be the keystone to the master plan. With its long curved plaza reaching east and west along the new Rockaway Beach Boulevard, the plaza offers pedestrian links to communities new and old. Neighborhood retail provides necessities to the area and creates a town square that acts as the central hub for area residents or for those visiting this revitalized beachfront community.

This project was completed by the Principals and staff of EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman.

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Atria Hacienda

4/12/2011 2:57:59 PM

In a previously underutilized wing of Hacienda, Perkins Eastman responded to the client’s charge to create a state-of-the-art memory support environment that upholds Atria’s Life Guidance Neighborhood concept for dementia and Alzheimer’s residents. The design team met an aggressive design schedule and resident occupancy capacity demands to create an award-winning facility.

By removing three apartments and several walls, the design team created additional common areas and free flowing space for the residents’ comfort. Renovated spaces include a residential style family dining room, demonstration kitchen, activity room, living room and resident rooms with memory boxes at each entrance. Unique design features include a fish tank in the living room, three sided glass memory boxes with internal lighting that enlivens the corridor and activity nodes at four corridor intersections that capture unused space.

The design surrounds a courtyard that provides a vibrant outdoor room. The new activity-oriented garden courtyard features a fountain, raised planters, safe fragrant plants and flowering shrubs and trees. Shade structures and umbrellas create outdoor spaces for year around enjoyment in the desert climate.

This project was awarded the Best in Category for Activity and Wellness, Long Term Living Remodel-Renovation Competition.

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Avalon Riverview

6/8/2011 6:25:52 PM

Avalon Riverview is a 375,000 sf, 32-story mixed-use building located in Hunters Point, New York, across from midtown Manhattan. The tower contains 372 market-rate apartments, 8,800 sf of retail space, and a three-level parking garage for 141 vehicles. The building offers full amenities including a community room, a business center, and a well-equipped fitness area. Residents also have access to a fourth-floor terrace that offers additional recreational space equipped with a putting green, outdoor barbeque area, and gazebo.

By combining the floor-to-ceiling bay and corner windows with punched openings in the masonry walls, every apartment has multiple corners resulting in a well-modulated envelope. To follow energy code requirements and maximize the views from the apartments, the design team performed numerous design studies analyzing the relationships of the openings to the masonry walls.

The Avalon Riverview site is located over one of New York City’s busiest subway lines, built more than a century ago. During the design phase, the project team conducted extensive engineering studies to evaluate the impact of the pile foundation installation and new superstructure loading conditions on the subway tunnels.

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Avalon Riverview North

6/8/2011 6:26:58 PM

Avalon Riverview North is the newest addition to the Queens West development located along the waterfront in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens, NY. The 39-story, 523,000 sf residential tower was designed to complement its sister tower—the Perkins Eastman-designed Avalon Riverview—, through both design and function. The window-to-wall ratio has been increased, creating even more dramatic views of the Manhattan skyline from the new tower’s apartments. An exterior color palette of grays pleasantly contrasts the brick red palette of Avalon Riverview. Additionally, a 24,000 sf, five-story townhouse development extends from the tower, providing a unique opportunity to enjoy the amenities of a large-scale apartment complex while maintaining the higher level of privacy afforded by townhouse living.

In addition to the 602 apartment and townhouse units are 12,000 sf of commercial space and a five-story, 360-vehicle parking structure with rooftop terrace. Amenities for residents include a fitness center, rooftop swimming pool, business center, and community rooms. There is a 24,000 sf rooftop actively space located above the parking garage, with a bocce court and gas grills. The apartment tower is also set back from the street, providing for a landscaped entrance courtyard that creates a more dramatic entry sequence.

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Avalon White Plains

6/8/2011 6:27:55 PM

Avalon White Plains is a new 14-story luxury apartment complex at a central location in Westchester County—a growing downtown and residential neighborhood. As a growing suburban area outside New York City, White Plains combines both proximity and a suburban landscape.

The new T-shaped building provides a 393-unit apartment tower with 39 attached adjoining four-story townhouses, as well as a parking garage for 512 cars. To reconcile the height of the complex with the scale of the surrounding single-family homes, the four-story townhouses were designed to face the residential neighborhood and taller portions coincide with the urban character of the downtown area. Amenities include an outdoor pool, landscaped terrace, garden, children’s play area, fitness center, community room, theater, and 24-hour concierge service.

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The Aventiene

9/29/2011 1:54:20 PM

The Aventiene development is a transit-oriented community of distinct neighborhoods interconnected by parks, woodlands, and walkable streets in close proximity to a state-of-the-art high school, high-quality retail, and a Light Rail station. Strategically located along Interstate I-270 and the Corridor City Transit way (CCT) alignment in Gaithersburg, MD, this 180-acre development will be the most dense that the City has ever built while still offering a quality of life comparable to landmark developments.

Parks and other open spaces constitute more than 30% of the land area, and are sited to encourage easy resident access. The development’s four distinct neighborhoods respond to the site’s natural surroundings and proximity to major transportation and other social infrastructure: two high-density neighborhoods will be built around important retail and transit, while the other two provide varied housing options, 10% of which will include affordable housing. Ultimately, approximately half of the population will live within two blocks of the transit station and more than 70% will live within walking distance. The project received a National AIA Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design and was recognized by the Smart Growth Alliance for its demonstration of smart growth principles.

This project was completed by the Principals and staff of EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman.

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Avenues The World School: New York

1/9/2012 4:22:56 PM

This innovative 200,000 sf school brings together 1,500 students from grades pre-K through 12 to experience a new model for learning. Located on 10th Avenue on the west side of Manhattan and adjacent to the High Line, the facility is designed to match a curriculum centered on the core values of high academic standards, self-directed learning, collaboration and global citizenship.

The ten-floor vertical campus, constructed in a historic building originally designed by Cass Gilbert, is organized with maximum space efficiencies and collaborative learning as programmatic priorities. The first and third floors house common and shared spaces, while the higher floors are organized by grade clusters, each on dedicated floors. The second floor is dedicated to the pre-K program with a separate entrance from 26th street.

The lower school is located on floors 4-6 with the upper school on floors 7-10. The fitness facilities are located on the ninth floor directly under the gymnasium on the top floor.

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Baia Bianca Resort Hotel

3/15/2011 9:44:49 AM

Facing the Red Sea at the foothills of the Sinai Mountains, the 45,000 sm (484,375 sf), 600-key hotel offers an intimate, authentic guest experience that incorporates local design traditions, connection to the outdoors, and amenities that take advantage of the unique site.

The five-star Baia Bianca Hotel is strikingly contemporary while remaining familiar to its sense of place and context. The design of the hotel takes its inspiration from the simple forms of early architecture on the Sinai, incorporating the colors, patterns, and materials found in the region. White walls adorned with simple openings, pergolas, shutters, and canvas awnings create a vocabulary of openness and harmony. Natural stone used as accents create a connection with the Sinai Mountains.

The hotel is designed around a series of courtyards, creating intimacy while adding a level of privacy and exclusivity. Guestroom wings are connected by interior courtyards which break up the corridors and create a more personal entrance to each room, while individual guestrooms are organized around a series of outdoor garden courtyards. Each guestroom overlooks either the central Baia Bianca Lagoon or the Sinai Mountains, and each are designed with a balcony designed as an extension to the living area.

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Battery Park City

10/7/2011 12:44:15 PM

At a time when gloomy pessimism about New York’s future as a livable city prevailed, the 1979 Master Plan for Battery Park City represented a bold statement of confidence about the enduring value of urban life. The Plan envisioned Battery Park City as an extension of the Downtown street grid, organizing the neighborhood around classic New York public space typologies.

Designed as an entirely new mixed-use community on a 92-acre landfill on Lower Manhattan’s Hudson River waterfront, Battery Park City created a new paradigm for large-scale urban development. The development is organized around a series of public environments that rank among the City's most cherished and enduring places: the Esplanade, at 1.2 miles the central feature of the master plan; South Cove Park and Waterfront, which brings people closer to the water; and Rector Place, the nine-acre ten-building residential development that was critical to the viability of overall plan. EE&K’s formative role in the emergence of Battery Park City as one of New York’s most desirable neighborhoods includes the design of several strategically important buildings, including Liberty Lure and Liberty Green, built on the last two remaining land parcels in the neighborhood, bringing EE&K’s role in transforming this neighborhood full circle.

This project was completed by the Principals and staff of EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman.

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BBC Worldwide Americas Inc.

8/5/2011 1:51:07 PM

BBC Worldwide Americas hired Perkins Eastman to program and design a new headquarters in New York City that would relocate and consolidate their organization from 45,000 sf displaced on three floors to a single-floor 40,000 sf office. The design reflects an organizational culture change established by BBC’s UK headquarters, utilizing streamlined open-team tables for desks, multiple meeting venues ranging from casual seating areas to formal conference rooms, central copy support areas, and no private offices.

Creativity and energy are translated through customized graphic artwork, a mix of inspired lighting and furniture, and the use of bold color to visually identify different conference rooms and zones. The BBC brand is highlighted in the main reception area with a state-of-the-art curved video wall that features BBC productions including movies, television shows, and documentaries.

As part of the renovation, ceilings and floors were exposed resulting in open expanses of space. This created the opportunity to develop a variety of collaborative areas, enabling employees to choose the most ideal meeting environment--whether in a private space or in a more casual, lounge-like setting.

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The Beekman Hill International School: MEETH Building (PS 59)

3/29/2011 12:30:37 PM

PS 59 is the first public school in New York City to achieve compliance with the sustainable design standards mandated by the City Council for all public construction. The design radically transformed a 90-year old residential building into a neighborhood elementary school, maintaining the building’s historic architectural character while announcing the school’s presence with a striking intervention crowning the building’s roofline. The design also created a new Community Place in this Upper East Side neighborhood.

The school is the result of an unusual public-private partnership between the World-Wide Group and the NYC School Construction Authority from initial feasibility through completion. The challenge of transforming an abandoned nurse’s residence into a new elementary school was also remarkable given the 19-month period between the initial feasibility studies to opening day.

This project was completed by the Principals and staff of EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman.

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Bet Torah Synagogue

8/25/2009 5:52:43 PM

Perkins Eastman completed the addition and renovation of an existing 70-year-old facility, satisfying the congregation’s desire for an integration of spaces creating a comprehensive entity with an appropriate image in the Mount Kisco community.

The existing 12,505 sf building was expanded to 18,600 sf and the adjacent property to the west was purchased for additional parking. The congregation’s programmatic goals included a new 350-seat sanctuary, an expanded and renovated social hall, new nursery school classrooms, indoor play space satisfying state certification standards, and an expanded Hebrew school.

The primary design element integrating the new portion of the building is a curvilinear concourse slicing through the existing facility that links the renovated lobby to the new portion of the lobby and sanctuary. The concourse is anchored by the informal activity heart of the congregation, a balconied social lounge. Within the main sanctuary, spatial centrality and religious community are reinforced through the design of a transparent east wall. The wall visually links the sacred space to the memorial garden—emphasizing the Judaic concept of the sanctity of nature.

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Bhartiya Urban Master Plan

6/30/2011 3:16:54 PM

Perkins Eastman’s new plan for the Bhartiya urban mixed-use area incorporates a rigorous program including office, residential, and commercial space. Sitting on 50 hectares (124 acres) of land in Bangalore North, the site includes hotels, an IT Campus, office buildings, both high-end and affordable residential complexes, one- and two-story retail developments, a hospital, and an international school.

The land-use program articulates distinct nodes with unique neighborhood identities while maximizing existing roadways through the site. This approach orients and directs the development while providing the added benefit of a built-in infrastructure connection to greater Bangalore.

The North Commercial Center is the primary commercial node and contains a dense multi-use program comprising four hotels, high-end serviced apartments, a trade-mart, a seven-story shopping mall and two office towers that boldly assert the development’s regional presence. An event plaza and grand promenade provide unique public spaces for gathering and strolling. The southern half of the site comprises a compact commercial and hospitality program with sleek live-work space, housing, and an integrated open-space program. An international school anchors the westernmost portion of the site and a hospital the east, both adding significant value and function to the overall development.

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Brightwood Elementary

3/29/2011 3:18:29 PM

The modernization and expansion of the Brightwood Elementary School ensured that an existing 1926-era school would continue to serve the needs of the community and its children. By celebrating the surrounding urban landscape, the school creates an inviting atmosphere that makes it seem like an extension of its neighborhood. Organized as a village of neighborhoods, the building is scaled to meet the developmental and intellectual needs of the students while complementing the adjacent urban neighborhood. The new Commons Building expands the resources of the school and enhances its central role within the community by opening the building to neighborhood-wide use. A new entry and plaza re-establishes the importance of a vital community corner.

Every aspect of the interior is designed to educate, inspire, and respond to the students: hallways become galleries, ceiling grids become display spaces, and flexible classrooms create a variety of settings. Learning continues outside the classroom, with garden plots for each class to tend, an amphitheater for large group gatherings, and a stage that accommodates indoor and outdoor performances.

This project was completed by the Principals and staff of EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman.

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Brooklyn Supreme and Family Courthouse

5/13/2010 11:30:38 PM

Perkins Eastman designed a new 32-story 1.1M sf courthouse for the Brooklyn Supreme and Family Courts located at MetroTech Center in downtown Brooklyn. The complex program includes 50 Supreme Court courtrooms, 24 Family Court courtrooms, 10 hearing rooms, a 750-person jury assembly room, a 300-person detention facility, and offices and support spaces for the courts administrative functions. It is the largest new court building in New York and it will house numerous other city offices including the Administration for Children’s Services, Probation, NYPD, Department of Corrections, Legal Aid, Victims Services, Corporation Counsel and the Health Department among others. It will also contain 140,000 sf of speculative office space.

The building was designed into a predetermined zoning/massing envelope and planned to separate each of the three functions (Supreme Court, Family Court and commercial office floors) with distinct entrances, elevator cores, security systems as well as public and judges circulation systems. Perkins Eastman provided feasibility, programming, court planning as well as full architectural and interior design services.

The project was developed as a turnkey public/private partnership between the City of New York and Forest City Ratner Companies, a major New York developer.

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Byram Hills School District

6/29/2011 4:03:54 PM

Perkins Eastman developed an ongoing relationship with the Byram Hills Central School District for nearly ten years. The district boasts four schools: Coman Hill, Wampus, Crittenden, and the High School. Work for the district began with the development of several master planning options that were presented and approved through the passage of a bond referendum. Following the first phase of successful improvements, Perkins Eastman developed an additional master plan which was subsequently implemented through a 2004 capital improvement program.

In direct response to the growing number of students, the decentralized layout of all four schools was reconfigured to include much needed program elements. Significant improvements include a cafeteria extension with retractable glazed wall for Crittenden Middle School, a new 6,200 sf dedicated music suite for Wampus Elementary School, and more than 80,000 sf of new program space additions to the existing high school—augmenting both instructional and non-instructional areas. Spaces incorporate design impact through color treatment and natural light to shift from the existing institutionalized culture.

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Cairo American College

6/29/2011 4:09:24 PM

Located on 11 acres in the Maadi district, Cairo American College (CAC) provides an American-based curriculum to 1,400 students from pre-K to 12th grade. The school adopted a new master plan and commissioned Perkins Eastman for the design of Phase II, a new Middle School and Middle School/High School Library. CAC believes its facilities play an important role in the vital progression a middle school student makes toward a more independent learning encouraged in high school. Echoed in the layout of dedicated program spaces organized around a grade-level commons, the middle school years are critical ones for children—significant for the development of their self esteem and their life-long attitudes towards learning and relationships.

The design of the new 8,400 sm (90,400 sf), 375-student middle school reflects key issues for the school: environmental stewardship, connectivity of inside and outside spaces, employment of local materials, Middle Eastern themes, and landscape design as organizing principles. The 2,100 sm (22,600 sf) library’s overlapping program functions as a physical link between the middle school and high school, providing opportunities for peer mentorship as well as generating anticipation for educational growth.

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Capital Steel Master Plan

9/29/2011 10:59:05 AM

Perkins Eastman's vision for the Capital Steel Master Plan transforms the former industrial site into the Green Gateway to the greater Beijing metropolitan area. By extending Chang’An Road, one of Beijing’s most significant boulevards, and creating an internal road system that links with existing city and regional networks, the Capital Steel Master Plan expands Beijing’s urban fabric and establishes a front door from the west.

Organized around an integrated system of diverse but related open space elements, the various parks and open spaces form a coherent and unified network of active and passive recreation opportunities to serve the city’s residents. Endowed with pre-existing infrastructure that pays homage to the industrial history of the area, the Master Plan sought to not only integrate these factories, warehouses, and evaporation ponds, but also imbue them with new purpose and life and to incorporate them into the fabric of new developments as anchors in various neighborhood centers. Mixed-use town centers will anchor the northwestern and southeastern points of the site, with five distinctive sub-centers to activate the site as a whole, which, together with an intermodal transit hub, will transform Capital Steel into a 24/7 destination.

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CastCon Stone Inc.

6/23/2011 1:43:40 PM

This study culminated in a design which incorporated owner representatives and design professionals in four interdisciplinary teams. Team members for the charrette included researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pennsylvania sustainable building programs, construction services personnel and environmental design engineering services from past LEED-NC Silver certification achievers, production engineers, and the Perkins Eastman’s architectural green design team.

The emphasis was on green architecture and integrated green lean production processes. Analysis included alternative heating and ventilating systems including ground water loop systems, heat wheels and radiant under slab heating as well as storm water reclamation for industrial use, heat reclamation as a by product of industrial processes and alternative energy production including fuel cells, turbine and wind powered electrical generation systems. The end result created a projected 30% greater efficiency in overall production and provides significant energy savings and safer employee working conditions.

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Centria: 18 West 48th Street

6/9/2011 11:02:07 AM

As part of a multi-disciplinary team led by developer J.D. Carlisle, Perkins Eastman designed a new 34-story luxury residential development overlooking Rockefeller Center Plaza in the heart of midtown Manhattan. The 160,000 sf tower contains 152 condominium units ranging from 630 to 1,260 sf. The mix of studios, one- and two-bedroom apartments is designed to appeal to a very specific clientele from the international business market.

The exterior of the building is clad predominantly in a glass curtain wall made of tinted glass that changes color depending upon the light. The resulting combination of transparency, translucency, and opaqueness will reflect the interior program and a need for privacy while maximizing spectacular views. This is the largest application of this material in the commercial market.

Apartments are modern and serene, fitted with high-end luxury finishes. The ground floor contains a restaurant, while the second floor houses various resident amenities including a conference center, a club room, and lounge.

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The Bivins Foundations: Childers Place

7/6/2011 2:12:18 PM

Childers Place is a long-term care "center of excellence" that sets the standard of nursing and memory care for the next generation. The 105,000 sf, 60-unit facility was designed to create a superior resident experience while providing a supportive environment for families. The design captures an extraordinary amount of daylight and offers immediate connections to nature. Selected rooms open onto terraces where beds can be wheeled outdoors while others feature bay windows with expansive views. To encourage community, 10-unit households are paired to create intimate neighborhoods offering engaging lounge and activity areas. Each 350 sf private room features technologies that optimize care and safety.

To enhance the visitor experience, a deep entrance courtyard provides a rejuvenating environmental transition upon entering and leaving the building. Atrium-height corridors serve the same function to and from resident wings. Wireless networking in each room allows a connection to outside responsibilities, and window seats provide sleeping space for overnight visits. The facility also includes 8,000 sf of tenant space for related senior agencies, creating a center for elder care resources that expedites and deinstitutionalizes the problem-solving process for residents, families, and the community.

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Children's Hospital of Oakland: Specialty Care Clinic

6/2/2011 10:44:27 AM

Perkins Eastman provided architectural and interior design for a 29,500 sf off-site ambulatory care facility to support the growth of pediatric services by adding programs including same-day surgery and diagnostic imaging.

