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Transparency Site Discussed in the New York Times

Peter Syrett and Chris Youssef discuss the future of transparency in design with the New York Times. Read: To Help Make Sure Your Home Is Healthy, an Ingredients List. Image: Robert…

Wood in Transportation

This video was produced by the BC Forestry Investment Council. It highlights our use of wood on the Brentwood Skytrain station and the Kingsway Pedestrian bridge and features Martin…

You've Heard About Slow Food. What We Really Need Is Slow Design

Michael Bardin writes that now is the time to design buildings (and recalibrate our comfort levels) to depend less on heating and air-conditioning. Read: You've Heard About Slow…

ENR Newsmaker 2011: Ryan Gravel

Ryan Gravel was selected by ENR as one of the Top 25 Newsmakers of 2011 for his conception of the Atlanta BeltLine.

Samuel Brighouse Elementary Featured in Architectural Record

Every year, Architectural Record explores the future of school design in print and online. We are excited that Samuel Brighouse Elementary School in Richmond, British Columbia was…

Steve Turckes on Sustainable Schools in Architectural Record

Every January, Architectural Record does a feature on 21st Century Schools. This year, the feature piece was on Sustainable Solutions and Perkins+Will's Steve Turckes reflected on the…

The Transparent Revolution

A (quiet) revolution in the building materials industry is slowly peeling back the layers of opacity surrounding these products and helping designers to build healthier spaces. Read…

4 Lessons The Classroom Can Learn From The Design Studio

Following on the success of their previous Fast Company Design blog article (What Schools Can Learn From Google, IDEO and Pixar), Steven Turckes and Melanie Kahl discuss 4 Lessons…

New Transparency Site Generates Major Media Coverage

Prominent media outlets eagerly reported the launch of our firm’s groundbreaking resource. Greenwash at GreenBuild, Gambling in Casablanca By Bill Walsh For The Pharos…

Two IIDA Global Excellence Award Honors

The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) has awarded Global Excellence Awards to Engineering 5 Building at the University of Waterloo and Trent Community Sport and…

Saving Us From Everyday Exposure To Toxic Chemicals

A recent Fast Company Co.Exist blog post discusses a proposed law aimed to reduce people's everyday exposure to toxins and cites Perkins+Will as an organization working to…

Towering Achievement

Blair Kamin, Architecture Critic of the Chicago Tribune, writes about a recent tour of Rush University Medical Center noting it could be "Chicago's next great building".…

The Innovation Incubator

Our Innovation Incubator program cultivates an invigorating culture of innovation by supporting small, focused explorations proposed by staff members through micro-grants of money and…

Number 1 Health Care Giant and the Most Admired Firm

Perkins+Will was recently honored by Interior Design Magazine as the Number 1 Health Care Giant. Additionally, we were named the Most Admired Firm in Healthcare by our…

Top LEED Project for 2011: Arlington Free Clinic

Interiors & Sources named the first LEED Gold clinic in the nation, Arlington Free Clinic, one of the Top 10 LEED projects for 2011.

Please Mess With Texas

Maybe you've seen the ads. Sneakers from Sketchers, Reebok, or MBT that claim to tone muscles, burn fat, or improve strength for people like football hall-of-famer, Joe Montana—…

Video: Innovation Summit

For two days, 66 Perkins+Will design principals and thought leaders joined four outside experts for a discussion on innovation.

Two AIA Northwest and Pacific Region Design Awards

The Perkins+Will Seattle office was honored with two 2011 AIA Northwest and Pacific Region Design Awards at the AIA NWPR Conference in Tokyo, Japan. Merit Award for University of…

Perkins+Will Launches Transparency Site

Today, leading design firm Perkins+Will launched the built environment's first free, universally accessible database aimed at creating greater transparency into building materials…

Two Stunning Examples of Urban Waterfront Renewal

Fantastic examples of reinvented waterfronts: Cathy Simon, design principal and a leader of Perkins+Will's Preservation and Reuse practice, examines Crissy Field and Brooklyn Bridge…

Video: Springdale Park Elementary School

In 2009 the U.S. Green Building Council - Georgia (USGBC-GA) launched its High Performance, Healthy Schools Program. The program helps Georgia school systems and private schools…

Video: Lending a Hand to Refugees in America

Sometimes, taking a wrong turn can change your life. That's exactly what happened to Luma Mufleh one day while getting lost on her way home stumbling upon a group of refugee children…

The Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability Opens!

The Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS), a net-positive living lab, opens at the University of British Columbia today. Built in response to the global challenge…

Video: Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability

The University of British Columbia, Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) is an internationally recognized research institution whose mission is to accelerate the…

Official Completion of Samuel Brighouse Elementary School

The final phase of the new Samuel Brighouse Elementary School is complete giving students full access to the new facility and surrounding landscape. The new school puts sustainability…

Video: Brighouse Elementary Grand Opening

Created for the grand opening of Brighouse Elementary School in Richmond BC, this video outlines the collaboration that took place throughout the design and construction of the new…

Video: Atlanta BeltLine Corridor Design Webinar

Atlanta BeltLine creator Ryan Gravel and BeltLine communications director Ethan Davidson discuss considerations made in designing the Atlanta BeltLine, an innovative 22-mile loop of…

3 Keys To Creating Great "Good Places"

The liveliest public spaces share a few core ingredients. Read Carl Meyer's Fast Company Co.Design blog article on the keys to creating great third places.  Image courtesy of…

Institute for Systems Biology Wins IIDA Award

Institute for Systems Biology’s Tenant Improvement project received the award for “Design IN Mass – Winner in Class” from the International Interior Design Association’s…

New "Ingredient" Label for Buildings Launches at Greenbuild

A few years ago at Greenbuild, USGBC President Rick Fedrizzi held up a box of animal crackers, showed the audience the list of ingredients, and pointed out that nothing like that…

Debut of Building Industry's First On-Product Ingredient Label

Today, leading manufacturer of commercial architectural products Construction Specialties (C/S), and leading design firm Perkins+Will, revealed the industry's first building product…

New Product Label To Promote Green Building Materials

We live, we're told, in an age of transparency. I can point my iPhone at a box of cereal in the grocery store and GoodGuide will tell me how healthy it is for my family. Wikileaks has…

Facility of Merit Award for Stouffville Clippers Sports Complex

The Stouffville Clippers Sports Complex in Whitchurch-Stouffville, ON has been selected to receive a Facility of Merit Award from Athletic Business at the annual conference in…

Wayne Perlenfein Joins Perkins+Will

Perkins+Will is pleased to announce that Wayne Perlenfein, AIA, has joined the firm as principal and will focus on the federal government in the Washington, D.C., office.…

A New DNA

In our final blog post in a series for Metropolis Magazine, our own Cristina Zancani, a Solar Decathlon alum, shares how her experience in the competition profoundly influenced her…

A Nutrition Label for Building Products

We know what ingredients are in many of the products we buy, but often have no idea what the buildings we spend our lives in are made of. The Building Product Transparency Project is…

So How Did All of These Buildings Get Here Anyway?

Perkins+Will has designed and developed an evolutionary modular classroom called Sprout Space that incorporates many healthy, sustainable, and educational features into its design and…

Witnessing Evolution at the Solar Decathlon

Darwin knew it when he saw it in 1837. He stepped off the HMS Beagle and observed species that had adapted to the unique environment of the Galapagos Islands; from this he proposed the…

Center for Architecture Exhibit

Buildings consume roughly 40 percent of the energy consumed in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Even more staggering to consider, improving the energy…

A Podcast with Peter Busby

The latest CanadExport podcast features Peter Busby. Hear what he has to say about the future of the industry and how Canadian companies in many sectors can lead the world in the…

ULI Atlanta Development of Excellence Award Winner

Our Atlanta office was the recipient of the ULI Atlanta Development of Excellence Award for 2011. The Development of Excellence Award recognizes an outstanding real estate development…

Solar Decathlon 2011

The Solar Decathlon is an award-winning program that challenges 20 collegiate teams to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and…

Greenroofs.com Features One Haworth Center

Greenroofs.com profiled One Haworth Center's green roof and the headquarters' overarching "adaptable, user-focused, sustainable" design. Read more.

