Publications
01.23.12
Mount Pleasant Community Centre Case Study
Learn about the context for the Mount Pleasant Community Centre (MPCC), why mixed use buildings are important, the MPCC Profile, and using LEED at Mount Pleasant. Download the Mount…
01.09.12
Rethinking Wellness
Since July 2008, the healthcare interior design leaders at Perkins+Will have been authoring Contract's web-exclusive, monthly article series, “Designing for Health.” With a focus…
11.16.11
A Place To Flourish
The CARITAS Project Generative Space Award-winning Willson Hospice fulfills community commitments through design, function. Read the complete project profile at Medical Construction…
11.03.11
Authenticity, Accuracy, Transparency
In an article titled Authenticity, Accuracy, Transparency, Penny Bonda talks with Tony Layne about the progress being made toward market transformation by the development of benchmarks…
11.01.11
Beating Cancer
Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center landed the cover of this month's Health Facilities Management. Read more.
11.01.11
The Fugees Village Brochure
Perkins+Will designed a multi-page brochure describing the mission and vision for the Fugees Village project to assist the client in their fundraising efforts. The document showcases…
10.31.11
03 FAC GSA Schedule
The 03 FAC GSA Schedule provides Facilities Maintenance and Management Consulting Services that include, but are not limited to: the development, planning, facilitation, coordination,…
10.31.11
MOBIS GSA Schedule
The MOBIS GSA Schedule enables Contractors to provide expert advice, assistance, guidance or counseling in support an agency’s mission-oriented business functions. Services covered…
10.26.11
International Healthcare Design: Lessons Learned
Our latest Healthcare Design article is by Brenda Smith and Dawn Mixon Bennett on lessons learned from International Healthcare projects.
10.20.11
Stand by Your Plan
This recent article published by Inform, reviews Perkins+Will's 1997 master plan, which has guided development of multiple projects over the years and resulted in a campus that has…
10.20.11
Between Master Plan and Construction Come Teamwork and Flexibility
This recent article published by Inform, discusses the master plan and training facility developed for Newport News Apprentice School of Shipbuilding. The project involves a complex…
10.10.11
Positioning Real Estate for New Corporate Metrics
Examine an emerging connection between corporate real estate (CRE) and corporate social responsibility (CSR). How do CRE activities, including mobility programs and alternative…
10.10.11
Office Insight Covers Eileen Jones's NeoCon Presentation
Eileen Jones joined John Cary, president and CEO of Next American City, and Prataap Patrose, director of design for Boston Redevelopment Authority to talk about "Social Responsibility:…
10.05.11
What the Atlanta BeltLine Can Teach Us About Urban Revitalization
"It's time to move away from automobile-oriented infrastructure and invest in public projects centered on people," says Ryan Gravel in our latest Fast Company's Co.Design blog article.
10.03.11
The Evolving Role of the Design Professional Through Public Private Partnerships
A&D professionals in Canada, the United Kingdom, or Europe who practice healthcare design have likely come across public private partnership projects, sometimes called PPP, 3P, or…
10.01.11
Furnishing for Technology
Strategic planning and attention to detail provide a technology-rich, learning-centered environment for science education. Richland College, like many institutions across the country,…
10.01.11
A (Pre)Cautionary Tale About Buildings and Food
What do building materials and food have in common? Over the last century, food has transformed from something that is grown and harvested into something that is manufactured to last…
10.01.11
Energy Commitments for Green Schools
Early and strategic decision-making will have the greatest impact on building energy efficiencies. In American School & University Magazine, Yanel de Angel discusses this…
09.23.11
Women In Architecture: By Women In Architecture
Pat Bosch is featured in a Huffington Post article on women in architecture: "A couple of years after I was appointed as the first female design director there were amazingly powerful…
09.22.11
Eileen Talks Social Responsibility with Contract Magazine
Following her NeoCon presentation "Social Responsibility: The New Green," Eileen Jones spoke to Contract magazine about social responsbility's link to sustainability. Read the full…
09.20.11
LEED by Design
Calling it a sustainable high-design showcase, Contract magazine features our LEED Platinum Washington, D.C. office. Read the article.
09.20.11
Phaidon Features Miami Beach City Hall Complex
Phaidon recently surveyed Miami's collection of high-design car parks in their online gallery, including our own Miami Beach City Hall Complex. In the accompanying article, Miami’s…
09.13.11
Research and Knowledge Leadership
In most professions today, there is an inherent need for continuous research in order to progress practices and raise the bar in performance. This need is particularly important for…
09.08.11
Trends in Campus Living
Today's students still want to experience traditional college residence life as a rite of passage when entering college. But what does this mean in terms of space, campus location,…
09.07.11
Healthcare Design Practices Transferable to the Middle East?
Rapidly increasing healthcare demands in the Middle East have led to a significant construction boom, and many of these clients are turning to western design firms to produce…
08.27.11
Atrisco Heritage Academy Featured in ArchDaily
The striking Artisco Heritage Academy High School campus was featured in ArchDaily on August 25th. Learn more about its form, academy structure, and connection with the Albuquerque…
08.27.11
What Schools Can Learn From Google, IDEO and Pixar
Our latest Fast Company Design blog article is by Steven Turckes and Melanie Kahl on what schools can learn from our most innovative firms.
08.25.11
Is This the World's Greenest Neighborhood?
