Perkins Eastman is an international architecture

Architecture

Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...

, interior design

Interior design

Interior design describes a group of various yet related projects that involve turning an interior space into an effective setting for the range of human activities are to take place there. An interior designer is someone who conducts such projects...

, urban design

Urban design

Urban design concerns the arrangement, appearance and functionality of towns and cities, and in particular the shaping and uses of urban public space. It has traditionally been regarded as a disciplinary subset of urban planning, landscape architecture, or architecture and in more recent times has...

, planning

Urban planning

Urban planning incorporates areas such as economics, design, ecology, sociology, geography, law, political science, and statistics to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlements and communities....

, landscape architecture

Landscape architecture

Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor and public spaces to achieve environmental, socio-behavioral, or aesthetic outcomes. It involves the systematic investigation of existing social, ecological, and geological conditions and processes in the landscape, and the design of interventions...

, graphic design

Graphic design

Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...

, and project management firm. Headquartered in New York, New York, the firm is led by founding Principals Bradford Perkins and Mary-Jean Eastman, along with the firm's other Principal and Executive Directors: J. David Hoglund, Aaron B. Schwarz, Jonathan N. Stark, Daniel J. Cinelli, Carl Ordemann, and Alan Schlossberg.

History

Bradford Perkins and Mary-Jean Eastman met at Llewelyn-Davies International, where Bradford Perkins served as the Managing Partner of the New York, Toronto, and Caracas offices. Both of them then moved to Perkins + Will (a firm founded by Bradford's father), where Bradford became the Managing Partner of the Eastern offices and Mary-Jean ran one of the major design studios. In 1981, they left Perkins & Will to found Attia & Perkins, which was reorganized as Perkins Eastman in 1984. As the firm grew throughout the years so did its range of expertise. Practice areas of the firm include: housing, higher education, hospitality, primary and secondary education, public, office and mixed-use, hospitality, corporate interiors, research, religious and cultural facilities, and urban design. The firm's principals and staff regularly participate in professional conferences, research studies, and other activities to advance the conventional boundaries of design in each of its specialized areas. A number of principals and staff members have authored basic textbooks on elementary and secondary school design, senior living, justice facilities, retail/mixed-use facilities, and healthcare facilities, as well as more than 200 articles in professional journals and research papers on related topics.

Growth and expansion

In addition to the completion of notable, award-winning projects, the firm has expanded into other practice areas by acquiring smaller firms, beginning in 1999 with a merger with Susan Black Architects to create Perkins Eastman Black, the Toronto-based office of the firm. Perkins Eastman's Charlotte, North Carolina office then combined with Healthcare Interiors, Inc. (HCI) in September 2004. In August 2005, Akol Architects of Oakland, California, merged its practice with Perkins Eastman. That same year, Perkins Eastman also acquired the creative staff at Larsen Shein Ginsberg Snyder LLP (LSGS) of New York, New York, culminating a close working relationship built over the past ten years on more than two dozen projects. In 2007, the firm combined with both the Basler Mosa Design Group, a firm providing architecture, planning, urban design, and interior design services, and the Liebman Melting Partnership, an award-winning firm of architects and planners.

In recent years, Perkins Eastman has also formed affiliations with four firms that provide related services to clients and operate as part of the firm under an affiliate business relationship. BFJ Planning (BFJ) offers professional expertise in planning, zoning, design, environmental analysis, real-estate analysis, and transportation planning. RGR Landscape (RGR) focuses on land planning and design for cultural institutions, public open space in urban settings, parks, recreational facilities, residential, and commercial projects. Urbanomics provides public- and private-sector clients with an array of economic development planning studies, market studies, tax policy analyses, program evaluations, and economic and demographic forecasts. Russell Design, an internationally recognized multi-disciplinary graphics firm, specializes in corporate communications, branding, and identification planning, as well as design for electronic media and environmental graphic design

Environmental graphic design

Environmental graphic design is a design profession embracing many design disciplines including graphic design, architecture, industrial design and landscape architecture...

.

