Studios Architecture
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STUDIOS Architecture is an international design firm that was founded in 1985 in San Francisco, California
. The firm provides architecture, master planning, interior design, environmental graphic design and strategic consulting services on commercial, mixed-use, civic, and institutional projects around the world. They are considered a mid-sized firm with approximately 180 employees overall, with offices in Los Angeles
, San Francisco, Washington D.C., New York
, and Paris
.
They are designing the American Institute of Architects
(AIA) Headquarters renovation project in Washington, D.C., which will seek LEED
Platinum Certification and also has a goal to achieve carbon neutral status by 2030. The firm has many other projects that have received or are pending LEED Gold Certification, including the University of Cincinnati
’s CARE/Crawley Building, 200 Fifth Avenue
in New York, and the New York headquarters offices for the Grey Global Group
.
in Kuala Lumpur
, Malaysia.
STUDIOS also co-designed (with Team 7 International) the interior of the 1,800-seat symphony and opera performance hall of the Shanghai Grand Theatre
.
STUDIOS has also designed a number of major corporate campuses, including a new office complex for Marconi Communications
in Genoa
, Italy
with partner, General Planning of Milan as well as the 81000 square feet (7,525.1 m²) corporate offices for Cisco Systems
in Issy-les-Moulineaux
, France.
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. The firm provides architecture, master planning, interior design, environmental graphic design and strategic consulting services on commercial, mixed-use, civic, and institutional projects around the world. They are considered a mid-sized firm with approximately 180 employees overall, with offices in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, San Francisco, Washington D.C., 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...
, and Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
They are designing the American Institute of Architects
American Institute of Architects
The American Institute of Architects is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the architecture profession and improve its public image...
(AIA) Headquarters renovation project in Washington, D.C., which will seek 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....
Platinum Certification and also has a goal to achieve carbon neutral status by 2030. The firm has many other projects that have received or are pending LEED Gold Certification, including the University of Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....
’s CARE/Crawley Building, 200 Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue (Manhattan)
Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the center of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. The section of Fifth Avenue that crosses Midtown Manhattan, especially that between 49th Street and 60th Street, is lined with prestigious shops and is consistently ranked among...
in New York, and the New York headquarters offices for the Grey Global Group
Grey Global Group
Grey Group is a global advertising and marketing agency, whose slogan is providing solutions - with headquarters in New York City, and 432 offices in 96 countries, operating in 154 cities — organized into four geographical units: North America; Europe, Middle East & Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin...
.
Domestic projects
- Bloomberg L.P.Bloomberg L.P.Bloomberg L.P. is an American privately held financial software, media, and data company. Bloomberg makes up one third of the $16 billion global financial data market with estimated revenue of $6.9 billion. Bloomberg L.P...
headquarters, Interiors, New York, NY located in the Bloomberg TowerBloomberg TowerBloomberg Tower is a glass skyscraper on the East Side of Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It houses the headquarters of Bloomberg L.P., retail outlets, restaurants and 105 luxury condominiums. The residences are known as One Beacon Court and are served by a separate entrance. The tower is the... - Foundry SquareFoundry SquareFoundry Square is a complex of four architecturally-linked, 10-story mid-rise buildings located at Howard and First Streets in the South of Market neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Each of the four buildings stands on a different corner of the street....
, 1250000 square feet (116,128.8 m²) development in the neighborhood of South of Market, San Francisco, CaliforniaSouth of Market, San Francisco, CaliforniaSouth of Market is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United States.-Name and location:Its boundaries are Market Street to the northwest, San Francisco Bay to the northeast, Mission Creek to the southeast, and Division Street, 13th Street and U.S. Route 101 to the southwest... - IAC/InterActiveCorpIAC/InterActiveCorpInterActiveCorp is an American internet company with over 50 brands across 40 countries headquartered in New York City...
, 140000 square feet (13,006.4 m²) of Interior Architecture - 610 Broadway, New York, NY, 70000 square feet (6,503.2 m²) Architecture developed by Macklowe Properties
- 1110 Vermont Avenue, Washington, DC, 300000 square feet (27,870.9 m²) Architecture and Interior Renovation
- Bond Market AssociationBond Market AssociationThe Bond Market Association was the international trade association for the bond market industry. It had headquarters in London, New York City, and Washington D.C. Twenty per cent of the membership was located outside of the US, while 70 per cent was located outside New York City...