The Atlantic features a visit to the 15-acre Canadian development that's leading the way with green design, stormwater recycling and more: Dockside Green.
08.25.11
Practical Science
Yanel de Angel talks about Research at Perkins+Will for the Boston Society of Architects/AIA Fall issue.
08.22.11
Perkins+Will Rises Above Recession
Emerging stronger from recession, our feature in Crain's Chicago Business was picked up by Architectural Record.
08.22.11
Cedar Ridge High School: Re-Imagining Round Rock
Schools like Cedar Ridge are usually found in higher-income districts, but thanks to our Social Responsibility Initiative (SRI), sustainability and eco-comfort are not exclusive. Read…
08.18.11
Strategies to Managing Global Design Teams
In an interview with Contract magazine, Joan Blumenfeld shares some of her go-to global management strategies. Read the article.
08.03.11
8 Keys to Creating an Office Where Ideas Flow
Gina Berndt, Interior Design Global Leader, discusses the key ingredients for creating a flexible and healthy office that appeals to the next generation of CEOs. Click here to read our…
08.01.11
Architectural Products on Branding for Healthcare
Architectural Products spoke with Keith Curtis and Brenda Smith about branding and its role in expressing healthcare facilities' identity and mission. Read more.
07.20.11
Social Responsibility Annual Report No. 3
The third Perkins+Will Social Responsibility Annual Report is now available. Click here to download.
07.13.11
Communication and Stakeholder Engagement at Brighouse Elementary
Robert Drew, Project Architect for the design of Brighouse Elementary School, details the collaborative design process that engaged students, parents, educators, experts and the…
07.13.11
Ryan Bussard Reflects on the Design of the Award-Winning Sammamish Library
The Sammamish Library was recently named a “New Landmark Library" by Library Journal. In light of the honor, our own Ryan Bussard speaks with Sammamish Patch about the…
07.05.11
The Road To 100
Every project is different and has its own set of challenges and possibilities. At Perkins+Will, we strive to leverage the unique opportunities that building programs, clients and…
07.01.11
Professional Service Firms: Workplace Trends
Professional Service Firms are rooted in disciplines such as law, finance, design, technology, and are characterized by diverse ownership structures and scales. PSFs typically operate…
07.01.11
Interior Design Magazine Features Chicago Project
Our Chicago project for a confidential financial client was featured in the July 2011 issue of Interior Design Magazine.
06.23.11
Eva Maddox Explores "Design Relief" for the Huffington Post
Eva Maddox blogs about how designers have impacted disaster relief in her latest column for The Huffington Post. Read more.
06.21.11
Does it Cost More to Build Green?
Every year dozens of studies try to answer this simple question: Does it cost more to build green? And each study seems to come up with a different answer. We can accurately quantify…
06.10.11
Designing for Design
Designing our own workplaces present fantastic opportunities to turn our offices into living labs by reexamining how we work, how technology works, and how we can build and share…
06.07.11
The Future of the Campus Isn't the Classroom
The most holistic educational experiences happen outside of the classroom. To make the biggest impact, target student-life facilities. Jeff Stebar, global Student Life Center of…
05.13.11
Four Things the U.S. Can Learn from Innovative Foreign Countries
For our latest installment in the Fast Company Design blog, Dan Watch and Russ Drinker write about the four things the U.S. can learn from innovative foreign companies to remain…
05.01.11
Home Cooking: Darden Restaurants
Too many cooks may spoil the broth, but just the right number may come up with some fantastic new dishes. That's the concept behind Darden Restaurants' new headquarters in Orlando,…
04.29.11
Design at Work: CompTIA featured in The Architect Newspaper
When the technology industry association CompTIA relocated their world headquarters to Downers Grove, Illinois, the leadership told their designers they wanted the new office to…
04.21.11
How Our Designs Must Adapt To A Hotter World
For our seventh Fast Company article, John Mlade and Blair McCarry take a look at the future, and how climate change will impact design.
04.20.11
Changing the Shape of Healthcare Design
Our healthcare expertise was recently featured in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. The article describes how our innovative approach, rooted in evidence-based design, sustainability,…
04.20.11
Full of Grace
The recent edition of Contract features the Willson Hospice House project located in Albany, Georgia. The author writes, "Perkins+Will elevates the level of the hospice building model…
04.19.11
Eva Maddox Authors Contract's Designing for Health Article
As part of Perkins+Will's ongoing "Designing for Health" series for Contract magazine, Eva Maddox contributed thoughts and research on branding food for healthcare facilities. Read…
04.12.11
Perkins+Will Sustainable Leadership Plan 2011
Since 2004, Perkins+Will has published two Sustainable Design Initiative (SDI) strategic plans. In those plans, we developed methodologies for transforming Perkins+Will into a…
04.12.11
Sustainable Advisory Services Digital Booklet
Following many years of established success in sustainable design, our Sustainable Advisory Services help clients succeed in meeting the triple bottom line. To learn more about…
04.08.11
For America's Cities, the Future Can Be Found in the Past
Our latest article on Fast Company's Co.Design blog is by Manuel Cadrecha, design director of the Atlanta office. In his essay, Manuel maintains that cities should have an…
04.06.11
Lightness of Being
Local needs bolster a national trend to redefine healthcare's physical footprint. Jean Mah and Robin Guenther provided commentary for this article in Architect's Healthcare Issue.…
03.30.11
The Central Nova Scotia Civic Centre featured in Strategize
The recent edition of Strategize features the Central Nova Scotia Civic Centre project. This facility embodies our commitment to design quality and sustainable sports + recreational…
03.25.11
For the Future of Health Care Design, Look Beyond the Hospital
Jean and Robin look at what the future holds for our health care system...and imagine new roles for the health care sector. Read article at Fast Company's Co.Design blog.