Today, Perkins Eastman is one of the largest New York-based design firms, one of the largest architectural firms in the United States, among the 20 largest architecture firms in the world, and the 12th largest interior design firm. The firm maintains offices in: New York, New York (1981); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1995); Stamford, Connecticut (1998); Charlotte, North Carolina (2001); Chicago, Illinois (2002); San Francisco, California (2005); Washington, DC (2005); and Boston, Massachusetts (2008). Internationally, Perkins Eastman operates in Toronto, Canada (1999); Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2006); Guayaquil, Ecuador (2008); Mumbai, India (2008) and Shanghai, China (2003), as a wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE). In 2011, Perkins Eastman and Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects

Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects

Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects is an international architecture firm with offices in New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, and Shanghai...

 (EE&K) merged their practices.

Senior Living

Perkins Eastman started with a focus on senior living and healthcare design. Perkins Eastman's practice in senior living started with The Jewish Homes in Miami, which hired the firm to design six additional buildings for its facility. This client also referred the firm to the Morse Geriatric Center, the Jewish home of West Palm Beach, where Perkins Eastman refined what is now the widely used bi-axial room. These projects were widely published and visited by other sponsors, which led to projects that formed the foundation of the Pittsburgh office and contributed to the firm's growing national reputation in the field of senior living.

With Woodside Place (1991) in Oakmont, Pennsylvania

Oakmont, Pennsylvania

Oakmont is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. It is a Pittsburgh suburb and part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The population was 6,303 at the 2010 census....

, Perkins Eastman developed the prototype for a growing number of specialized residences for persons with Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death...

. Redstone Highlands, in Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Greensburg is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States, and a part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. The city is named after Nathanael Greene, a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War...

, was one of the country's first truly affordable continuing care retirement communities (CCRC). Other notable projects include Buckingham's Choice (2000), Perkins Eastman's first completely new CCRC, and the Gurwin Geriatric Center (2008) on Long Island

Long Island

Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...

, New York, the firm's largest assisted living project to date. The firm's recent portfolio also includes: Bivins Foundation: Childers Place, Amarillo, Texas

Amarillo, Texas

Amarillo is the 14th-largest city, by population, in the state of Texas, the largest in the Texas Panhandle, and the seat of Potter County. A portion of the city extends into Randall County. The population was 190,695 at the 2010 census...

, USA, Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters: Marywood Center, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand...

, USA, Hebrew SeniorLife: Newbridge on the Charles, Dedham, Massachusetts

Dedham, Massachusetts

Dedham is a town in and the county seat of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,729 at the 2010 census. It is located on Boston's southwest border. On the northwest it is bordered by Needham, on the southwest by Westwood and on the southeast by...

, USA, and Kendal-on-Hudson, Sleepy Hollow, New York

Sleepy Hollow, New York

Sleepy Hollow is a village in the town of Mount Pleasant in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is located on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, about north of midtown Manhattan in New York City, and is served by the Philipse Manor stop on the Metro-North Hudson Line.Originally...

, USA

Internationally, Perkins Eastman has completed several CCRC complexes in Japan, including Sun City Takatsuki (2001), Sun City Yokahama (2001), Sun City Kashiwa (2003), and Sun City Ginza East (2006).

Healthcare

One of Perkins Eastman's first projects, New York Foundling Hospital (1998), helped launch the firm's healthcare practice. This practice grew significantly in 1996, when the firm began to work with one of its most important clients, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center is a cancer treatment and research institution founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital...

, which helped transform Perkins Eastman from a national to an international healthcare practice. Today, the firm works for most of the major medical centers in New York City, as well as for clients in New Jersey, North Carolina, Connecticut, Arkansas, California, Ontario, and Israel. Some of its recent significant projects include: Beijing University International Hospital, Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, China, Duke University

Duke University

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...

 Hospital Emergency Department, Durham, North Carolina

Durham, North Carolina

Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County and also extends into Wake County. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, and the 85th-largest in the United States by population, with 228,330 residents as of the 2010 United States census...

, USA, Saint Vincent's Medical Center Modernization, Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...

, USA, and the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...

 Health System: Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

, USA.

The firm's portfolio of international healthcare projects continues to grow. Projects currently in development are located in: Turkey, China, Ecuador, Nigeria, and The United Arab Emirates.

Housing

Canterbury Green (1987), a highly visible mixed-use project that contained the first new rental housing units in downtown Stamford, Connecticut, gave the firm its start in the housing market, as it received several design and planning awards. The firm continued to grow this practice area by completing a variety of housing projects, ranging from affordable housing projects to high-end residences. Currently, the firm is engaged with large-scale housing projects, like Avalon Riverview (2002), a project in Queens with more than 800 rental units along the East River opposite the United Nations

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

, for Avalon Bay Communities.

