ZGF Architects LLP
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Private Limited Liability Partnership | |
| Industry | Architecture |
| Founded | 1942 |
| Headquarters |
twelve west Portland, Oregon, United States 45°31′19″N 122°41′1″W / 45.52194°N 122.68361°WCoordinates: 45°31′19″N 122°41′1″W / 45.52194°N 122.68361°W |
Key people | Ted Hyman, Managing Partner |
| Revenue | $153 million[1] |
Number of employees | 588[1] |
| Website | www.zgf.com |
ZGF Architects LLP (ZGF), formerly Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, is an American architectural firm with offices in Portland, Oregon, Seattle, Washington, Los Angeles, California, Washington D.C., New York, New York, and, as ZGF Cotter Architects Inc., in Vancouver, Canada. Founded in 1942, the firm was listed in 2011 as the #4 architectural firm in the United States by Building Design+Construction,[2] and ranked the #9 architectural firm by Architect Magazine.[3] The company has five offices in the United States and an office in Canada, employing more than 520 employees.
History
The company was founded in 1942 in Portland.[4] ZGF won the American Institute of Architects' Architecture Firm Award, bestowed "for consistently producing distinguished architecture," in 1991.[5] 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.[6]
Operations
As of 2012, ZGF has offices in Seattle, Los Angeles, Washington DC, and New York in addition to the headquarters in Portland.[4] The Portland headquarters - which is the largest architecture firm in Portland [6] - is the largest of the five offices, employing about 250 people.[6] Ted Hyman is the firm's managing partner.
Notable works
- Amazon.com building (aka Pacific Medical Center) renovation, Seattle
- Bren Hall, Santa Barbara, California
- California Science Center, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California
- Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora
- City Creek Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Director Park, Portland, Oregon
- Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Portland, Oregon
- Duke University Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences (CIEMAS), Durham, North Carolina
- Fifth and Columbia Tower, Seattle
- Fourth and Madison Building, Seattle
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's South Lake Union campus, Seattle
- Jaqua Center, Eugene, Oregon
- Kah-Nee-Ta Resort, Warm Springs, Oregon
- KOIN Center, Portland, Oregon
- LDS Conference Center, Salt Lake City
- Lurie Biomedical Engineering Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon
- Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, Oregon
- SDSU Transit Center (MTS Transit Center), on the campus of San Diego State University, San Diego, California
- twelve west (building), Portland, Oregon
- Umpqua Bank Plaza, Portland
References
- 1 2 "Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP". Hoover's. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
- ↑ "Giants 300 Architecture Firms" (PDF). Building Design + Construction. 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
- ↑ "The ARCHITECT 50". Architect Magazine. April 28, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
- 1 2 "ZGF overview". AIA Seattle. Retrieved February 23, 2009.
- ↑ "Architecture Firm Award". AIA. Retrieved February 23, 2009.
- 1 2 3 Oppenheimer, Laura (July 20, 2009). "Portland architecture firm pulls out all stops for new office". The Oregonian. Retrieved July 21, 2009.
External links
- AIA Seattle profile
- Building designed by ZGF opens on Berkeley campus - Portland Business Journal
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