03.25.11
Contract Features Kimball Office's Surface Materials Platform
Contract magazine featured Kimball Office's new Surface Materials Platform and the Branded Environments team's involvement. The finishes program began with a roll-out of the company's…
03.24.11
Eva Maddox Rounds Up Creative Packaging for The Huffington Post
For this month's edition of The Huffington Post's Design Thursdays column, Eva Maddox found 10 clever takes on food packaging. Read more.
03.16.11
University of Waterloo Engineering Five Featured in ArchDaily
Waterloo's Engineering Five marks the first phase of a major expansion to the Faculty of Engineering, and a dramatic new showcase for the innovative work being carried out by the…
03.16.11
Eva Maddox One of Time Out Chicago's Most Influential Designers
In its Chicago-themed Tournament of Champions feature, Time Out Chicago names Eva Maddox one of the city's four most influential architects/designers. The article spotlights her work…
03.16.11
Trent Community Sport + Recreation Centre Featured in ArchDaily
This revitalized athletic complex takes full advantage of its prominent site and its relationship to the Otonabee River. In summer months, the new wing opens directly to existing docks…
03.07.11
Mentoring 21st-Century Architects
How do we reconcile the profession's traditional knowledge transfer process with the next generation's grounding in digital communication? RK Stewart calls for an industry-wide…
03.07.11
Video: A New Leadership Role for CEOs in Sustainable Design
At the Design Futures Council Leadership Summit on Sustainable Design, Phil Harrison, spoke about the leadership imperative of integrating sustainable design practices into the values…
03.04.11
Checking the Pulse of Healthcare Architecture
The ever-resilient healthcare design and construction market is headed for some big legislation-induced changes. Jean Mah contributes to this AIArchitect article on the changes being…
03.01.11
Hanwha Convention Center Makes the Cover of Interior Design
Seoul's Hanwha 63 Convention Center, a redesign and signage project by our Interiors and Branded Environments practices, landed the cover of this month's Interior Design. Read more.
03.01.11
Green for the Greater Good
The Arlington Free Clinic, the first LEED Gold certified free clinic in the nation, is a featured in this month's Interiors & Sources magazine. Read the photo essay at the…
02.28.11
Atlanta (MMPT) Video
A proposal for a transportation-based redevelopment plan for downtown Atlanta.
02.21.11
Atlanta MMPT Vision Statement + Executive Summary
Download the Vision Statement here. Download the Executive Summary here. The Urban Design team of Perkins+Will focuses on creating urban design solutions through multi-disciplinary…
02.15.11
Integration of Design and Research within a Global Practice
Our semi-annual, practice-oriented Perkins+Will Research Journal is an incredibly valuable resource for our firm and the larger design community. Learn about the importance of…
02.09.11
Atlanta Beltline Featured in the Economist
This report, Liveanomics: Urban liveability and Economic Growth, examines the issue of liveability in cities and the role of business within cities. The Atlanta Beltline is featured as…
02.01.11
Introducting the New and Improved ADA 2010
The newly released 2010 ADA Standards update has been touted by experts as a great boon for accessibility. This article in Healthcare Design features our Arlington Free Clinic project…
02.01.11
Lighting The Way
Tama Duffy Day contributes to this article on Lighting in Health Facility Management. Read more.
01.31.11
Eva Maddox Profiled in Contract Magazine
Right on the heels of her Contract Legend Award, Eva Maddox is profiled in the magazine's January/February issue. Read more.
01.28.11
Interior Design Magazine Highlights Kimball Office's Surface Materials Platform
Eileen Jones sat down with Interior Design writer Penny Bonda to discuss Kimball Office's new Surface Materials Platform and the Branded Environments team's involvement. Read more.
01.27.11
The Huffington Post: Top 10 Sustainable Cities
Eva Maddox's second contribution to The Huffington Post was a round-up of sustainable cities. Read the full post here.
01.27.11
Precautionary List Featured in the BNA's Environmental Compliance Bulletin
Perkins+Will's Peter Syrett and Chris Youssef were recently featured in The Bureau of National Affairs' Environmental Compliance Bulletin for their work on the Precautionary List. The…
01.26.11
Holistic Design Process Provides UTMB with Complex National Research Building
Galveston National Laboratory was recently featured on the cover of the latest issue of ALN Magazine, a multi-media resource for products and information to design, build, equip, and…
01.25.11
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute - A Model of Sustainability and Collaboration
R&D Magazine's Laboratory Design newsletter explores the latest design, construction, sustainability, and management issues for research facilities. The latest issue examines the…
01.11.11
New Perkins+Will Monograph Released
We are very pleased to announce the publication of a new retrospective celebrating our 75 year legacy. Images Publishing Group says, "Success at Perkins+Will is measured by how…
12.31.10
A Shady Situation
David Hansen describes the use of shading structures to provide “healing” natural light and views at the Anschutz Cancer Pavilion as part of this article on Shading Systems. Read…
12.14.10
Stormwater Reuse and Whole System Design: Insights from a 'Living Lab'
WaterWorld highlights the Center for Urban Water as a leader in today's green building movement and explores how this "living lab" implements a whole systems approach to water…
12.13.10
Economy Rules Vision for Future Labs
Science + Technology Regional Market Sector Leader, David Bendet, lends his insight to Laboratory Equipment's feature story regarding predictions for the "lab of the future." The…
12.10.10
Biotech Center to Unveil $10.1M Addition Today
The N.C. Biotechnology Center is unveiling its new $10.1 million, 20,000-square-foot addition today with an event honoring former Gov. Jim Hunt. North Carolina is now the…
12.01.10
Going Greener
Robin Guenther is quoted in this article documenting the increasing interest in sustainability in the healthcare sector. Read the article at Health Facilities Management online.
