Pickard Chilton 2011

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Essay by Thomas Fisher Edited by Mig Halpine


7 Preface 9 Building Good Relationships Thomas Fisher

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18 Devon World Headquarters

112 Overton Park

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Atlanta, Georgia

33 The Auditorium at Devon

116 350 Mission Street

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

San Francisco, California

40 Proposed Integrated Development

121 Eighth Avenue Place

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Calgary, Alberta

50 Eaton World Headquarters

128 Cobalt Tower

Beachwood, Ohio

Las Vegas, Nevada

60 Luxury Hotel

132 California Green

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Irvine, California

71 1500 Post Oak Boulevard

138 24th at Camelback

Houston, Texas

Phoenix, Arizona

74 Iskandar Investment Headquarters

142 River Point

Nusajaya, Malaysia

Chicago, Illinois

82 900 New York Avenue

151 River Point Boathouse

Washington, DC

Chicago, Illinois

88 The Atrium

155 300 North LaSalle

Dubai, UAE

Chicago, Illinois

95 ASD Office Development

174 900 de Maisonneuve

S達o Paulo, Brazil

Montreal, Quebec

101 California Resources Agency

178 The Pinnacle at Symphony Place

Sacramento, California

Nashville, Tennessee

105 BG Group Place

190 Four Seasons Place

Houston, Texas

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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204 Ernst & Young at 55 Allen Plaza Atlanta, Georgia

296 US Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Arlington, Virginia

208 W Atlanta-Downtown and Residences Atlanta, Georgia

302 ER One Washington, DC

216 Newell Rubbermaid Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia

306 AIM Corporate Headquarters Houston, Texas

222 Oracle at One Glenlake Atlanta, Georgia

312 Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta, Georgia

225 ConocoPhillips West Campus Houston, Texas

318 4600 South Syracuse Denver, Colorado

238 Bloomington Central Station Bloomington, Minnesota

322 The Pinnacle Atlanta, Georgia

243 Wells Fargo Financial Des Moines, Iowa

328 Wachovia Park Winston-Salem, North Carolina

255 21st Century Tower Shanghai, China

333 CalPERS Headquarters Complex Sacramento, California

259 1180 Peachtree Atlanta, Georgia

272 Private Residence Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

279 Orville L. Freeman Building

354 Firm Profile

St. Paul, Minnesota

290 Case Library Colgate University Hamilton, New York

356 Selected Project Chronology 360 Selected Professional Awards 362 Studio Team 363 Image Credits



Preface

We are delighted to present this monograph to you. Years of concerted effort on the part of clients, colleagues, consultants and designers are represented in this book. It is a testament to the power of a shared vision and passion among our collaborators and a tribute to their commitment to design excellence at all levels of our built environment. It is a privilege to have been entrusted by our clients to realize with them their architectural aspirations. We believe that our responsive, iterative and inclusive design process engages our clients as active participants in the building’s creation and enables Pickard Chilton to provide a level of service in which we take great pride. The diversity of scale, materials and complexity of the projects featured across the pages of this monograph reflects a similar diversity of the consultants who have contributed to the success of each building. Their keen insight, personal involvement and invaluable input throughout the projects’ design and construction continue to inform and refine our collaborative team approach. Our ability to serve our clients at the highest level could only be achieved through the dedication, support, energy and skill of our studio’s architects, designers and staff. We are enormously thankful for and deeply proud of the talent, innovation and vitality they continually bring to each project. We look forward to building upon our successes through continued investment in the relationships with our clients and collaborators and the shared pursuit of design excellence and the preservation of our natural environment.

Jon Pickard FAIA, RIBA    William Chilton FAIA, RIBA    Anthony Markese AIA, RIBA, LEED AP

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Building Good Relationships Thomas Fisher Professor and Dean, College of Design, University of Minnesota

Pickard Chilton, one of the most successful American architectural firms of the past decade, emerged on the scene a dozen years ago almost out of nowhere. Its three partners — Jon Pickard, William Chilton, and Anthony Markese — had significant experience working in firms known for designing large, complex buildings around the world. Pickard and Markese had designed major projects with Cesar Pelli & Associates, whose office stands a few blocks away from that of Pickard Chilton on Chapel Street in New Haven, Connecticut. Meanwhile, Chilton developed his expertise managing large projects for Ellerbe Becket. Although clearly the dark horse among several long-established firms it was competing against, Pickard Chilton’s first commission, the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) Headquarters, was awarded just six weeks after its office opened. And it turns out that winning the CalPERS commission was a harbinger. Building Success Pickard Chilton has gone on to win one major commission after another against the best competitors in the world. And it has done so all over North America as well as in Asia, South America, and the Middle East and despite the economic turmoil of recent years. What accounts for the firm’s success?

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It may have to do with the background of its partners. All three hail from the Midwest and share overlapping experiences. Pickard and Chilton met in architecture school at Iowa State University, and both had engineer fathers who liked practical solutions to problems. Chilton and Markese grew up in the same school district in Chicago. Their Midwestern upbringing might explain the unassuming, down-to-earth quality that characterizes all three partners and that makes them, by all accounts, so easy to work with. The firm’s success may also have to do with how its practice was set up. Pickard Chilton serves exclusively as the Design Architect on every project. While it remains involved in all phases of the project through occupancy, to ensure that its aesthetic design intent is realized, the firm teams up with an Architect of Record who handles the contract documents and construction administration. Pickard Chilton benefits from the other firm’s knowledge of local conditions and requirements and from the experience of the Architect of Record in terms of how best to put the building together.