The new space in nearby Walnut Creek supports the hospital’s mission of providing high quality pediatric care through regional primary and sub-specialty networks. Services provided include developmental and behavioral pediatrics, endocrinology, gastroenterology, ENT, hematology, nephrology, occupational therapy, pulmonary, neurology, psychiatry, and surgery.

The interiors are designed to provide a welcoming and compassionate atmosphere for pediatric patients and their families. Children’s book author and illustrator Eric Carle’s art work is located throughout the interiors including integrated art panel and signage graphics at each exam room. Skylights bring natural daylight into exam rooms through clerestory windows. A large internal courtyard along with a beautiful circular atrium showers the waiting room with natural daylight.

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The Childrens Museum of Pittsburgh

5/13/2010 9:46:16 PM

Perkins Eastman served as Executive Architect, along with Design Architect Koning Eizenberg, for the new and expanded Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. The Museum now connects two historic buildings: the Old Post Office and the unoccupied Buhl Planetarium with a new three-story structure that brings the expanded Museum to a total of 80,000 sf. A translucent screen wall surrounds the new addition to become a dramatic wind sculpture and illuminated landmark.

The seamless, flexible interior space features a veranda, bookstore, and café; three floors of exhibit space; classrooms, conference rooms, and a theater; as well as administrative space. Children can now tinker under the hood of a MINI Cooper and pound nails in the Garage Workshop, build a boat and set it sailing on a 53-foot waterway in Waterplay, and stage their own performances with costumes and makeup in the Theater. Creative interactive art works are located through the facility in exhibit spaces, public areas and corridors.

The Museum achieved LEED Silver Certification while incorporating the preservation of two important historic buildings. Photographs © Esto. All rights reserved.

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Chinese Academy of Sciences: Huairou Campus Master Plan

6/6/2011 11:14:44 AM

Perkins Eastman is planning a new campus for the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to accommodate the consolidation of the general studies program for masters and doctoral students into the new Campus for Graduate Studies. The 270-hectare (660-acre) campus is located two hours northeast of Beijing in the hills of Huairou, China.

At the core of the planned development is a new graduate school campus that will accommodate 15,000 graduate students in a campus conceived to integrate living and learning environments within natural surroundings. The campus will include 325,000 m2 (3.5M sf) of academic space, student life and commercial centers, athletic facilities, both traditional and live-learn housing, and conference facilities, all complemented by kilometers of bike and hiking trails that overlook Lake Xi.

The master plan combines traditional and contemporary elements including axially linked quadrangles that provide a dramatic entry and traditional academic quad, as well as decentralized live-learn centers that are distributed within unique living environments. These centers hug the natural landscape and infuse informal learning into every aspect of student life. The natural setting, views, typography, and water features establish a campus plan unique only to Huairou.

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Chongqing Library

5/13/2010 11:32:25 PM

The 50,000 sm (540,000 sf) Chongqing Library is an important educational, cultural, and social center where people will meet to study, access knowledge, and exchange ideas.

The building’s design is modern and evocative of the traditional form of the Chinese courtyard. Three main programmatic elements—the open public access zone, secure public zone, and the private secure zone—are built around a center courtyard garden that acts as an experiential space or a scenic opportunity from the adjacent reading rooms and café.

The design uses glass and stone to articulate public and private areas of the library. The public areas facing Feng Tian Avenue are sheathed in glass to connote transparency and visibility for users and pedestrians. It also provides a visual transition from the public plaza to the public areas of the library. The book stacks and service areas to the west are clad in stone to represent security and the solidity of the library’s collection. The stone pattern also reflects the design of older buildings in Chongqing, linking the library to the city’s architectural heritage as it looks to the future.

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Cielo Residential Tower

6/9/2011 11:06:06 AM

Situated prominently at the corner of York Avenue and 83rd Street, Cielo, a 245,000 sf, 27-story condominium apartment building, combines 128 luxury units with numerous amenities such as a state-of-the-art fitness center, bicycle room, children’s playroom, and a stroller room. Also included are 4,000 sf of medical office space and below-grade parking.

Upon entering, guests and residents are welcomed into a stately lobby featuring terrazzo floors, wood-and-stone walls, and a specially-commissioned Betsy Eby painting- all of which establish the elegant and serene aura that characterizes Cielo. From the five-story base that houses this lobby as well as the residence’s numerous amenities, rises a stepped-back tower containing 128 studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom units ranging from 1,450 sf to 1,800 sf. Taking advantage of the surrounding low-density neighborhood, large expanses of floor-to-ceiling windows and corner living and dining rooms maximize the dramatic and unobstructed 180-degree views of Manhattan and the East River. Highly versatile floor plans and superb acoustic attenuation ensure that each residence feels like a unique and private home. The upper two floors, consisting of penthouse apartments, step further back from the tower, creating large private terraces with spectacular views.

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Circle Centre

10/7/2011 2:57:04 PM

EE&K designed this mixed-use redevelopment to revitalize downtown Indianapolis. Located at the center of the city, adjacent to the famous Monument Circle, the design responds to the civic tradition of grand streets and public spaces with distinct characters.

The design incorporates a street-oriented pedestrian environment, minimizes the visibility of required servicing, maximizes connections to adjacent sites, and eases vehicular access. The project includes a multi-level shopping mall; cinemas and restaurants; the Indianapolis Artsgarden, a public pavilion for the arts; and the renovation of the Claypool Courts at the Embassy Suites Hotel.

One of the keys to successful downtown revitalization is making connections: among pieces of the urban fabric, between the built environment and pedestrians, and among people. At Circle Centre, this guiding principle is realized through the enclosed pedestrian bridge that connects the new parking garage to the mall while acting as a destination in itself. Artsgarden’s structure takes the tradition of the Crystal Palace and other great glass pavilions and turns it into a forum for art and culture.

This project was completed by the Principals and staff of EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman.

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CityCenter

10/7/2011 3:12:50 PM

With its spectacular hotels, legendary casinos, and larger-than-life signs, Las Vegas occupies a singular place not only in the gaming and hospitality industries, but American culture as well. With the increasing value of real estate along the Strip and shifts in the hotel and gaming industries, MGM Mirage recognized the need to take a different approach to development, featuring a more intense and broader mix of uses.

EE&K’s plan for CityCenter introduced a new vision, rooted in a more urbane and sustainable sensibility. The plan incorporates a diverse program including Las Vegas’ largest hotel, two boutique hotels, retail, offices, and 2,400 luxury residential units—all focused on a series of high-quality and dramatic public environments as well as a walkable pedestrian realm. EE&K’s vision works both as spectacle and as a series of small-scaled pedestrian-oriented public environments.

As the largest privately financed development in US history, the implementation of CityCenter presented challenges no less monumental. Inherent in EE&K’s vision of bringing urbanism to the Strip was the principle that CityCenter be built like a real city. The strength of that vision and EE&K’s plan accommodated multiple architects from around the world. CityCenter is a transformational model not only for Las Vegas, but for the role of gaming and entertainment in the city.

This project was completed by the Principals and staff of EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman.

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Clubs

1/26/2012 12:28:08 PM

Clubs

Perkins Eastman has been providing professional design services for regional golf and recreational clubs for more than 20 years. Services have included the design and renovation of many clubhouses; swimming pool complexes and related facilities; several golf pro shops, maintenance complexes and site work; dining, kitchen and restaurant areas; gymnasia and a variety of playing courts; and staff housing.

Projects include:
Quaker Ridge Golf Club: Renovations and additions to improve facilities including main clubhouse, grill room and bar, card room, and men’s lounge as well as improved circulation and links to the outdoors; several outbuildings were also renovated.

Burning Tree Country Club: Design for a new 52,000 sf English Manor-style clubhouse that includes a 150-seat ballroom, formal and informal dining rooms, bar, and a boardroom; amenities include locker rooms, a golf pro shop, golf cart garage, golf bag storage, staff residences, and administrative offices.

Scarsdale Golf Club: To accommodate a growing membership, master plan and phased improvement projects including the clubhouse, golf pro shop, tennis pro shop, women’s locker room, staff housing, bowling building, pool locker rooms, and maintenance building.

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Concordia International School Shanghai

1/9/2012 3:46:18 PM

To meet the growing facility needs of this premier educational institution, Concordia International School Shanghai (CISS) selected Perkins Eastman to plan, design, and implement a series of phased expansions to their existing campus. The master plan includes an addition to the existing elementary school, a new performing arts pavilion, and a 12,500 sm (129,200 sf) addition to the high school.

The new pre-K through fourth grade 6,000 sm (64,600 sf) elementary school is a fully self-contained 500-student environment that supports the curriculum, enhances teaching, fosters creativity, and stimulates artistic exploration through improved interaction between students and teachers. The new 2,250 sm (24,000 sf) David F. Rittmann Fine Arts Center incorporates both presentation and learning environments and includes a 400-seat courtyard theater and black box space.

As the final phase, the new sustainably-designed high school integrates academic, athletic, and administrative spaces; and embraces the latest trends in educational design and collaborative learning. The program comprises classrooms, a science suite, a world language lab, library, and seminar/ group instruction rooms of varying sizes. The gymnasium contains an interactive space called the PE commons, which combines traditional physical education with modern wellness instruction.

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Carnegie Mellon University: Cyert Child Center

1/9/2012 3:32:43 PM

One of the first American demonstration sites for the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education, the 12,000 sf Cyert Center was created by converting the kitchen and dining space of a university dormitory building into four classrooms opening onto a common piazza, offices, and staff resource space. A new atelier captures the spirit of learning in an environment that encourages children to explore, create, and reflect.

The renovation project has not only created a bigger and brighter Center, but it has created a “third teacher” through its use of natural materials, exposed structure, and connection to the outside. Reflecting Reggio Emilia principles, tactile surfaces and mirrors are placed at the children’s eye level, scaled-down furniture and miniature toilets are included, which demonstrate respect for the child.

The light fixtures, including color-changing fiber-optic tubing, help define areas of activity as well as animate the ceiling with playful shapes. Embedded in the floor throughout the facility are mirrored and decorative bas-relief tiles of various animals that capture the children’s attention and help promote discovery and wonderment. The simplicity of the Center’s design encourages the children to customize their environment.

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Daejon Municipal Building

5/13/2010 11:33:52 PM

Perkins Eastman collaborated with Heerim Architects on the competition-winning design of the 40,330 sm (434,000 sf) Daejon Municipal Building. The City envisioned an iconic and functional municipal complex that would instill civic pride, foster public interaction, and house the various public program components.

The design emphasizes transparency while balancing a modern aesthetic with sensitivity to the immediate urban context. The translucency of the complex is a physical representation of the citizen-friendly administration, welcoming the public to observe the inner workings of the building. The design concept articulates all program components as distinct building elements and organizes them around multi-level public plazas. The concept divides the program components into basic units: the Statistics Center tower, a podium housing large meeting spaces and major lobbies, shared program components, dormitory, and the Veterans Affairs/ Election Commission building.

The tower’s form serves as both a strong vertical component and an anchor for the entire complex. The folded glass planes of its south façade offer transparency into the building and the constantly shifting reflections of the urban context.

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Danbury Hospital: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

8/8/2011 11:22:19 AM

Perkins Eastman completed a new 18,000 sf state-of-the-art Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for Danbury Hospital utilizing the Planetree patient care model. The new NICU offers the first single-room unit in Connecticut comprising 15 single NICU patient rooms and four twin rooms, with triplet rooms available with adjoining single room door access.

Utilizing textures and colors found in nature, the space creates a series of experiences for parents and staff. Earth, fire, water, and air are incorporated as pod concepts throughout the NICU and in all signage. Each NICU patient room includes a dedicated family space that allows parents to spend the night. In addition, there is also a dedicated family area for parents or families to exchange experiences with others, for family socializing, or private reflection.

The design also focuses on a decentralized nursing approach, providing a 1:1 or 1:2 nursing ratio depending on acuity of the infant and direct views of and access to monitoring for each patient from these nursing stations. A new roof garden will enable families and staff to go outside and experience additional private areas of respite.

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The Dannon Company

5/21/2010 12:14:58 AM

Dannon realized that their existing 70,900 sf U.S. corporate office did not meet the particular needs of the firm nor was representative of their dynamic company. Seeking to bring a refreshed image and greater productivity to the 280-person office, Dannon sought the assistance of Perkins Eastman to completely renovate the outdated space.

Since the office also functions as a marketing tool for Dannon’s products, it not only needed to serve as an efficient workplace but also as a display area that would showcase their product line. The existing grid-like, office-based work environment was reengineered into an open-plan space with curved walls that break up the monotony of the space. These walls create pockets in the floor plan that serve as display areas, creating a museum-like experience that seamlessly coexists amidst the everyday functions of an office.

European furnishings in conjunction with elegant interior treatments that include a muted color palette, maple-wood veneers, white Italian terrazzo tiles, sculptured carpet, sliding glass partitions, and stainless steel and black absolute granite surfaces establish a modern, forward-thinking office that complements Dannon’s corporate identity.

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Deanwood Community Center and Library

5/12/2011 9:31:28 AM

The Deanwood Community Center and Library is a joint-use facility that features educational, recreational, and athletic programs for all ages. Its variety of programs—early care and education center, recreation pool, sound recording studio, and public library—serve both the local community and patrons from across the city. The project is registered for LEED Silver certification.

Anchoring the northern end of a nearly six-acre park in Northeast Washington, DC, the community center helps to define the public open spaces between it and the Ronald Brown Middle School at the southern border of the park. This location ensures that the park continues to offer a flexible configuration of playfields for both the school and the community center and that it is respected and enhanced by the new building.

For example, the design integrates an existing row of monumentally scaled trees, helping to distinguish the smaller-scaled outdoor spaces (child play areas and gardens) from the larger playfields. These grand trees also define the pathway leading to a new courtyard created by the building. This portion of the site provides the building with an identifiable address and front door while also providing views and convenient access to the building from the adjacent Deanwood Metro station.

This project was completed by the Principals and staff of EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman.

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Dubai Alternative Medicine and Medical Spa and Resort

6/30/2011 3:32:39 PM

Perkins Eastman developed a conceptual master plan and architectural design for a facility with a mixed-use development comprising healthcare, recreational, hospitality, residential, and commercial spaces with underground parking on a long rectangular parcel bordering the Dubai creek and canal. The three-tower, 50,166 sm (540,000 sf) hotel comprises 400 rooms. Amenities include ground-floor presentation space, entertainment venues, a grand glass entry canopy, restaurants, and lounges. Nearby, a 11,333 sm (122,000 sf) spa and wellness center with roof terraces and promenades offers a variety of services. The curvilinear building’s suites face inwards, opening onto semi-private gardens.

More than 204,380 sm (2.2M sf) of residential space is offered in townhouses grouped around gardens, and apartment buildings with views to the city. Recreation features include enclosed tennis courts, and two luxurious pools; one with a floating bar. Maximizing opportunities for water recreation, cabanas line the pools and creek while a bridge traversing the creek, provides access to the nearby marina. White and terra cotta-colored materials were used to blend the building into the surrounding Mediterranean-inspired, vernacular architecture.

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Duke University Medical Center and Health System

6/2/2011 11:21:50 AM

Perkins Eastman created a development plan which integrated the 1930’s South Campus and distant 1970s buildings. The plan considered inpatient, ambulatory care, parking and circulation and led to high profile projects to accommodate expanded services.

Major projects:
Emergency Department: Addition and renovation of 65,500 sf (6,100 sm) for Level I Trauma Center with separate adult and pediatric ED, sized for 90,000 annual visits. An inviting entrance provides enhanced security, while the modular design provides flexible and efficient treatment spaces.

Helicopter Pad: A new roof-top structure provides two landing zones with a direct elevator connection to Emergency.

Surgery Expansion: A new 9,300 sf (860 sm) addition to the existing Surgery wing houses surgery and anesthesia offices and staff lockers, freeing space for phased renovations to create more critically needed operating rooms and recovery areas.

Major addition: Perkins Eastman and Zimmer Gunsel Frasca provided conceptual planning for a new 500,000 sf (46,500 sm) wing to include 26 operating rooms, 96 intensive care beds; 64 intermediate beds, 15 imaging suites, endoscopy/GI suite, and rapid response lab, closely linked to the existing hospital building and planned for future growth.

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Dunbar High School

11/1/2011 10:11:50 AM

The competition-winning design for the new Dunbar High School is inspired by the cherished 1917 building that served the school before its demolition in the 1970s, while its 21st-century learning environments look to the future. The entry plaza is designed to signify the seriousness of purpose of the institution, and the adjacent academic wing, characterized by bay windows and towers, is reminiscent of the historic building.

The armory of the historic Dunbar provides the inspiration for the principle organizing element of the school’s interior. A new atrium-like armory that is the “heart of the school,” connecting the academic wing, sports fields, gym, pool, auditorium, and cafeteria seating areas. The academic wing provides state-of-the-art flexible learning environments that accommodate four distinct academies, breaking down the scale of the 280,000 sf, 1,100-student school. Faculty offices integrated into each level ensure positive interaction between faculty and students throughout the school.

The school is designed to achieve LEED for Schools Platinum certification, featuring a ground source heat pump (geothermal) system, a 500,000 kW photovoltaic array, two 20,000-gallon cisterns for reusing rainwater, enhanced acoustics, low VOC materials, and plentiful daylight and views.

This project was awarded to EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman.

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Dutchess Community College: Allyn J. Washington Center for Science and Art

12/21/2011 12:25:45 PM

The Allyn J. Washington Center for Science and Art represents the first phase of a comprehensive master plan Perkins Eastman developed for the Dutchess Community College.

The 80,000 sf Washington Center houses the college’s programs in arts, sciences, mathematics, and general classroom space. The lowest level is devoted to art studios and an outdoor art terrace, while the college’s art gallery and student lounge occupy the main level. The new science laboratories and mathematics program on the third and fourth floors are equipped with the latest technology, including twenty-four Smart Classrooms featuring PCs, data projectors, sound systems, microphones, and visualizers.

Sited at the northern end of the hilltop campus, the Washington Center creates a new entrance quadrangle for the campus and helps decentralize the density of use on campus. The building is organized as a single-loaded corridor providing panoramic views of the Berkshire Mountains. An observation tower enhances the building’s presence at the northern end of campus, and its visibility from surrounding areas has made it a new icon. The Washington Center received the AIA Westchester/Mid-Hudson Chapter 2001 Design Award for Architectural Excellence.

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EKO Financial Center

6/23/2011 1:51:45 PM

Perkins Eastman provided conceptual design for a new 111,400 sm (1.2M sf) two-office building mixed-use project on the waterfront. The program includes more than 65,000 sm (700,000 sf) of office space, 2,970 sm (32,000 sf) of retail, a roof-top restaurant accessible from building one through a sky bridge on the 20th floor of building two, a banquet hall, and the mezzanine lobby, a glass structure on the second level bridging the two towers at the retail floor. This project will be the first Class A office building in Lagos and will also set a new standard for green building and environmental efficiency by pursuing a LEED certification.

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Embassy Suites Hotel: Battery Park City

5/13/2010 11:35:26 PM

The new Embassy Suites Hotel is part of a new entertainment complex in Lower Manhattan’s Battery Park City. The firm designed a new 14-story, 463-room atrium hotel built over a retail and entertainment base that includes a 16-screen multiplex movie theater, a 30,000 sf health and sports club, a 10,000 sf conference center, and 90,000 sf of retail space. The development group was led by Forest City Ratner and included the Promus Hotel Corporation, Regal Cinemas, and the NYSC Health Club.