12.01.10
Soothing solace
The Elsie O. Mitchell Meditation Sanctuary at Fairview Southdale Hospital is the featured "Last Detail" in Health Facilities Management magazine. Read the article at Health Facilities…
11.23.10
Eva Maddox Picks Top Green Roofs for The Huffington Post
Eva Maddox's first column (as a new monthly contributor to The Huffington Post's Arts section), showcased 10 green roofs that inspire her, including the dramatic one atop Haworth's…
11.15.10
Infusion of Recovery Act Funds Boosts Biomedical Research
The University of Florida's Clinical Translational Research Building is featured in the National Institutes of Health's NCRR Reporter as a national model of how NIH funds can be…
11.13.10
The Power of Pro Bono
Several of our projects are featured in the new book The Power of Pro Bono: 40 Stories About Design for the Public Good. Inspired and informed by public architecture, highlights…
11.02.10
Born to Be Wild: Center for Urban Waters
Our Center for Urban Waters was recently featured on the cover of Architectural Products' Green Issue. The article explores the building's unique sustainable features in spite of its…
11.01.10
A Health-Care Comeback?
Health care remains one of the region’s stronger markets, with new projects starting up now that some of the uncertainty surrounding national health-care reform has abated. Read the…
10.26.10
Altruism in the Profession: The Implementation of Social Responsibility
Perkins+Will is committed to engage its professional resources and leadership to benefit the social needs in the built environment where design can make a difference. While encouraging…
10.24.10
Video: St. Alcuin Montessori School Mini-Documentary
We like the communities, teachers, leaders, and learners to speak for the spaces we create. Take a glimpse at the sunlight and stories that fill St. Alcuin Montessori School. We…
10.18.10
Strategies to Maximize Space on Campus
Community colleges are in a unique position to reinvigorate traditional approaches to education and learning. Richard Miller and Bob Lavey look at key challenges and some solutions for…
10.15.10
Architectural Record Highlights The Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability
The Living building challenge is not for the faint of heart. Part polemic, part rating system, it looks squarely at the environmental crisis, from rising global temperatures to…
10.07.10
SCUP/AIA Excellence in Architecture, Merit Award
The North Campus Residence Hall at Roger Williams was one of four projects nationally recognized by SCUP and the AIA in 2010 for excellence new building design. This new residence hall…
10.07.10
SCUP/AIA Excellence in Architecture, Merit Award - 2010
The Arts and Social Sciences Complex was one of four projects to receive this national award for new building design. The complex is designed to encourage interdisciplinary work and…
10.01.10
Overseas Observations
While healthcare facilities around the globe incorporate certain core design principles, variables like culture, climate and locally available resources create regionally unique…
10.01.10
What Made Whitespace an AMA-Winning Campaign
The Chicago chapter of the American Marketing Association recognized whitespace.bz with an Award of Merit, New Product or Service Launch. Brian Weatherford explains what made the…
10.01.10
Global Lessons in Healthcare
"There should not be a belief that delivering high-quality healthcare requires a passport for waste and energy intensity-or that saving lives is somehow outside of broader ecosystems…
09.28.10
SEEDing Higher Ground
Newsweek asked Perkins+Will to re-imagine what the future of New Orleans will look like in 2030. The results are stunning, and in many ways, revolutionary. From how we live, work,…
09.20.10
SouthEast Education Network Magazine: The Perfect School Campus
This fall, Steven Turckes was asked by the SouthEast Education Network to muse on what would be an ideal school campus for schools of the future. Read more about designing learning…
09.04.10
Analysis and Computation: Sustainable Design in Practice
Aksamija, Ajla, "Analysis and Computation: Sustainable Design in Practice", Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 291-314. Planning, design and…
09.01.10
The Healing Environment
This article blends insights and perspectives about sustainable healing environments to address how policy meets sustainable design. Read the article at FacilityCare online.
08.25.10
Sarah's Circle Website
As a part of our Social Responsibility Initiative, we teamed with Sarah's Circle to create a new home for women who are homeless or in need of a safe space. Located in Chicago's…
08.23.10
The Presidio Trust site
The Presidio in San Francisco is now a spectacular national park after generations of serving as a military site. Perkins+Will has a long and ongoing history with the Presidio; we…
08.20.10
Can We Get a Gold in Green?
A plan to go green for Porter Neuroscience Research Center Phase 2 is discussed in the latest edition of NIH Record.