, Washington, DC, 12000 square feet (1,114.8 m²), Interior Architecture - Bureau of Public Debt, Federal Office Building, Parkersburg, WV, 210000 square feet (19,509.6 m²) Masterplanning, Architecture, and Interior Architecture, part of the GSA Design Excellence Program
- State of CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
Department of Health Services, Richmond Laboratory Campus, Phase III Office Building, Richmond, CA, 200000 square feet (18,580.6 m²) Architecture and Interior Architecture - Catellus Corporation Mission Bay Block 28, 387000 square feet (35,953.5 m²) Architecture, Mission Bay, San Francisco, CaliforniaMission Bay, San Francisco, CaliforniaMission Bay is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California.-Location:Mission Bay is roughly bounded by Townsend Street on the north, Third Street and San Francisco Bay on the east, Mariposa Street on the south, and 7th Street and Interstate 280 on the west.-History:It was created in 1998 by the...
- The PentagonThe PentagonThe Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, "the Pentagon" is often used metonymically to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building itself.Designed by the American architect...
, Pentagon Renovation ProgramPentagon Renovation ProgramThe Pentagon Renovation Program or PENREN was a long-term project by the United States Department of Defense to perform a complete slab-to-slab renovation of The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia...
4000000 square feet (371,612.2 m²) Interior Architecture and Strategic Planning - XM Satellite RadioXM Satellite RadioXM Satellite Radio is one of two satellite radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Radio. It provides pay-for-service radio, analogous to cable television. Its service includes 73 different music channels, 39 news, sports, talk and entertainment channels, 21 regional...
, 145000 square feet (13,470.9 m²) Interior Architecture and Strategic Planning - Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a law firm founded in Dallas, Texas, in 1945 by Robert Strauss and Richard Gump. The firm now numbers more than 800 attorneys and advisers in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia...
, Washington, DC, 300000 square feet (27,870.9 m²) Strategic Programming and Interior Architecture - The Googleplex, Mountain View, CaliforniaMountain View, California-Downtown:Mountain View has a pedestrian-friendly downtown centered on Castro Street. The downtown area consists of the seven blocks of Castro Street from the Downtown Mountain View Station transit center in the north to the intersection with El Camino Real in the south...
, current GoogleGoogleGoogle Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
headquarters and former Silicon GraphicsSilicon GraphicsSilicon Graphics, Inc. was a manufacturer of high-performance computing solutions, including computer hardware and software, founded in 1981 by Jim Clark...
(SGI) headquarters - Computer History MuseumComputer History MuseumThe Computer History Museum is a museum established in 1996 in Mountain View, California, USA. The Museum is dedicated to preserving and presenting the stories and artifacts of the information age, and exploring the computing revolution and its impact on our lives.-History:The museum's origins...
, Mountain View, California, former Silicon Graphics (SGI) headquarters
International projects
STUDIOS was a consultant on the interior design of the Petronas Twin TowersPetronas Twin Towers
The Petronas Towers are skyscrapers and twin towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
, Malaysia.
STUDIOS also co-designed (with Team 7 International) the interior of the 1,800-seat symphony and opera performance hall of the Shanghai Grand Theatre
Shanghai Grand Theatre
The Shanghai Grand Theatre is located at the intersection of Central Boulevard and Huangpi Road South in northern part of the People's Square in Huangpu District, Shanghai, China....
.
STUDIOS has also designed a number of major corporate campuses, including a new office complex for Marconi Communications
Marconi Communications
Marconi Communications was a principal subsidiary of the Marconi Corporation plc and was formerly known as GEC Plessey Telecommunications . The company was a world leading telecommunications manufacturer...
in Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
with partner, General Planning of Milan as well as the 81000 square feet (7,525.1 m²) corporate offices for Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$...
in Issy-les-Moulineaux
Issy-les-Moulineaux
Issy-les-Moulineaux is a commune in the southwestern suburban area of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. On 1 January 2003, Issy-les-Moulineaux became part of the Communauté d'agglomération Arc de Seine along with the other communes of Chaville, Meudon, Vanves and Ville-d'Avray...