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This design-only approach also allows Pickard Chilton’s partners to stay closely involved in each project. In contrast to the large size of most of the architectural firms it competes against, Pickard Chilton has remained mid-sized, with some 45 staff members. This structure allows the partners to focus on client service and nurturing client relationships. However, the real key to the firm’s success is its amazing ability to develop and maintain good relationships with people for many years. Contrary to the transactional approach typical of American businesses, Pickard Chilton is much more relationship oriented, staying connected with clients and colleagues whether or not they have a project pending. “Investing in relationships with people in good times and bad is universal, something that people understand and appreciate globally,” says Chilton. This approach to doing business requires good communication skills. The firm’s partners seem well aware that good communication involves listening carefully to what people are really saying. That, in turn, often leads them to helping clients “solve their business problem as well as their design problem,” and, adds Chilton, “taking their concerns about budget and schedule to heart.” The relationship focus of Pickard Chilton extends beyond its clients to its colleagues and consultants. As you can see from the projects published here, many of the same

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Architects of Record and other consultants reappear regularly, indicative of the strong, long-term relationships Pickard Chilton fosters. Such relationships come from respectful treatment of consultants, not backtracking on decisions, and producing very detailed Design Development documents that allow the design intent to be easily understood. Designing Relationships Of course, Pickard Chilton is not alone in building and maintaining good relationships with clients and colleagues or in completing projects on budget and on schedule. So why has it achieved so much more success than other equally responsive and responsible firms? What does Pickard Chilton do differently to account for the remarkable range and quality of its work? Devon World Headquarters

The answer has to do with how the good relationships the firm builds with people are translated into the form of its buildings. To see how this works, look at Pickard Chilton’s architecture in terms of relational dialectics, a theory developed by professors Leslie Baxter and Barbara Montgomery. Baxter and Montgomery have shown how good relationships among people require a feeling of connectedness, a degree of certainty and a sense of openness. And yet, Baxter and Montgomery argue that good relationships also need the opposite: a feeling of independence, a degree of novelty and a sense of privacy.

300 North LaSalle

All healthy relationships, they claim, involve a dialogue or dialectic among those opposites. We carry on what they call an “internal dialectic” with our friends and family involving connectedness and independence, certainty and novelty, openness and privacy. We also engage in a related “external dialectic” with acquaintances and even strangers involving inclusion and separateness, conventionality and uniqueness, and revelation and concealment. The compelling quality of Pickard Chilton’s work arises out of these same relational dialectics. Just as our personal relationships have an internal dialectic, so too do buildings in the arrangement of their program elements and in the composition of their materials, spaces, and forms. A parallel also exists between the external dialectic we have in public with people we don’t know and the dialogue buildings have with their context, culture and climate. What sets Pickard Chilton’s architecture apart is the clarity and directness with which it creates these relationships in its buildings. “We don’t seek a signature style,” says Pickard. “Instead, we look for the keys to each client’s culture and try to give it a strong, simple form.”

900 New York Avenue

Connectedness/Independence In the Devon World Headquarters (pp. 18 – 31), Pickard Chilton reflects the dialogue between connectedness and independence in the very massing of the complex. The five-story conference and training center connects to the height and massing of the nearby buildings in downtown Oklahoma City, while the tall, faceted tower stands apart from what surrounds it, like a set of chisels slicing the skyline. A six-story glass entry rotunda stands between the two parts of the complex and holds them together visually as well as functionally, in a continual dialogue on what it means to be both a part of and apart from the city. A similar dialogue occurs at Pickard Chilton’s shimmering office building at 300 North LaSalle in Chicago (pp.155–173). The glass-, aluminum-, and stainless steel-clad tower, nearly 60 stories tall, stands apart from the low masonry structures on either side. And unlike other nearby buildings that remain separate from the Chicago River, this tower provides public access to the water with a tree-lined public terrace. With 18 million square feet of LEED Gold buildings either built, under construction or in design, Pickard Chilton ranks among the leading US firms in connecting us to the

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natural environment and helping us achieve energy independence. This office tower is no exception. It has an extraordinary efficiency, achieving a LEED-CS Gold rating through innovations such as the use of the Chicago River for the building’s chilled water, which not only reduces costs by eliminating cooling towers and conserving approximately 10 million gallons of potable water annually, but also greatly reduces the building’s contribution to the heat island effect of the city in summer. The play between connectedness and independence can be highly visible, as in the 900 de Maisonneuve project in Montreal (pp. 174 – 177), where the parking podium ties the project to the surrounding city, while the glass office building stands apart from it all, elevated on exposed columns above the fray. Or the dialogue can be quite subtle, as in Pickard Chilton’s office building at 900 New York Avenue in Washington, DC (pp. 82 – 87). The glass- and stone-clad building in the heart of the capital city matches the height, scale and form of the mid-rise structures around it. But at the center of the U-shaped structure, separate from the street, stands a delightful, light-filled atrium featuring tall columns, some of which lean like the trunks of tall trees. Inclusion/Seclusion Pickard Chilton’s projects on more isolated sites engage in the “external dialectic” of inclusion and seclusion. The California Resources Agency Headquarters in Sacramento (pp. 101 – 103) offers one example, secluded on land separated from the downtown by two highways, with a plaza opening out to the Sacramento River in a spirit of inclusiveness. A similar mix of seclusion from the city and inclusion of various outdoor activities occurs in the firm’s urban design work, such as the California Green in Orange County (pp. 132 – 137) or the Bloomington Central Station outside Minneapolis (pp. 238 – 241).

Iskandar Investment Headquarters

River Point

In other projects, such as the expansion of ConocoPhillips West Campus in Houston (pp. 225 – 237), Pickard Chilton shows how buildings can create a sense of urbanity, even when in a suburban location. The project consists of new conference facilities, a fitness and wellness center, and a light-filled entrance rotunda that welcomes visitors to the corporate campus and ushers employees from the new six-story garage to the offices. The outdoor garden created by the expansion also provides a secluded gathering space able to accommodate a range of company events. The Iskandar Investment Headquarters in Malaysia (pp. 74 – 81) shows how inclusiveness of a different sort can occur on even the most secluded site. Located on a large piece of land in a newly developed area, the building consists of two six-story office blocks that cup a central open space containing the vertical circulation towers. The two blocks each stand atop large, triangulated columns that raise the structure above the lush landscape, with curved screens shading the glass-clad offices. Recalling the elegant traditional Malay boats that ply the waters of this tropical country, the curving boat-like building makes inclusive references to the culture and climate in its beautiful, isolated setting.