08.15.10
Kentucky Alumni magazine profiles Eileen Jones
Kentucky Alumni Magazine highlights how that school's alumna is making a difference in design. Read more. *Courtesy of Kentucky Alumni magazine and the UK Alumni Association
08.12.10
Concord Community Reuse Project Website
The City of Concord has created a great site covering all aspects of the reuse project, including history, latest updates, all the documentation generated by the project, images and a…
08.12.10
Green Infrastructure: Scale, Design + Connectivity
Green Infrastructure: Scale, Design + Connectivity is a white paper defining and discussing green infrastructure as "an interconnected system of green spaces that perform needed and…
08.11.10
Exploring school safety and security through Chanhassen High School
Steve Miller recently had a piece in School Construction News on the safety planning measures of Chanhassen High School. Read the article here.
08.05.10
Pulling Together the Value Streams for Building Retrofits
".. Think of sustainability as a fabric. You pull a thread and everything comes together." Richard Locke, MIT Sloan Richard Locke's metaphor evokes a beautiful image that emphasizes…
08.04.10
DesignShare Interview with former Crow Island Principal Beth Hebert
Beth Hebert, a life-long educator and experienced principal, spent 27 years leading Crow Island Elementary School, Perkins+Will's first education project in 1940. In this 2006…
08.01.10
Carroll Campbell Place
Carroll Campbell Place has been created as a home-like and non-institutional environment, featuring state-of-the-art "sensory" design to better facilitate Alzheimer's residents. View…
08.01.10
Video: The Woodlands at Furman Virtual Tour
This virtual tour of The Woodlands at Furman provides a glimpse of life at Greenville's only Life Care Retirement Community. Take the Virtual Tour.
07.30.10
Brighouse Elementary Building Blog
Updates on the planning, design and construction of Samuel Brighouse Elementary School in Richmond, British Columbia. See what's happening at Brighouse.
07.19.10
Presidio Trust: Ft. Scott Wins CA Preservation Award
The Presidio Trust announcement that the Ft. Scott Cultural Resource Study, by Perkins+Will, had won the 2010 Preservation Design Award from the California Preservation Foundation. …
07.19.10
Environmentalists Dream of Park Space Along Los Angeles River
Earlier this month federal regulators named the Los Angeles River a navigable waterway. That's given advocates for its restoration new hope for new projects. Here's more about one…
07.09.10
Residential Architect: On the Front Lines with David Green
David Green was interviewed on the topic of sustainability and urban planning, and the challenges around incorporating sustainable design in new neighborhood development. Read the…
07.06.10
Only Healthcare Facility in the World to Achieve Audubon Certification
Willson Hospice House, the only inpatient facility of its kind in Southwest Georgia, has become the first Audubon certified healthcare facility in the world. Article at Medical…
07.01.10
Using the Recession to Embrace Organizational Change
Over the past few months, the prevailing wisdom has been that a weak but definitive economic recovery is underway. The stock market vacillates with short-term news; overall it has…
07.01.10
In Search of Lasting Value with Retrofitting and Renovation
Retrofitting historic school buildings can provide benefits beyond the bottom line. Article in American School & University magazine.
07.01.10
Recalibrating the Portfolio, Revamping the Brand
At a completely different scale, large organizations have been using this time to take a close look at their entire real estate portfolios. This long term planning, when paired with…
07.01.10
Creating a Regenerative Healthcare Facility
David Burson is leading the team in designing and constructing a "regenerative hospital" at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston. Read the article at Healthcare Design…
06.30.10
Project Highlight: Willson Hospice House
Willson Hospice House was recently recognized as the first healthcare facility worldwide to receive certification as an Audubon International Silver Signature Sanctuary. Read the…
06.28.10
President Obama's Space Reduction Initiative
Ed Feiner's article discussing President Obama's Space Reduction Initiative and how it effects federal workspace. Read more on the CityBiz website.
06.22.10
People, Planet, Profit
Healthcare delivery systems are in a unique position as caretakers, large employers, and key community leaders to influence and impact the triple bottom line: commitment to people,…
06.21.10
Older Buildings: A New York Love Story
Joan Blumenthal, Perkins+Will Principal and Design Director of the New York office, authored this article for Real Estate Weekly. In it she considers New York City's mixed relationship…
06.21.10
Creating Healthy Indoor Learning Environments
Robert Drew, principal-in-charge of Brighouse Elementary School, reviews the planning and design considerations to make Brighouse a healthy learning environment. Journal of Commerce…
06.15.10
Transformation of a University Teaching Laboratory Through Innovative Solutions
This article describes the improvements made to a 4,500 square foot chemistry teaching laboratory within the University of Pennsylvania's Chemistry '58 building. Some simple…
06.14.10
Tacoma's Center for Urban Waters Adapts to Environmental Conditions
The new Tacoma Center for Urban Waters goes beyond clever design and construction techniques. The recently opened research center and environmental laboratory actually has the…
06.11.10
Acoustical design in healthcare: An issue that needs to be heard
Achieving high-performance acoustical design in healthcare facilities is a challenge that often requires decisions balancing competing interests, but nevertheless, effective acoustical…
06.08.10
Bay Bridge Gateway Park in the SF Chronicle
Urban design critic John King attended Gateway Park's "coming out party" where Karen Alschuler and her team presented the project in its first public workshop. His review is a rave…
06.04.10
Beam Up: Lancaster Public Safety Building
The Dallas Metroplex is one of the fastest growing population centers in the US. As the city grows in area and population, so too do the surrounding towns and communities. The suburb…
06.01.10
Video: A Look into Blythewood High School
A look into Blythewood High School from Perkins+Will on Vimeo. A project that has garnered praise from both the architectural and educational worlds, take a peek at Blythewood High…
06.01.10
Sustainable school flooring for green foot traffic
Check out our piece on sustainable flooring choices at Creekview Ranch Middle School, a LEED Gold project in California. Read the article here.
