Briger Hall, Commons, and Sarofim Pavilion at Princeton University

The project moves the departments of Environmental Studies (ES) and School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) out of their historic, outdated facilities and co-locates them in state-of-the-art buildings where they can conduct ground-breaking research. The new buildings are stitched into the existing campus circulation network to promote connectivity and collaboration with other departments across […]

City University of New York Hunter College Science and Health Professions Building

The proposed building will allow Hunter to locate its related Science and Health Professions programs under one roof in a state-of-the-art art vertical campus for academic research in the biosciences and health profession training. The facility will provide instructors and students with the modern classrooms, laboratories, and cutting-edge equipment they need to continue pushing the […]

Purdue University, Chaney-Hale Hall of Science

Sited in the heart of Purdue University’s campus, the Chaney-Hale Hall of Science houses 33 teaching labs for biology, general chemistry, biochemistry, organic chemistry, and chemical engineering. The challenging central campus location is situated at the collision of two busy campus grids. Transparent east and west facades serve as beacons, sponsoring entry points that receive […]

Purdue University, College of Science Master Plan

Purdue’s increased focus on STEM has spurred growth in the College of Science, but with aging facilities, limited resources, and little room for growth, the College was at a crossroads. A comprehensive master planning process was initiated to assess the College’s spaces and establish implementable goals that would allow the College to improve its physical plant, make […]

Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact at University of Oregon

https://player.vimeo.com/video/569420874?autoplay=0&loop=0&byline=0&title=0&portrait=0 We set out to design a campus around the very interdisciplinary ideals that have helped drive the University of Oregon’s success. This design beautifully illustrates that identity by not only reflecting the university’s past, but by illuminating a future of inspiring science. Todd Schliemann, Design Partner The design features two L-shaped towers that face […]

University of Michigan, Biological Sciences Building and Museum of Natural History

In an unprecedented coupling of an academic biological science program with a museum of natural history the Michigan Biological Science Building opens up the world of science to the world via the intertwining of the public and the academic sciences. The building was designed to put science on display and encourage collegial interactions between science […]

Stanford University Sarafan ChEM-H (Chemistry, Engineering & Medicine for Human Health) and the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Designed to innovatively co-locate two emerging research institutes – Stanford Neurosciences Institute and Stanford Chemistry, Engineering Medicine and Human Health (ChEM-H), the building houses leading and rising scientific minds investigating fundamental problems in neuroscience, chemistry, engineering, and medicine. https://player.vimeo.com/video/728139233?autoplay=0&loop=0&byline=0&title=0&portrait=0 The building’s massing and activated ground floor plan take advantage of its pivotal location on campus […]

The David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

https://player.vimeo.com/video/560466498?autoplay=0&loop=0&byline=0&title=0&portrait=0 Working with our partners at Perkins Eastman and MSK, we sought to design a building that telegraphs confidence in the exceptional culture of care that can be expected at MSK and defines a sense of place for the institution and the larger community that is calming and comfortable. The David H. Koch Center for […]

Yangtze River Estuary Chinese Sturgeon Nature Preserve

https://player.vimeo.com/video/321529960?autoplay=0&loop=0&byline=0&title=0&portrait=0 A complex program includes a series of interior and exterior pools for breeding and raising both species mimicking their natural migration into waters of varying size and salinity, as well as facilities dedicated to their research and reintegration to their natural habitat. The project makes the important work of the institution visible to visitors […]

Weill Cornell Medicine, Belfer Research Building

The building is about collaboration. It was designed to be a community, brought together to share ideas, invent ideas, develop ideas and dream ideas – and of course, to create ideas with others – for humanity. Todd Schliemann, Design Partner In conjunction with Weill Greenberg Center, Belfer establishes a new institutional identity for Weill Cornell […]