Other Notable Housing Projects

• 839 Sixth Avenue, New York, New York, USA
• Aurora Over the Hudson, Cliffside Park, New Jersey
  Cliffside Park, New Jersey
  Cliffside Park is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 23,594....
  
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• Avalon Riverview North, Long Island City, New York, USA
• Centria, New York, New York, USA
• 303 East 33rd Street, New York, New York, USA
• 34 Berry Street, Brooklyn, New York, USA
• Metro Green Apartments, Stamford, Connecticut
  Stamford, Connecticut
  Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 122,643, making it the fourth largest city in the state and the eighth largest city in New England...
  
  , USA

Higher Education

Perkins Eastman took advantage of the New York State University Construction Fund

State University Construction Fund

The State University Construction Fund is a New York State agency addressing the construction and capital planning needs of the State University of New York and affiliated institutions....

 (1997–present) to establish its presence in higher education. The firm's first project was the College of Mount Saint Vincent

College of Mount Saint Vincent

For the university in Halifax, Nova Scotia, see Mount Saint Vincent University The College of Mount Saint Vincent is a Catholic liberal arts college located in the northeast corner of the Riverdale section of The Bronx, New York, adjacent to the Yonkers border. It is the northernmost location in...

, for which it designed a new library in 1990. In 1998, the firm converted a former Bloomingdale's department store into the new Stamford campus of the University of Connecticut

University of Connecticut

The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...

, an award-winning project that helped the firm to bolster its higher education practice. Other recent projects include the Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies (2006) in Nanjing Jiangsu, China, and a planning project for the new campus of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China.

Other Notable Higher Education Projects

• St. John's University: DaSilva Academic Center, Staten Island
  Staten Island
  Staten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay...
  
  , New York
  New York
  New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
  
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• Stony Brook University: Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook, New York
  Stony Brook, New York
  Stony Brook is a hamlet located in the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York, which is on the North Shore of Long Island...
  
  , USA
• University of Arkansas
  University of Arkansas
  The University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in...
  
  : Donal W. Renyolds Center on Aging, Little Rock, Arkansas
  Little Rock, Arkansas
  Little Rock is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 699,757 people in the 2010 census...
  
  , USA
• High Point University
  High Point University
  High Point University is a private liberal arts university in High Point, North Carolina, USA, affiliated with the United Methodist Church.- Beginnings :...
  
  : Slane Student Activity Center, High Point, North Carolina
  High Point, North Carolina
  High Point is a city located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina. As of 2010 the city had a total population of 104,371, according to the US Census Bureau. High Point is currently the eighth-largest municipality in North Carolina....
  
  , USA
• Housatonic Community College
  Housatonic Community College
  Housatonic Community College is a two-year public college located in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It is currently one of the twelve colleges in the Connecticut Community Colleges system...
  
  : Beacon Hall, Bridgeport, Connecticut
  Bridgeport, Connecticut
  Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...
  
  , USA
• University of Pittsburgh
  University of Pittsburgh
  The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of...
  
  : Panther and Pennsylvania Halls, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
  
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Primary and Secondary Education

In conjunction with its higher education practice, Perkins Eastman also developed its primary and secondary education practice with projects like Green Chimneys (1996), for which the firm provided renovations and additions, and the Solomon Schechter School (2001), a new upper and middle school in Westchester County, New York

Westchester County, New York

Westchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Westchester covers an area of and has a population of 949,113 according to the 2010 Census, residing in 45 municipalities...

. Other notable projects include additions and renovations to the Byram Hills High School (2001) in Armonk, New York

Armonk, New York

Armonk is a hamlet and census-designated place located in the town of North Castle in Westchester County, New York. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 4,330....

, as well as the Helen S. Faison Academy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the new Concordia International School (2007) in Shanghai, China.

Other Notable Primary and Secondary Education Projects

• Concordia International School Shanghai
  Concordia International School Shanghai
  Concordia International School Shanghai is a school based in Shanghai, China, founded in 1998.-Present:Concordia - one of Shanghai's three American-curriculum international schools - is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. A non-denominational Christian school, Concordia...
  
  , Shanghai, China
• Fairfield Middle School, Fairfield, Connecticut
  Fairfield, Connecticut
  Fairfield is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is bordered by the towns of Bridgeport, Trumbull, Easton, Redding and Westport along the Gold Coast of Connecticut. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 59,404...
  