Eighth Avenue Place

Certainty/Novelty Pickard Chilton’s work expresses the relational need for certainty and novelty in various ways. In the River Point tower in Chicago (pp. 142 – 149), the conventions of an office building, with open floor plates around a central core, had to adapt to the novelty of the building’s riverfront site, with train lines running below grade. That led to the unusual and extraordinarily elegant form of the tower, which curves out to maximize views of the river and curves in at its base to accommodate the sweep of the train lines below. The boathouse that connects the public plaza to the river’s edge echoes that dichotomy between base and top, with a masonry-clad cascade of stairs covered by a large roof that seems to be in motion.

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The Eighth Avenue Place project in Calgary (pp. 121 – 127) engages this dialectic in a different way. The sculpted, glass forms of the two towers evoke the rugged peaks of the Rocky Mountains visible from the downtown site, expressing the constancy of change in nature. The jagged lines along the towers’ façades also suggest the lines that snake their way up and down the profit and loss charts in the offices within, giving architectural form to the certainty and uncertainty of business.

The Pinnacle at Symphony Place

That expression of the complexity of organizations takes other forms in Pickard Chilton’s work as well. It comes across in the open-ended forms of projects like the ASD Office Development in São Paulo, Brazil (pp. 95 – 99); in the visually interpenetrating, reflective-glass corners of buildings such as 55 Allen Plaza in Atlanta (pp. 204 – 207); and in the rotating floors of the Cobalt Tower in Las Vegas (pp. 128 – 131). All of these projects offer different degrees of novelty within the conventions of high-rise residential and office buildings. Conventionality/Uniqueness Pickard Chilton also excels at balancing conventionality with uniqueness at an urban scale, evident in the first major commission the firm received. The design for CalPERS in Sacramento combines very efficient, well daylit office space with several extraordinary features that contribute to the quality of the urban life around it (pp. 333 – 353). The two U-shaped buildings, for example, embrace ample courtyards open to both employees and the public, while a large, glass-enclosed, lantern-like lobby provides a dramatic entry point and a memorable icon for the organization.

Orville L. Freeman Building

Pickard Chilton’s deep understanding of office building conventions enables it to focus resources on those aspects of projects that will most enhance their settings. In the Wells Fargo Financial project in Des Moines (pp. 243 – 253), the firm designed an efficient office building in keeping with the height and mass of the surrounding downtown. The savings realized by improved efficiency permitted the investment in amenities, such as the impressive bamboo-lined lobby that steps up to a luminous atrium or the glowing exterior wall wrapped in bands of sun-shading glass. Such features represent an investment in the life of their cities. Pickard Chilton occasionally refers to icons from the past, as in the office and retail complex in Nashville (pp. 178 – 189), The Pinnacle at Symphony Place, whose stepped top recalls the skyscrapers of the 1930s. The firm also will adhere closely to the conventions of office buildings in projects such as 24th at Camelback (pp. 138 – 143), whose standard shape has gentle curves that distinguish the complex from a distance.

US Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters

Openness/Privacy In every building, as in every human relationship, the balance of what we share and what we don’t depends on the situation. In the Orville L. Freeman Building in St. Paul (pp. 279–289), the light-colored masonry and low massing of the surrounding government buildings guided its form and cladding, while the sustainability objectives resulted in ample windows and a light-filled lobby and atriums. Pickard Chilton shows here how a building closed to the public can still remain open to the environment around it. This balance becomes equally apparent in the design for the US Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia (pp. 296 – 301). The building combines openness in its glassy ground floor and generous windows, with privacy and security in its controlled entrance and bollard-lined perimeter. At the same time, the building achieves progressive environmental goals, with a LEED-NC Gold rating, while respecting the more conservative aesthetics of its urban design district, with a somewhat classical treatment of its exterior. The design shows how caring for the natural environment and the character of a place go hand in hand.

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The openness of American society also leads to projects such as ER One (pp. 302 – 305), a new facility for the Washington DC Hospital Center designed to respond to large-scale natural or man-made catastrophes. The building has rooftop heliports over extensive emergency room facilities, with a series of glass canopies that step down over large, light-filled holding areas able to handle sizable numbers of people awaiting treatment or transport to other facilities by vehicle or helicopter. Revelation/Concealment However open or closed a building may be physically, how much it reveals or conceals from the surrounding city depends upon its function and client goals. At The Pinnacle in Atlanta, Pickard Chilton caps the office building with an expansive, curved roof that hovers above the penthouse terraces, showing just enough to give passersby a sense of what life at the top might feel like.