Perkins+Will DC Office is LEED Platinum Certified!

Conceived as a sustainability showcase, the office features a self-contained passive solar hot water system that supplies the restrooms and café; the system is powered by…

Phil Harrison Honored as Design Futures Council Senior Fellow

Phil Harrison was honored by the DFC as a Senior Fellow. Senior fellows of the DFC are recognized for significant contributions toward the understanding of changing trends, new…

Engineering Five Building Wins WAN Award

The Engineering Five Building at the University of Waterloo, Canada, is the winner of the WAN Lighting and Design Awards for 2011. The judge's panel remarked on the quality,…

Kenyan Women and Children's Wellness Centre Announced as Winner of WAN Award

The Kenyan Women and Children's Wellness Centre in Nairobi, Kenya is the winner of the WAN Healthcare Sector Awards for 2011. The entry was favored by the unbuilt panel for the…

Library Journal Names Sammamish Library A New Landmark

The Sammamish Library has been honored on the Library Journal's inaugural list of new landmark libraries. The list was created for the first time this year to help librarians discover…

Edmonton City Centre Airport Lands: Beyond Carbon Neutral

This is diagram of how the Edmonton City Centre Airport Lands masterplan will go beyond a carbon neutral. Download the Beyond Carbon Neutral diagram

Perkins+Will Ranks #3 in Architectural Record's Top 250 Architecture Firms

From placing sixth for two years in a row, then fourth last year, we have advanced to number 3. Companies are ranked by revenue for architectural services performed in 2010. Read the…

Video: Connecticity

Our video presentation for the recently awarded Edmonton City Centre Airport Lands master plan. The master plan envisions a world-leading sustainable community that celebrates nature…

Video: TreeHugger Features Peter Busby

Watch Peter Busby in conversation with Lloyd Alter discussing green building, wood construction, urban design and the challenges of the Living Building Challenge.

Video: Robin Guenther on Material Health

In Metropolis Magazine's special Three Decades of Architecture and Design issue, Robin Guenther, Principal and Sustainable Healthcare Design Leader, is featured in a video interview…

Video: Eva Maddox Contract Magazine's Legend Award Acceptance Speech

Eva Maddox is recipient of the 2011 Contract Magazine Legend Award. Eva was recognized for having contributed in a significant way to raising the standards of commercial interior…

Branded Environments' Antron Showroom Garners Two NeoCon Awards

The Branded Environments teams in Chicago and Atlanta received two awards for their NeoCon 2011 Antron showroom from IIDA/Contract Magazine: Best Small Showroom and Best of Competition…

Robert Brown Joins Perkins+Will’s Boston Office

Robert Brown, AIA, IIDA, LEED AP, has joined the firm as a Managing Principal and the Corporate + Commercial + Civic + Culture Sector Leader for the Boston office. With more than…

Trent Community Sport + Recreation Centre Honored by the American School & University

Trent Community Sport + Recreation Centre has been awarded a Bronze Citation by the American School & University 2011 Education Interiors Showcase! The jury described Trent…

The New Workplace: Front-loaded for Flexibility and Exchange

American's office environment is changing. The reasons are many, including the global economic downturn (also the recovery), downsizing, environmental awareness, shifting attitudes…

Hinthorne Mott Architects Joins Perkins+Will

Seattle-based Hinthorne Mott Architects, one of Seattle's young, new design practices, has joined the pre-eminent interdisciplinary design firm Perkins+Will. The union strengthens and…

The North American Copper in Architecture Award

Trent Community Sports & Recreation Centre has been honored with a 2011 North American Copper in Architecture Award from the Copper Development Association (CDA) and Canadian…

Matthew Knight Arena Wins IIDA Gold Award

University of Oregon's Matthew Knight Arena won the Gold Award, Sports & Recreation category, at IIDA's Mid-America Design Awards. The judges remarks spoke to the successful…

Architect Magazine Ranks Perkins+Will #1

Perkins+Will is proud to rank as the #1 design firm by Architect magazine. The Architect 50 list evaluates three factors: design quality, sustainability and financial performance.…

Perkins+Will Canada!