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• New York School Construction Authority: Mott Haven Campus, Bronx, New York,
• Princeton Day School, Princeton, New Jersey
  Princeton, New Jersey
  Princeton is a community located in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is best known as the location of Princeton University, which has been sited in the community since 1756...
  
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• Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Arlington, Virginia, USA
• Falk Laboratory School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
  
  , USA

Public

Starting with the Brooklyn Public Library's

Brooklyn Public Library

The Brooklyn Public Library is the public library system of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. It is the fifth largest public library system in the United States. Like the two other public library systems in New York City, it is an independent nonprofit organization that is funded by the...

 Clarendon Branch—the firm's first public agency project—Perkins Eastman has grown its public sector practice to include projects like the Ithaca

Ithaca, New York

The city of Ithaca, is a city in upstate New York and the county seat of Tompkins County, as well as the largest community in the Ithaca-Tompkins County metropolitan area...

 City Courthouse (1993), a small court building and police headquarters for Ithaca, New York, and the 107th Police Precinct (1993) in New York City. These paved the way for larger projects like the Queens Civil Courthouse (1997), which was widely published and received several design awards, the renovation of the historic Foley Square Courthouse (1999) in New York City, and the Brooklyn Supreme and Family Courthouse (2004), one of the firm's largest projects to date at 1.1 million square feet.

Other Notable Public Projects

• Chongqing Library, Chongqing
  Chongqing
  Chongqing is a major city in Southwest China and one of the five national central cities of China. Administratively, it is one of the PRC's four direct-controlled municipalities , and the only such municipality in inland China.The municipality was created on 14 March 1997, succeeding the...
  
  , China
• New Seoul City Hall, Seoul
  Seoul
  Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
  
  , South Korea
  South Korea
  The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
  
  
• Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse: General Services Administration
  General Services Administration
  The General Services Administration is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. The GSA supplies products and communications for U.S...
  
  , New York, New York, USA

Office and Mixed-Use

The Republic National Bank Headquarters and Knox Building in New York City marked the firm's first significant office project. This, as well as the Canterbury Green project, allowed Perkins Eastman to grow its office/retail/mixed-use practice. Some notable projects include the World (Wright) Financial Center (1990), Renaissance Technologies Corporation

Renaissance Technologies

Renaissance Technologies is a hedge fund management company of about 275 employees and more than $ billion in assets under management in three funds...

 in Long Island, New York (1997), NordenPark (2002) in Norwalk, Connecticut

Norwalk, Connecticut

Norwalk is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of the city is 85,603, making Norwalk sixth in population in Connecticut, and third in Fairfield County...

, and the Wanliu Shopping Center currently being designed in Beijing, China.

Other Notable Office and Mixed-use Projects

• Flushing Commons, Queens, New York, USA
• Harbor Point Square, Stamford, Connecticut
  Stamford, Connecticut
  Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 122,643, making it the fourth largest city in the state and the eighth largest city in New England...
  
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• Jinan South City, Jinan
  Jinan
  Jinan is the capital of Shandong province in Eastern China. The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of the region from the earliest beginnings of civilisation and has evolved into a major national administrative, economic, and transportation hub...
  
  , China
• Sky View Parc, Queens, New York, USA
• GongKang Retail Centre, Shanghai
  Shanghai
  Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
  
  , China
• The Shops at Columbus Circle
  Columbus Circle
  Columbus Circle, named for Christopher Columbus, is a major landmark and point of attraction in the New York City borough of Manhattan, located at the intersection of Eighth Avenue, Broadway, Central Park South , and Central Park West, at the southwest corner of Central Park. It is the point from...
  
   Luxury Merchandising Kiosk, New York, New York, USA
• MegaStar Mixed-Use Development, Dubai
  Dubai
  Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
  
  , UAE

Hospitality

Perkins Eastman's hospitality experience includes urban and suburban hotels, large-scale waterfront resort developments, and clubs. The firm started with planning and design assignments that eventually led to built projects. The firm's portfolio includes six hotels for Embassy Suites Hotels

Embassy Suites Hotels

'Embassy Suites Hotels is a chain of upscale all-suite hotels trademarked by Hilton Worldwide. As of Feb. 22, 2011, there are 200 Embassy Suites Hotels in the United States, plus 8 Embassy Suites Hotels internationally. Similar to other Hilton brands, most Embassy Suites hotels are independently...