Four Seasons Place

The firm further explored this idea in the 1180 Peachtree office tower, also in Atlanta (pp. 259 – 271). The building’s curtain wall curves past the roof, revealing the supporting structure behind the extended skin of the building and creating a light-filled space at the top of the structure expressing the energy going on in the offices below. Meanwhile, in Four Seasons Place, the twin hotel and residential towers in Kuala Lumpur (pp. 190 – 199), the architects play hide-and-seek by extending the curtain wall up to an internally lit, knife-like edge on all four sides, while pulling back the wall at the corners to expose balconies, revealing the life within. Even more dramatic is the BG Group Place office building in Houston (pp. 105 – 111), where the curtain wall is cut back at the base to reveal the lobby; that cut continues as a slot up the side of the building, culminating in a five-story atrium at the 39th floor that reveals the interior to the city’s skyline. Something similar occurs in the design of a luxury hotel and residential tower in Abu Dhabi (pp. 60 – 69). Its curtain wall peels back to disclose an atrium on the 14th floor, complete with a glass-walled pool, and terraces

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treated as deep slots in the curtain wall disclosing the location of the residential units. These buildings entice one to enter and to participate imaginatively in the life within them. In other Pickard Chilton buildings, revelation and concealment take on a more symbolic meaning. In the design for the Case Library at Colgate University (pp. 290 – 295), a glass winter garden is located on the roof of the building, which is accessible from the uphill side of the site and opens up the interior of the library to expose the activity within, encouraging students to use books in this era of digital media. The glowing rooftop form evokes the metaphorical light that goes on as we learn. Another project with layers of meaning is The Atrium, a high-rise residential development in Dubai (pp. 88 – 93). In response to urban design guidelines regarding view corridors, Pickard Chilton has cut a slot through the center of the building and wrapped an arch-like form above it. The building expresses with great elegance the mix of modernity and tradition that has come to characterize places like Dubai, engaging in revelation and concealment all at once.

Case Library, Colgate University

Situational Relationships The dialectics of Baxter and Montgomery may help us understand the give and take of relationships, but the work of Pickard Chilton shows something more. In one project after another, the firm demonstrates how the building of good relationships requires an intuitive feel for a situation, a sense of what is appropriate in a given place for a particular client, and how to translate that into a compelling and clearly understood architectural form. In that lies the real — and remarkable — talent of this firm.

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Pickard Chilton’s buildings all share a distinctive modern grace. The elegance of our architecture is forged from our pursuit of disciplined solutions to a range of issues facing our clients and the world, not from any dogmatic approach. We herald the differences in our body of work with each building offering a pragmatic, artful expression of each client’s unique goals. Every project is designed with a degree of art and craft that affirms the transformative power and responsibility of architecture to improve the quality of the communities in which we work and live. The success of our design process, and by extension each project, is in how we thoughtfully consider, respond and adapt to the needs of each client and stakeholder. We take an open and collaborative approach to interacting with clients, favoring a process that thoroughly discovers each client’s unique objectives. Through probing, listening and communicating, we gain an understanding of our client’s needs and aspirations. In response, Pickard Chilton provides customized strategies to meet and exceed client needs. We invite our clients to actively participate in the process, discussing the pros and cons of each approach. As our team begins to understand the intentions for a project, we work to build a foundation of trust, confidence and teamwork. We are able to work meaningfully with our client towards a design that uniquely addresses their problem. The dynamic process of discovery in which we engage our clients also prevails within our studio. As members of a design team offer their perspective during both formal and informal review sessions, we continually challenge assumptions about what is possible. To the benefit of each design, Pickard Chilton encourages and taps into the energy, creativity and passion of everyone in our studio as well as the client and the team of consulting specialists and contractors. We regularly work closely with experts in fields such as construction, sustainable design, building systems design and structural engineering who share our belief in a common pursuit of excellence in architecture and the built environment. We use the latest 3-D computer modeling technologies to study and communicate our ideas. We first apply these technologies to gain a comprehensive understanding of the proposed site, often making detailed physical models of the project’s site and surroundings. These models help to shape design alternatives. Throughout the design process, we use models to study problems and propose solutions ranging from the building massing to curtain wall or details of the exterior and interior. Through the interplay of ideas from team members and the latest software, we refine the design, narrowing the focus on the details and then zooming back out to test the newly refined part against the whole. We continue to test our design choices in this way until we achieve an integrated resolution of form and function. We seek artful design strategies and materials appropriate to perform at the highest level. Our firm has effectively used this process of investigation and discovery to design environmentally sensitive, efficient and innovative architecture across the globe. In doing so, we have earned our reputation as a nimble, responsive firm that offers our clients measurable advantages in workforce satisfaction, high tenancy rates and commercial rents, and energy-efficiency. As local press and users attest, our designs also advocate a higher standard of civic architecture by respectfully engaging and enhancing the greater community that each building serves. For Pickard Chilton, this level of architecture is possible only when we have earned the respect of our client and entered into a relationship that we expect to endure throughout the design and construction process and beyond. The long-term gratification we and our clients receive from this collaborative approach is very special, and for Pickard Chilton, our most important measure of success.

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The Auditorium at Devon Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Devon Energy commissioned the design of the Auditorium as a part of its new world headquarters, gracing the neighborhood between Oklahoma City’s business and arts districts with an important civic amenity. A delicate, glass-enclosed skybridge connects the headquarters to the Auditorium’s second level. The 300-seat auditorium supports the downtown’s renaissance, offering a venue for both private and public events, with acoustics designed to serve a range of musical performances. Pickard Chilton created an intimately scaled gathering hall with a transparency that connects interior events to the surrounding neighborhood, making passersby aware of the activity within. From its position in a landscaped garden, the Auditorium allows dramatic views of downtown and the adjacent city park, Myriad Gardens. A double-height lobby with a 38-foot angled glass wall projects out toward the street, accentuating the Auditorium’s public profile. At the entrance, a bank of skylights creates a curtain of daylight above the main stair. The use of warm woods and soft lighting in the seating area enhances the user’s experience, as does a striking view to the garden.

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Eaton World Headquarters Beachwood, Ohio

Nestled on the crest of a 53-acre site, Eaton Corporation’s new global headquarters in the Cleveland suburb of Beachwood will offer employees and visitors panoramic views of the surrounding woodland as well as downtown Cleveland and Lake Erie beyond. The headquarters’ design is formed by two crescent wings that arc around a central tower overlooking a pond. The state-of-the-art headquarters will consolidate employees from three facilities into a single complex and will incorporate a wide range of amenities including a wellness center, conference and meeting facilities, an auditorium, cafeteria and walking trails. The headquarters’ design is open with floorto-ceiling glass creating a daylight-filled work environment that features innovative, sustainable design strategies. The project underscores Eaton’s commitment to sustainability leadership.