06.01.10
Environmental Design + Construction: Hidden Treasure
Making renovation projects sustainable can be particularly challenging. Joseph Lee and Andrew Wolfram discuss a few of the particular issues they've dealt with in some of…
05.11.10
Helping a National Park Pay Its Own Way
The Presidio in San Francisco is now a national park after serving for generations as a military base. This park, uniquely, is required to become self-supporting. As the New York Times…
05.07.10
Marsh & McLennan Unveils Their New Sustainable Atlanta Office
Gina Berndt and Joyce Fownes were interviewed about the space they created for Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. (MMC) in Atlanta. Perkins+Will is working with MMC to create six…
05.06.10
Interior Design vs. Urban Design
Joan Blumenfeld discusses the differences and similarities in Interior Design and Urban Design in Contract Magazine. Read more on the Contract Magazine site.
05.01.10
From Bench to Bedside
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for Cancer Immunotherapeutics and Tumor Immunology takes the idea of translational research to its ultimate end. Article at Healthcare Design…
05.01.10
Social Responsibility Annual Report No. 02
Click here to read the second Perkins+Will Social Responsibility Annual Report.
04.23.10
Roadmap for the Integrated Design Process
Busby Perkins+Will, in collaboration with Stantec Consulting Ltd., have produced the Roadmap for the Integrated Design Process (IDP). Read more here.
04.21.10
Taking Care of Business, One School at a Time
Jeff Ziebarth leads our higher education practice, with a particular focus on the design and planning of business schools. In this interview Jeff discusses aspects of teaching and…
04.19.10
An Urban Clinic: Connecting with Community
Download the "Designing For Health" article originally published at Contract Magazine online.
04.12.10
Treasure Island plan a trove full of promise
Design critic John King published a glowing report on the plan for Treasure Island with abundant detail on its latest developments. Read the article
04.02.10
Sustainable Lab Operations
In the United States, buildings account for 38.9% of primary energy use and 38% of CO2 emissions. Labs use far more energy and water per square foot than the average building due to…
04.01.10
The Future of Hospitals
Every innovative strategy we implement today that changes hospital design makes a difference and contributes to making an imagined future tomorrow's reality. Read the article at…
04.01.10
A Habitat for 21st Century Learning
New school designs in Peoria, Illinois, support 21st century education from the ground up. Article in Educational Leadership magazine.
04.01.10
Sustainable Labs LEED the Way
Texas A&M University's Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building is profiled as an example of how planners and designers are looking at their labs to accomplish new goals beyond the…
03.01.10
Research for the Global Good: Supporting a Better World For All
In March of 2010, Images Publishing released the latest book from Dan Watch, Research for the Global Good: Supporting a Better World For All. In exploring the dynamic changes taking…
02.25.10
Perkins+Will Essays Published in The State of the Interior Design Profession
"The State of the Interior Design Profession" provides an informed view of the interior design profession as it stands today. The book focuses on 12 critical issues integral to the…
02.18.10
Three Towers for the Middle East
Robert Goodwin is profiled in Architects + Artisans. Read more at the Architects + Artisans website.
02.01.10
Light Moves
Integrating daylight into school design from the start. Article in American School & University magazine.
02.01.10
An In-Depth Look at the Hospital of the Future
The hospital of the future is designed not just to heal the sick but also to help sustain the environment. Read the article at Fast Company online.
01.14.10
Leading by Design: A Place to Flourish
Pioneering the next generation of improvements in health and healthcare delivery through the design of the physical environment. Download the "Designing For Health" article originally…
01.01.10
EcoDensity: Making Vancouver More Sustainable
Perkins+Will's EcoDensity initiative proposes that high quality and strategically located density can make Vancouver more sustainable, livable and affordable. Read how EcoDensity can…
01.01.10
Perkins+Will Ranks #2 in Interior Design Giants
2010 annual survey rates Interior Design's Top 100 Firms. Visit the Interior Design website to read more.
11.15.09
Video: Merchant Square and the Magic of Water
Merchant Square from Perkins+Will on Vimeo. Fast establishing itself as a premier office and residential location, Merchant Square is one of the largest regeneration projects in Europe…
11.06.09
Integration in Architectural Design
Integrated design in architectural practice utilizes holistic design methodology to address major considerations from the earliest stages of the process. This paper discusses…
10.21.09
Carbon Neutral Now
"Across the continent, at the southern tip of the mountainous and densely forested Vancouver Island, Dockside Green will soon become carbon neutral. A mix of town houses, mid-rise…
10.15.09
From Living Buildings to Living Campuses
Sustainable planning is a powerful tool in creating campus facilities that are environmentally, economically and academically beneficial. As interconnected communities, college…
09.22.09
August Wilson Center Called the New Jewel in Pittsburgh's Crown
"And this week, officially, there is a new jewel in Pittsburgh's crown: the August Wilson Center for African American Culture. Designed by Allison G. Williams, it is a two-story…
09.14.09
Medical Teaming Centers
Creating caregiver-staff work spaces to be both collaborative and flexible. Download the "Designing For Health" article originally published at Contract Magazine online.