, the Marriott

Marriott International

Marriott International, Inc. is a worldwide operator and franchisor of a broad portfolio of hotels and related lodging facilities. Founded by J. Willard Marriott, the company is now led by son J.W. Marriott, Jr...

 Eastside Hotel in New York City (2000), multiple projects with a leading Brazilian resort developer, and more than a dozen country clubs.

Other Notable Hospitality Projects

• Baia Bianca Hotel, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt
• The James New York, New York, New York, USA
• Marriott Renaissance Golden View Beach Resort, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
• Park Hyatt Saadiyat Island Hotel and Resort, Abu Dhabi
  Abu Dhabi
  Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...
  
  , UAE
• Beach Point Club, Mamaroneck
  Mamaroneck (village), New York
  Mamaroneck is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 18,929 at the 2010 census. It is located partially within the town of Mamaroneck and partially within the town of Rye. The portion in Rye is unofficially called "Rye Neck"...
  
  , New York
  New York
  New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
  
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• Burning Tree Country Club, Greenwich, Connecticut
  Greenwich, Connecticut
  Greenwich is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 61,171. It is home to many hedge funds and other financial service companies. Greenwich is the southernmost and westernmost municipality in Connecticut and is 38+ minutes ...
  
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• Quaker Ridge Golf Club, Scarsdale, New York
  Scarsdale, New York
  Scarsdale is a coterminous town and village in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the northern suburbs of New York City. The Town of Scarsdale is coextensive with the Village of Scarsdale, but the community has opted to operate solely with a village government, one of several villages...
  
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Corporate Interiors

Perkins Eastman has one of the largest interior design groups in the United States, responsible for the design of a variety of corporate office interiors. In addition to early clients like Shea & Gould

Shea & Gould

Shea & Gould was one of New York's best-known law firms. It was established as a result of a merger in 1964 between Manning, Hollinger & Shea and Gallup, Climenko & Gould. The firm acquired several smaller niche practices in antitrust and other areas during the 1970s. The firm dissolved in 1994...

 (1985), Integrity Life Insurance (1989), and Helen Keller

Helen Keller

Helen Adams Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree....

 International (1993), the firm has done work for Fujifilm

Fujifilm

is a multinational photography and imaging company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.Fujifilm's principal activities are the development, production, sale and servicing of color photographic film, digital cameras, photofinishing equipment, color paper, photofinishing chemicals, medical imaging...

 (2002), Ann Taylor

Ann Taylor (retail chain)

ANN INC. is an American group of specialty apparel retail chain stores for women, headquartered in New York City, . The stores offer classic styled suits, separates, dresses, shoes and accessories...

 (2004), The Dannon Company (2005), and Victorinox

Victorinox

Victorinox is a knife manufacturer based in the town of Ibach, in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. Since its acquisition of rival Wenger in 2005, it has, once more, become the sole supplier of multi-purpose knives to the Swiss army.-History:...

 Swiss Army (2007).

Other Notable Corporate Interiors Projects

• GE Energy Financial Services, Stamford, Connecticut
  Stamford, Connecticut
  Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 122,643, making it the fourth largest city in the state and the eighth largest city in New England...
  
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• NYSE Euronext Trading Floor, New York, New York, USA
• Malibu-Kahlua International, White Plains, New York
  White Plains, New York
  White Plains is a city and the county seat of Westchester County, New York, United States. It is located in south-central Westchester, about east of the Hudson River and northwest of Long Island Sound...
  
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• Merrill Lynch
  Merrill Lynch
  Merrill Lynch is the wealth management division of Bank of America. With over 15,000 financial advisors and $2.2 trillion in client assets it is the world's largest brokerage. Formerly known as Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., prior to 2009 the firm was publicly owned and traded on the New York...
  
  , New York, New York, USA
• Pfizer
  Pfizer
  Pfizer, Inc. is an American multinational pharmaceutical corporation. The company is based in New York City, New York with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut, United States...
  
   Headquarters, New York, New York, USA
• Synapse/Time Inc.
  Time Inc.
  Time Inc. is a subsidiary of the media conglomerate Time Warner, the company formed by the 1990 merger of the original Time Inc. and Warner Communications. It publishes 130 magazines, most notably its namesake, Time...
  