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1500 Post Oak Boulevard Houston, Texas

Complementing and completing the adjacent Four Oaks Place, owned by TIAA-CREF and designed by Cesar Pelli & Associates, 1500 Post Oak Boulevard creates a new focal point for the development and defines a fresh southern edge along the complex’s central garden. The office tower also serves as the main entry for the development and welcomes visitors with a spacious, naturally lit lobby. At night, the prismatic crown atop the building reveals the building’s presence in the Houston skyline. Seven levels of parking serve the building’s Class-A office space. The efficient floor plates conserve resources and lend themselves to convenient planning and office space management by tenants. The tower design includes numerous sustainable features, and is expected to achieve LEED-CS Gold certification. For example, a glass curtain wall clads the tower, articulated by a delicate screen of sunshades that reduce heat gain from the Texas sun, while bringing a more intimate scale to the building.

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900 New York Avenue Washington, DC

Prominent institutions, historic sites, hotels and parks comprise the gracious neighborhood surrounding 900 New York Avenue, a site adjoining the K Street business corridor in America’s capital. 900 New York Avenue has redefined office building standards for 21st-century Washington, DC, by housing state-of-the-art innovations in an elegant building that complements its surroundings. Rich, natural materials clad the building and grace the interior. The building’s graceful façade intersperses panels of limestone, pre-cast concrete, and polished aluminum, integrating the building with its historic surroundings. Within the building, a lush, interior sky-lit garden serves tenants and their employees for multiple uses throughout the year, and brings abundant natural light to all levels of the building. Large floor plates offer flexible space to cater to a broader range of tenants. 900 New York Avenue’s configuration provides space for a new public park along New York Avenue. The building also adds street-level shops to the neighborhood and accommodates parking below grade.

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ASD Office Development São Paulo, Brazil

Brazil’s economic heart — the Morumbi district of São Paulo — is a neighborhood currently burgeoning with luxury residences, stores and hotels. This two-phase development brings much-needed Class-A office space to the city. It also offers luxury shops, restaurants, a food court, capacious below-grade parking and immediate access to the Morumbi metro stop. The graceful curves of the buildings will unite the larger complex, gathered around a 1.3-acre park with outdoor dining and water features. An eight-level podium anchors the two towers. The podium houses the shops, restaurants and parking. The podium’s roof garden provides private recreational space for building occupants. Glass and golden Brazilian granite clad the 18-story towers, with floor-to-ceiling glass surrounding the generous office spaces. The project is designed to be pre-certified LEED Silver for environmental sustainability, with an ultimate goal of LEED Gold certification.

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BG Group Place Houston, Texas

The glass curtain wall of BG Group Place reflects Houston’s dynamic downtown. Its upper floors draw business activity, while lower-level stores and restaurants contribute to a vibrant pedestrian experience. Nine levels of parking accommodate visitors to BG Group Place and the surrounding neighborhood. Near the top of the 46-story building, five levels are recessed to form an atrium that glows in the night skyline. A sky garden of planted balconies surrounds the atrium’s lowest level. Distinctive elements have been specifically designed to respond to the Texas climate. Horizontal sunshades of glass and aluminum sweep around the building’s curved north and south façades, protecting tenants from the sun while allowing daylight in the tower as well as expansive views out. Vertical glass fins shade the west façade from the low evening sunlight. These features helped earn BG Group Place the first LEED Silver certification in downtown Houston, adding innovative sustainability to the building’s contributions to the city.

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350 Mission Street San Francisco, California

The 22-story tower envisioned for 350 Mission Street will stand at the corner of Fremont and historic Mission streets, at the center of the South of Market neighborhood in San Francisco. In recognition of the site’s prominence, and in response to its urban complexity, the tower will occupy the eastern edge of the property, abutting an existing building, to make room for a grand, landscaped outdoor plaza. 350 Mission’s impressive five-story lobby also serves as an airy, sunlight-filled garden, and its openness reinforces and intentionally blurs the transition from outdoor to indoor spaces. 350 Mission Street is designed as a LEED-CS Gold, highly efficient, Class-A office tower that will set new standards for sustainable office developments in the city. Four blocks from where the commuter ferries dock in San Francisco’s harbor, and adjacent to the future Transbay Transit Center, the tower features column-free, square floor plates with clear floor-to-ceiling glass.

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Eighth Avenue Place Calgary, Alberta

In Calgary’s growing and increasingly cosmopolitan downtown, Eighth Avenue Place covers nearly an entire city block. The sloping planes of the asymmetrical towers draw upon Calgary’s spectacular natural setting, forming a dynamic composition against the Rocky Mountains that inspired them. Their reflective surfaces capture the changing palette of natural light, and also evoke the excitement of Calgary’s best business, cultural, and entertainment offerings. The LEED Gold project honors Calgary’s western spirit and its natural heritage. Phase One comprises a 50-story office tower resting on a two-level podium that features a winter garden, shops, and restaurants where Calgary’s residents can socialize, dine, relax and attend public functions. The second, 39-story tower similarly maximizes panoramic views of the Rocky Mountains. The two towers share a podium and a light-filled winter garden. The podium tops an underground parking garage that will accommodate more than 1000 cars.

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Cobalt Tower Las Vegas, Nevada

Located in Las Vegas, Cobalt Tower represents the fusion of luxury residential development and structural technology. The tower features 30 apartments that occupy a full floor and rotate 360 degrees, independently of each other. Individual apartment owners control the rotation of their apartments, choosing between the enjoyment of continually changing panoramic views or fixing on a favorite view. The residential tower is unique in form and materials and addresses the needs of its discerning clientele. In keeping with the surrounding city skyline, the cylindrical tower culminates in a roof garden shaded by a perforated crown. Its energy-efficient glass curtain wall mitigates the heat and glare of the desert sun. Residents of the tower will share in such amenities as elegantly appointed lobbies with concierge service, the latest security technologies, and ample, secure underground parking. Lush landscaped gardens, pools, as well as recreation and athletic facilities will surround the tower’s base.