The new development is north of the World Financial Center, on a site bounded by Vesey Street, North End Avenue, and Murray Street. Among the many public amenities offered by the complex is a 10,000 sf, 14-story atrium extending a full block in length. The Embassy Suites Hotel offers parlor-bedroom suites in an attractive location convenient to the World Financial Center, Wall Street, and Battery Park City.

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Fairfield Public Schools

1/16/2012 3:07:04 PM

Perkins Eastman won a competition to design the new 200,000 sf Roger Ludlowe Middle School for 875 students in Fairfield, CT, followed by renovating the former middle school into Roger Ludlowe High School for 1,400 students and renovating the current Warde High School for another 1,400 students.

The middle school features a full-sized gymnasium with seating for 1,000, an auxiliary half-court gymnasium, a library/media center, a 650-seat auditorium, and a cafeteria, in addition to administrative offices and support spaces. To take full advantage of the sloping site, the gym and auditorium are at the level of the playing fields, the classrooms are on the top floors, and all common areas surround a mid-level patio.

At the adjacent high school, 287,000 sf of renovations and a 40,000 sf addition address curriculum changes, solve code compliance issues, and implement significant technology upgrades. To maximize the limited amount of space on the campus, many of the athletic fields are shared by both schools. Perkins Eastman then renovated the existing ‘50s-era Fairfield High School building to address curriculum changes, code compliance issues, building infrastructure replacement, and significant technology upgrades to the facility.

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Fairleigh Dickinson University: Student Residence Building

6/6/2011 12:15:31 PM

Perkins Eastman designed a new student residence building equipped with 150 double rooms and four apartment-style suites. The building is located on the Teaneck campus adjacent to the newly constructed Fitness Center designed by Perkins Eastman in October 2002.

Working with FDU’s initial requirements and overall budget, Perkins Eastman provided a report outlining a series of options that best met the University’s program and budgetary requirements. The purpose of the student residence building is to provide an on-campus amenity and revenue source; serve upper-class students; house summer institutes for seminars; and house external constituents.

The new student residence building has student lounges on each floor, as well as a main lounge and lobby area.

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Fairmont Hotel: Sharm El Sheikh

8/22/2011 3:57:56 PM

The new 65,000 sm (699,650 sf) Fairmont Sharm el Sheikh will be one of the most luxurious destinations in the region. Stretching along a private beach, the Fairmont takes advantage of its site location and Red Sea views by offering each 55 sm (590 sf) guestroom an unparalleled view. The architecture takes its cue from the simple Moorish tradition of the Sinai Peninsula, but reinterprets the language with contemporary lines. Natural materials, patterns, and colors—which evoke the spirit of the Sinai Mountains as well as the richness of the Red Sea—are used as distinguishing elements throughout the resort.

The resort includes a resort center, all-day dining restaurant, two specialty restaurants, 397 exclusive guestrooms, 27 chalets, and 40 private villas with a club. The renowned Fairmont Gold Club is located on the top floor and features dramatic views of the Red Sea and Mountains. A signature Willow Stream Spa offers exclusive services for both hotel guests and visitors. With almost 250 meters (820 feet) of prime beachfront, the landscape includes two swimming pools, gardens, beach promenade, and private beach with outdoor massage areas, sports activities, and private lounging.

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University of Pittsburgh: Falk Laboratory School

6/30/2011 1:38:14 PM

In direct response to an increased demand on an aging facility, the Falk Laboratory School commissioned Perkins Eastman to lead the renovation and addition to the existing 27,000 sf building. The 39,000 sf addition includes newly programmed spaces for science, art, and music, a library, as well as a larger communal area for students, faculty, and families. The design successfully resolves an otherwise challenging site while creating usable outdoor teaching spaces and a formal connection to the lush, wooded hillside behind the school.

An extension of the University’s School of Education, the Falk Laboratory School is a research facility exploring new teaching methods, assessing student outcomes, and documenting its findings for the benefit of the greater educational community. The current program, which serves 275 children in grades K to eighth grade, will be expanded to include two full sections in each grade with a total enrollment of more than 400 students.

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Fatou District Master Plan

9/29/2011 11:55:06 AM

Perkins Eastman developed a framework plan for a 1,560-hectare (3,855-acre) new district for 350,000 residents on the eastern edge of Beijing within Zhongguancun, China's Silicon Valley. This new district, named the Fatou Functional Zone, has been designed to support a cluster of research and development and technology-oriented businesses.

Bisected by the Fifth Ring Road and bounded on the north by a high-traffic highway, Fatou is ideally positioned to become a dominant district in Beijing's continued expansion, with easy linkages to the adjacent industrial centers and Beijing's Central Business District. The zones comprise a variety of functions including business, research and development, residential, cultural hubs, and commerce; totaling 4.9M sm (53M sf).

Upon completion, the Fatou District will include a total of 2.3M sm (19.4M sf) of retail, dining, and entertainment; 651,000 sm (7M sf) of hospitality, culture, and convention space; 400,000 sm (4.3M sf) of healthcare; and 102,000 sm (1.1 sf) of public and civic space. From the high-tech corporate zones along the northern and eastern peripheries to entertainment and restaurant districts to the surrounding parks, Fatou will form a vibrant and dynamic eastern gateway to central Beijing.

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Flushing Commons

6/9/2011 11:31:43 AM

A need for public open space provided the impetus for this master plan for a 1.8M sf mixed-use development to revitalize a municipal parking lot in the heart of downtown Flushing in Queens, NY. The program includes 600 condominiums, retail, commercial space, medical office space, a YMCA, and a multi-level underground parking garage for 1,600 vehicles (replacing the existing surface-level parking while accommodating new uses). The new 1.5-acre town square provides public gathering and event spaces and enhances pedestrian circulation with access from nearby mass transit.

The vision for the development includes four buildings organized around a central elliptical green comprising lawn, plazas, gardens, and water features. The massing of the buildings minimizes shadow conditions on key paths and open spaces, reinforcing the creation of an urban destination and place to congregate.

As a reflection of the existing land use patterns adjacent to the site, the development complements the existing street-facing conditions through a thoughtful mix of street-level retail and commercial development. As a benchmark of design excellence in urban design and sustainable architecture, the development will pursue a LEED Silver Certification.

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Foxway Commons

6/9/2011 11:35:53 AM

Created by the South Side Local Development Company, South Side Riverfront Housing is a multi-phase project that includes 300 units of housing along the Monongahela River in the South Side neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The first block of the eight-block project area is known as Fox Way Commons, a 26-unit development of renovated and new structures designed first by Quick Ledewitz Architects and continued by Perkins Eastman.

Fox Way Commons includes 11 units in renovated warehouse buildings and 15 new row houses. The development evokes the gritty neighborhood: its rich texture of old brick, metal and siding, its unexpected juxtapositions of building types and scales, and its well-defined urban grid. The housing is also affordable to households of modest income. Careful attention was paid to the exterior spaces, where the blockstone parking courts, brick walls, iron fences and planting provide a pedestrian scale and quality. At completion, the development had a waiting list of over two hundred potential buyers.

Fox Way Commons received the 1995 Merit Award from the Pennsylvania Society of Architects and the American Institute of Architects, and the 1994 Excellence in Construction Award in the Residential category from the Associated Builders & Contractors of Western Pennsylvania.

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FUJIFILM Inc.

6/21/2010 4:14:07 PM

The design of the new FUJIFILM 150,000 sf headquarters creates an environment that matched the new corporate mission statement: collaborative, informative, and timeless.

The Perkins Eastman team strategically targeted new workplace standards. In order to break down boundaries and support the collaboration requirements of their mission statement, 70% of the workspace is open plan, with many team rooms and work areas for collaborative tasks.

Recognizing that 100% open plan would not be optimum for this client, the team recommended that all managers and directors be in internal offices. The majority of the staff remain in workstations on the window walls which command spectacular views of the Westchester countryside. Included on the main floor of the headquarters is a large (1,500 sf) reception and training area that educates both clients and staff with ongoing information on plasma screens. Fuji green is used discreetly but consistently throughout the project in finishes, graphics, and in the company’s mission statement located on a 26-foot feature wall in reception. Photographs © Esto. All rights reserved.

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Gateway Center

10/7/2011 3:19:34 PM

Gateway Center, the country’s largest intermodal transportation facility, is the centerpiece of a pedestrian-focused downtown revitalization plan. EE&K’s master plan for the 75-acre Alameda District centers on a site adjacent to Los Angeles’ landmarked Spanish-style 1930s Union Station. The Gateway Intermodal Transit Center links nearly every means of ground transportation including buses, subways, Amtrak, light rail, and the Metrolink commuter line, together with a 3,000-car park-and-ride facility—returning this neglected location to its origins as the grand portal to Los Angeles.

Convenience and access were paramount, but was the desire to create a first-class environment and a compelling hub for the district. The plan responded with a design that recalls the civic architecture of the world’s great railway stations. The East Portal—the physical gateway—features a monumental stone archway through which travelers enter the main terminal, whose dome of etched glass and steel soars to a height of 90 feet. The interior is enlivened with brightly-patterned stone paving, murals, and a 7,000-gallon tropical aquarium. More than a terminal, this is a space for art, live music performance, and refreshment.

This project was completed by the Principals and staff of EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman.

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GE Energy Financial Services

6/23/2010 2:44:00 PM

General Electric’s Energy Financial Services Division is celebrated for its innovation in providing alternative energy sources for the United States and abroad. Their 280,000 sf headquarters relocation reflects this innovation by providing opportunities for consistent interaction between its team members. To better foster this interaction, the CEO made a decision to change the work environment, which is currently 90% office, to a workplace with a 70% open plan. In addition, many collaboration opportunities were designed to support this planning approach; formal conference rooms including a visitor conference center, smaller huddle rooms, as well as a GE living room in the center of each floor are placed to encourage this dialogue.

As a purveyor of alternative energy strategies, it is important for the project to incorporate leading environmental initiatives. To this end, the building achieved LEED Gold certification for its use of sustainable products, lighting efficiencies and other environmental practices.

The culture and brand of GE’s Energy Financial Services division will be reflected in both static and interactive branding elements, including touch screens and digital signage systems designed by C & G Partners.

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Glenville Elementary School

6/29/2011 5:41:44 PM

This school renovation provides a technologically advanced and energy efficient learning environment that maintain the existing fabric of the surrounding community. Complete architectural services for the 65,000 sf renovation and addition to an existing elementary school were provided by Perkins Eastman.

The renovated school houses 360 students in grades K-5 in 20 classrooms grouped into intimate learning neighborhoods. With abundant access to natural light, these neighborhoods are broken down into clusters by individual grade. The program space also includes a gym, cafeteria, and library/ media center housed around a central courtyard.

The central location of the courtyard and public spaces, away from the grade clusters, allows for optimum acoustics and minimal distraction in each classroom. Within the renovated elementary school, scale plays a central role as a learning tool for the students. The design strives to incorporate nuances of color and texture within the built environment to both enhance learning and serve as a means of wayfinding. The design also integrates robust energy efficient systems including a photovoltaic roof panel system, and an overall sustainable approach to optimize the long-term operating costs of the school.

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Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters: Marywood Center

7/5/2011 3:08:29 PM

Perkins Eastman assisted the Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters with the development process, master planning, architecture, and interior design for an 80,000 sf, 51-unit senior residence that blends assisted living, skilled care, and dementia care.

Three ambitions guided the design: to balance the Sisters’ sacred needs with a facility that is marketable to the secular public, as the order requires less space; to produce a fresh concept for senior living; and to utilize green building practices. The Sisters’ mission and vision is celebrated with a centrally located chapel and thoughtful placement on the sacred site, creating an environment of contemplation and community. To attract future developers, the assisted living wing can be sold floor-by-floor or in its entirety, and alcove studio units can easily be converted to one-bedroom kitchenette apartments.

An innovative design vernacular is expressed with clean volumetric forms, simple architectural materials, a unique building layout, and the deconstruction of a typical double-loaded corridor. Green principles included design of the building to achieve LEED Silver certification, minimal site disturbance, and natural progressive water management.

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Hanoi Capital Construction Master Plan to 2030 and Vision to 2050

9/29/2011 11:23:07 AM

The lead planners in a large international team, Perkins Eastman developed the Hanoi Capital Construction Master Plan as a framework to guide the city's development for the next 20 years and establish a vision for the city to become one of the most livable, sustainable, and attractive world capital cities by 2050.

To organize and plan for Hanoi's expected urban growth to over nine million people by 2030, a comprehensive planning approach was needed to encompass social, economic, physical, and environmental issues. This same approach needed to prioritize flexibility to accommodate changing conditions over time, as well as the ability to establish strong coordination between regulatory agencies.

Among the most important features of the plan is the accepted recommendation that 70% of Hanoi—including its remaining natural areas and most productive agricultural land—be permanently protected from further development as part of a broad sustainability strategy. A second major part of the plan calls for strict preservation of the historic structures and precincts, tree-lined streets, river banks and lakes, and other features that make Hanoi an inherently beautiful and livable city.

The plan has received wide acceptance and support from the many involved agencies and ministries, as well as the public.

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Harbor Point Square

3/16/2011 2:21:43 PM

Modeled for smart growth and transit-oriented development, Harbor Point is one of the first projects to qualify for the USGBC’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) pilot program. The 80-acre mixed-use development creates a sustainable presence in an economically neglected area transforming former industrial brownfield into a world-class destination.

The four-phase, 10-year project creates 4,000 new residences, 400,000 sf of retail space, nearly 350,000 sf of office space, a hotel and spa, 16 acres of parks, and more than a mile of shoreline and harbor access—all conveniently located near public transportation. A hotel consisting of 114 rooms plus lobby-level attractions including a wine bar, bakery, and café is at the center of the development. The hotel features a spa and fitness center, meeting rooms, a ballroom, an in indoor pool, and 55 condominiums on the upper floors of the building.

A central square, shaped by the three office buildings and hotel, is the center of social activity. Many of the proposed restaurants and retail components are located in and around the green space providing access to hotel entertainment, the waterfront, parks and various bike trails incorporated into the surrounding landscape.

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High Point University: Major Campus Expansion

6/6/2011 1:51:23 PM

High Point University embarked on a campus modernization and expansion effort to reposition and rebrand itself within the community. Perkins Eastman was part of the master planning team and the architect for several major new buildings that contribute to the transformation of this private liberal arts university into a major competitive state-of-the-art campus.

One of the first major projects was the renovation and addition to the Slane Student Activity Center—the campus centerpiece. The 68,000 sf building features a modern gymnasium and exercise facilities with an elevated running track surrounding a two-story atrium. New program elements feature a welcome center, an outdoor swimming pool, and a multipurpose event space. Located just outside the main campus, the new 600-bed University Village offers a more independent-living option for upper-classmen. A major draw is the outdoor activity area featuring a pool house, spa, and multi-use sports courts. The Village is also equipped with amenities such as a business center, a fitness center, and dining options. The latest campus addition is the 270,000 sf University Center, which combines a 300-bed student residence with retail, entertainment, and student services into one facility. Modern conveniences include a 200-seat cinema, bookstore, student health services, café, and restaurants.

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Hilton Colon Hotel

8/5/2011 11:46:28 AM

The Hilton Colon hotel is Ecuador’s largest hotel located in the city of Guayaquil. This 294-key hotel hosts both business travelers as well as tourists headed to the Galapagos Islands. The original building was completed in 1997, and Perkins Eastman completed the first major renovation and repositioning of this property. The scope of the 1,900 sm (20,467 sf) renovation includes a new reception lobby and atrium, general public spaces and corridors, as well as three new restaurants. The goal was to unify the property and bring it up to modern standards while taking advantage of some opportunities not realized in the original design.

Each restaurant was carefully designed to complement the three varied menus. Café Colon is a 24-hour restaurant with a broad menu designed as a well-lit, welcoming marketplace; Vereda Tropical is an Argentinean steak house; and Portofino was designed as a smaller, more intimate, Italian gourmet restaurant.

The new design unifies the hotel while improving lighting and finishes that the original construction was not able to achieve 12 years earlier. In the reception area, the large formal desk was improved by breaking it down into a series of discrete kiosks, allowing patrons to have closer more personal contact with hotel staff.

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Hollywood & Highland

10/7/2011 2:41:56 PM

Hollywood & Highland looks to both historical and fictional elements of Hollywood Boulevard’s 1920s heyday to create a modern-day icon. The site for this one-of-a-kind destination occupies 1.5 city blocks at the foot of the Hollywood Hills along a boulevard famed for its historic theaters. EE&K’s plan revives the original pedestrian-friendly streetscape with simple and restrained facades that echo the bay rhythms typical of other buildings along Hollywood Boulevard and animated with canopies, windows, signage, and decorative motifs.

Once within the project’s precincts, a series of public spaces function both as forecourts and outdoor stages. Spaces and buildings are linked by promenades, each with a distinctive character and narrative, creating a complex circulation pattern yielding surprise and discovery.

From the “boulevard,” a monumental stair extends the sidewalk into the site, leading visitors to the central public space with a direct view of the famed Hollywood sign in the hills beyond. Further down the boulevard, a processional red carpet of terrazzo leads to the central rotunda and, beyond to the state-of-the-art Premier Theater, the home of the annual Academy Awards ceremony.

This project was completed by the Principals and staff of EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman.

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Hopkins-Nanjing University: Center for Chinese and American Studies, Samuel Pollard Building

6/6/2011 2:22:55 PM

Johns Hopkins University and Nanjing University selected Perkins Eastman to design a new academic building on the campus of Nanjing University. The new Samuel Pollard Building expands the unique academic program of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies, and serves as a signature landmark of the area that establishes a precedent of construction quality for subsequent build-out of the Nanda campus.

The new ten-story, 10,000 sm (108,000 sf) academic building, located next to a building currently housing the program, comprises academic space including classrooms, lecture halls, faculty offices, student lounges, resource areas, and a library. Although the new building represents an aesthetic departure from the existing campus, a portion of the building will take on architectural cues from the old prominent provincial government buildings on Beijing Road—marking the transition between old and new.

A glass curtain wall juxtaposed with solid wall space sets up a visual dialogue with the surrounding campus. The glass corner of the building overlooking Beijing road features an uninterrupted expanse of glass that blurs the point at which the building ends and the sky begins, making the building seem taller and lighter than its actual dimensions.

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Housatonic Community College: Beacon Hall

6/6/2011 2:23:59 PM

Perkins Eastman provided full architectural services for the adaptive reuse and expansion of an existing retail building, originally a Sears, Roebuck, and Co., into Beacon Hall, a multi-purpose academic facility. The 174,500 sf project, designed to accommodate Housatonic College’s expanding educational program, is integrated within the existing campus. The program comprises 30 general instruction classrooms 10 computer laboratories foreign language labs a cafeteria museum event space student life spaces wellness center for aerobics, cardio and dance; faculty offices; early childhood education space; and a bookstore. Core to the program was the expansion of student services and community outreach.

The cafeteria and special events banquet rooms can accommodate 450 seats, and the addition of a black box theater creates a fully instructional environment for the study of theater production. Expansive student lounges are interspersed throughout the building to provide alternative informal gathering/ instructional space for staff and students. A key feature of the interior is the integration of a wayfinding system that enhances the location of the public circulation elements. Art exhibition space is also provided throughout public areas of the building for a collection that includes a rotation of more than 5,000 works.

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Houston Main Street Square

10/7/2011 3:26:59 PM

Houston Main Street Square comprises three city blocks spanning from Dallas to Walker along Main Street in the center of downtown Houston. Originally conceived of as part of EE&K’s Houston Main Street Master Plan project, it is a civic “room” that integrates the new light rail transit implemented along the Main Street corridor.

