HIGHER EDUCATION
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COOPER CARRY
Since 1960, Cooper Carry has been dedicated to designing spaces that connect people to place. Inspired by our founder, Jerry Cooper, we approach every project with curiosity—asking the right questions to uncover the best solutions for our clients and the communities they serve. Our leadership team consists of both advocates and experts, empowered by decades of experience to shape environments that prioritize placemaking, civic space, and the well-being of communities, tenants, residents, and visitors.
Cooper carry’s Mixed-use ecosystem
Ecosystems bring many diverse contributors together to create something far beyond the capacity of one. They create and capture new and greater value. At Cooper Carry, we approach our work as a collaborative ecosystem. We have multiple studios and services that mix and match daily to provide each project the depth of expertise it needs to meet business objectives. Our breadth of experience goes far beyond broad building types. We offer a deeper level of expertise, engaging in more possibilities and offering more creative solutions. The mixed-use ecosystem allows us to help our clients create the platform on which tenants and target audiences can flourish.
Higher education
Curiosity Changes Everything. The Cooper Carry Higher Education Studio loves the poetry of a good problem. Our work is both very specialized and very personal, connecting us directly with the people who will use these buildings at particularly creative and formative parts of their lives: during discovery, throughout innovation, and while transforming themselves from student to professional and the world from a place without their insight to one that benefits from it.
We approach complexity with creativity, process with personality, and everything with an endless loop of energy that flows from our clients’ passion for their work to ours for making it real through brilliant building design.
The Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry
TONY & LIBBA RANE CULINARY
SCIENCE CENTER
AUBURN UNIVERSITY
AUBURN, AL
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION
LEED SILVER®
ANDY QUATTLEBAUM OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
CLEMSON, SC
RECOGNITION
2022 AIA GEORGIA, AWARD OF MERIT
2022 NIRSA OUTSTANDING FACILITIES AWARDS
2021 U.S. WOODWORKS, WOOD DESIGN
AWARD FOR REGIONAL EXCELLENCE
2020 ENR SOUTHEAST, BEST SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATIONS
GREEN GLOBES CERTIFIED
MASS TIMBER
NET ZERO
GEORGIA TECH CAMPUS CENTER
ATLANTA, GA
RECOGNITION
2025 AIA ATLANTA AWARDS FOR ARCHITECTURAL DISTINCTION, MERIT AWARD, EDUCATIONAL & RESEARCH FACILITIES
HITT HALL DINING FACILITY + SCHOOL OF CONSTRUCTION
VIRGINIA TECH BLACKSBURG, VA
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION
LEED GOLD®
DESIGNED IN COLLABORATION WITH LAKE|FLATO
WEST VILLAGE DINING COMMONS
GEORGIA TECH
ATLANTA, GA
RECOGNITION
2019 AIA GEORGIA HONOR AWARD
2019 IIDA BEST OF BEST AWARD
2019 SCUP/AIA COMMITTEE ON ARCHITECTURE FOR EDUCATION, EXCELLENCE IN ARCHITECTURE, HONORABLE MENTION
TALLEY STUDENT UNION
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH, NC
RECOGNITION
2016 ARCHITECTURAL WOODWORK INSTITUTE
NATIONAL AWI AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
2016 ENR SOUTHEAST AWARD OF MERIT
2016 ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE
UNION INTERNATIONAL (ACUI)
FACILITY DESIGN AWARD
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION
LEED GOLD® (RECERTIFICATION)
DESIGNED IN COLLABORATION WITH DUDA|PAINE ARCHITECTS
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES & ENGINEERING EDUCATION FACILITY
UNIVERSITIES AT SHADY GROVE
ROCKVILLE, MD
DESIGNED IN COLLABORATION WITH LAKE|FLATO
RECOGNITION
2022 I2SL SUSTAINABLE LABORATORY AWARD, NEW CONSTRUCTION
2022 SCUP EXCELLENCE IN ARCHITECTURE AWARD, HONORABLE MENTION
2022 THE BRICK INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, BRICK IN ARCHITECTURE AWARDS, BRONZE
2021 AIA MARYLAND EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN AWARDS, INAUGURAL VISION AWARD
2021 AIA MARYLAND EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN AWARDS, JURY CITATION
2021 AIA POTOMAC VALLEY HONOR AWARD, INSTITUTIONAL ARCHITECTURE
2021 AIA POTOMAC VALLEY PV AWARD
2021 AIA SAN ANTONIO MERIT AWARD
2021 IIDA GEORGIA BEST OF THE BEST AWARD, LEARN, BEST OF EDUCATION + RESEARCH
2021 MONTGOMERY COUNTY PLANNING DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD
2021 USGBC NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION COMMUNITY LEADER AWARD, JUDGE’S CHOICE
2020 BUILDING CONGRESS AND EXCHANGE OF BALTIMORE, CRAFTSMANSHIP AWARD FOR BLUESTONE/BRICK MASONRY
2020 NAIOP DC | MD AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, BEST INSTITUTIONAL FACILITY
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION
LEED PLATINUM®
COUSINS CENTER FOR SCIENCE & INNOVATION
RENOVATION + ADDITION
OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY
ATLANTA, GA
RECOGNITION
2020 AIA GEORGIA HONOR AWARD FOR DESIGN IN THE RENOVATION / RESTORATION CATEGORY
MIKE COTTRELL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA
DAHLONEGA, GA
MCALLISTER HALL ADDITION
BERRY COLLEGE
MOUNT BERRY, GA
RECOGNITION
2022 AGC BUILD GEORGIA AWARD, FIRST PLACE
CREATIVE MEDIA INDUSTRIES INSTITUTE
RENOVATION + ADAPTIVE REUSE
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
ATLANTA, GA
MFA IN FILM, TELEVISION, AND DIGITAL MEDIA PROGRAM
RENOVATION
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ATHENS, GA
RESIDENTIAL LIFE BUILDING + HONORS COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG
LYNCHBURG, VA
FLEMING HALL
OXFORD COLLEGE AT EMORY
UNIVERSITY, OXFORD, GA
GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION
LEED CERTIFIED®
WE HAVE IDEAS TO SHARE
404.237.2000
BOULDER | DENVER
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Boulder, CO 80302
720.565.0505
CHARLOTTE
508 West 5th Street Suite 250
Charlotte, NC 28202
704.348.7000
WASHINGTON, DC
625 North Washington Street Suite 200
Alexandria, VA 22314
703.519.6152
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