   Headquarters, Stamford, Connecticut
  Stamford, Connecticut
  Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 122,643, making it the fourth largest city in the state and the eighth largest city in New England...
  
  , USA
• UBS Warburg
  UBS AG
  UBS AG is a Swiss global financial services company headquartered in Basel and Zürich, Switzerland, which provides investment banking, asset management, and wealth management services for private, corporate, and institutional clients worldwide, as well as retail clients in Switzerland...
  
  , Stamford, Connecticut
  Stamford, Connecticut
  Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 122,643, making it the fourth largest city in the state and the eighth largest city in New England...
  
  , USA

Science and Technology

Perkins Eastman's science and technology practice started with several laboratory design projects for Cornell University

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

 Medical College. In 1994, the firm designed the headquarters of Consumers Union, and continued to strengthen its reputation in this area with the completion of the University of Arkansas

University of Arkansas

The University of Arkansas is a public, co-educational, land-grant, space-grant, research university. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with very high research activity. It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and is located in...

 Medical Center in 2001. In 2007, Perkins Eastman completed the largest DNA laboratory in the country: the Office of the City Medical Examiner's DNA Forensics Laboratory.

Other Notable Research Projects

• Carnegie Mellon University
  Carnegie Mellon University
  Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
  
  : Nanotechnology Facility Study, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
  
  , USA
• Consumers Union
  Consumers Union
  Consumers Union is a non-profit organization best known as the publisher of Consumer Reports, based in the United States. Its mission is to "test products, inform the public, and protect consumers."...
  
   Headquarters and National Testing Facility, Yonkers, New York
  Yonkers, New York
  Yonkers is the fourth most populous city in the state of New York , and the most populous city in Westchester County, with a population of 195,976...
  
  , USA
• International Aids Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) Research Lab, Brooklyn, New York, USA
• University Innovation Park, Calgary, Alberta
  Alberta
  Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
  
  , Canada

Religious and Cultural Facilities

The firm's work in educational facilities helped spawn a growing practice in religious and cultural facilities, starting with a pro bono effort to rebuild the Scarsdale Girl Scout House and Art Center (1983) in Scarsdale, New York

Scarsdale, New York

Scarsdale is a coterminous town and village in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the northern suburbs of New York City. The Town of Scarsdale is coextensive with the Village of Scarsdale, but the community has opted to operate solely with a village government, one of several villages...

. Since then, Perkins Eastman has designed churches and synagogues for Saint Ignatius Loyola Church Undercraft (1990) and Temple Beth Shalom (1996), among others. The firm has also done work for the American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History , located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States, is one of the largest and most celebrated museums in the world...

 and designed the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh

Children's Museum of Pittsburgh

The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh is a children's museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is in the Allegheny Center neighborhood in Pittsburgh's Northside.- History :...

, one of its first LEED

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design consists of a suite of rating systems for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings, homes and neighborhoods....

 Silver certified projects. Recently, the firm is completed one of its most high-profile projects to date: the new TKTS Booth for the Theatre Development Fund

Theatre Development Fund

The Theater Development Fund is a non-profit corporation dedicated to assisting the theatre industry in New York City. Created in 1968 to help an ailing New York theatre industry, TDF has grown into the nation's largest performing arts nonprofit, providing support to more than 900 plays and...

 (TDF) and Times Square

Times Square

Times Square is a major commercial intersection in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets...

 Alliance in New York City.

Other Notable Religious and Cultural Facilities Projects

• American Museum of Natural History
  American Museum of Natural History
  The American Museum of Natural History , located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States, is one of the largest and most celebrated museums in the world...
  
  , New York, New York, USA
• Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York, New York, USA
• Shanghai World Expo 2010
  Expo 2010
  Expo 2010, officially Expo 2010 Shanghai China was held on both banks of the Huangpu River in the city of Shanghai, China, from May 1 to October 31, 2010. It was a major World Expo in the tradition of international fairs and expositions, the first since 1992...
  
  , Shanghai
  Shanghai
  Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
  
  , China
• Chongqing Library, Chongqing
  Chongqing
  Chongqing is a major city in Southwest China and one of the five national central cities of China. Administratively, it is one of the PRC's four direct-controlled municipalities , and the only such municipality in inland China.The municipality was created on 14 March 1997, succeeding the...
  