Perkins+Will Canada launches today as a unified national practice. The launch sees Ottawa and Hamilton (Dundas)-based Vermeulen Hind Architects, one of Canada’s leading healthcare…

Oklahoma Governor Leads Dedication of OMRF's New Research Tower

The opening dedication ceremony for Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation's new Research Tower was held on April 20, 2011. Distinguished speakers at the event included Oklahoma…

100 LEED Certified Buildings

We have ended our seventy-fifth anniversary year with a major milestone in sustainable design, the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification of our 100th…

A New Design Movement That Can Help Us Beat Obesity

For our third entry in Fast Company's Future of Design series, Jack L. Robbins wrote a primer on Active Design: Creating buildings and environments that fight America’s obesity…

Point Wells: Sustainable Developments Reach Puget Sound Shores

Point Wells is one of three projects that exemplify how urban waterfronts are becoming showplaces for sustainable, community-oriented development. Read more on the Seattle Daily…

Creating the Perfect City is About Illusions

Fast Company's Future of Design series features a recent conversation between Perkins+Will's David Green and Anthony Lyons, a city planner in Gainesville, Florida. The pair re-imagine…

Carl Meyer Joins Perkins+Will

Carl Meyer, FAIA, LEED AP, has joined the Los Angeles office as a Principal and leader of the corporate + commercial + civic practice. In his new role, Meyer will work to sharpen…

Perkins+Will Ranks #3 in Interior Design Giants

With $94.722 million in design fees and 260 Interior Designers, Perkins+Will Ranks #3 as overall Interior Design Firm in the 2011 Design Giants Survey. Other rankings include: #1 in…

Clarkson University Student Center Featured in the ACUI Bulletin

Our Student Center at Clarkson University is featured in the Renovation and Construction Showcase in the January issue of The Bulletin, published by the Association of College Unions…

Video: Perkins+Will Thoughts and Aspirations for the New Year

Matthew Knight Arena Makes Grand Debut

The Ducks weren’t the only stars at University of Oregon’s men’s basketball opener against Southern Cal (though they did clinch the win). January 13 marked the unveiling of the…

Eva Maddox Awarded Contract Magazine's 2011 Legend Award

Eva Maddox is recipient of the Contract Magazine Legend Award. The award was first established in 2002; Eva will be the 9th recipient, and the award will be given at the…

NYPA featured in The Wall Street Journal

The New York Police Department's new academy under construction in College Point, Queens, could easily stand in for the Starfleet Academy in the next Star Trek movie. The renderings…

Branded Environments Designers Named Emerging Talents by Metropolis

Congratulations to BE team members Lynette Klein and Liz Potokar! Both designers were named 'Emerging Talents" by Metropolis, following their work on (and subsequent launch of) Kimball…

Cedar Ridge High School Featured in Architectural Record's "Schools of the 21st Century"

Every year, Architectural Record explores the future of school design in print and online. We are excited that Cedar Ridge High School in Round Rock, Texas was featured. Built around…

Video: Happy Holidays from the K12 Education Group

Wishing you a happy holidays from our team to yours. We've had a busy and exciting year at Perkins+Will in the education practice and beyond. If you want to check out a bit of what…

Perkins+Will tops BD+C Magazine's 300 Giants Lists

Each year, Building Design + Construction magazine honors the foremost architecture, engineering and construction firms across the country. This year, Perkins+Will has been awarded top…