The two flanking blocks contain station platforms that are partially closed to vehicular traffic. They invite pedestrian activity along bold paving patterns, shaded seating areas, and rich landscape motifs. The central block crescendos with a choreographed water feature composed of a series of arched water jets that are activated by the motion of the trains passing through. Smaller jets animate the fountain intermittently with the train schedule. This dramatic fountain carries forth the tradition of water features in Houston that symbolically connect the city to the surrounding bayous.

This project was completed by the Principals and staff of EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman.

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Hudson Valley Hospital Center

6/2/2011 2:51:20 PM

Perkins Eastman provided programming, architectural and interior design to implement the hospital’s 107,700 sf expansion and renovation to address current and future needs of this 128-bed community hospital. Multiple-occupancy patient rooms were renovated into 84 new single-occupancy rooms for greater patient privacy and comfort, a major goal for the design.

Two new large operating rooms and added recovery space increase the existing surgical capacity, and an expanded and renovated emergency department accommodates an increasing number of annual visits. A new entrance lobby, ambulatory surgery entrance, and related renovations enhance the facility’s presence in the community.

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Huijia International School

6/30/2011 11:30:40 AM

Huijia International School commissioned Perkins Eastman to program and design their new 1,800-student high school. Huijia, one of China’s top-ranked private schools, was the first in the country to offer the International Baccalaureate program. Located an hour north of Beijing, the school serves both the local population and the expatriate community.

The design of the new high school was based on the master plan developed by Perkins Eastman in 2008, which addressed the 24-hour nature of the modern boarding school. Located on a 22-hectare (54-acre) site adjacent to Huijia’s elementary and middle schools, the design of the 53,000 sm (570,500 sf) high school was based on the concept of home. In keeping with this concept, all major extracurricular functions, including dining, dormitories, study spaces, recreation and the arts are organized around the main academic quadrangle, which was intended to serve as the school’s “living room.” The school includes a number of facilities that are shared by other academic institutions, including a gymnasium and swimming pool, ice hockey arena, arts and music building, and a 1,200-seat performing arts theater.

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Huishan North Bund

9/29/2011 1:40:09 PM

With the design of the Huishan North Bund, EE&K has introduced a new approach to large scale waterfront development to China’s financial center and most dynamic metropolis. The site offers extraordinary views of not only the river but also the Historic Bund District and the newly developing Pudding District, home too many of Shanghai’s most modern skyscrapers.

The firm’s approach centered on creating an active waterfront program for the water’s edge and focusing the development’s mixed-use development program around a series of high-quality public environments, including two marinas. EE&K gave each building a unique design identity to prevent the monotony sometimes associated with this scale of development.

Huishan North Bund will become the centerpiece of the ongoing transformation of Shanghai’s Huang Pu River waterfront into a post-industrial era and the anchor for the redevelopment of the City’s long neglected port district. Huishan North Bund’s 320,000 sm (3,444,451 sf) development program includes commercial office space, Shanghai’s new shipping exchange and trading hall, retail, and parking. The firm has designed six of the buildings called for by the master plan, each with a distinct design vision and each a dynamic contribution to the changing skyline along the waterfront.

This project was awarded to EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman.

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Huizhou HuaMao Center

12/15/2011 11:40:37 AM

Huizhou Huamo Center is envisioned to be a vibrant retail commercial and residential destination on a 135,000 sm site. The project includes a large plaza, a five-story shopping mall with 100,000 sm of retail space; and six residential towers, clustered in three groupings with townhouses and retail that provides over 300,000 sm of space. The project is anchored by two office towers that provide over 130,000 sm of commercial space.

Careful consideration has been given to how well the urban scheme is woven into the existing urban fabric. The overall configuration of the master plan strives to develop synergies with surrounding land-uses, while still maintaining a distinct identity. A unique aspect of the project involves a water feature in the plaza that not only enlivens the plaza, but generates income as well. Retail pavilions and a tea house were developed on one side of the feature, and an ice skating rink was developed on the other side. The roof of the ice skating rink is sculpted into a green lawn that is the focal point of the open plaza.

As a focal point in the city, the open space and buildings will allow for a variety of civic activities. The development’s proximity to major sports and cultural facilities will make it a desirable destination.

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Indian School of Business: Mohali Campus

6/6/2011 2:24:59 PM

To further establish the institution as a global leader in business education, The Indian School of Business hired Perkins Eastman as design architect for their second campus in northern India. The 28-hectare (70-acre) campus is designed to accommodate 1,200 students enrolled in ISB’s one-year graduate program and a maximum of 100 students in one- to two-week executive programs. The goal was to create a vibrant complex that allows for future growth and strong connection to its natural environment and the surrounding Knowledge City community.

The design draws from the Indian sandstone of ISB’s existing Hyderbad campus while considering modern elements that are relevant to the rich architectural history of Chandigarh. The main academic building’s canopy is a defining campus element, dividing the complex into smaller academic blocks, and creating courtyards for students and faculty to interact and socialize. The canopy superstructure also plays a role in moderating the extreme climate, with shading from sun and shelter from rain.

Residences for students and 120 faculty members are organized into smaller clusters with facing verandas. Campus amenities include 9,290 sm (100,000 sf) of commons area, comprising meeting rooms, athletic facilities, dining, and a recreation center. Sustainable strategies are integrated throughout, and the project strives to achieve LEED Gold or equivalent.

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Ithaca City Courthouse

5/13/2010 11:38:55 PM

Perkins Eastman completed an addition and renovation for a courthouse and police facility for the City of Ithaca that included site evaluation, programming, architecture and interior design services.

The site is bordered by a creek on the north and west and a steep embankment on the east. This unusual site provided the opportunity to orient the main facade of the building toward the business district, linking the facility to the district by means of a pedestrian bridge.

Design of the pedestrian arcade alongside the creek was accomplished by placing the new court facilities on the upper floors. Vertical circulation is divided into public and secure entrances, elevators, and stairways. Both courtrooms were designed to meet stringent programmatic guidelines and accessibility standards.

The project was bid and constructed under Wick’s Law and was completed within budget. The Ithaca City Court received the Excellence in Design Award from the New York State Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

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Jade at 16 West 19th Street

6/9/2011 1:34:44 PM

The Copper Group retained Perkins Eastman to convert a relatively small 12-story office structure in New York's Chelsea neighborhood into Jade comprising 57 residential condominium units. The building's three-sided exposure and small floor plates presented a design challenge to provide units with views. Perkins Eastman with Jade Jagger (working under YOO) introduced the novel concept of centrally located "Pods" concentrating all amenities into a single millwork piece standing just short of the apartments' high ceilings.

Each apartment's unique and beautifully paneled pod opens on various sides to reveal custom closets, an ample and elegant bathroom, and a gourmet kitchen. Centralizing typical apartment amenities into these pods maximizes living space while minimizing time and cost since there would no longer be a need to build interior partitions.

Inspired by Mediterranean resorts, a spacious outdoor terrace landscaped with exotic plants and reflecting pools surrounds a two-story penthouse addition featuring a communal lounge and fitness room. The elegant setting offers dramatic views of the Empire State Building and elevates the space beyond that of most New York City residential complexes.

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The James New York

8/5/2011 11:44:46 AM

Perkins Eastman and ODA were retained to design a new 70,000 sf, 18-story luxury hotel amid complex zoning regulations that had prohibited previous development attempts from moving forward. The design solution maximizes the site’s dynamic location, creating an unexpected park-like setting. Envisioned as an undulating series of pathways and terraces, it is an urban landscape offering guests a unique experience, and an outstanding platform to absorb the drama of the surrounding city.

The entrance to the hotel, tucked under the landscape, leads to a glass elevator carrying guests over the landscape to a glass lobby 30 feet above the garden and surrounding streets. With interiors by Amanda Sullivan, this double-height space, featuring reception and a lounge, is a dramatic setting in which hotel life and the pulse of the city inter-mix. Supported by a superstructure of tree-like columns, suites comprise the remainder of the structure. The building’s uppermost level features an open-air pool and terrace lounge, as well as a spa and meeting rooms.

The 114 guest rooms are muted but warm, utilizing a range of modern natural materials. Careful attention was paid to the orientation of bathrooms and beds in each room--offering a unique experience of the city in each room. An extensive curated art collection reflects the area’s recent importance as an epicenter for New York’s art scene. Each floor features fine art and photographed selected to enhance the guest experience.

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Jinan South City

6/30/2011 4:22:21 PM

Perkins Eastman, in association with its planning and landscape affiliates BFJ Planning and RGR Landscape, developed a framework plan for a 330-hectare (815-acre) new community on the southern edge of Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province. This new community consisting of three neighborhoods and a town center, will extend into the hills south of the city’s outer ring road and taking advantage of their undeveloped, pristine state by adopting them as parkland that will be accessible via the numerous picturesque pedestrian trails that will crisscross the community.

Upon completion, this new district in Jinan will feature 2.8M sm (30M sf) of residential space mainly in the form of medium- and high-rise structures. Within the two village centers will be neighborhood-oriented retail as well as education facilities. The larger district center, part of the final phase of construction, will include 21,000 sm (226,000 sf) community center complete with athletic facilities and cultural performance venues, a total of one middle and four primary schools, infrastructure that includes utilities and water facilities, and a 10,000 sm (107,000 sf) hospital and 3,000 sm (32,300 sf) clinic.

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Kaiser Permanente

6/2/2011 3:03:33 PM

Perkins Eastman has completed renovations and additions for Kaiser Permanente throughout their central California healthcare campuses.

Major projects:
Oakland Radiology Files Reading Room: Relocation of existing files and related renovation of imaging department

Oakland Emergency Department: Major addition and renovation to house expanded ED to serve increasing volume.

Walnut Creek Dermatology Clinic Off-site ambulatory care clinic

Oakland Double IR Suite Renovation to create two Interventional Radiology rooms with shared control and support areas.

Richmond CT Scan: Renovation to revise imaging room for upgraded replacement CT Scanner.

Oakland Radiology Room: Renovation of imaging for replacement equipment installation.

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Kendal on Hudson

7/5/2011 4:13:57 PM

Kendal on Hudson, a 595,000 sf continuing care retirement community located on a picturesque slope along the Hudson River, is founded on the Quaker ideals of inclusion and respect for all people and the notion that a resident’s later years are full of potential. Drawing design cues from the adjacent historic James House, the multi-building complex features Italianate architectural elements and recreates the intimacy of the typical Italian hillside village while retaining an architectural character that is typical of the Hudson River Valley.

A combination of 222 independent living apartments, 24 enriched housing residences, and 42 skilled nursing units provide community residents with a dynamic facility that is able to respond to their changing needs as they age. Hallmark to the programming of Kendal on Hudson is the inclusion of special needs residents in the cycle of daily living. Their residences are centrally located within the Commons Building, which also accommodates a wide range of community spaces including multiple dining venues, lounges, a library, and a Wellness Center with indoor pool.

Particularly challenging to the project were the complex regulatory environment and rocky, steeply sloping site, which necessitated creative design solutions.

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Swarthmore College: Kohlberg Hall

3/29/2011 5:01:18 PM

As the first building component in the implementation of a master plan, Kohlberg Hall fulfills the plan’s essential principles in its siting and design. Located in the heart of the campus, the new 45,000 sf building addresses and links different environments on each side. Its north elevation completes the fourth side of an open quadrangle, and to the south its U-shaped configuration embraces an animated courtyard. At ground level, the building’s transparency blurs the line between the outdoors and the interior, creating the North Campus Commons. Sensitively designed, Kohlberg's stone cladding follows the aesthetic traditions of the existing structures, lending it immediate substance and a sense of permanence, while its height and compact footprint follows a well-established pattern.

Kohlberg is home to three academic departments including faculty and departmental offices, full-size classrooms and intimate seminar rooms, a faculty lounge, and a language lab. The building is filled with natural light, accentuating the elegant details, enlivening the spaces, and making Kohlberg Hall an inviting and vital new participant in Swarthmore’s educational tradition.

This project was completed by the Principals and staff of EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman.

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Kumkang Mixed-use

6/23/2011 3:00:42 PM

Perkins Eastman in collaboration with the Korean Architecture firm Hanwon is working with Kumkang Housing Co. in Korea to create a landmark building complex in Anyang City. This 83,612 sm (899,000 sf) mixed-use center features two towers and open public space. The program comprises office space and retail at the lower two levels, and the 20-story glass towers include housing on the upper two floors. The facade is a series of folded planes in a glass curtain wall resting upon a curved reception forecourt housing retail venues, a separate office, and residential lobbies.

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Kunming ChengGong New City

2/7/2012 11:31:19 AM

Perkins Eastman participated in the Kunming ChengGong New City International Concept Master Plan Design Project for the design of a new city that is part of the New KunMing Urban District, a strategically located urban area that will integrate the mountains, Lake Dianchi, forest, and historic city in the capital city of Yunnan province.

ChengGong New City is planned as an ecological garden city in the KunMing urban system surrounding Lake Dianchi focused on establishing leading industry, a strong economic base, a high quality of life, and functional infrastructure. The urban design for this mixed-use residential, industrial, educational, and government center is based on garden city design principles. The plan is organized around a network of open spaces which extend east-west from the Lake Dianchi waterfront to the mountains and north-south.

The basic urban design concept for the new city envisions a vibrant, walkable community with 24/7 entertainment, cultural districts, and a resort area. The city plan also incorporates mixed-use neighborhoods with distinct identities that can become live/work environments. The development of a large-scale university in ChengGong will encourage high-tech and research-oriented incubator facilities and industry.

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Lower East Side Tenement Museum

2/3/2012 12:02:15 PM

As part of a comprehensive 20-year strategic plan to help the Lower East Side Tenement Museum (LESTM) enhance its exhibits, collections, educational, and administrative programs, Perkins Eastman programmed and executed more than 20,000 sf of renovations. The plan provided assessment of the existing conditions, space requirements, and programmatic needs of 91, 97, and 103 Orchard Street--the community resource, historic, and public buildings respectively.

In a brick tenement building at 97 Orchard Street, 3,000 sf was stabilized and 400 sf renovated, providing public access to the fourth and fifth floors, upgrades the safety and mechanical systems throughout the building, and protection for the historic fabric of the building. The program includes restoring and recreating an apartment as the 1869 home for an Irish Catholic immigrant family in a space that had been vacant since the 1930s. Two adjacent apartments are equipped with multimedia programs dedicated to the exhibit.

Renovations at 103 Orchard Street provide a new 10,000 sf storefront Visitors Center on one of the most prominent corners of the Lower East Side. Architectural and structural elements including cast iron columns and historic signage--long hidden by years of renovations--were retained, exposed, and highlighted, while others served as inspiration for modern elements. The Center includes showroom, gallery, teaching, and demonstration spaces, all enhanced with thoughtfully incorporated technology.

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Long Island Jewish Medical Center

6/2/2011 3:57:24 PM

Perkins Eastman has worked extensively with the Long Island Jewish Medical Center for a variety of planning, new construction, and renovation assignments.

Major projects:
Emergency Department and Critical Care Unit: 32,000 sf (3,000 sm) addition and renovation to more than double the size of the Level I trauma center, improve circulation, and provided improved visitor amenities and expanded support services.

span style="font-weight: bold;">Pediatrics: Renovation of existing nursing unit for pediatric use.

Ambulatory Care Department: Renovations of outpatient clinic space in hospital.

Dialysis Center: Ambulatory care center renovation with support space.

Child Development Center Renovation to create specialized pediatric mental health clinic area.

Women’s Health Center Renovations for imaging and ambulatory care center.

Operating Room: Renovations to create additional operating rooms and more efficient support space.

Radiation Oncology Department Renovation for linear accelerator and simulation and treatment planning space with outpatient access.

Cardiac and Surgical Intensive Care Units Renovations of existing space to create expanded and updated critical care units.

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Lot 179

5/13/2010 11:39:57 PM

Perkins Eastman participated in a design competition to transform an empty lot in one of the most visible and historically significant sections of Shanghai into a world class mixed-use facility including gallery and exhibition space for the city’s premiere modern art institution, the Museum of Modern Art (MoCA).

Despite the strong presence of traditional vernacular architecture in the area, the design team chose to create a modern form complementary to its surroundings. The six-story, 50,000 sm (538,400 sf) building utilizes basic stacking and strong linear axes combined with stone and glass to complement the neighborhood’s scale and context. The simplicity of the structure belies the complex inner workings of a facility designed to integrate high-end retail and office space, a boutique hotel and spa, a restaurant, as well as the exhibition space.

By building up, rather than out, designers were able to incorporate water gardens, green walls, and public plazas throughout the site, restoring a balance between the natural and built environments. Designed as a free-standing structure, the site lines surrounding the building are landscaped to create unobstructed green pathways from one end to the other—a tranquil setting in an otherwise busy hub of Shanghai.

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Madinaty City Center Master Plan

6/30/2011 4:31:07 PM

Challenged to carve out a self-sustaining community from an empty landscape, Perkins Eastman was commissioned by the Talaat Moustafa Group to develop the master plan for a 106-hectare (262-acre) urban center. The Madinaty City Center is envisioned as an integrative network of open and green spaces that establish connective links between neighborhood nodes and functional identities. Iconic architecture is utilized to establish visual landmarks and anchor points in a flexible plan that can stand alone or integrate with the surrounding development.

Divided into three major zones, the first of the phased master plan—Downtown or the financial hub—comprises a dense mix of residential units, office complexes, and high-end retail. Residential towers border the periphery of the site and provide a transition from the looser weave of the surrounding area to the dense urban fabric. An active program of street-level high-end retail, pedestrian promenades, city squares, cafés, and restaurants foster an energized urban center.

For future phases, a hotel anchors the southern end of Downtown and provides a point of reference for the start of the Civic Spine—the second major zone. The Civic Spine serves as the communicative link between the Uptown to Downtown districts. Varied landscaping schemes, cobblestone streets, sleek water elements, and a program of cafés, sports fields, and neighborhood retail invites active participation. The final component—the Uptown cultural district—comprises a mix of residential, retail and office buildings, convention center, town squares, and a connective network of open space. In addition, a program of galleries and museums flanks the central park at the southeastern edge.

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Malibu-Kahlua International Headquarters

1/26/2012 3:15:53 PM

The design for Malibu-Kahlua’s 28,406 sf office draws from the established brand identity of the company’s Caribbean liquor products, and blends seemly with the existing elements which needed to remain due to the client’s budgetary challenges.

As a collaborative and creative company focused on the market development of their brand, MKI required informal meeting areas to support its open corporate culture. Teaming spaces are offered throughout in the form of curved modular seating units upholstered in bright fabrics of warm island colors and an elliptical bar was designed to reference the shape of an island and will float in the middle of their new staff area. A modular display system of suspended metal wires and clear acrylic panels is incorporated into the design to give a cost effective solution to the company’s need to modify their lobby graphic displays on a regular basis.

The color palette is neutral with warm browns and white tones to not only highlight the products but also allow for varied display opportunities as the company continues to acquire new brands. This forward thinking design addresses the current and anticipated future needs of the company both in terms of marketing and the future growth of its human resources.

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MegaStar Mixed-Use Development

2/9/2011 5:21:38 PM

MegaStar is a 100,000 sm mixed-use development located in DuBiotech, a 2.8 million sm biotechnology and research park. The development consists of a 280-room hotel, 550 serviced apartments, ballroom and meeting facilities, and a retail shopping mall. The tower, which is a landmark to the entrance of Dubiotech, incorporates innovative features such as sustainable construction materials and methods, alternative energy resources, and recycling. MegaStar will be a luxury urban resort and destination for the region.

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Metro Green Apartments

6/16/2011 9:51:29 AM

The LEED-ND Gold certified Metro Green Apartments is a new 49,400 sf affordable housing community the first phase of a comprehensive transit-oriented revitalization development project that will eventually include 238 mixed-income rental units and a 17-story office tower. The four-story apartment building complements the surrounding mix of apartments, office buildings, and transportation hub—recalling the historic elements in the area.