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California Green Irvine, California

This new model for green development in Orange County lies within a larger development of offices, shops and a hotel. California Green is a phased, campus-style LEED Gold office development, designed specifically for Southern California’s climate. In addition to carefully responding to solar orientation, the buildings feature innovations such as abundant natural light with minimum heat gain; photovoltaic panels; operable windows; recycled, regional materials of low toxicity; green roofs; sky gardens; and indoor plantings. The campus’s seven office buildings and three parking structures range in height from two to eight floors. Each has a unique character yet shares with the others a common design vocabulary. The campus is designed to allow flexibility in phasing construction and also in customizing buildings according to market demand. The campus green reflects the beauty of Southern California’s natural environment with water features that retain and filter run-off. The green includes spaces for recreation and passive enjoyment, and graceful links among buildings and outdoor facilities.

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24th at Camelback Phoenix, Arizona

This new complex combines a central location, graceful composition and environmentally sensitive design to create a new benchmark for mixed-use office development in Phoenix. The complex occupies a prominent site at the heart of the rapidly developing Camelback commercial corridor. There, it shelters an urban park, lushly planted-in palm trees and other desert-loving species, and lined with restaurants and shaded arcades. Below-grade parking improves the experience of both the buildings’ tenants and all pedestrians in the area. Flexible design allowed the 24th at Camelback development to be built in two phases. After the successful completion of the 8-story Camelback I, the 11-story Camelback II was developed. Both buildings feature sleek, curved-front façades and expansive windows that maximize dramatic views of Camelback Mountain and Piestewa Peak. At the same time, the design incorporates a shading brise-soleil at every level and reflective, specially-coated glass to minimize heat gain from the strong Phoenix sunlight.

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900 de Maisonneuve Montreal, Quebec

In the heart of Montreal’s business and financial district, 900 de Maisonneuve unites the city’s architectural sophistication with highly efficient planning and leading-edge, environmentallysustainable design. With the understated elegance of its surroundings, 900 de Maisonneuve offers the first Class-A office space to be constructed in Montreal in over a decade. The state-of-the-art, 28-story office tower will give tenants a choice of generous floor plates with optimal planning flexibility for businesses of all sizes. The building will provide an exceptional work environment with a finished ceiling height of 10 feet. Uninterrupted walls of glass maximize natural lighting and views. A handsomely landscaped entrance lobby provides the kind of generous indoor space so important in the Montreal winters. Tenants and their employees will have direct access to the Metro, a daycare facility, 24-hour lobby security and a fitness center as well as below-grade and podium-level parking. The mix of shops and restaurants at street level will contribute to the urban vitality of Montreal.

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50 Allen Plaza Atlanta, Georgia

The dramatic revitalization of Atlanta that began with the 1996 Olympics continues with 50 Allen Plaza. It joins the thriving new developments on the western edge of Atlanta’s central business district, an area undergoing tremendous growth. A sophisticated mix of urban attractions characterizes this resurgent neighborhood. Entertainment venues, stores, offices, institutions and residential buildings contribute to the neighborhood’s vitality. 50 Allen Plaza will serve as a focal point for a complex of four buildings, and a new marquee for Atlanta’s downtown office development. It is designed as the headquarters for a major corporation, with generous retail space at ground level, plus an elegant restaurant, a bank branch and a full-service grocery store. Each floor plate will offer highly efficient, flexible office space for corporate users. Lightly reflective glass encloses the building, allowing panoramic views of the city. Aluminum cladding articulates the lines of the building, while a backlit glass lantern finishes the tower’s top.

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Ernst & Young at 55 Allen Plaza Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta’s Centennial Hill neighborhood continues its strong growth with 55 Allen Plaza. Clad in lightly reflective glass, granite and aluminum, it is the regional headquarters of Ernst & Young and other large corporate tenants, and the building conveys a commensurate stature in the downtown skyline. A dramatically lit glass and aluminum crown distinguishes the tower and reflects the vibrancy of the neighborhood, which includes a shopping mall with cinema, residences and cultural institutions, including the Georgia Aquarium. The W Atlanta-Downtown, also designed by Pickard Chilton, is part of this lively mix. Inside the building, floor-to-ceiling vision glass provides expansive views of the city from each office level. The offices, with a generous 28,000 square feet of space per floor, also overlook a landscaped entry plaza. At the building’s street level, stores attract people living, working or visiting this fast-growing neighborhood, and enhance its urban allure.

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W Atlanta-Downtown and Residences Atlanta, Georgia

The arrival of the luxurious W Atlanta-Downtown, in Allen Plaza, attests to the vibrant resurgence of Atlanta in the decade and a half since the city hosted the 1996 Olympics. The W Atlanta-Downtown adds 236 hotel rooms and 83 residences to the rich program of urban activity in Allen Plaza, on the business district’s burgeoning western edge. Stores, offices, homes, entertainment venues, and civic and institutional buildings contribute to the neighborhood’s highly successful mix of uses. The residences of the W Atlanta-Downtown claim the highest floors of the tower and offer breathtaking views. These residences include six spectacular double-height duplex penthouses. At mid-tower, an outdoor pool, spa and fitness facilities serve both hotel and residences, while the podium at the tower’s base offers dining, meeting and banquet facilities, capped by a rooftop garden and bar. Pickard Chilton is designing two other projects for Allen Plaza and is creating the master plan for the development of an additional four city blocks.