The World's First Childhood Neurological Research Institute Officially Opens

Texas Children's Hospital officially opened the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI), the world's first basic research institute dedicated to childhood…

Working Globally: How to Successfully Engage Clients Anywhere

As an architect who specializes in interiors in Perkins+Will’s New York office, most of my work had previously been located pretty close to home. But along with many of our…

Video: The Inspiration for Creativity

Great ideas can come from anywhere. What makes us creative is how we explore new possibilities for everyday use. To solve problems, you have to become the person for whom the work is…

Twice on List of Most Influential People in Healthcare Design

Robin Guenther and Tama Duffy Day make the list of the "Most influential people in healthcare design" for the second year in a row. Read more at Healthcare Design Magazine.

Perkins+Will Wins Five AIA-Miami Design Awards

The Miami Chapter of the American Institute of Architects recognized Perkins+Will with a record five Awards of Excellence at their 56th Annual Design Awards. A total of 22 awards for…

Peter Busby Shares an Award-Winning Perspective

Eco-Structure recently interviewed Peter Busby following his 2010 Evergreen Award in the Perspective category. Link here to learn more about Peter's background, design philosophy, and…

What We Know About Planning Learning Spaces and What We Still Need to Know

This colloquium brought architects, planners, campus administrators and academics together for three days to explore the future of learning spaces. On November 6, 2010, Andrew…

Annette Wiley Joins Perkins+Will

Annette Wiley, AIA, IIDA, LEED AP, has joined the firm as Interiors Discipline Leader for the Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego regions. Annette graduated from the University…

The Wall Street Journal Interviews Scott Schiamberg on the Redesign of the NYC Marathon

The New York City Marathon course has remained unchanged and notoriously slow for over thirty years, and a result is losing some of the world's greatest runners to faster races in…

Video: Building the City We Want to Live In: Atlanta BeltLine

Ryan Gravel, who conceived the idea of the Atlanta BeltLine, explains how the solutions that are bringing the BeltLine into reality have their foundation in the neighborhood support…

Sabah Al-Salem University Wins at World Architecture Festival

Sabah Al-Salem University, College of Education won the "Future Education" award at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona. "This project by Perkins+Will opens educational…

August Wilson Center Wins AIA Pittsburgh Award

August Wilson Center for African American Culture Wins an AIA Pittsburgh Award Design Honor Award.

FSC Equal or Better - Our Position

Vote NO on the USGBC's proposed LEED MR7 Certified Wood Changes. As a firm dedicated to designing sustainable environments, Perkins+Will advocates for industry practices and standards…

It's Official! APA Names San Francisco Ferry Building a Great Place

The American Planning Association (APA) has named 30 Great Places across the US. The thirty are divided into Great Neighborhoods, Great Streets, and Great Public Spaces. And prominent…

Video: SEEDing Higher Ground

SEEDing Higher Ground: A sustainable strategy for living in New Orleans from Perkins+Will on Vimeo. Newsweek asked Perkins+Will to re-imagine what the future of New Orleans will look…

Springdale Park Elementary Recognized for Leadership in Design and Sustainability

At the Georgia AIA state conference in early October, Springdale Park Elementary School received two honors.This creative adaptive reuse project within a historic district of Atlanta,…

San Francisco's Ferry Building Reborn

Watch Principal-in-Charge Cathy Simon explain why the renovation of San Francisco's iconic Ferry Building is the "most delicious project" she's ever worked on. San Francisco's Ferry…

Kuwait University + Beirut Hotel featured at AIA Exhibit

Innovate : Integrate presents the finalists of the AIA New York Chapter's "Open Call for Innovative Curtain-Wall Design" alongside a selection of projects that demonstrate the latest…

Ben Feldmann on New Work at Panama Pacifico

Ben talks about our planning work to create a new community out of Howard AFB in Panama, and shows what's being built and where now. Ben Feldmann on new work at Panama Pacifico from…