The building’s 50 units comprise a mix of one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments, designed to meet the federal and state requirements for accessibility. Each unit has access to natural light with large, high-performance windows that simultaneously flood apartments with light while maintaining a consistent temperature. Amenities for the units include a management office, community room, laundry room, bike storage room, and a bulletin board for ride-share and other community notice. Metro Green Apartments was envisioned by the development and design team as both a refined, open, and airy community for residents as well as an environmentally development that meets the highest standards of green design. The phased development is participating in the US Green Building Council’s Neighborhood Development Pilot Program and the Metro Green Apartments is independently seeking Gold certification. Sustainable features include laminate containing banana fiber, low- or no-VOC paints, a white roof, and two 10,000-gallon concrete storage tanks contain and filter rain water gathered from the roof.

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Middlesex Commons

6/16/2011 9:58:34 AM

Consisting of 60,1,200 sf living units, this luxury condominium complex is sited on a long and narrow, ten-acre parcel between single-family housing to the north and commercial development including a major interstate highway to the south. A staggered building design screens out commercial distractions and creates a private environment for owners with outdoor decks oriented inward to the landscaped portions of the property and are designed to maximize usage of natural light.

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Mott Haven NYCSCA_21200

1/27/2012 10:07:25 AM

Composed of diverse specialty program spaces, the Mott Haven Campus brings much needed public and shared areas to a rebounding area of the South Bronx. As a major landmark, the project is located on an 8.7-acre site within a revitalized neighborhood. This campus of four separate schools has been labeled the largest single school construction project in New York City history.

Designed in association with Alexander Gorlin Architects, the ambitious project consolidates four different schools comprising fifth through twelfth grades. By locating the schools on one site, specialized spaces can be shared among all four schools, substantially reducing construction costs and maximizing efficiency. Each school continues to function as an independent entity, with separate entryways, classrooms, administrative spaces, and dining facilities. To serve as the off-hours community theatre, a state-of-the-art 600-seat performing arts center acts as the centerpiece of a shared program for the campus. A library for the charter school is located independent from the shared library for the secondary schools.

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Mount Sinai Medical Center: Center for Advanced Medicine

6/2/2011 4:29:03 PM

Mount Sinai Center for Advanced Medicine needed to renovate a 1925 parking garage to function as a clinical and research space. Project goals included creating a strong architectural identity by unifying the building base, enhancing the pedestrian entrance and street front, and creating separate service, patient, and ambulatory entries.

Perkins Eastman provided architectural and interior design services for the 140,000 sf conversion comprising 40 outpatient clinics, clinical research dry-lab offices, administrative offices, and hospital services for the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Architectural enhancements include a seven-story exterior glass curtain wall—a creative design solution that establishes a stronger identity for this mid-block building while capitalizing on natural daylight.

The new public lobby contains images of Central Park that provide a unique and familiar aesthetic while doubling as a way finding system. The renovation also includes seven new elevators and the development of eight floors of interior program space ranging from medical clinics to diagnostic imaging to hospital administration.

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The Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and MSKCC Imaging Center

6/3/2011 3:03:57 PM

Perkins Eastman provided programming, architecture and interior design for a 14-story, 240,000 sf outpatient center on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, based on new methods of cancer diagnosis and care. The plan stresses family involvement and integrated medical, surgical, and imaging services to allow multi-disciplinary consultations.

The design reflects city zoning and an as-of-right building and the stacked program: clinical floors, academic offices and administration. The side entrance is shifted to create a welcoming garden and a through block driveway for privacy, security, and comfort. The exterior is a blend of glass and golden toned brick and stone, a reflection of the residential neighborhood.

The welcoming hotel-style lobby includes concierge services and central elevators with clear access to clinical floors with imaging, medical and surgical oncology, infusion therapy, and psycho-social programs. Attractive waiting areas with abundant day lighting include patient and family amenities, registration, pantries, a patient boutique, and conference center. Careful design and lighting creates inviting spaces with wood and fabrics to provide a warm and comforting atmosphere which makes specialized care part of life, rather than a hospital character based on illness.

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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

6/2/2011 4:08:16 PM

For more than twelve years, Perkins Eastman has assisted MSKCC in renewing and expanding facilities to reflect their world-renowned status as a leader in cancer care.

Major projects:
Laurence S. Rockefeller Pavilion: MSKCC’s first off-site outpatient pavilion, a 200,000sf,(18,600 sm) 11 story facility with diagnostic, treatment and post surgical programs. The thoughtful, warm design takes patient-focused concepts to their furthest extension and provides a high quality environment with thoughtful patient amenities.

Surgical Platform: Added over existing buildings, a 70,000 sf (6,500 sm) addition with 21 operating rooms; new patient intake; and family, staff, and recovery spaces.

Bone Marrow Transplant Unit: Renovation of 17,000sf (1,600 sm) nursing floor to provide special care for immune-depressed patients, with special HEPA filtration and highly cleanable finishes while creating a welcoming, long-stay nursing unit.

Women’s Services Nursing Unit: Renovation of 17,000sf ( 1,600sm) nursing floor designed specifically for women. The 42-bed unit has a patient library and lounge where programs such as physical therapy for mastectomy patients and “Look Good Feel Better” classes for patients with hair loss are conducted. The unit also has a visitor lounge designed to be comfortable for men.

Genito Urinary Nursing Unit: Full renovation of an existing 17,000 sf ( 1,600 sm) inpatient unit to house 41 patients in nine private and 16 semiprivate rooms. Clinical spaces include an examination room, open-plan nurse station, conference room, and support spaces.

Special Inpatient Suites Renovation of 17,000 sf ( 1,600sm) nursing floor designed for patients with special needs including supplemented accommodations, security and privacy. The project is a luxury hospitality environment, which meets all the requirements of an acute care inpatient unit. Fourteen patient units include deluxe rooms and two-room suites. Common areas include a lounge, library, and a front desk with security and concierge services.

Guttman Institute: Renovation of an outpatient diagnostic center for cancer patients, mammography services and screening for cervical and prostate cancers.

International Center: Off-site renovation 12,000 sf (1,100 sm) former bank space to house international patient admissions and reception center.

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Hebrew SeniorLife: NewBridge on the Charles

7/5/2011 3:23:22 PM

Designed collaboratively by Perkins Eastman and Chan Krieger, this new intergenerational campus for Hebrew SeniorLife responds to the client’s desire to create an intergenerational campus with a variety of housing options for the elderly.

The new campus, located on 162 acres of environmentally fragile land along the Charles River in a community west of Boston, is the home of approximately 750 aging adults. The site also provides a setting for 450 students in the Rashi School and ancillary play and athletic fields. The living accommodations include 50 cottages, 24 villa apartments, 182 apartments, 51 traditional assisted living apartments, 40 memory support rooms, and a 268-resident healthcare center with 220 long term care residents and 48 sub-acute patients. The campus is equipped with a full array of programs to integrate the physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of aging.

The campus site planning responds with sensitivity to the existing environment by establishing connections with the community through clearer pathways between interior and exterior courtyards and vistas, memorable outdoor places and experiences, and opportunities for life-long learning through nature.

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Ha Tay Ngoc Liep New City Master Plan

6/30/2011 3:47:54 PM

Perkins Eastman and affiliate BFJ Planning prepared a concept master plan for a 2,430-hectare (6,000-acre) development site in Ngoc Liep New City, Ha Tay Province for Posco E&C. The development site is characterized by flat terrain and contains a number of lagoons, small lakes, wetlands and irrigation channels. Particular emphasis was placed on responding to client goals for a sustainable, ecologically-sensitive plan.

A key element of the plan is the preservation of existing settlements and productive farmland. New features include three urban centers which provide retail and community services for over 250,000 people. A park bordering the Tich River includes a botanical garden, arboretum, lakes, and other major tourist attractions. A proposed major road network and a new light rail with three transit stops within the site provides convenient access to Ngoc Liep New City and adjacent areas.

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Ningbo MT&E Research Institute Master Plan

8/25/2009 5:52:36 PM

A new 18.2-hectare (45-acre) research campus for Ningbo University, Ningbo Material Technology & Engineering Research Institute is envisioned as a catalyst for sustainable economic development that will establish the city of Ningbo’s importance within the Yangtze-Delta region. Unique to the project is a vision of creating an environment that fosters collaboration between scholarship and industry. Through such collaboration, the institute hopes to inspire students, researchers, and faculty to become leaders in the science and technology field. In the role of master planner and architect, Perkins Eastman was asked to create a new space that not only encouraged this interdisciplinary collaboration and entrepreneurship, but also adhered to environmentally-friendly design principles while remaining flexible enough to easily accommodate future needs of the institute.

The garden-like campus, with buildings no more than ten stories high is a heavily landscaped environment, is meant to be an inviting public space where sporadic moments of casual interaction abound. This interaction extends into the buildings as well, where innovative plug-and-play laboratory designs allow for a high degree of customization while bringing different disciplines into close proximity with each other.

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NordenPark

6/27/2011 10:09:28 AM

Built in the 1960s, NordenPark served well as a high-level defense contract related research facility. Architecturally, it was industrial and anonymous, purposely hidden from its location off Interstate 95 in Norwalk, Connecticut. The new owners of NordenPark, however, sought to transform the dated research and development building into a contemporary office facility with a high-tech edge. While visibility had been previously avoided, the owners now wanted a visually stunning office park that would attract both tenants and the attention of highway motorists.

As a first step in repositioning 150,000 sf of the 650,000 sf existing building, the exterior façade was stripped away and replaced with layers of tinted glass, colored light, and metal mesh to create a crisp first impression. The open mesh scrim wall adds drama and dimension to the exterior, and provides a framework for future tenants to expand their identity with custom signage. While each architectural movement is defined by the blue and green color scheme, it is subtle enough not to overpower the natural surroundings. These scrim walls were also strategically placed to provide a vertical breakup of the horizontal façade, while also concealing stair doors, delineating private entrances for the tenants.

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North An Khanh New City: Residential District

6/16/2011 10:08:43 AM

Perkins Eastman designed a 93-hectare (229-acre) residential project in Hanoi, Vietnam as part of a larger mixed-use development for 30,000 residents. The initial phase of the project comprises 350,000 sm (3.8M sf) of luxury residential development with 410 single family villas, 470 terrace residences, and 270 waterfront apartments in three high-rise buildings overlooking a large central park and lake area.

The villas and terrace residences are organized in gated residential districts with community centers, swimming pools, and tennis courts. All of the luxury residences look onto interconnected common green spaces that meander throughout the development. The 17-hectare (42-acre) central park is surrounded by a 60,000 sm (6.5M sf) water body, bordered by leisure and active recreational areas for the residents of North An Khanh New City.

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New York Hospital Queens

8/22/2011 5:09:12 PM

Perkins Eastman’s major modernization program for the New York Hospital Queens (NYHQ) provides an upgrade and consolidation of patient care services and improves the physical appearance of this major community hospital.

The present hospital block comprises four interconnecting components: the main wing, north wing, ancillary wing, and east wing. The modernization program includes a new five-level, 90,000 sf west wing and selective renovations totaling 30,000 sf within the existing buildings. The master plan focuses on two centers of excellence—cardiology and surgery—by increasing the number of critical care beds and enhancing acute care services. Future vertical expansion will add four more levels, aligning the addition with the existing buildings.

Through careful planning, all aspects of medical care are within close proximity. This facilitates patient and staff activities and permits a more efficient delivery of care, as all levels of medical care are closely connected. Accordingly, the density of the present buildings will increase slightly. The community will benefit from this concentration because its residential character will remain undisturbed by dispersed satellite facilities.

Perkins Eastman recently joined hundreds of NYHQ employees along with administrators, trustees, and numerous community leaders to mark the completion of the hospital’s new West Wing with a ceremonial ribbon cutting. To view a fly though of the project click here.

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New York Stock Exchange: Next Generation Trading Floor

1/26/2012 3:12:28 PM

Perkins Eastman designed the New York Stock Exchange’s (NYSE) “next-generation trading floor,” creating a unique workspace custom re-designed for the NYSE Euronext’s blend of high-tech, high-touch trading. NYSE Euronext wanted an environment where brokers can serve customers in multiple markets and multiple asset classes more efficiently and effectively right from the NYSE trading floor—integrating off-floor and on-floor operations.

The phased transformation provides modern, seated workspaces with room for multiple computer screens; replacing crowded, wooden booths where brokers and their assistants stand elbow to elbow.

The remake of the main room of the world’s best-known trading floor uses sleek, curved, translucent glass walls and new lighting to brighten the room and recapture the marble walls and original windows that were obscured earlier. The project also includes streamlining the large, circular desks throughout the trading floor where the designated market makers are located, as well as updating the electronic wallboards into color, high-definition, flexible-content displays. The project will result in approximately 200 individual broker stations.

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NYU Langone Medical Center

6/3/2011 11:50:30 AM

Perkins Eastman has an decade-long relationship with NYU, completing more than 40 projects totaling over 300,000 sf (28,000 sm).

Major projects:
Cardiac and Vascular Center: Renovation of 12,000 sf (1,100 sm) for cardiac catheterization and non-invasive diagnostic cardiology.

Critical Care: Phased Renovation in its current location of 15,000 sf (1,400 SM) of outdated intensive care units to provide larger, fully modern patient rooms and more efficient staff work and supervision areas.

Child Study Center: Located in a new residential tower, this 17,000 sf( 1,600 sm) facility promotes good mental health for children and young adults with an environment that is both comforting and playful. Its use of natural lighting, color and scale balances the requirements of a research facility with the special sensitivity needed for the intimate nature of patient treatment.

Radiology Department: Master plan and multi-phased renovation of 30,000 sf ( 2,800 sm) of imaging space in several areas, maintaining continuing operations and minimizing changes to building mechanical systems.

Medical School Department of Medicine: Renovation of 13,700 sf (1,300 sm) of hospital space for three wet labs and all necessary support such as equipment room, tissue culture and microscopy labs, darkroom, computer lab, quiet room, as well as offices, a pantry and conference room. The laboratories house newly recruited research physicians.

In-vitro Fertilization Center: Renovation for diagnostic and research spaces including examination and procedure rooms, two operating rooms, and laboratories for in-vitro fertilization, embryology and andrology.

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New York University (NYU): School of Medicine: Laboratories for Department of Medicine

5/13/2010 10:35:59 PM

Perkins Eastman renovated 11,600 sf of the fourth floor of Tisch Hospital for the New York University School of Medicine. This followed a smaller, 2,100 sf renovation for the Anesthesiology Department on the same floor.

The renovated spaces include three fully functioning wet labs and all necessary support spaces, such as equipment room, tissue culture and microscopy labs, darkroom, computer lab, quiet room, etc., as well as offices, a pantry and conference room. The corridor received a facelift and a full HVAC upgrade, which allows for the necessary air-change rates for the labs to function as updated and modernized research facilities.

The largest portion of the new renovation will support a prolific research physician newly recruited into the Department of Medicine. The remainder of the space will be assigned to new recruits yet to be named.

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New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME): DNA Forensics Biology Laboratory

5/21/2010 12:31:09 AM

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in New York City performs more DNA analyses than any other public laboratory in the country. Anticipating the full use of DNA testing not only in solving crimes but for supporting law enforcement in general, the Medical Examiner determined that a new stand-alone DNA Forensic Biology Laboratory would be necessary to replace the existing 6,300 sf facility.

The new 335,500 sf state-of-the-art DNA facility houses numerous forensic laboratories of various complexities including a casework analysis lab to identify perpetrators; an exemplar lab to process people known to be at the crime scene and to process paternity samples; a high-sensitivity lab for property crimes; an in-situ lab for ascertaining if genetic defects causing death have been transmitted within a family; and a mitochondrial lab for body identification and missing persons cases.

The facility also houses a scanning electron microscope, bio-chemistry and immuno/histo chemistry labs, quality control/quality assurance labs, training labs, and research and development labs, in addition to support space comprising office, archive storage, evidence holding areas, conference center, and subterranean parking for 33 vehicles.

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Park Hyatt Marrakech at Al Maaden

9/21/2010 5:05:14 PM

The new Park Hyatt Marrakech is a 35,000 sm (377,000 sf) hotel, residential, and retail development within the Al Maaden Golf and Resort of Marrakech. It offers guests and residents luxurious rooms in a dramatic setting with a view of the Atlas Mountains. Amenities include a resort center, Park Hyatt meeting residences, specialty restaurant, spa, villas, and souk (commercial quarter). The hotel has two main pools: an all day pool near the resort center and a formal pool overlooking an 18-hole golf course and the Atlas Mountain range. A water feature separates the resort from the golf course.

The 120 hotel rooms, with views of the golf course and mountains, are grouped in clusters around a common courtyard or in a layout for small private groups with two rooms and two suites sharing an interior courtyard with a reflecting pool. Forty-five exclusive villas include a living room, dining room, fireplace, and pool.

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Park Hyatt Saadiyat Beach Resort

1/26/2012 12:18:44 PM

The new Park Hyatt Saadiyat Beach Hotel and Resort in Dubai, UAE is a 484,400 sf (45,000 sm) development envisioned as a benchmark of luxury in a memorable seaside setting. This will be the first hotel to open on the Island, currently being developed as an international cultural and recreational destination. It will be one of the most luxurious and exciting new resort properties on the island. Developed by Abu Dhabi National Hotels (ADNH), the blend of luxurious amenities, harmony with nature, inspired architecture, and guest accommodations will create a global destination worthy of its dramatic setting on the shores of the Arabian Gulf.

The design brings together all the elements of a unique luxury resort destination where the architecture and landscape designs complement each other—blurring the lines between the indoors and outdoors. The 314 guestrooms and suites are varied, located primarily in the main building and wings or in single- and double-story riads along the boardwalk and private beach. The guestrooms are designed with extended terraces and open bathrooms, with most units having a view of the Arabian Sea. The quality and standards resonate throughout the resort, creating a destination that is expected of the Park Hyatt brand, and raises the level of quality for the region. Amenities include two swimming pools, main dining room, specialty restaurant/bar, beach restaurant, private beach, spa, and meeting/banqueting facilities.

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Partner Reinsurance

8/25/2009 5:52:56 PM

The design of this company’s Greenwich headquarters coincided with the new CEO’s desire to provide a work environment that was non-hierarchical and collaborative as well as a space that promoted their Zurich-based roots.

To address unforeseeable staff growth and business changes, workplace standards were designed with flexibility in mind and are limited to two office and two work-station types, both of which are interchangeable. All senior management are housed in glass-fronted offices, which allows for visual interaction between management and staff and affords all staff views of Long Island Sound.

Branding and identity were an important part of the project. Gestures are made to the company’s Swiss roots in the use of products including Haller case goods and files, and in the detailing glass partition connections, perforated metal acoustic tiles. A palette of beech veneers and stainless steel pays tribute to the no-nonsense, precise approach associated with Swiss culture and the reinsurance industry.

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Paseo Colorado

10/7/2011 5:14:32 PM

As American cities look for ways to revitalize their downtowns, one of the most challenging problems has been how to deal with obsolete shopping malls built in the 1960s and ‘70s. Lacking scale and inward-facing, these malls have had an especially damaging effect on their surroundings. EE&K’s design for Paseo Colorado transformed the failed Pasadena Plaza in downtown Pasadena into a vibrant, mixed-use precinct, ultimately creating what The Los Angeles Times has called a “model for urban redevelopment across the country.”

The plan turned the mall inside out, knitting the new development back into the downtown street grid. By introducing a mix of offices, hospitality, retail, and residential above the existing retail, the design re-used much of the mall’s existing structure as well as its underground parking garage. The architecture of Paseo Colorado is uniquely contextual, with varied facades that reinforce the street grid and echo Pasadena’s distinctive palette of pale yellows and pinks, while a lively variety of trellises and canopies create a rich play of shadow.