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ConocoPhillips West Campus Houston, Texas

Expanding the facilities at ConocoPhillips’ extensive corporate campus in Houston required sensitive responses to the existing complex. The design takes its cues from the existing three-story campus constructed in the 1980s, while creating a streamlined new architecture that conveys the bright promise of the future at ConocoPhillips. The new building also hints at the updated workplace inside, which shares the modern, glassy and open look of the façades. New amenities include a central reception area, multiple conference and meeting facilities, and a fitness center. A double-height, glazed rotunda encloses the reception area, flooding it with daylight. A central courtyard programmed with audio-visual capabilities hosts company-wide events. The courtyard also offers dining courts, garden courts and water features for the pleasure of employees and visitors alike. Nearly all of the 3000 campus employees and some retirees take advantage of the popular fitness center’s numerous amenities: an indoor swimming pool, a gymnasium, four aerobics studios, cardio and strength training rooms, a wellness center, locker rooms and a snack bar.

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Bloomington Central Station Bloomington, Minnesota

The new Light Rail Transit System connecting to downtown Minneapolis occasioned the planning of this ambitious, transit-oriented development. From the apartment homes, hotel and corporate office buildings of Bloomington Central Station, residents and visitors can easily reach Minneapolis, St. Paul and the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. In collaboration with the planning firm EDAW, Pickard Chilton evaluated the complex site and developed the scheme for a dense, urban hub that accommodates considerable traffic and parking while protecting the pedestrian experience. Multiple master planning schemes analyzed the location, phasing and orientation of each building. Concepts for three separate office and hotel sites were designed consistent with the master plan. Each presents a unique identity while blending with the larger development and accommodating height restrictions imposed by the nearby Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

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Wells Fargo Financial Des Moines, Iowa

This sleek addition to Wells Fargo Financial’s headquarters campus addressed the needs of the corporation and the city. Clad in glass and articulated aluminum, the new building creates a luminous landmark in downtown Des Moines — but one carefully scaled to surrounding buildings. It connects to Wells Fargo’s other facilities via the second-level skywalk system that integrates much of the Central Business District. With its site adjacent to the Walnut Street Transit Mall, the building is easily accessible by public transportation Designed to meet the needs of large corporate users as well as smaller tenants, the building’s typical floor plate offers 34,000 gross square feet of flexible office space. Floor-to-ceiling vision glass surrounding each floor admits plentiful daylight and allows panoramic views of the city. An interior atrium provides a gathering place for employees as well as additional daylight in the center of each office floor.

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21st Century Tower Shanghai, China

Elegant simplicity distinguishes the design for 21st Century Tower in the Lujiazui Financial District of Pudong, Shanghai. Its graceful setting combines several advantages: the tower overlooks the Huangpu River at the terminus of Century Boulevard, the district’s main thoroughfare, and is close to public transportation. The 50-story tower, designed to house the headquarters of the China Everbright Group, hosts a vibrant mix of uses. It comprises over 300,000 gross square feet of Class-A office space, a 190-key Four Seasons Hotel, and 60 Four Seasons residences, designed to be among the most luxurious apartments sold in Shanghai. Separate entrances serve the offices, hotel and residences, providing clear identity and orientation to tenants and guests alike. The tower’s straightforward yet graceful form is clad in a distinctive curtain wall that serves to distinguish 21st Century Tower among the skyscrapers of this rapidly changing district of the city. Within the building, efficient square floor plates allow flexibility for tenant businesses.

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1180 Peachtree Atlanta, Georgia

The tallest tower built in Atlanta in 14 years, 1180 Peachtree affirms Atlanta’s growing reputation as a business and cultural center. At 41 stories, its reaching form strives for both lyrical beauty and technological strength. Its grand lobby incorporates luxuriant stone finishes and serene water features. Prominently sited at 14th and Peachtree, the tower enlivens Midtown Atlanta and reinvigorates its skyscraper tradition. 1180 Peachtree stands adjacent to and overlooks the proposed site of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s new performance hall and its associated landscaped allée, plaza and gardens. Nearly half of the 2.3-acre site at 1180 Peachtree is dedicated to public open space, with landscaped streets, gardens and courts that create a beautiful and welcoming public realm. Numerous awards have recognized the development’s contributions to Atlanta’s ongoing revitalization and the building’s striking design and highly advanced sustainable building strategies. As a pilot project for the U.S. Green Building’s LEED Core and Shell certification program, 1180 Peachtree was the first high-rise office building in the world to be pre-certified for LEED Silver and was ultimately awarded LEED Gold.

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Private Residence Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This contemporary residence nestles into a hilltop offering dramatic views of downtown Kuala Lumpur. Living spaces gracefully cantilever from the face of the hill to provide panoramic views from every room. Projecting eaves and pergolas protect the residence from the heat of the Malaysian sun and create a weightless quality of flight with dominant repetitive horizontals. Sliding walls of glass and abundant natural ventilation integrate outdoors and indoors in this comfortable, energy-efficient tropical home.

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Orville L. Freeman Building St. Paul, Minnesota

The warm radiance of the Freeman Building for the Minnesota Departments of Agriculture and Health reflects both the timeless beauty of Minnesota’s agricultural landscape and the surrounding formal architecture of the Capitol District. The warm, light qualities of the building continue indoors where a sky-lit atrium and windows maximize natural lighting. That and other sustainable design strategies render the building physically — as well as aesthetically — true to the missions of its occupants. The Freeman Building addressed the many complex demands of its prominent site. The design achieved its light, open quality while addressing government security concerns. Capitol District guidelines influenced the building’s massing, while neighboring historic buildings informed its character. The building’s fenestration, entrances and circulation patterns consider neighboring buildings, a proposed light rail transit station to the east and the adjacent, associated laboratory. The closure of Columbus Street allowed for an urban plaza linking the laboratory and the Freeman Building.