Grace Wu Shows Off Gateway Park

Grace describes how a public workshop taught the designers how people want to use, get to, and move through Gateway Park. Grace Wu talks about Gateway Park from Perkins+Will on…

Center for Architecture MADE IN NEW YORK Exhibition, 2010

The College of Education has been selected as part of the MADE IN NEW YORK exhibition at West 4th Subway Station. This high-visibility exhibition will offer a snapshot of current…

Two Academic Projects Win BD+C Team of the Year Awards

Building Design+Construction features the winners of their national Building Team Awards program. Roger Williams University North Campus Residence Hall team won the 2010 Gold Award;…

Video: Beirut Hotel and Residences

Beirut Hotel and Residences from Perkins+Will on Vimeo. This video demonstrates the stacking of floors of the Beirut Hotel and Residences project. Built atop the limestone strata,…

Sustainability in the UAE

Inspired by the natural elements of the United Arab Emirates, Robert Goodwin explains to World Architecture News the reasons behind three forward thinking sustainable designs: Dubai…

Center for Architecture New York Award + Exhibit - INNOVATE : INTEGRATE

This award and exhibt, sponsored by the New York Chapter of the AIA, recognizes innovation in curtain wall systems, as the need for greater energy performance and sustainable materials…

World Architecture Festival Finalist, 2010

Our deisgn for the College of Education has been shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival in the Education Category. Anthony Fieldman of the New York office will be presenting…

Academic Center Receives BD+C Team of the Year Silver Award

College Sets Its Sights on a Difficult Site: our project team for the Richard E. Griffin Academic Center made the most of its awkward site and prestigious address. Jury members were…

World Architecture Festival Finalist - 2010

The 96,000 square-foot New School of Business has been shortlisted in the Education Category for the World Architectural Festival. Robert Goodman of the New York office will be…

Residence Hall Receives BD+C Team of the Year Gold Award - 2010

Our project team for the North Campus Residence Hall engaged university stakeholders and key subcontractors in the planning and design process to accommodate budget and schedule…

David Dymecki Joins Perkins+Will

David Dymecki, a noted expert in the planning and design of sports facilities, joins the Perkins+Will team. For the past eight years, David has led the sports group at Sasaki in…

New Perkins+Will Monograph to be Published

by Reed Kroloff When Larry Perkins and Philip Will opened the office that bears their names 75 years ago, they could not possibly have imagined the firm as it exists today: over 1500…

Video: The University of Texas at San Antonio

University of Texas, San Antonio, University Center III from Perkins+Will on Vimeo. A compilation of student responses on UTSA's University Center III building that underwent a major…

Video: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy + Health Sciences Griffin Academic Center from Perkins+Will on Vimeo. This urban building provides classroom and laboratory space for students of…

Video: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Dreyfus University Center from Perkins+Will on Vimeo. A compilation of student responses on their Dreyfus University Center that was completed…

AIA New York State Award of Excellence, 2010

The AIA New York State has recognized outstanding works of architecture through its Design Awards Program each year since 1968. This year, the 1.2M square-foot Sabah Al-Salem…

AIA New York State, Award of Merit - 2010

The AIA New York State has recognized outstanding works of architecture through its Design Awards Program each year since 1968. This year, Sabah Al-Salem University College of…

Video: Perkins+Will Minneapolis Wins Shaw Contract Group Award

Perkins+Will Minneapolis Wins Shaw Contract Group Award from Perkins+Will on Vimeo. Perkins+Will Minneapolis is awarded the 2010 Shaw Contract Group Design Award!