  , China
• Bet Torah Synagogue, Mount Kisco, New York, USA
• C.C. Young-The Point, Dallas, Texas
  Dallas, Texas
  Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
  
  , USA

Urban Design and Planning

With the addition of two affiliates, BFJ Planning and RGR Landscape, Perkins Eastman has been providing urban design, planning, and landscape architecture services, with projects ranging from a master plan to revitalize the Steelpoint Peninsula area in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...

, to the Hudson Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan for Hudson, New York

Hudson, New York

Hudson is a city located along the west border of Columbia County, New York, United States. The city is named after the adjacent Hudson River and ultimately after the explorer Henry Hudson.Hudson is the county seat of Columbia County...

. Internationally, the firm is working on many large-scale urban design and planning projects in China and other countries, with projects like the Shanghai World Expo 2010, Toronto 2015 World Expo, and an expansive resort community on Paradiso Island, a man-made island off the shore of Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...

.

Other Notable Urban Design and Planning Projects

• Donghia Garden Project, Songzhaung, China
• Haitang Bay Hotel and Resort Master Plan, Sanya
  Sanya
  Sanya is the southernmost city in China and is a part of Hainan Province. In 2006, it had a population of 536,000, making it, after the provincial capital , the second most populous city on the island. The city is renowned for its tropical climate and has emerged as a popular tourist destination,...
  
  , China
• Pittsburgh's Hillsides Physical Investigation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
  
  , USA
• Wujiang South City Concept Master Plan, Wujiang
  Wujiang
  Wujiang may refer to the following associated with China:*Wujiang , was a military class in Ancient China*Wujiang, Jiangsu , county-level city*Wujiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong...
  
  , China
• Hanoi Master Plan, Hanoi
  Hanoi
  Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...
  
  , Vietnam
• Madinaty Master Plan, Madinaty
  Madinaty
  -Overview:The project is being constructed by Talaat Mostafa Group. The landscape architects are the SWA group. Construction began on July 2006.The contract by which the land was granted to the company was challenged in the Egyptian court....
  
  , Egypt

2010

TKTS Booth, New York, New York

American Institute of Architects (AIA), Institute Honor Awards for Architecture

Concordia International School Shanghai: High School, Shanghai, China

AIA Committee on Architecture for Education, CAE Design Awards: Citation Award

Al Maktoum Accident and Emergency Hospital

Best Hospital Design’ award by the Hospital Build Middle East 2010 Awards

2009

Chongqing Library, Chongqing, China

AIA/ALA Library Building Award

The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums, Buildy Award

TKTS Booth, New York, NY

AIA New York City, AIANY Design Awards: Merit Award in Architecture;
Travel + Leisure, Design Award: Best Public Space

2008

Childers Place, Amarillo, Texas

Design/Environments for Aging: Citation of Merit; National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), Best of 50+ Housing Award: Gold Award

Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies, Nanjing, China

AIA Committee on Architecture for Education, CAE Design Awards: Merit Award

Sun City Park Yokohama, Yokohama City, Japan

National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), Best of 50+ Housing Award: Silver Award

2007

Brooklyn Supreme and Family Courthouse, Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Building Brooklyn Awards: Design Award

Duke University Hospital: Emergency Department, Durham, North Carolina

New York Chapter of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), Lester Dundes Design Award: Healthcare

Sun City Ginza East, Tokyo, Japan

National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB), 50+ Best of Seniors Housing Award; AIA/AAHSA Design for Aging Review: Merit Award

TKTS Booth, New York, New York

Art Commission of the City of New York, Design Award

2006

Bet Torah Synagogue, Mount Kisco, New York

AIA Westchester/Mid-Hudson, Design Awards: First Honors Award

The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

AIA California Council (AIACC) Design Awards, Honor Award; American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Honor Awards, Honor Award; American Institute of Architects (AIA) Pittsburgh Chapter, Honor Award and Green Citation; National Trust for Historic Preservation, National Preservation Honor Award

Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters Marywood Center, Grand Rapids, Michigan

AIA/AAHSA Design for Aging Review, Citation and Merit Award; National Association of Home Builders, Best of Seniors Housing Award: Gold and Innovation Awards, Assisted Living Overall Facility; Environmental Design and Construction Excellence in Design Award, Mixed-use Residential

External links

• http://www.perkinseastman.com
• http://www.eekarchitects.com
• http://www.bfjplanning.com
• http://www.rgrlandscape.com
• http://www.urbanomics.org
• http://www.russelldesign.com