, France.
Awards and honors
STUDIOS Architecture's work has received over 150 awards. In addition to receiving the Firm of the Year award in 2002 from the AIA California Council, they were also ranked #3 "Most Admired" firm in Interior Design magazine’s 2009 annual poll among architecture firms.- American Institute of ArchitectsAmerican Institute of ArchitectsThe American Institute of Architects is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the architecture profession and improve its public image...
Institute Honor Award for Interior Architecture, 2007 Bloomberg L.P.Bloomberg L.P.Bloomberg L.P. is an American privately held financial software, media, and data company. Bloomberg makes up one third of the $16 billion global financial data market with estimated revenue of $6.9 billion. Bloomberg L.P...
Headquarters Office New York, NY - Chicago Athenaeum, American Architecture Awards, 2006 California State Department of Health, San Francisco, CA
- BusinessWeekBusinessWeekBloomberg Businessweek, commonly and formerly known as BusinessWeek, is a weekly business magazine published by Bloomberg L.P. It is currently headquartered in New York City.- History :...
/Architectural RecordArchitectural RecordArchitectural Record is an American monthly magazine dedicated to architecture and interior design, published by McGraw-Hill Construction in New York City. It is over 110 years old...
Award, 2006 Bloomberg L.P.Bloomberg L.P.Bloomberg L.P. is an American privately held financial software, media, and data company. Bloomberg makes up one third of the $16 billion global financial data market with estimated revenue of $6.9 billion. Bloomberg L.P...
Headquarters Office, New York, NY - BusinessWeekBusinessWeekBloomberg Businessweek, commonly and formerly known as BusinessWeek, is a weekly business magazine published by Bloomberg L.P. It is currently headquartered in New York City.- History :...
/Architectural RecordArchitectural RecordArchitectural Record is an American monthly magazine dedicated to architecture and interior design, published by McGraw-Hill Construction in New York City. It is over 110 years old...
Merit Award, 2006 California State Department of Health Services, San Francisco, CA - New York Construction Merit Award, 2006 IAC/InterActiveCorpIAC/InterActiveCorpInterActiveCorp is an American internet company with over 50 brands across 40 countries headquartered in New York City...
Headquarters, New York, NY - Gold Nugget Merit Award and Grand Award, 2006 State of CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
Department of Health Services, Laboratory Campus Phase III Office Building, Richmond, CA - American Institute of ArchitectsAmerican Institute of ArchitectsThe American Institute of Architects is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the architecture profession and improve its public image...
East Bay Awards Architecture Merit Award, 2005 State of CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
Department of Health Services, Laboratory Campus Phase III Office Building, Richmond, CA - American Institute of ArchitectsAmerican Institute of ArchitectsThe American Institute of Architects is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the architecture profession and improve its public image...
San Francisco Design Awards, Excellence in Interior Architecture Citation, 2005 Orrick, Herrington & SutcliffeOrrick, Herrington & SutcliffeOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is an international law firm founded in San Francisco. Orrick traces its roots back to 1863, making it the oldest continuously-operating law firm in San Francisco, and the second-oldest privately-held company in San Francisco after Levi Strauss & Co....
, LLP, San Francisco, CA - American Institute of ArchitectsAmerican Institute of ArchitectsThe American Institute of Architects is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the architecture profession and improve its public image...
New York Design Awards, Merit Award in the Interior Architecture category, 2005 - American Institute of ArchitectsAmerican Institute of ArchitectsThe American Institute of Architects is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the architecture profession and improve its public image...
Washington DC, Excellence Award in the Historic Resources category, 2004 Christ Church of Georgetown, Washington, DC - Chicago Athenaeum, American Architecture Awards, 2004 Milpitas City Hall, Milpitas, CA
- American Institute of ArchitectsAmerican Institute of ArchitectsThe American Institute of Architects is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to support the architecture profession and improve its public image...
San Francisco Design Awards/Best of the Bay, Excellence in Design Award, 2003 Milpitas City Hall, Milpitas, CA