Video: Trust

Only our clients can really speak to why they trust the practice of Perkins+Will. Trust inspires energy, energy inspires creativity, and creativity inspires the results. It's a level…

Video: Remembering Crow Island

In 1940, Perkins+Will completed its first major civic commission in collaboration with Eliel and Eero Saarinen. Crow Island School was the first modern elementary school of its kind.…

The Los Angeles River on Southern California Public Radio

KPCC did an in-depth story on the "environmentalist's dream" of a resurgent LA River. Leigh Christy, of Perkins+Will, says making a park people could get to on foot, on bikes or on…

SCUP/AIA Excellence in Renovation/Adaptive Reuse, Merit Award

The Conservatory's new school was one of four projects nationally recognized by SCUP and the AIA in 2010, for excellence in Renovation/Adaptive Reuse. Jurors commented on the clever…

David Dymecki Presents at Society for College and University Planning

David Dymecki presents Planning for Athletics and Recreation—Making Every Yard Count at SCUP's 45th Annual, International Conference & Idea Marketplace. Athletic and recreation…

Videos: Blue Valley Center for Advanced Professional Studies Program

Check out these student-created videos about BVCAPS featuring a fly-through of the space and program outline. The enthusiasm and professionalism of the students is remarkable and the…

Video: Peter Busby on Sustainability

While we've long taken the lead on sustainable design, we welcome the challenge of sustainability as huge opportunity. It's not enough to lead today. We have to lead for tomorrow by…

Video: Hector P. Garcia Middle School

Hector P Garcia Middle School from Perkins+Will on Vimeo. A brief overview of Dallas Independent School District's Hector P. Garcia Middle School designed by Perkins+Will in 2004/2005…

FSC Equal + Better

Perkins+Will's Proposed Changes for Comprehensive and Necessary Improvements to the USGBC 3rd DRAFT Forest Certification Benchmark Download Perkins+Will FSC Equal + Better Forestry…

Video: Perkins+Will Recognized with National Building Museum Honor Award

Perkins+Will was one of three proud recipients of the 2010 National Building Museum Honor Award for our commitment to civic innovation in design, construction and education throughout…

The 3-minute interview: James Wood

James Wood, a principal at architectural firm Perkins & Will, discusses the firm's selection as master planner for the 62-acre Walter Reed site. The Army hospital is set to…

Video: Ralph Johnson on Modernism

Our modernist core speaks to more than a style. We are modern in our belief that ideas and buildings can (and should) better society. These are the principles on which Larry Perkins…

ENR Ranks Perkins+Will #2 Architecture Firm

Perkins+Will moves up from #40 to #33 overall, and #2 for Architecture firms.   See the rankings!

World Architecture News: Overall Winner

Sabah Al-Salem University College of Education won the World Architecture News Overall Winner (unbuilt category) award. Jurors were impressed with the urban scale, grandeur and…

Chervon Awarded "Good Design is Good Business"

Perkins+Will has been named a winner of the 3rd annual "Good Design is Good Business" China award which included editors from Architectural Record, Bloomberg BusinessWeek and…

Video: Shanghai Nature Museum

Shanghai Nature Museum from Perkins+Will on Vimeo. The proposed design of the Shanghai Nature Museum. The shape and internal organization of the building are inspired by the form of…

Video: Phil Harrison on Collaboration

Phil Harrison on Collaboration from Perkins+Will on Vimeo. To truly innovate, we put the client at the center of everything we do. We walk in their shoes, dream what they dream and…

Atlanta Beltline Announced in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

In February 2010, Perkins+Will was chosen to design the Atlanta Beltline. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran this in-depth story about how the project came to be and how it will…

SANY Beijing Wins 8th International Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism

Perkins+Will's Master Plan for SANY Beijing was selected as the first place winner in the "Conceptual Design" category at the 8th International Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism.…

Po-Po Chic: L.A.'s Arresting New Police Stations

Another station design by Perkins+Will, the Rampart Replacement Station is located several blocks west of L.A.'s downtown core. Skylights cut through the center of the building, along…

SF Conservatory of Music in the NY Times

The Times published a roundup of performance spaces and concert halls around the Bay Area. The most successful one in their opinion, with "near perfect acoustics" was the main concert…

Perkins+Will Tops the List of Most Influential People in Healthcare Design

Robin Guenther and Tama Duffy Day make the list of the "Most influential people in healthcare design". Read more at Healthcare Design Magazine.

