Design Firms

Pentagram Takes On Its Biggest Challenge Yet: Making Penn Station Less Awful

Pentagram Takes On Its Biggest Challenge Yet: Making Penn Station Less Awful

Over 650,000 people travel through Penn Station every day and the routes to get to a specific exit or transfer aren’t direct. Commuters typically have to look for signs at intermittent distances. If they miss one at a key juncture, they could head the wrong way.

Dallas' first couple of design hitches Staffelbach future to big-league suitor

Dallas' first couple of design hitches Staffelbach future to big-league suitor

Andre Staffelbach, Dallas’ interior design of hall-of-famer, and his CEO wife, Jo Staffelbach Heinz, have decided to run with the big dogs.

On Tuesday evening, the sole owners of Staffelbach Design Group quietly merged their 70-person firm into Minneapolis-based DLR Group, the nation’s 23rd-largest integrated architectural and design firm, which is owned by an employee stock ownership program (ESOP).

Perkins+Will Designs British Columbia’s First WELL Certified Workplace for New and Existing Interiors

Perkins+Will Designs British Columbia’s First WELL Certified Workplace for New and Existing Interiors

Global architecture and design firm Perkins+Will is pleased to announce that the Vancouver office of CBRE Group, Inc. is British Columbia’s first WELL certified workplace for new and existing interiors. The International WELL Building Institute™ (IWBI™) awards the project gold level certification based on IWBI’s WELL Building Standard™ (WELL™).

Perkins+Will's San Francisco Office Certified LEED Platinum

Perkins+Will's San Francisco Office Certified LEED Platinum

The San Francisco office of Perkins+Will was recently certified LEED Platinum by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).

The project’s rigorous performance goals were achieved with a holistic sustainable design approach. The primary design principle was to employ passive strategies to limit solar gain, encourage natural ventilation, and harvest daylight.

Stantec to acquire RNL Design

Stantec to acquire RNL Design

Global design firm Stantec will strengthen the coast-to-coast reach of its US Buildings practice while broadening its civic and commercial capabilities through the acquisition of RNL, a Denver-based, 134-person integrated architectural, interior and urban design firm. A recognized industry authority in transit facilities, urban design, workplace, civic, higher education, and mixed-use facilities, RNL also embraces a companywide strength in sustainable design.

Nendo Takes On Architecture With A Huge New Public Plaza (And A Trampoline, Of Course)

Nendo Takes On Architecture With A Huge New Public Plaza (And A Trampoline, Of Course)

The Japanese designer Oki Sato is known for producing a tremendous amount of work each year—from design objects to lifestyle products to exhibitions—through his design studio, Nendo. Now, Sato and his 30- person team are increasing not only the quantity, but also the scale of their work. In its first foray into urban planning, Nendo has designed a massive public plaza near Kyoto, with a stage, park, bike rental station, and jungle gym housed in a series of stepped saucers reassembling local topography.

Architects Stanley Tigerman and Margaret McCurry retiring

Architects Stanley Tigerman and Margaret McCurry retiring

Legendary Chicago architects Stanley Tigerman and Margaret McCurry of Tigerman McCurry Architects are closing their Chicago office and tell Dennis Rodkin at Crain’s Chicago Business that they are retiring. The pair, which have long been prominent figures in Chicago’s architecture scene, say that they will make a formal announcement in the coming weeks.