This project was completed by the Principals and staff of EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman.

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Pennsylvania State University: Ross Administration Building

6/8/2011 4:54:46 PM

Located adjacent to the student learning center on the Pennsylvania State University Beaver Campus, the new 20,000 sf three-story Ross Administration Building is a one-stop destination for student services. The building is sited, like many of the existing campus buildings, with the main floor continuous with the academic quad level. Additional exterior stairs and plazas provide students passage to the lower parking area behind the student center, and provide future access to the existing campus bookstore via the west side of the student learning center.

Perkins Eastman worked with the University to create a strong identifiable icon from the campus entry road and academic quadrangle. The building design creates a pedestrian connection between the upper academic quad and the lower campus parking, while providing places inside and outside the building for informal interaction between students, faculty, and staff. Operationally, the building simplifies and humanizes the enrollment/registration process, which is more consistent with the Penn State Beaver campus’ intimate, personal atmosphere. Other aspects of the project included modifications to existing surface parking areas and roadways, landscaped plaza and terrace areas, site lighting and landscaping, and utility relocations.

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Pfizer Headquarters

1/26/2012 3:13:24 PM

Perkins Eastman coordinated a phased renovation of a nine-story, approximately 220,000 sf building that is one of several linked buildings housing Pfizer's corporate offices. Instead of following a structured schedule, the complete renovation of each floor will occur whenever occupants can be relocated elsewhere with minimal disruption to their work activities. In addition, Perkins Eastman was also asked to prepare a new concept for the system of inter-building connections that would guide the refinish of existing links and determine the placement of additional ones.

The first phase of renovation saw the complete update of the second, third, and fifth floors. The next sequence involved the sixth floor followed by the fourth floor, the hub of Pfizer's corporate activity and the main conference center. This floor includes 19 conference rooms—two of which will be capable of videoteleconferencing—and a full-service pantry for distribution of food and beverages during meetings. An additional large room, divisible into two via a Skyfold door, will be set aside for use as a classroom.

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Phoenix Valley Golf Course

7/8/2011 3:03:07 PM

The master plan for Phoenix Valley uses the most advanced planning concepts and ecological principles to ensure the development of a model golf community that encompasses the highest of standards for resort, golf, and tourist communities worldwide.

Located approximately 42 km (26 miles) east of Haikou, along Dongxing Highway in the heart of the Phoenix Valley, the relatively flat 268-hectare (662-acre) site includes a centrally located hotel/clubhouse facility as well as luxury villas integrated into two tournament-quality golf courses. A proposed circulation network would reach out to the outlying areas to strengthen connectivity.

The resort will serve the development’s residential community and attract international golfing tournaments and resort destination travelers, offering ease and elegance in a memorable environment.

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Hyatt Regency at Port Lixus

2/9/2011 5:20:24 PM

As part of the first phase of the Port Lixus master plan, the Hyatt Regency Port Lixus hotel is situated near the ancient Roman seaport of Port Lixus on a dramatic bluff 35 m (115 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean. Port Lixus is directly across the Loukkos River from the Portuguese and Spanish-influenced harbor town of Larache, and is 80 km (50 mile) south of Tangier, Morocco.

Perkins Eastman’s design for this 40,000 sm (430,000 sf) hotel includes 300 guestrooms and suites, 60 serviced apartments, five restaurants and lounges, a banqueting and meeting facility, children’s activity areas, a fitness center, and several outdoor pools. A 1,100 sm (11,800 sf) one-of-a-kind hydrotherapy and hammam spa located on the edge of the corniche overlooking the Atlantic Ocean is one major component that makes this hotel especially unique. The design of the complex allows for all guest rooms and public spaces to have views of the ocean and the adjacent golf course offers amazing sunset views toward the historic town of Larache.

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Princeton Day School

6/30/2011 12:45:41 PM

Princeton Day School is an independent school nestled in a heavily-wooded 103-acre campus on the outskirts of Princeton with 900 students ranging from grades Pre-K to 12. The school sought a master plan that would encourage their core mission of teaching integrity, respect, and compassion. Perkins Eastman translated these goals into a facilities expansion project that added 52,000 sf and renovated 33,000 sf with an emphasis on a rigorous and competitive academic curriculum balanced by athletics, visual and performing arts, and music.

The master plan honors the historic nature of Princeton Day by adding the new upper school arts facility, visual/performing arts space and the expanded libraries to the rear of the existing building. The new art studios dedicated to ceramics and sculpture, architecture, painting, woodworking and photography, strengthen the arts program in conjunction with the expanded music rooms and a state-of-the-art recording studio. The libraries include seminar rooms and “smart” rooms equipped with digital and multimedia capabilities. All newly designed interior spaces, which are defined by clean, modern lines, anchor to a circulatory spine and integrate the best and latest technology and tools.

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PS/IS 189

6/30/2011 12:55:06 PM

To alleviate overcrowding at several elementary and middle schools in the Parkchester area of the Bronx, the School Construction Authority selected Perkins Eastman to design a new 916-student, 115,245 sf pre-K to eighth grade school on Housing Authority property.

In order to fit a comprehensive educational facility for both elementary and middle schools on a limited site, the program is consolidated within a single set of space-intensive facilities on four floors. Controlled interaction protects the students from unmonitored social incidents, while maintaining an open environment through strategic visual connections. Larger shared spaces including cafeteria, gymnasium, and 300-seat auditorium are located on the ground floor permitting ease of access for public use during off-hours. Additional community offerings include two playgrounds, an outdoor amphitheater, handball court, and basketball courts.

State-of-the-art classrooms include a wireless language lab and science laboratory/demo rooms with adjoining preparation room. In addition, PS/IS 189 accommodates special education students from across the city school system within nine specially designed classrooms supported by dedicated administrative space.

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Queens Civil Courthouse

5/13/2010 11:45:15 PM

The Queens Civil Courthouse contains 20 civil and housing courts, a 150-seat calendar court and a 300-seat landlord tenant/small claims court. The facility also houses the jury selection facilities for this courthouse and the adjacent Supreme Court, offices for the courts and the Corporation Council, and a 218-car parking garage.

The L-shaped site heavily influenced the design of the building. By building low and to the street line eight courts fit on a floor—the most efficient plan for court operations. A cube-shaped jury selection facility links to the court bar by the main entry. The jury wing aligns with the face of the Supreme Court across the street, creating a public space with a strong civil presence. The building is scaled to the apartments on the block and does not compete with the Supreme Courthouse that towers over the neighborhood.

The project received the Excellence in Design award from the New York Chapter of the AIA, a Certificate of Recognition from the AIA/Committee on Justice, and the Project of the Year/$10 Million + from The Construction Management Association of America. It was also featured in the Retrospective of Courthouse Design published by the National Center for State Courts, published in Architectural Record and Contract magazines and exhibited at the National Building Museum.

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Queens Hospital Center: Ambulatory Care Pavilion

6/3/2011 2:07:34 PM

Perkins Eastman provided architectural and interior design for a 144,000sf ambulatory care facility which completes the replacement plan for this large public hospital. The new Pavilion provides 70,000 sf of behavioral health, pediatrics, primary care, dialysis, dental, and eye care functions, as well as administrative, educational and training facilities. The five-level building provides a signature landmark for the hospital campus at its northern edge and is linked to a new hospital building.

The 300-foot-long structure is organized by a glazed public concourse along the southern side. This cantilevered circulation spine links all clinics to the staff and service elevator core on the west and the public elevator core to the east. Clinic spaces are organized in modules, with a clear separation of patient and staff circulation and a plan which allows flexible use by various specialties. The exterior of pre-cast concrete and a glass curtain wall harmonizes with other new buildings on this site. The building also provides a two-story atrium and public entry plaza at the eastern end and a staff/service entry on the west.

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Rabin Medical Center: Davidoff Comprehensive Cancer Center

6/3/2011 2:08:07 PM

Perkins Eastman, with the KP Group, and Spector Amisar Architects, designed a 93,750 sf (8.700 sm) comprehensive cancer center which is part of the Rabin Medical Center, the leading tertiary care hospital and research facility in Israel. The seven stories of medical program and two parking levels below grade include two 30-bed inpatient floors, with a majority of single-bed rooms. Lower floors contain an extensive examination suite, chemotherapy for approximately 60 chairs and a radiation therapy suite with five linear accelerators. An additional floor is dedicated to medical offices, ancillary support, and an expansive research facility.

The building fits the existing campus in location, scale, and use of materials. Jerusalem stone is used throughout to blend with the adjacent adult hospital and pediatric center. Oriented around a central garden spine, the Davidoff Comprehensive Cancer Center has two main facades, the street entrance and the garden side. At the entry level, this is expressed by a wide two-story public concourse that penetrates the building and allows pedestrian flow. At the same time, a central security post at the entry concourse provides the integrated checkpoint for access to the building.

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Sheikh Khalifa Specialist Hospital

6/3/2011 2:14:25 PM

Perkins Eastman provided architectural and interior design for a new 65,000 sm (700,000 sf) 248-bed medical facility which reflects the unique healthcare requirements in the United Arab Emirates. The major specialty program elements include oncology, cardiology, a trauma center, and emergency department. The six-story structure incorporates the latest international design and medical planning solutions, while reflecting the unique terrain, culture, customs, and history specific to the region.

The design team looked to the surrounding natural environment for inspiration, and sought building forms and materials that would form a meaningful connection to the site—rich with natural amenities including dramatic red sand dunes and lush desert foliage. The undulating desert sand and groves of drought-resistant plants required careful consideration from both an ecological and sustainable standpoint. The exterior features a combination of stone, glass, and metal while the interiors maintain the desert palette with the addition of bright colors. A welcoming environment that is functional and efficient without compromising aesthetics was the ultimate objective. Overall, the design is modern, flexible, and sensitively integrated within the natural environment.

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Rego Park Center

10/7/2011 11:20:33 AM

The new Rego Park Center represents an innovative approach to integrating big-box retail into an existing urban community. EE&K’s design integrates the Center’s 700,000 sf program into an established residential neighborhood with ground-level retail, shifts in the exterior material palette, and a sensitively designed facade wrapping the center’s garage. The centerpiece of the development is a block-long sunlit promenade that brings three large-format retailers together with smaller-format shops. Enclosed under a tensile fabric roof, the galleria links the center with pedestrian patterns of the surrounding residential street grid and provides a public amenity to the neighborhood.

To take advantage of the site’s visibility from the Long Island Expressway, the center’s west side is wrapped in a brightly colored corrugated shell, while the roof’s design interacts with the surrounding residential towers through its animated design. The development was designed to be staged incrementally in response to the market, incorporating the structure and vertical circulation core for a future residential tower that will be built out as market conditions permit.

This project was completed by the Principals and staff of EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman.

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Renaissance Alexandria Hotel

9/21/2010 4:21:41 PM

The Renaissance Alexandria Hotel, a well-known hotel in a prominent location along the cornice in historic Alexandria, Egypt, underwent a significant renovation and repositioning. The renovation, comprising both architecture and interior design, involved a complete rehabilitation of the hotel—from restaurants to the back-of-house, from the exterior facade to the guestrooms.

The renovation included the design of food and beverage, private guestrooms, and public amenities—specifically 157 guestrooms and suites, a ballroom, meeting rooms, brasserie and jazz bar, Italian restaurant, Viennese café, spa/health club, outdoor pool and grill, and all the necessary support spaces. A consistent theme in decor and program evoke the concept of modern Alexandria, which was built upon a history of civilizations and cultures that have made this city the “Queen of the Mediterranean.”

This project was completed under the direction of Principals of Perkins Eastman while with Basler Mosa Design Group.

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Renaissance Golden View Beach Resort

2/9/2011 5:22:50 PM

The Renaissance Golden View Beach Resort is a new hotel on the shore of the Red Sea on the Sinai Peninsula. The 17,500 sm (188,000 sf) development includes a main building comprising three restaurants, a lounge/ bar, spa, banquet/ meeting rooms, children's club, convenience store, owners’ lounge, retail shops, and administration facilities. Guest accommodations include 104 units for timeshare owners and 220 Renaissance Hotel guestrooms, each designed to have a view of the sea.

The site is integrated by a meandering river with cascading waterfalls, and also includes numerous swimming pools and relaxation areas. The hotel's private landscaped beach terraces—300 meters (980 feet) of beach frontage—and sandy coves provide direct access to the reef, marine life, and corals of the Red Sea.

This project was completed under the direction of Principals of Perkins Eastman while with Basler Mosa Design Group.

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Renaissance Technologies Corporation

6/27/2011 10:15:15 AM

For the design of a new office building to house the corporate headquarters of a growing money management firm, amenities include a dining room, library, exercise room/gym and conference/lecture facility. The architects’ objective was to provide a humane and diverse spatial and programmatic working atmosphere. The design considers a variety of working conditions, ranging from private offices and places for intimate discussion to spaces for more public activities and informal or casual spaces.

The offices are all private with blond wood ceilings and large wood-framed windows overlooking landscaped gardens and forest; the wings hold trading rooms and administrative areas. Held between the courtyards are the major public spaces. Here, two huge, curved exposed glulam beams cover the dining and conference rooms to the east of the main walkway. To the west are library, lounge, and gym - the latter having access to tennis courts and a running track that winds through the landscape.

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Perkins Eastman Research Collaborative

7/6/2011 1:21:56 PM

The Perkins Eastman Research Collaborative assists clients and designers in creating better-built environments by pushing the boundaries of professional knowledge and improving architectural design through innovative practice-based research. By gathering and applying lessons learned, successes can be documented, major expenditures can be justified, and future designs can be improved through more informed decision-making and recognizing opportunities for innovation. Our experience ranges from concise environmental audits that gather major lessons learned to more in-depth research studies that evaluate multiple aspects of a facility’s physical environment, operations and maintenance, and building occupants’ satisfaction and use patterns. Because each study we conduct uses a collaborative process, we work with our clients to develop a course of action and schedule that is individualized to meet the unique needs of their organization. Regardless of the scope of the project, we always work within the framework of practice-based research to create results that have real world applications.

Case study: Design Guidelines for The Kendal Corporation
In order for The Kendal Corporation to make more informed decisions in the future, the organization’s “Values and Practices” mission document was translated into design guidelines based on the findings from post-occupancy evaluations of two of Kendal’s newest CCRCs. The completed study included building walk-throughs as well as surveys and interviews with residents, staff, visitors, and administrators. The design guidelines generated from the post-occupancy evaluations focus on the defining characteristics of the physical environment that are specific to a Kendal community. To review an excerpt from this study click here.

The Perkins Eastman Research Collaborative assists clients and designers in creating better-built environments through a range of services including environmental audits, Long-Term Living Magazine reports: “Making More Informed Decisions through Applied Research."

To learn more about the Perkins Eastman Research Collaborative email us.

Collaborators
ACTION-Housing Inc.
American Institute of Architects, Design for Aging Knowledge Community
Co-operative Retirement Services of America (CRSA)
East Liberty Development, Inc.
EMA Senior Care
Felician Sisters
Glenmeadow
Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters
Half Century More Co., Ltd
The International Association of Laboratory and University Affiliated Schools (NALS)
The Kendal Corporation
Lutheran Senior Services
The Bivins Foundations
Masonic Homes of Pennsylvania
Menorah Park Center for Senior Living
MorseLife
Otterbein Retirement Living Communities
Presbyterian Homes of Georgia
Presbyterian SeniorCare
Trek Development Group
United Methodist Services for the Aging
Virginia Lutheran Homes, Inc.
WRC Senior Services

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Rockwood Retirement Communities: The Summit at Rockwood South Hill and The Ridge

7/6/2011 1:38:50 PM

Following the planning effort to reposition an existing 90-acre community, Perkins Eastman designed an expansion based on the principles for holistic wellness of mind, body, and spirit. Biophilic principles were applied, and the team focused the design on integrating spaces with nearby woods and distant mountain views.

The Summit, a new 272,000 sf, eight-story tower, features 93 independent living apartments, community space, and two levels of underground parking. New amenity spaces include a grand ballroom, chapel, arts center, business center, and library. The Ridge, an existing eight-story tower, was also renovated to include alternative dining venues such as formal dining, bistro and cafe, and a new wellness center with aerobics studio, state-of-the-art fitness equipment, indoor swimming pool, lockers, beauty salon, and spa. The existing 1960’s building had a single-glazed curtain wall, an out-of-date mechanical system, and small apartments, but a great view and structure. It was determined to keep the framework, combine units, re-skin the building and integrate an efficient HVAC system.

The community doubled in size after the new tower was constructed, but uses the same amount of energy resources consumed by the campus, prior to construction. The project was designed to achieve for LEED Silver certification.

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School Without Walls Senior High School

9/29/2011 9:35:00 PM

The School Without Walls Senior High School is located in the heart of the GWU academic district, utilizing the city is its classroom. As a 19th century example of urban public school architecture, the original building presented opportunities and constraints for a modern high school curriculum. For example, the building was more intimate in scale than most operating public school buildings; its basic plan was more light-filled and residential in character than institutional. Likewise, historic finishes and details create a unique sense of place. All of these attributes reinforce the “small learning community” created by the school.

The dense urban site affords the opportunity for sustainable site development, while close proximity to the Metro reduces parking needs and the facility's joint use with GWU reduces the building footprint. LEED Gold certified, the design capitalizes on the reuse of the historic school, while optimizing and enhancing efficient systems, natural light, and views. Indoor environmental quality is enhanced through the use of efficient mechanical and lighting systems, operable windows, and low-emitting materials. By modernizing the landmark 19th-century Grant School structure and combining it with a contemporary and appropriate addition, the client and design team created a campus that fosters the educational process and helps students succeed.

This project was completed by the Principals and staff of EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman.

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Science City at Union Station

10/7/2011 4:06:16 PM

Built in 1914 as the second largest train station in the nation, Union Station had fallen on hard times by the 1980s, and lost its once-vital role in downtown Kansas City. EE&K’s design re-establishes Union Station as a major intermodal transit hub for the city and creates a vital new “place” for the downtown.

Dispersed and poorly connected local and regional transportation services already operated in and around Union Station. The key element of EE&K’s vision for recasting Union Station as a new transportation hub is a new enclosed pedestrian walkway, nicknamed “the Link,” which connects Science City to the proposed light rail system; the nearby hotels, retail, and office buildings of Crown Center; and surrounding parks. A plaza and glass canopy, also connected by the Link, creates a new station for intercity buses and entrance on the Station’s east side.

The revitalization also includes restoration of the Station’s landmarked former horse and carriage drop-off for adaptation into a hub for local buses, trolleys, and shuttles. The adaptive reuse of the historic headhouse as a science museum anchors a new cluster of restaurants and retail. A highway and parking lot is now transformed into a new arrival and forecourt extending the beaux-arts Liberty Memorial Park to the museum entrance.

This project was completed by the Principals and staff of EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman.

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New Seoul City Hall Competition

5/13/2010 11:41:45 PM

Perkins Eastman collaborated with the Korean architectural firm Samoo in the second stage of a competition for the New Seoul City Hall. The facility will be integrated with the existing facility to centralize administrative functions and civic affairs into a single 88,000 sm (947,000 sf) building.

The complex will instill a spirit of civic pride and act as a symbol for Seoul in the 21st century. Complementing the historic structure, the new facility will respond to both the historical and modern context of Seoul. The City Hall organizes an intricate program containing public and private zones into a 21-story tower— housing the mayor and high profile city departments while serving as a strong vertical component for the entire complex.

The current City Hall is classified as a civic landmark and is to be preserved, while other parts of the immediate area will be demolished. The New City Hall will respect and harmonize with the surrounding historical urban environment and deliver a new icon to Seoul’s cityscape.