09.01.09
Perkins+Will Featured in The Integration Imperative
In the book The Integration Imperative recently published by Suzanne Lowe, Perkins+Will's commitment to interdisciplinary work as well as the values behind it are featured in a case…
09.01.09
Don't Wait on Waiting Room Upgrades
Seven ways to reinvent hospital waiting rooms and why they should be redone. Read the article at Medical Construction & Design.
08.15.09
i4Design features Eva Maddox in "Suite Sixteen" issue
Eva Maddox garners a coveted spot on the magazine's third annual "Suite Sixteen" list of notable local designers. Read more.
08.05.09
Computational Representations of Architectural Design for Tall Buildings
Building design process is a significantly complex procedure taking into account many different factors and variables, such as the site context, environment, material availability,…
08.01.09
Trends, Issues, Strategies: Law Firms in Brief
Law firms are searching to increase productivity and profitability through the workspace. In the most successful firms, facilities are created through the implementation of strategies…
08.01.09
Perkins+Will Financial Services Brochure
This brochure highlights some of our recent work in the financial industry. Download the Perkins+Will Financial Services Brochure.
07.13.09
We Eat What We Build
A sensitive approach in response to the needs of patients with acute food allergies. Download the "Designing For Health" article originally published at Contract Magazine online.
07.10.09
Video: SproutSpace Classroom Fly-through
Portable Educationally Adaptive Product of Design from Perkins+Will on Vimeo. Watch a 3D fly-through of the award-winning SproutSpace solution. This revolutionary portable classroom…
07.01.09
Healthcare Design Is Full Of Contradictions
Jean Mah discusses a variety of healthcare issues in this interview. Read the interview at ArchIdea
06.26.09
Five Bold Moves
The new millennium interpretation of batten down the hatches is in full throttle across the design discipline. Professional firms, who two years ago were invigorating clients as well…
06.01.09
Green and Clean
Greater regulation, more environmentally friendly building materials and new architectural styles are encouraging airports to clean up their acts. Around the world, in many areas of…
05.01.09
Ideas+Buildings Vol. 2
Perkins+Will releases the second volume in a series of publications showcasing the talent of our firm titled Perspective. The notion of perspective is both highly personal and…
05.01.09
Social Responsibility Annual Report No. 01
Click here to read the first Perkins+Will Social Responsibility Annual Report.
04.29.09
Florida International University Develops Medical School from the Ground Up
Medical schools are often the most costly, well-established and storied institutions on an academic campus, so establishing a new one from scratch at an existing public university can…
04.24.09
Time Magazine Recognizes Haworth in its "Green Design 100"
One Haworth Center garners a spot on Time's round up of the best in sustainable design. Read more.
04.15.09
How We Did It: Public Private Partnership
Since 2002, the University of Washington School of Medicine has been using the PPP model for developing and financing a research community in the Lake Union District of Seattle. We…
04.12.09
Get Moving: The Airline Industry Grows Greener
As the airline industry grows greener, more projects are being undertaken to reduce emissions from transport links. People movers are the next step to a healthier environment. Read…
04.01.09
Workplace Strategies in Brief
Workplace strategies focus on problem solving and designing for the needs of knowledge workers and advanced technology. Read more about the strategic drivers and trends in this white…
03.18.09
Maximizing the Impact of Art in Architecture
In evaluating art for the healthcare environment, evidence-based research demonstrates stress-reducing effects of certain positive distractions. Download the "Designing for…
03.15.09
Sustainable Facilities Strategies for Today's Economy
David Damon looks at strategies for the implementation of sustainability on college and university campuses. Crafting a master plan for energy efficiency and green guidelines for…
02.01.09
Helen Bernstein High School is ahead of the curve
Helen Bernstein is featured in the annual Architectural Products Education issue. Read the article here.
01.13.09
Making Hospitals More Hospitable for Children and their Families
An intensely user-focused design meant to transform a hospital experience. Download the "Designing For Health" article originally published at Contract Magazine online.
01.05.09
Multimodal Representations of Architectural Design Knowledge
This paper presents multimodal representation of architectural design knowledge, where explicit and implicit information are linked. The aim is to develop a computational environment…
01.01.09
Geo-exchange and You
Geothermal heating has been used since the ancient Roman Empire as a way of heating buildings by utilizing sources of hot water and steam that exist near the Earth's surface.…
01.01.09
Connection to the Outdoors Charrette
In September 2008, the American Architectural Foundation and Architectural Record teamed up students and designers to participate in thematic school design charrettes. Steve Turckes,…
01.01.09
Business Case for Commissioning New Hospitals
With the recent surge in interest in the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Green Building Rating System, everyone is talking about commissioning. But what is it and how does it…
01.01.09
Inpatient Room Design
The Perkins+Will Healthcare Market Sector convenes annually at a "Center of Excellence" conference. It rotates each year to one of our many offices across the country. Healthcare…
12.15.08
BusinessWeek/Architectural Record recognizes Haworth with its "Good Design is Good Business" Award
BusinessWeek/Architectural Record's round-up of the Best Business Architecture of 2008 included One Haworth Center. Calling the final product "striking," the magazine awarded the…
12.01.08
Building Type Basics for Research Laboratories, Second Edition
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has published the second edition of Dan Watch's successful book, Building Type Basics for Research Laboratories, a one-stop reference for the essential…
11.19.08
Designing on the Triple Bottom Line in Sri Lanka
Sustainable design is interconnected with workforce, economic, environmental and catastrophic event management goals. Read the article at Healthcare Design online.