Darden Restaurants featured in HQ Magazine

With its new, amenities-packed, $150 million corporate HQ, casual dining giant Darden Restaurants serves up something special for its family of 1,300 employees. Read more on the HQ…

Top Considerations for Today's Law Firms

Associate Principal Michael Byun discusses how law firms are adapting to changing client expectations and how these factors affect law office design. Read more at the AIA website.

Joan Capelin Interviews Phil Harrison

Joan Capelin interviews Perkins+Will CEO Phil Harrison as part of her "Sound Advice with Joan Capelin" podcast series. Phil discusses the value of diversification and innovation,…

Video: Darden Restaurants, Inc. Support Center

Darden Restaurants Support Center from Perkins+Will on Vimeo. A new corporate headquarters to consolidate Daren offices under one roof. The building, a three-story, 400,000 sf building…

Johnson's Stacks Van Buren featured in Chicago Magazine

"It's become clear that the city has another Ralph Johnson dazzler on its hands. Known as 235 Van Buren, the building impresses from all viewpoints, be it the seemingly crazy pattern…

Ralph Johnson interviewed in Future Perfect

TimeOut Chicago asks Ralph Johnson what he thinks Chicago will look like in 100 years. Read more at TimeOut Chicago.

Cofra Group/Good Energies featured in Architecture Record

Perkins+Will devises an enlightened scheme for the Cofra Group/Good Energies New York City base. Read more on the Architecture Record website.

Clinton Climate Initiative Website

The Clinton Climate Initiative named three Perkins+Will projects among its initial list of 17 Climate Positive sites around the world. Treasure Island, Dockside Green and Panama…

Meeting the Challenge

In 2009, Karen Alschuler published an article discussing the state of urban design and renewal around the San Francisco Bay Area. Besides an insightful overview of the needs and…

Synergy at Dockside Green awarded AIA COTE Top Ten Green Project

Dockside Green is a 1.3 million ft2, mixed-use development on a former brownfield site in the heart of Victoria, BC. The first phase, Synergy, includes four buildings constructed over…

Sail Tower wins Tall Building award at MIPIM

This 240m high, 60-story tower has 242 luxury hotel rooms and 104 serviced apartments and condominiums and a GSM of 62,791m2. This mix is orientated to maximise views of the water, and…

Treasure Island Wins National AIA Honor Award

Treasure Island received an Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects in 2009. Read the original announcement.

Great River Energy HQ Awarded Platinum LEED Certification

"The U.S. Green Building Council announced today that it has awarded the Great River Energy headquarters building Platinum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)…

Perkins+Will Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners in a joint venture wins Nathan Phillips Square Revitalization Competition

Perkins+Will Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners with Plant Architect, Peter Lindsay Schaudt Landscape Architect and Adrian Blackwell are the winning team in the Nathan Phillips Square…

Nathan Phillips Square Revitalization Project Award of Excellence

Toronto's existing City Hall was designed by Finnish architect Viljo Revell, the winner of an international design competition held in 1959 for a new City Hall and City Square. In the…

Video: 201 Seventeenth Street

Phil Harrison and Manuel Cadrecha of the Atlanta office talk about 201 Seventeenth Strett, a commercial building in the Atlantic Station. 201 Seventeenth Street from Perkins+Will on…

Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square Will Receive a Makeover

The city of Toronto announced yesterday that a joint venture between local firms Plant Architect and Perkins+Will Shore Tilbe Irwin won the design competition for a $34 million…

Architectural Record Study: Blythewood High School

Blythewood High School was built on a geographically rich site in a quickly growing South Carolina district. As a large high school, it boasts small learning environments that are…

Perkins+Will Awarded 1999 Architecture Firm Award by AIA

We were the recipient of the Architecture Firm Award in 1999. The award cites our "uniquely eloquent voice for excellence in its community, the nation and the world," as well as our…