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Shanghai International Medicine Zone

6/3/2011 2:13:15 PM

Perkins Eastman led an international team in the preparation of a competition-winning conceptual development plan for an 11.5 sk (4.4 square mile) site designated by the municipal government as the Shanghai International Medical Zone (SIMZ). The northern sector of the SIMZ is planned as the site for a large campus that includes two 500-bed state-of-the-art hospitals, a 7,000-student medical school, a rehabilitation and retirement complex, a medical research park, and an academic exchange center. The southern sector is dedicated to an exhibition, research, and manufacturing zone for medical equipment makers.

With a dynamic mix of program components totaling more than 465k sm (5 million sf), this medical campus will serve as a model for the rising growth of the healthcare system in Asia. The site design concept is based on a landscape with rings of green radiating outward. These rings are interwoven with a multi-layered composition of waterways to create a medical garden for a health-based community. This approach affords opportunities to create dramatic architecture and urban clusters within the concentric planning pattern, and the idea of a garden environment where best practices in medicine, teaching, and research naturally interact.

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SUNY: Stony Brook University: Simons Center for Geometry and Physics

6/17/2011 2:54:40 PM

Stony Brook University selected Perkins Eastman to design a 39,000 sf world-class mathematics research and physical sciences facility located on their main campus. With a strong vision to propel mathematics and physics at Stony Brook into the international arena, the overall building and its programs were not compared to that of a typical academic facility. Instead, the planning and design took cues from prominent research institutions and innovative companies that share similar functions in interdisciplinary thinking, collaboration, and research.

The new Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, in concept and function, represents the convergence of ideas between these two disciplines, which have greatly developed in recent years. The building’s main goals are to create a dynamic environment for interaction, academic study, and collaboration among the two schools of thought. Programmatic elements include a 250-person lecture hall/auditorium, office space, seminar rooms, a multi-story atrium, and open discussion areas. A pedestrian bridge joins the new center with the existing math tower and physics building, enabling access to all areas of study. As the nexus for the schools programs, the building itself is a prominent, technologically sophisticated mark on the campus employing sustainable strategies to achieve LEED Gold certification.

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Sky View Parc

8/17/2011 10:31:21 AM

Perkins Eastman provided site planning and full architectural services for this 14-acre, 3.3M sf mixed-use complex near the heart of downtown Flushing. Developed by Muss Development Company, the project uniquely mixes residential units with a four-story, big-box retail base. The entire complex includes 1,100 residential apartments divided among six residential towers, more than 880,000 sf of retail space with 33,000 sf reserved for restaurants and 50,000 sf for a grocery as well as parking for 2,500 vehicles.

The residential units comprise a mixture of one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments, augmenting the housing options for a growing neighborhood that includes many businesses and cultural attractions, and offers proximity to major airports and highways, as well as convenient subway and LIRR access. With trains running on both sides and low-flying aircraft limiting the height of the residential towers to ten stories, the site constraints of the project are particularly challenging.

The project also includes a community center as well as the public promenade along Flushing Bay, the first phase of a larger waterfront master plan. The entire project will be constructed in three phases over a ten-year period.

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St. Vincents Medical Center: Cancer Center

9/21/2011 2:46:51 PM

Perkins Eastman completed a facilities master plan for St. Vincent’s Medical Center to systematically modernize, expand, and reprogram this community teaching hospital. Located between the existing lobby and nursing school, the new four-story, 125,000 sf building houses a new cancer center and an expanded emergency department.

The design was guided by a fundamental desire to bring natural light into the healing environment. The building is organized around a stacked, naturally illuminated spine. On the second and third levels, this spine creates a two-story winter garden around which the cancer center’s more public functions occur. An exterior courtyard is located within the patient area. This private courtyard is the focus for patients while undergoing infusion therapy with the opportunity to go outside providing welcome connections to nature during the healing process.

The ground level houses the expanded emergency department organized along a spine anchored by a skylight into the winter garden above, affording natural daylight into the critical care areas. Also part of the program outlined in the master plan are the renovations and modernizations to the surgical and medical intensive care units, the addition of a new patient tower, and a new medical office building.

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St. Francis: The Heart Hospital

6/3/2011 2:46:58 PM

New York State’s only designated specialty cardiac care center implemented a major modernization project on its 15 acre suburban Long Island campus. Perkins Eastman provide master planning, architectural and interior design for a major project which adds 14 operating rooms, three cardiac catheterization labs, 40 intensive care beds, 160 acute care beds, and right-sizes support services throughout the existing facility. The modernization added 155,000 sf of new construction, 64,000 sf of renovations, below grade parking for 375 cars and utility upgrades. These changes permitted the hospital to maintain campus green space and to extend the range of specialty services while keeping an efficient staffing ratio.

This modernization enabled St. Francis Hospital to reorganize patients, staff and material flow through the facility, optimizing the effectiveness of key departments. Key planning issues included horizontal adjacency of related functions and use of underground space to minimize new buildings needed.

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Saint John's On The Lake: Independent Living Building

8/16/2011 3:32:45 PM

Perkins Eastman teamed with the owner of Saint John’s On The Lake to deliver an inspiring and thoughtful community; creating an innovative, healthy, and sustainable urban residence for aging adults in Milwaukee.

The new 21-story, 88-unit independent living tower energizes Milwaukee’s Prospect Avenue at the street level and offers an exciting new option in high-rise senior living. The project’s urban location puts dining, shopping, and activities within easy walking distance so residents can stay connected to the community, while a connection to Lake Michigan provides soothing views and access to lakefront recreational activities.

The building offers a hospitality branded street-side café, art gallery, spa and wellness center, classroom and community performance space—all with easy access for future and existing residents, and access for the community, creating an intergenerational environment. Another primary focus of the project was to enhance staff and resident quality of life through sustainable building design, with LEED-NC Certification or equivalent as a goal.

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St. Johns University: John J. DaSilva Academic Center

6/8/2011 4:58:55 PM

Perkins Eastman designed a master plan with a focus on potential site selections for a proposed classroom building for St. John’s University’s Staten Island Campus. After touring the site, visiting the facilities, and reviewing previous plans and reports drawn up for the campus, the design team met with the Master Planning Committee and explored two recommended options for the site. The team analyzed the prospective sites with special concern for how the building would impact the the campus as a whole.

Designed to transform the collection of buildings into a cohesive campus, the new academic building—40,000 sf on three levels—is one of the largest structures on campus and highly visible from all entry points. The design is sensitive to the scale of the surrounding buildings and the impression of the building on the campus. The location and design of the structure help make it a true center for the campus and gives it a sense of unity.

The steel-framed building addresses the campus need for a state-of-the-art classroom space and provides large computer classrooms and an open access lab. The structure will house a tech center, general classrooms, a science lab, communications lab, and faculty offices and will include informal student gathering areas, both inside and out.

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St. Regis Amman Hotel and Residences

9/6/2011 2:22:58 PM

The St. Regis Amman Hotel and Residences, developed by Al Maabar of Abu Dhabi, is a new 17,900 sm (192,600 sf) luxury development in the Abdoun neighborhood of Amman. Located on a hillside with spectacular views of downtown Amman and the surroundings, the new St. Regis is a beacon of luxury for Jordan and the region.

As architect and planner, Perkins Eastman created a central arrival courtyard is the heart of the development, creating a unique arrival experience which frames the views of Amman to the east and welcomes guests into the St. Regis. The hotel tower consists of 225 luxury guestrooms and 45 serviced apartments above a retail and restaurant podium.

The branded apartment tower comprises 80 luxury residential units, each with outdoor terrace or balcony space. A 1,200 sm (12,900 sf) ballroom, along with meeting rooms and support spaces, will provide the largest function space in Amman. A private diner club on the top floor of the hotel has the best view in Amman, and will be a destination restaurant.

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Stamford High School: 9th Grade Center

6/30/2011 1:06:51 PM

Perkins Eastman designed an accessible 60,000 sf ninth-grade facility to accommodate specific program requirements for 570 students. The scope comprises fundamental classrooms: 20 core curriculum, five science laboratories, computer laboratory, and special education rooms. The school was designed to have its own unique identity while also being programmatically linked to the High School for shared activities including meals, art, language, and multi-purpose rooms, a gymnasium, administration area, and amenity spaces. The mechanical systems, electrical distribution systems, data, and fire alarm infrastructure systems operate independently, but are connected to the existing high school.

The site work included a reconfiguration of the vehicular circulation at the existing entry drive to allow for a new driveway and passenger drop-off and pick-up. Parking at a limited portion at the north end of the site was also enhanced and reconfigured, and a storm water management system was installed.

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Stoddert Elementary School & Community Center

9/29/2011 9:34:39 PM

Just 19 months after design began, the LEED Gold certified Stoddert Elementary School & Community Center opened its doors. The existing 1932 17,900 sf building is now complemented by a 47,300 sf addition. The result of a collaborative design process between many community stakeholders, Stoddert was also designed for after-hours use by the community and houses the offices of Parks and Recreation. The design team took advantage of the school’s culture, which includes a student-led "Energy Patrol," and site to create a campus that is a sustainable inspiration for the entire community. Stoddert is the first school in the District of Columbia to be fully served by geothermal system. An interactive kiosk in the heart of the school enables the students to monitor and analyze the building’s use of energy. This performance data is also available to the interactive whiteboards on classrooms throughout the school.

The design encourages learning to extend into the landscape. From a double-sided stage that opens onto both the new gymnasium and a new outdoor amphitheater to a colonnaded loggia called the porch, Stoddert now provides opportunities for users to experience the 6.5-acre urban site in different ways, including a new ball field, a community garden, and a woodland courtyard and playground.

This project was completed by the Principals and staff of EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman.

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Sun City Ginza East

7/6/2011 2:01:00 PM

Perkins Eastman led the design for Ginza East, a 31-story retirement community located in downtown Tokyo. As one of Japan's first urban high-rise CCRCs, the project marks a significant commitment by Half Century More, a leader in Japan's senior care revolution, to bring the high standards of design and care that they have set in Tokyo's and Osaka's suburban settings into the heart of the city.

The 39,669 sm (427,000 sf) building is organized around a six-story podium base capped by a 26-floor tower. The podium is made up of two levels of public space at the street, with 134 units of nursing-specific floors above. Double- and triple-height spaces at either end of the base provide a dynamic presence at the street, as well as serve to tie together the living environments. The tower offers 276 independent living apartments on 24 floors, and is capped by the two-story Harborview Restaurant and Ginza Bar.

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Half Century More: Sun City Takatsuki

7/5/2011 3:13:27 PM

Sun City Takatsuki is a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) that offers retirement living in a country with no tradition of senior living; combines Western programs and insights with Japanese culture; and provides high service in a contemporary, hospitality-like setting for Japan’s aging population.

The building plan utilizes the U.S.-based cluster design concept of small-scale neighborhoods off a main promenade, featuring a dramatic four-story atrium with a custom-designed wood and wrought iron stairway linking the public spaces. The 170,000 sf facility offers 24 assisted living and 91 independent living apartments, and 68 specialized nursing/dementia rooms. Public spaces include a traditional Japanese tea room, two large menu-style dining rooms, private dining room, barber/beauty salon, library and double-height entertainment salon/lounge. Other resident amenities offer private spaces for socializing, including large family kitchens, garden terraces, and traditional Japanese Ofuros. The landscape features wandering gardens, roofed terraces, enclosed private courtyards, and gardening areas for residents to grow and tend their own flowers and vegetables.

Sun City Takatsuki has received six awards for excellence, including a Special Recognition Award from AIA/AAHSA Design for Aging Review.

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Sunrise of Clayton

7/6/2011 2:01:37 PM

Clayton on the Park is a 23-story high-rise rental independent living community in suburban St. Louis, MO. The project was originally designed and operated as a residential hotel, primarily for extended stay residents, so the adaptation of the building to suit the independent living market was a relatively straightforward conversion that fit well with Sunrise’s overall project goals.

Perkins Eastman’s role was to program and reposition the public spaces on the three lower floors of the building, from an edgy, urban decor with a night club into a senior-friendly series of amenity spaces designed to meet the needs of the new residents. Some of the primary renovation areas were on the first floor, where we converted the meeting space into an education and media center, on the second floor where we converted the night club to a formal dining room and added a sun porch, and on the third floor, where we converted hotel rooms to a salon, living room, library, art studio, billiards room and wellness suite.

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University at Albany: The Boor Sculpture Building

6/8/2011 5:17:28 PM

Perkins Eastman designed a fine arts sculpture facility for the University at Albany. Sited on the Edward Durell Stone campus in Albany, it is the first phase of the University Master Plan. The program calls for a 20,000 sf facility housing metalworking, foundry, kiln, woodshop and multimedia, as well as individual studios and classrooms for graduate sculpture students, faculty, and visiting artists.

The structure is composed of a glass wall surrounding an apparently freestanding grid of zinc panels and a cantilevered rain canopy. By tying these elements to an interior horizontal structural member, the seamless glass clerestory surround reinforces the drama of a free-floating zinc plane within a glass frame; these bold architectural statements define the facility as a sculptural design itself.

The vocabulary of the exterior continues into the interior of the building. The zinc panels wrap the main black box gallery/lecture space, while a large zinc-clad rolling door allows this space to open onto the entry lobby during special functions and exhibits.

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Southwest Waterfront

9/29/2011 11:57:59 AM

The revitalization of the Southwest Waterfront envisions a vibrant, mixed-use community with a variety of public spaces and amenities, blending maritime activity, commerce, culture, and residential housing. This new riverfront neighborhood incorporates restaurants and shops with new residences above, a hotel, cultural attractions, marinas and ten acres of parks and open space. The maritime heritage of the waterfront is celebrated through the preservation of existing resources and the reactivation of the water’s edge.

Situated along the Washington Channel, the Southwest Waterfront enjoys a central location, a short distance from the National Mall and the sites of Washington, DC renewing connections to nearby destinations, both by land and water, is integral to the waterfront plan. In addition, an expanded riverfront promenade will extend the length of the Southwest Waterfront, anchored by major plazas and new public piers. The plan comprises of a series of “places,” varying in scale, program, and design. Together they create a waterfront destination for both local residents and visitors alike.

This project was awarded to EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman.

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Victorinox/Swiss Army Brands

11/19/2010 11:36:45 AM

Swiss Army Brands, Inc., in business since 1884 and known as the makers of the Original Swiss Army Knife, is developing a new headquarters complex totaling 154,000 sf on 26 acres. Accommodating 190 employees, the facility includes 44,000 sf of corporate offices and a 110,000 sf warehouse/distribution center. Perkins Eastman evaluated three sites for Swiss Army to determine which proposed location would be the most suitable for the new facility. Early discussions between Swiss Army and the design team focused on brand implementation and promoting cultural change. The proposed design encourages and cultivates a dialogue between the two distinct entities-distribution and sales/ marketing/ administration. To facilitate connectivity, shared common areas comprising a cafeteria, lounge, staff gym, and lockers are centrally located.

Central to the company's Swiss identity, aesthetic approach focuses on clean lines, innovation, and practicality-emphasizing balance and proportion. The main entrance includes a two-story lobby with an interconnecting showroom, featuring an interactive history wall and conference room. Inspiration was derived from Swiss Army's product line and retail stores for the selection of materials and finishes; glass, aluminum, stainless steel, dark wood finishes, stone, felted wool upholstery, and the Swiss Army Brand "red" create a sophisticated backdrop for the new corporate headquarters building.

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Synapse Group, Inc.

2/9/2011 5:16:52 PM

Synapse, a subsidiary of Time, Inc., is the world’s largest magazine subscription seller with a patented system that greatly improves the subscription experience. Perkins Eastman provided site selection and architectural interior design services for the 75,000 sf headquarters relocation. The program includes a reception area, workstations, executive offices, conference rooms, training rooms and a new 3,000 sf data center integrated with Time, Inc’s information management systems.

Due to budgetary constraints, the design balances the use of high-end and functional design elements. The public areas such as the reception and conference rooms received a higher level of materials and finishes. Seeking to maintain their own identity while incorporating Time, Inc.’s furniture standards for offices, workstation and power/data systems, Perkins Eastman worked with Time Inc. to modernize Synapse’s door standards with an architectural wall system manufacturer to recess the door hardware into the ceiling, creating a refined detail at the office fronts. In the general office areas and workstations, indirect lighting was used by incorporating efficiently engineered pendant fixtures that allowed the pendants to be installed on 25-foot centers.

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TaiKang Xiaotangshang Senior Living Community Master Plan

5/27/2011 1:20:17 PM

Taikang International Health City is a new sustainable senior living community. The 130 hectare development is located north of Beijing and will offer residential living options previously unavailable to China’s seniors and their families. This new town model builds on the foundation of respect, enrichment and cross-generational integration.

A dynamic community, Taikang offers CCRC and active adult communities that will attract aging adults from the upper income segment of the Beijing market. High end market rate housing is available for families of the senior residents.

In addition to housing, Taikang contains a town center, sports complexes, schools, and a rehabilitation hospital. The project is designed around a spine of public parkland called the Greenway. Alternately manicured and natural, the Greenway creates diverse, continuous public parks throughout the site. Manmade waterways connect lakes at prominent nodes of public space, accentuating the relationship between community socialization and scenic natural views.

Constructed in distinct phases, Taikang seek to create an economically successful, high quality residential care community that will serve as a model for future investment in the senior living market. The project will act as a living laboratory that will allow Taikang to train its operations staff and to refine concepts for future developments.

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Temple Beth Shalom

5/13/2010 10:34:56 PM

Perkins Eastman designed a new synagogue and religious school for a 400-family synagogue in Hastings-on-Hudson. The facility was built on a steep wooded site overlooking the Hudson River, with the new two-story synagogue building designed into the hillside. A central circulation spine running perpendicular to the site slope organizes the various program elements.

At the lower level the entry lobby and formal stair divide the synagogue’s administrative offices from the classroom wing. The stair leads to the upper level, where the circulation spine separates the sanctuary, library and chapel from the function hall. The concept incorporates a variety of movable walls which allow spaces to open up to each other. This flexibility was important in order to accommodate a variety of functions and audience sizes. In addition, clerestory lighting and large expanses of windows in the main sanctuary visually open the space to the building’s naturally wooded site.

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C.C. Young: The Point

7/5/2011 11:27:47 AM

The Point center for arts and education at C.C. Young offers a fresh concept for a senior activity center: a standalone facility at a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) that attracts both residents and the surrounding intergenerational community with a distinct identity and innovative programming.

The 20,000 sf building was designed to create an environment "where the spirit is ageless," a key focus of the client. The facility serves this mission through a strong emphasis on the arts. Spaces within the center correspond to one of three specific focal points—mind, body, and spirit—and play host to highly interactive, creativity-focused programs that welcome people of all ages.

To enrich the mind the library offers extensive resources on healthy aging, multipurpose classrooms support lifelong learning, and a computer lab plays host to training on next-generation technologies. The body is nourished at a café offering healthy choices and strengthened at a fitness center that embraces preventative wellness. To engage the spirit, a performance hall presents live entertainment, art studios support the expression of creativity, and a meditation room and sculpture garden provide sanctuaries for reflection.

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The Standard, East Village

12/6/2011 3:27:26 PM

Perkins Eastman collaborated with Carlos Zapata Studios and Antonio Citterio & Partners to design a new 58,000 sf luxury hotel in Manhattan’s vibrant East Village. Spanning five city lots, The Standard, East Village (originally the Cooper Square Hotel) has a sleek design and prime location that ensure its role as a major competitor in New York City’s thriving boutique hotel market. The 146-key hotel comprises 56 French king rooms, 79 king rooms, nine junior suites, and two master suites.