10.15.08
Research in Florida
Highlighting lessons learned in the planning and design of laboratories in the expanding private sector research market in Florida. Download the Article in Florida ARCHITECT.
10.01.08
Professionalizing Pro Bono Practice
Mark Jolicoeur speaks to Architectural Record about Perkins+Will's pro bono practice. Click here to read the article.
09.22.08
Peace and Quiet: The Serenity of Invisible Design
To what degree can we design pleasing sounds and quiet into the built environment to achieve positive effects? Download the "Designing for Health"article originally published at…
08.29.08
Slow Food Marketplace website
Perkins+Will created the Master Plan for the 2008 Slow Food Nation event in San Francisco, as well as designing and constructing the festival's two Water Stations out of used plastic…
08.01.08
Architectural Record Study: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
An overview of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center that is designed to withstand an 8.0-plus magnitude earthquake. Read the Architectural Record Study here.
07.28.08
Designing for Health: Culture Shift
Shifting Culture, Shifting Service Lines: Is Tiger Woods the New “Grandmother”? Download the "Designing for Health" article originally published at Contract Magazine online.
07.08.08
Shhh It's Quiet Time
Hospital designers find innovative ways to reduce noise at healthcare facilities. Read the article at Healthcare Construction+Operations online.
07.01.08
Sustainable healthcare environments: The present and beyond
Responding to challenges that call for buildings that breathe and dream to be beyond green. An interview with Robin Guenther and Michelle Halle Stern in Healthcare Design Magazine…
06.17.08
Ontologies and Shape Grammars: Communication Between Knowledge-Based and Generative Systems
This paper discusses information flow between knowledge-based models and shape grammars for generation of building designs, explaining the interaction, system and implementation. The…
05.29.08
Video: Willson Hospice House
Video describing the Willson Hospice House built in Albany, Georgia. Albany Community Hospice, Phoebe Foundation and Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital have embarked on an historic 3…
05.28.08
K-12 Schools Booklet
As a binding thread from generation to generation, educational architecture influences and connects our experiences of exploration, discovery and learning to a common place and a…
05.15.08
Waterfront Expo 2008 Abstract
Andrew Wolfram spoke at Waterfront Expo 2008 in Liverpool, UK. His talk concerned the challenges, opportunities and rewards of restoring and adapting historic waterfront sites, using…
04.01.08
Ideas+Buildings Vol. 1: Collective Process / Global, Social and Sustainable Design
Perkins+Will releases the first volume in a series of publications showcasing the talent of our teams and scope of our projects. Read more or order on Barnes and Noble.com.
03.04.08
Houston: It Has a Solution
NASA's Mission Control Center illustrates how integrated strategic planning can help complex organizations such as healthcare systems solve systemic problems. Read the article in…
02.29.08
Perkins+Will: A Will and a Way
Jean Mah describes our firm's effort to lead the development and renovation of healthcare facilities around the world. Read the article at Inside Healthcare online.
02.04.08
Information Modeling in Architectural Design
Architectural design is a complex process involving numerous factors. Historically, designers have been researching and developing methods to aid the design process, and to represent…
02.01.08
Hector Garcia Middle School in Contract Magazine
Hector Garcia school design called talented and gifted in Contract magazine profile. Read the article here.
01.05.08
Knowledge Management in Architecture and Construction Industry
Architectural design is a complex process involving numerous factors. Historically, designers have been researching and developing methods to aid the design process and to represent…
01.01.08
ULI Case Study: The Ferry Building
The Urban Land Institute's in-depth case study of the San Francisco Ferry Building. Read the study.
09.19.07
Emerging Technologies and Sustainability Practices in Architecture
New developments in materials, information technology and sustainability are changing the built environment. Smart materials, sustainable materials, integration methods—these are the…
05.01.07
Does Your Facility Have Good Bones?
Some "anatomical" considerations in deciding whether to renovate or build new. Article at Healthcare Design online.
04.01.07
Room with a view
The Kohler Pavilion was designed to help the university serve its community and take advantage of its dramatic site for years to come. Read the article at Health Facilities Management…
01.15.07
Developing a Comprehensive Housing Strategy
This case study shares successes in developing a long-range comprehensive housing strategy for a college with two noncontiguous campuses in a dense urban, cultural center. Download the…
11.01.06
A Restorative Environment
Staff-focused design solutions to support nurse recruitment and retention. Read the article at Healthcare Design online.
02.01.06
Fitting In
Mass General's Yawkey Center makes the most of a limited site. Read the article at Health Facilities Management online.
01.03.06
Perkins+Will Green Operations Plan
In addition to helping our clients realize sustainable facilities, Perkins+Will is making sure our own facilities are environmentally sensitive. To this end, the firm has adopted a…
12.10.05
Fast Company Profile of Eva Maddox
Fast Company deemed Eva one of the "change agents... designers and dreamers who are creating your future." Read more.
12.01.05
Architectural Record Study: Perspectives Charter School
An overview of Perspectives Charter School in Chicago, Illinois: A dramatic building on a tight urban site that embraces the community inside and out. Read the Architectural Record…
11.01.05
Architectural Record on the Ferry Building
When the renovation of the San Francisco Ferry Building was completed in 2004 it revolutionized the city's waterfront and created an entirely new destination for community,…
