Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership
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ZGF Architects LLP, formerly Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, is an American architectural firm
based in Portland, Oregon
at twelve west
. Founded in 1942, the firm was listed as one of the 10 largest architectural firms in the United States in 2002. The company has five offices in the United States and more than 450 employees.
, bestowed "for consistently producing distinguished architecture," in 1991. In July 2009, the company moved into a new headquarters on southwest 12th Avenue and Washington Street in downtown Portland from southwest Third and Oak.
Architectural firm
An architectural firm is a company which employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture.- History :Architects have existed since early in recorded history. The earliest recorded architects include Imhotep and Senemut . No writings exist to describe how these...
based in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
at twelve west
Twelve west (building)
twelve | west is a 22-floor, mixed-use apartment and office building located in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The building is home to INDIGO @ twelve | west apartments and ZGF Architects LLP. During design and construction the building was known as “12W” and “ZGF Tower”, but the name...
. Founded in 1942, the firm was listed as one of the 10 largest architectural firms in the United States in 2002. The company has five offices in the United States and more than 450 employees.
History
The company was founded in 1942 in Portland. ZGF won the American Institute of Architects' Architecture Firm AwardArchitecture Firm Award
The Architecture Firm Award is the highest honor that The American Institute of Architects can bestow on an architecture firm for consistently producing distinguished architecture.Prior recipients of the AIA Architecture Firm Award include:...
, bestowed "for consistently producing distinguished architecture," in 1991. In July 2009, the company moved into a new headquarters on southwest 12th Avenue and Washington Street in downtown Portland from southwest Third and Oak.
Operations
, ZGF had offices in Seattle, Los Angeles, Washington DC, and New York in addition to the headquarters in Portland. The Portland headquarters is the largest of the five offices, employing about 250 people. Bob Packard serves as the firm's managing partner of ZGF, which is the largest architecture firm in Portland.Notable works
- Amazon.com building (aka Pacific Medical CenterPacific Medical CenterThe Pacific Medical Center is a 16-story building on Beacon Hill in Seattle, Washington. It is located at 1200 12th Avenue South. The building is of a Art Deco style. It was completed in 1932 and opened in 1933 as a hospital for the Marines. It continues to function as a medical center...
) renovation, Seattle - Bren HallBren HallBren Hall, opened in April 2002, is located on the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara, located in Santa Barbara, California. It is named in honor of philanthropist Donald Bren and hosts the university's Bren School of Environmental Science & Management...
, Santa Barbara, California - Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora
- Doernbecher Children's HospitalDoernbecher Children's HospitalDoernbecher Children's Hospital is a children's hospital located in Portland, Oregon, and associated with Oregon Health & Science University.The first full-service children's hospital in the Pacific Northwest, Doernbecher provides full-spectrum pediatric care. The hospital opened in 1926 on...
, Portland, Oregon - Duke UniversityDuke UniversityDuke 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...
Fitzpatrick CenterFitzpatrick CenterThe Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences—colloquially referred to as CIEMAS —opened in August 2004 on the campus of Duke University. Research facilities focus on the fields of photonics, bioengineering, communications, and materials science...
for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences (CIEMAS), Durham, North Carolina - Fifth and Columbia TowerFifth and Columbia TowerFifth and Columbia Tower is a 660ft tall skyscraper approved for construction in Seattle, Washington. It will be completed in 2014 and have 43 floors. It was designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca and is being developed by Daniels Development Company. When the building is completed it will be the fifth...
, Seattle - Fourth and Madison BuildingFourth and Madison BuildingThe Fourth and Madison Building is a 40-story skyscraper in downtown Seattle, Washington. The building is located at 925 Fourth Avenue, at the intersection with Madison Street. Upon its completion in 2002, the late-modernist highrise was Seattle's first building to exceed 500 feet in over a...
, Seattle - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterFred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterThe Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, is one of the world’s leading cancer research institutes...
's South Lake Union campus, Seattle - KOIN CenterKOIN CenterKOIN Center is a , 35-storey, skyscraper in Portland, Oregon. The building, the third tallest in the city, was designed by the firm of Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership and opened in 1984 at a cost of .-History:...
, Portland, Oregon - Lurie Biomedical Engineering CenterLurie Biomedical Engineering CenterThe Ann and Robert H. Lurie Biomedical Engineering Building officially opened in August 2006. It was part of an expansion of the University of Michigan Biomedical Engineering Department...
, Ann Arbor, Michigan - LDS Conference CenterLDS Conference CenterThe Conference Center, located in Salt Lake City, Utah, is the premier meeting hall for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Completed in spring 2000 in time for the church's April 2000 general conference, the 21,000-seat Conference Center replaced the traditional use of the nearby Salt...
, Salt Lake City - Oregon Convention CenterOregon Convention CenterThe Oregon Convention Center is a convention center in Portland, Oregon. Opened in 1990, it located on the east side of the Willamette River in the Lloyd District neighborhood. It is best known for the twin spire towers which provide light into the building's interior and for housing the world's...
, Portland, Oregon - SDSU Transit Center (MTS Transit Center), on the campus of San Diego State UniversitySan Diego State UniversitySan Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system...
, San Diego, California - twelve west (building)Twelve west (building)twelve | west is a 22-floor, mixed-use apartment and office building located in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The building is home to INDIGO @ twelve | west apartments and ZGF Architects LLP. During design and construction the building was known as “12W” and “ZGF Tower”, but the name...
, Portland, Oregon - Umpqua Bank PlazaUmpqua Bank PlazaUmpqua Bank Plaza is a 19-story tall office tower in Downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Faced with red brick, the structure is tall and has of space. Opened in 1975 at a cost of $16 million, the building was designed by Wolff, Zimmer, Gunsul, Frasca . Originally named the Benjamin Franklin...
, Portland
External links
- AIA Seattle profile
- Building designed by ZGF opens on Berkeley campus - Portland Business Journal
- Top 5 architectural firms: 2003 - Portland Business Journal