ZGF Architects
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 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.[3] In 2016 Architect named ZGF the #1 architecture firm in the country, citing the organization's dedication to sustainability as a major deciding factor.[4] Between the company's five offices in the United States and their office in Canada they employ more than 600 employees.
Private Limited Liability Partnership | |
Industry | Architecture |
Founded | 1942 |
Headquarters | twelve west Portland, Oregon, United States 45°31′19″N 122°41′1″W |
Key people | Ted Hyman, Managing Partner |
Revenue | $153 million[1] |
Number of employees | 588[1] |
Website | www.zgf.com |
History
The company was founded in 1942 in Portland.[5] ZGF won the American Institute of Architects' Architecture Firm Award, bestowed "for consistently producing distinguished architecture," in 1991.[6] 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.[7]
Operations
As of 2012, ZGF has offices in Seattle, Los Angeles, Washington DC, and New York in addition to the headquarters in Portland.[5] The Portland headquarters—which is the largest architecture firm in Portland—is the largest of the five offices, employing about 250 people.[7] Since 2013, the firm's managing partner has been Ted Hyman.[8]
Notable works
ZGF has done extensive work in the healthcare, high-performance, higher education, hospitality, housing, interior design, office/ mixed-use, public and civic, research, sports, and urban design/ transit/ landscape fields. Published press booklets on their projects can be found on their official website, under Portfolio.[9]
- Amazon.com building (aka Pacific Medical Center) renovation, Seattle
- Blue Bridge, Reed College, Portland, Oregon
- 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
- Everett Station, Everett, Washington
- 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 International Airport, 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
- F5 Tower, Seattle
- twelve west (building), Portland, Oregon
- Umpqua Bank Plaza, Portland
- Southport (Renton, Washington)[10]
References
- "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.
- "The 2016 Architect 50". Architect. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
- "ZGF overview". AIA Seattle. Retrieved February 23, 2009.
- "Architecture Firm Award". AIA. Retrieved February 23, 2009.
- Oppenheimer, Laura (July 20, 2009). "Portland architecture firm pulls out all stops for new office". The Oregonian. Retrieved July 21, 2009.
- Stevens, Suzanne (December 23, 2013). "ZGF Portland gets a new leader". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
- "ZGF » Portfolio". www.zgf.com. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
- https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2016/01/construction-starts-on-huge-office-campus-in.html
External links
- AIA Seattle profile
- Building designed by ZGF opens on Berkeley campus - Portland Business Journal
- ZGF Homepage