One of the most evident features guests will encounter throughout their experience is a vast of green space. Each penthouse suite has a dedicated terrace and a private outdoor roof patio. Guests will also encounter green spaces throughout the facility’s public spaces including an outdoor garden accessible through the main entrance or via a ceremonial staircase. Other amenities include a restaurant/bar, a second bar with an exposed terrace for guests, a multi-purpose venue, and a small screening room.

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The Tradition

7/6/2011 2:13:42 PM

Perkins Eastman provided planning and design services for this new residential and assisted living facility on the existing MorseLife campus.

The Tradition is a not-for-profit, rental retirement community offering 102 one- and two-bedroom apartments, some with dens, and 42 assisted living apartments, both studios and one-bedrooms. Features of the new facility include a multi-purpose auditorium and synagogue, indoor/outdoor pool, whirlpool spa, formal parlor, library and computer lab, theatre, classrooms and meeting rooms, exercise center, art studio, sports room, card room, bank, gift shop, and bistro. A formal dining room opens onto an internal courtyard and patio that overlooks one of the three new lakes.

In addition to the residential facilities, The Tradition houses a complete geriatric services center with both physical and medical components. Plans are currently underway for an expansion of this facility.

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TKTS Booth and the Redevelopment of Father Duffy Square

1/26/2012 11:52:38 AM

Perkins Eastman created an icon for the city of New York—the sculptural centerpiece of a major urban renewal project transforming Times Square. The design, based on a competition-winning concept drawing by Choi Ropiha, raises the profile of the Theatre Development Fund (TDF), which operates the booth to provide a discount outlet for tickets to Broadway and Off-Broadway shows.

The all-glass structure rises over a fiberglass shell. This component, emblazoned with the TKTS signage on the walls and even etched into the glass, houses all the ticket office functions with twelve windows for distribution. The booth includes LEDs to illuminate the red glass and a geothermal system with two parts—radiant panels to provide heating and cooling that regulates extremes under the steps, and an air handler for comfort in the booth. The design cleverly uses custom-made pieces that can be assembled on-site with minimal disruption to the high-traffic site.

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Toronto 2015 World Expo

7/1/2011 11:17:35 AM

The Toronto Ontario Canada World Expo Corporation commissioned Perkins Eastman to conduct a site and operations plan study for the pre-bid of the Toronto 2015 World Expo project. Taking into consideration critical success factors—creating an inspiring and memorable experience for visitors during the six-month duration, providing a showcase for cultural diversity, and offering platforms for cross-cultural exchange—the study included site plans for each of the three short-listed sites identified in a previous feasibility study.

In order for the Corporation to make an informed final site selection, full programming and site and operations plans were completed for each of the three preferred locations, followed by more conclusive conceptual designs for the preferred location. Each site was evaluated from regional, contextual, and operational criteria, including the availability of appropriate land areas easily accessed by multi-modal transit and legacy opportunities both on- and off-site.

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Trillium Health Centre

6/3/2011 3:04:51 PM

Perkins Eastman is transforming an older hospital to a new model of community care with environmentally responsible design and a contemporary non-institutional environment.

Major projects:
Ambulatory SurgiCentre: Comprising both a 22,400 sf (2,000 sm) renovation and 9,600 sf (900 sm) of new construction, the facility is the centerpiece of the multi-phased transformation program. The vision is based on the image of a garden or spa—natural and relaxing—with an ambiance more evocative of a hospitality environment than a hospiptal.

Spine Institute and Rehabilitation Facilities: The 836 sm (9,000 sf) ambulatory care facility provides comprehensive diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and surgery services. Its interdisciplinary approach includes physiotherapy, massage therapy, occupational therapy, chiropractic, kinesiology and psychology.

Betty and Buster Lockwood Cancer Detection and Treatment Centre Combines outpatient services with private wellness services in a dramatically different kind of healing environment—a fusion of healthcare with health club.

Betty Wallace Women’s Health Centre: This 2,900 sf (270 sm) renovation reflects a hospitality-based care model. Patients and visitors are welcomed by a reception desk with ample room to verify appointments, and private changing rooms have custom robes and a sink. Barrier-free spaces include exam tables which can be raised and lowered. Spa-like curtains separate waiting areas from patient corridors which are accented with a gallery of photos of women.

Trillium Way: A bold and dramatic pedestrian street serves as the planning anchor for the project. As space for new medical services is added, a segment will be added to the interior street.

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Swarthmore College: Trotter Hall

3/29/2011 5:10:02 PM

Trotter Hall, one of the original campus’ classroom buildings, was a handsome building beloved by alumni, but incompatible with contemporary use. While the exterior’s stately simplicity gave it an important role in the overall campus architecture, decades of ad hoc alterations to the interior resulted in unsuitable teaching and office spaces. Though the College originally intended to demolish Trotter Hall, a master plan revealed both its central place in the overall campus environment and its potential for renovation to meet state-of-the-art standards.

The design team addressed the programmatic challenges by reconfiguring the 29,000 sf building’s circulation patterns, opening up the formerly cramped spaces and creating new opportunities for informal meeting and conversation. All floors now open to a new central atrium and lounge areas, bringing abundant natural light into the interior. At the same time, in conjunction with a redesign of the north campus, the ground level in front of Trotter Hall was lowered, making it a full three-story building and turning the former basement seminar rooms into light-filled and highly desirable teaching and learning spaces with modern technology and audiovisual resources.

This project was completed by the Principals and staff of EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman.

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UBS: Facilities On-Call Planning Services

1/26/2012 3:14:38 PM

Perkins Eastman has completed more than 20 projects for UBS beginning with a program analysis and restack of their existing headquarters, an addition to the headquarters, and design work in two additional locations. Planning and design work has ranged from 1,500 sf to a full 700,000 sf planning and restack study. Other projects have included a new dining facility and development of a signage system.

Flexibility is key in the new UBS dining facility, the space subdivided and reconfigured with moveable partitions to accommodate several different seating scenarios. Comprehensive state-of-the-art AV and lighting systems provide sophisticated videoconferencing, allowing users to seamlessly display one large image over six screens or separate images on individual screens. The existing servery was also reconfigured to alleviate overcrowding and long waiting lines. The redesign included new equipment, lighting, signage, and finish materials.

A new custom signage system designed gives UBS the ability to control the display of information and alleviate the clutter of haphazard information placement. The new system will be rolled-out in UBS offices worldwide and implemented in elevator lobbies, cafeterias, and open work areas. The system allows for the easy exchange of information without tools, while incorporating a component for informational take-away sheets for staff. Fabricated from two sheets of glass and a beveled cut-out for thumb access, the other components include ceiling to floor cables and wall-mounted stainless steel pins or a pole mounted tension system.

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University of Connecticut: Stamford Branch Campus

6/8/2011 5:20:31 PM

Perkins Eastman designed a new branch campus for this state university in downtown Stamford. The design team master planned a new university precinct in the downtown area, as well as the $58M campus building. This first phase included renovation of a vacated department store for use as the major academic building, rehabilitation of an existing parking garage, and a new urban park. The building program consists of traditional instruction spaces including auditoriums, classrooms, teaching laboratories, art studios and computer laboratories with ancillary spaces such as faculty and administrative offices, research laboratories, library, lounges, dining and exercise rooms, conference center, and support spaces.

The building was planned as the centerpiece of a growing campus located next to the Rippowam River and marks the northwest gateway to Stamford’s Central Business District. A three-story academic concourse which was added to the south street front of the existing building. Forming the primary entry to the university, this concourse is clad in a transparent cable-truss curtain wall. The program for the concourse includes the more public functions of the campus: the library entrance with overhead reading room, food facilities, bookstore, art gallery, entrance to the conference center, open access computer labs, student service functions, and the main security and information desk.

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United Cerebral Palsy: Universal Access Center

6/3/2011 3:16:07 PM

United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) of Greater Suffolk is consolidating, upgrading, and expanding their service facilities. The first of three buildings on a site in Islip is a new 35,000 sf clinic to serve a regional population in need of motor-skill and developmental treatment and therapy. The clinic offers dental, medical, and mental health services, as well as physical and occupational therapy. It provides patient mobility/ hearing/ speech evaluation and treatment. While the core mission of the clinic will be to serve people with Cerebral Palsy, it is the intent of UCP to open the facility to the community at large.

The main feature of the modern design is a central commons space with a large articulated roof, creating a clerestory of translucent glass to daylight the space while reducing the need for electrical lighting. This common space serves as the entrance the various treatment suites, provides waiting areas, educational displays, and opportunities for social interaction. The exterior comprises phenolic panel (rain screen) siding; a variety of brick shades; translucent, clear, and colored glass; and standing-seam metal roofing. The interior design employs abundant daylight, an unmatched level of accessibility, and thoughtful aesthetic details in public and treatment areas to create a non-clinical environment that is as affirming and nurturing. Notable interior finishes include rubber flooring, bamboo handrails, and a combination of wood and colored panels.

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University of Arkansas: Donald W. Reynolds Center on Aging

12/9/2011 11:07:28 AM

The Reynolds Center on Aging is an interdisciplinary clinical and research center for gerontology medicine, science, and education.

Intended to accelerate and disseminate patient-oriented research, the Center on Aging will pioneer integrated therapeutics in the care of the aging. The Center was conceived as the first functioning model for translational geriatric medicine, in which the powerful new tools of genomic and structural biology are directly applied to patient outcomes in the clinic setting, and at the bedside.

Within this single new building, the Medical Center provides a gerontology primary care and physical rehabilitation clinic; two floors of clinical and basic research laboratories; and a library, classrooms, and lecture hall, all equipped for video imaging and distance learning. Throughout the Center, the University committed resources for a sophisticated telecommunications infrastructure to connect students and faculty to colleagues and clinicians, not only via the Internet, but also, via video connection in live time, to other sites in the Medical Center’s network.

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University of Virginia Health System

6/3/2011 3:21:28 PM

The University of Virginia Medical Center requested a master plan for the 55,000 sf Department of Radiology to improve patient privacy, circulation efficiency, and staff work flow, without adding new imaging modalities. Perkins Eastman developed an innovative plan which identified 5,000 sf of existing space which could be used more efficiently organize the circulation and support areas.

The master plan, phased to avoid operational disruption, focused on providing improved patient facilities while organizing operations around clusters of each imaging type, creating flexible, centralized staff areas and reducing traffic. Key elements include a centralized waiting/reception area, adjacent to a new 15-bed patient holding and recovery area. Due to digital imaging technology, the new main reading area is now a private space with ergonomically designed work stations, replacing the typical dark room with illuminated films. The space is served by concierge receptionists who direct visitors and by a new rounds room, a multimedia conference spaces fitted with the latest display technology. Additional elements are flexible, corporate-style physician offices, clustered in private zones away from trafficked spaces, and a new resident’s area, bringing together staff support and educational areas.

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University of Pennsylvania Health System: The Ruth and Raymond Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine

6/3/2011 3:21:01 PM

As part of a 2M sf master plan, Perkins Eastman, in joint venture with Rafael Viñoly Architects, designed this 800,000 sf ambulatory care facility, with 600 parking spaces. The goal was to maximize site development, create an inspiring design, and to integrate future translational research and flexible, efficient clinical spaces for ambulatory care, including cancer care, cardiology, and surgery, imaging, and specialty services. With the use of a modular planning for clinical areas, the building will remain adaptable in the future.

A central atrium is the focal point of the entrance as well as a public function space and as the primary circulation route. The U-shaped floor plan surrounding the atrium allows public spaces, waiting areas, and offices to have natural light and views.

Services include the 3-level Abramson Cancer Center, cardio vascular, dermatology, endoscopy, executive health and lung center services, and an eight OR ambulatory surgery center. A radiation oncology center includes five linear accelerators, with MRI, CT, and PET/CT simulation. The diagnostic imaging area includes six MRIs, four CTs, two PET CTs, two Gamma Cameras, ten mammography units, and an invasive cardiology laboratory.

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The Vista

6/27/2011 10:33:54 AM

The Vista is a 543,000 sf mixed-use development comprising retail space, office condominiums, 400 market-rate and luxury condominiums, and a 200-room suites hotel. Located in the resurging Vista district, this mixed-use project will become the anchor of Lady Street, the primary pedestrian friendly street in the Vista. Direct access through the site will link the new EdVenture Children’s Museum and historic Gervais Street, the historic corridor to the museum.

The complex includes a 1,400-unit parking deck that forms the foundation for the Vista and provides open space, hard surface recreational space, and a courtyard plaza. Construction materials include brick and steel, honoring the aesthetic of the Vista warehouses currently being redeveloped as housing and retail. A key design a feature is steel detailing that pays homage to the previous use of the site, a steel yard that produced architectural components.

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Vladivostok Retreat House and President Hotel

5/13/2010 11:48:23 PM

Perkins Eastman was invited as part of an international team of architects, engineers, and planners to develop a master plan for the APEC 2012 Summit Conference on Russky Island across from Vladivostok, the only Russian port city on the Pacific Ocean. The “Retreat House” is a concept for provide housing for the 21 attending world leaders. It includes five-star accommodations, informal meeting places, dining, and private meeting rooms while providing a high level of security.

The design includes a major ceremonial entrance that leads to a series of informal open lounges at an intermediate level. From here, dining and meeting rooms, the fitness center/spa, and outdoor terraces all step down to take advantage of views. Sleeping accommodations and private offices are on upper levels. Other amenities include below-grade parking and a private dock.

After the APEC 2012 Summit, all of the venues will become a new Scientific Educational Center for the Far East Federal University and the Russian Academy of Science. Perkins Eastman is preparing the Research Report for the development of the new Scientific Educational Center within the APEC 2012 Project.

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Wanliu Shopping Center

8/25/2009 5:52:44 PM

The Beijing Wanmao Real Estate Development Company retained Perkins Eastman with Belluschi Consulting to design a new seven-level retail destination in the northeast section of Beijing. The 93,000 sm (1M sf) Wanliu Shopping Center is a dynamic urban destination featuring an unparalleled array of entertainment choices.

Venues are thoughtfully arranged into distinct neighborhoods to inspire a sense of place—the selection of personalized and relatable interiors unites the distinct areas into several districts. Balconies that line the corridors are stepped back on one side as each level rises, creating an amphitheater experience that affords shoppers views of live entertainment in the center court. Cinemas on the fourth level utilize state-of-the-art technology and stadium-style seating. Their proximity to the themed restaurants makes this theater complex an exciting family destination.

Wanliu also features a high-energy entertainment district where progressive merchandising combines with high technology, interactive products, performance spaces, and food arts.

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Weill Cornell Medical College: A3 Cardiology Research Laboratory Suite

6/3/2011 4:31:36 PM

After successful collaborations with Weill Medical College of Cornell University for more than 15 years on laboratory and office projects, Perkins Eastman designed an 11,000 sf molecular cardiology research laboratory for the College. The full architectural and interior design services for the renovation were delivered in-house, saving the client money and helping the project to meet completion deadlines.

The renovation provides the school with state-of-the-art wet chemistry and specialty laboratories for cardiology research, offices, and support space. The laboratory design elements include an open modular wet bench lab area created for research and an enclosed core lab comprising tissue culture, microscopy, patch clamp, optical mapping, and an animal procedure room. Laboratory support areas includes a freezer and shared equipment room—built on a floating slab to eliminate vibration in the sensitive adjacent core laboratory space and to ensure accuracy in research and testing. Support spaces also include a cold room, glass wash, a deionized water room, and chemical fume hood alcoves.

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Westminster Village

7/6/2011 2:25:08 PM

Westminster Village initiated a repositioning effort to enhance its marketability with the construction of a new 63,000 sf town center. Perkins Eastman provided planning, architecture, and interior design for the facility, which features 37,000 sf of amenities on the first floor including multiple dining options, a wellness/fitness center, spa, library, and lounge. On the second floor, 23 units of assisted living are complemented by additional dining, living, and activity spaces.

Market demands prompted the focus on dining variety. The new town center gives residents the option to grab a sandwich to go from the marketplace-style Garden Café; enjoy a leisurely meal at Ocotillo, the casual dining venue; sit down to a formal dinner at Donnelly’s; dine alfresco in the Courtyard Café on a floating patio; or unwind with a drink in the Jayhawk Lounge.

Residents also enjoy a constant connection to the outdoors. Common areas on the first floor encircle a dynamic courtyard, which is celebrated with extensive views from floor-to-ceiling windows. This design approach effectively blurs the lines between the building’s interior and exterior spaces. A central living and dining space on the second floor offers views to the courtyard below and neighboring mountain range.

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Wilmot Point

7/19/2010 1:38:24 PM

Perkins Eastman developed a preliminary master plan for the new 189,000 sm (2M sf) Wilmot Point mixed-use development at Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria—an architectural landmark in the city. This mixed-use complex includes an eight-story tertiary hospital, a 20-story office building with a top-floor club-restaurant, and a 20-story hotel/residential tower which includes a conference center, spa, art gallery and retail in its podium base all organized around a central retail and pedestrian plaza with fountains and open cafes at its center. The main entrances pass through landscaped forecourts. The complex connects via pedestrian bridge to the adjacent proposed marina which includes an Ocean Study Institute, aquarium, shops and seaside restaurant. The project is targeting LEED Bronze certification by utilizing smart skin design, deep shading devices, low-iron glass, rain water harvesting and filtration, and extended green spaces.

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Windsor Park Elementary School

6/30/2011 1:41:14 PM

As the centerpiece of the Windsor Park neighborhood, the elementary school needed to be modernized after 40 years of continuous use. Perkins Eastman responded to the district’s need with a new 800-student, 93,000 sf replacement facility comprising K-5 classrooms, a computer commons, an administration suite, cafetorium, and a full-access media center.

The two-story scheme promotes connectivity to outside areas at ground level and allows for future growth and expansion within the designated site. Serving as a billboard for the community, the school facility is sensitively designed to blend in with the neighborhood’s primarily one-story homes. Site considerations included increased parking, hard surface play areas, and pedestrian-friendly sidewalk access.

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Yaojia Valley Eco Resort

9/29/2011 11:11:13 AM

Perkins Eastman designed a conceptual master plan for Yaojia Eco Valley Resort, a 2.72-km2 (672-acre) undeveloped site in Yaojia Valley three kilometers west of Boshan City. Designated as a National Recuperation Resort Demonstration Zone, the site will integrate nature, culture, recuperation, tourism, leisure, business, and residence.

An ecologically balanced community distinguished by its aesthetic beauty and emphasis on quality of life, the spirit of the valley informed the design of the entire development. Organized by a hierarchy of pedestrian-scaled neighborhoods, the network of housing options spread across the valley floor lead upwards to the town center perched on a cliff, from which the unique topography of the site can be appreciated. The town center provides important separation of the hospitality program of the site and the more exclusive and private residences in the valley below.

In support of its mission of rejuvenation, the Yaojia Eco Valley Resort is an inter-generational community supported by facilities and open spaces designed to promote healthy and active lifestyles. A varied mix of housing options--apartments, townhouses, high-rises, and villas--supports extended families and helps foster an inclusive community, while its bucolic setting provides a soothing respite from the stresses of contemporary urban life.

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Yorktown High School

8/5/2011 8:54:47 AM

Yorktown High School is a 1,600-student comprehensive high school that has been repeatedly recognized for academic excellence. The school’s success is a result of its focus not only on intellectual development, but also through its commitment to the social and emotional development of its students. This emphasis on the education of the whole person distinguishes not only the interaction of the teachers and students but also informs the design of the Yorktown High School campus.

Built on a tight 11.5-acre site, the 350,000 sf school is organized around a central courtyard that creates a heart for the school and ensures natural light and views throughout the building. Yorktown High School is currently projected to attain LEED Silver certification. The energy performance alone of the design is projected to save the county over $140,000 dollars per year over the base line model.

This project was completed by the Principals and staff of EE&K prior to merging with Perkins Eastman.

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