New York University, Economics and Politics Department
We worked with New York University to create a sense of campus by visually orienting academic spaces to the City. Joseph Fleischer and Kevin McClurkan, Management Partners On the upper floors, offices for graduate students and faculty feature abundant natural light and views into the full depth of all academic spaces. Clerestory glazing provides full […]
Williams College Paresky Center
[The building] fulfills the ambitions of its many creators, not only us architects, but our thoughtful, creative and demanding clients. They have imbued it with the character that is unique to Williams, made sure we understood what that meant, and helped it take its place at the center of student life. At last the Paresky […]
University of Michigan, A. Alfred Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
The building responds directly to the collaborative nature of the work that takes place inside, providing an architectural solution to the divergent needs of individual disciplines while bringing them together in innovative ways. Todd Schliemann, Design Partner Two laboratory blocks and a sinuous office ribbon are connected by bridges across a full-height, skylit, publically-accessible atrium. […]
The Ohio State University, Peter L. and Clara M. Scott Laboratory
Generic materials are combined to evoke a minimal and industrial aesthetic expressive of engineering. Todd Schliemann, Design Partner Three interconnected structures enclose a courtyard on three sides. A dedicated laboratory facility is designed for maximum flexibility; the structural module allows modifications to individual labs as needs change. Large “multi-purpose” spaces with moveable partitions permit a […]
University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine, Vernon and Shirley Hill Pavilion
Due it its pivotal highly visible location, the Hill Pavilion represents not only the School of Veterinary Medicine, but the University at large. Transparent materials and incorporation of outdoor spaces for community use have ensured that the structure serves the needs of both the smaller and larger communities. Todd Schliemann, Design Partner Employing a novel […]
Yale University Art Gallery, Kahn Building Renovation
The restoration is more than an aesthetic improvement. It is also the fulfillment of a responsibility to architectural history. Mark Alden Branch, ’86 Yale Alumni, Executive Editor of Yale Alumni Magazine Acclaimed for its bold geometry, daring use of light and space and its structural and engineering innovations, Louis Kahn’s first significant building houses Yale’s […]
Sarah Lawrence College Monika A. and Charles A. Heimbold Jr. Visual Arts Center
The structure provides a flexible framework for an intensive and creative world, one that can transform to provide for a wide variety of approaches, personalities and teaching methodologies over time. Susan T. Rodriguez, Design Partner The building is integrated into the topography of its hilltop site adjacent the two-story, fieldstone President’s house: on the south […]
Smith College, Brown Fine Arts Center
For the architect of a transformational project, the opportunity to create a new life out of an old one is like discovering an architectural fountain of youth. There is a reassurance in utilizing the past to create a future, particularly when it is appropriate to substitute new imagery for old. Susan T. Rodriguez, Design Partner […]