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Case Library Colgate University Hamilton, New York

The design for the new Case Library and Center for Information Technology modernizes the library within the framework of its existing structure. It wraps the older building with new construction, in a design inspired by the simple, elegant qualities of Colgate’s original buildings, using bluestone, limestone and zinc. The project also renovates the existing library interior using best-in-class standards for both library and information technology, and introducing open, light-filled workspaces. The building also houses seating areas, classrooms, research and collaborative spaces, and digital production studios as well as a cafÊ with views of the Chenango Valley and historic campus. A new winter garden placed on the fifth level brings daylight to the library’s interior and serves as a center for social interaction on campus. Finally, the project refurbishes existing finishes and modernizes mechanical systems, as well as creating environmentally sensitive new construction. The combination is designed to earn the LEED Silver rating from the U.S. Green Building Council.

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US Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Arlington, Virginia

The EPA required a new headquarters that showcased cutting-edge sustainability practices while honoring the urban design guidelines for its chosen site. The twin buildings set the tone for Potomac Yard, a three-acre mixed-use neighborhood under development in Arlington. In response to the district’s urban design guidelines, the 12-story buildings present a handsomely articulated stone and pre-cast concrete base and cornice, with brick in between, to honor both local and federal architectural traditions combining office and public spaces. The buildings rest on a podium housing 18,000 square feet of retail space to promote a lively streetscape. Numerous awards attest to the buildings’ success in meeting and exceeding the EPA’s practical and aesthetic requirements. The buildings’ LEED-NC Gold certification appropriately identifies the EPA Headquarters as among the leaders in sustainable developments.

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ER One Washington, DC

The Office of Emergency Preparedness envisions ER One as the nation’s first medical facility designed to cope with the results of large-scale catastrophes, including acts of biological or chemical terrorism. The Washington Hospital Center, already home to the capital’s largest emergency department, serving several hundred patients daily, will host ER One. The project anticipates conditions in which patient-care spaces that normally handle a standard number of emergency patients would transition to handle thousands of severely injured patients. In addition to providing fast, flexible care to patients, ER One will have the capacity to serve large numbers of patients by vehicle and helicopter. ER One is intended as a prototype that hospitals and trauma centers across the nation might emulate in order to increase their capacity to respond to large-scale calamity.

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AIM Corporate Headquarters Houston, Texas

AIM selected a prominent site in Houston for its new corporate headquarters. The headquarters will serve multiple business needs, and its unique silhouette creates a powerful identity for the company in the city’s skyline. The tower rises nearly forty stories and curves inward as it rises to the sky, with a glass curtain wall and articulated corners that create an illusion of airy lightness. A central spine adds visual interest to the tower and reinforces its reach to the sky. Horizontal sunscreen blades also give texture to the building’s clear glass curtain wall. The main entry opens into a dramatic, multi-story, light-filled atrium. The typical office floor features 10-foot-high ceilings and windows, which introduce an exceptional amount of daylight into the working environment. The complex accommodates all office functions, a high-tech trading floor, training center, auditorium, cafeteria, fitness center and retail space. A podium structure adjacent to the tower encloses the site to create an intimate courtyard garden for employees and visitors, and houses a 4000-car parking garage.

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Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta, Georgia

The expansion of Emory University Hospital Midtown more than doubles the size of one of the Southeast’s largest and most prominent hospitals. It includes a diagnostic and treatment clinic, medical office tower and a low-rise oncology wing. A glass-enclosed conservatory serves as the front entrance to the complex, with public lobbies, waiting areas and cafÊs integrated into an interior garden. Waiting areas and other public spaces line the perimeter of the building where patients, visitors and staff can enjoy light and nature and the sight of people passing through the public garden. The building’s form and granite and glass enclosure relate comfortably to the local neighborhood. The L-shaped complex maintains the street grid and shelters a large formal garden plaza.

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4600 South Syracuse Denver, Colorado

Located at the Denver Technological Center on a high plain overlooking the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, 4600 South Syracuse takes advantage of its spectacular location with floor-toceiling windows that provide breathtaking views of the nearby mountains. Double-height conference spaces atop the building take particular advantage of the views. The building is the headquarters of Tanning Technology, a leading international software development firm based in Denver. The design presents a striking sculptural presence against the backdrop of the mountains. A sweeping glass arc intersects the basic rectangle of the building. The building is clad in glass and Italian granite and features deep horizontal mullions that provide sun protection and modulate the building’s surface. The interiors feature additional imported stone, stainless steel detailing and a distinctive book-matched anigre wood paneling.

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The Pinnacle Atlanta, Georgia

The 25-story Pinnacle occupies a prominent site in the heart of Atlanta’s elegant Buckhead neighborhood. This landmark building, with its distinctive curved sail top, serves as regional headquarters for Merrill Lynch, Paine Webber, Morgan Stanley and A.T. Kearney. Designed to enhance its tenants’ corporate identities and enliven the street with ground-level shops, the project also responds to the gracious, garden-like character of the neighborhood. It preserves much of the existing landscape and adds new plantings, gardens and water features. The dramatic glass sail shelters a sky garden of red maples and semi-tropical plants. The penthouse floors have direct access to the garden and, from there, to unobstructed views of downtown Atlanta. Horizontal fins shelter the office interiors from the summer sun while at the same time producing a fine scale of detail on the exterior curtain wall. A three-level glass lobby opens the building to the street and links to the three levels of opulent stores around the base of the building.

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CalPERS Headquarters Complex Sacramento, California

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System headquarters is located in downtown Sacramento. The complex occupies two blocks and enhances the neighborhood through the integration of multiple uses, including office and retail space as well as a landscaped courtyard open to the public. Its glass walls feature canopies and trellises to blend outdoors and indoors. Graceful landscaping with seating areas integrates the buildings into the streetscape. A capacious courtyard provides a retreat for both employees and the public, while a multi-story glass atrium serves as CalPERS’ new front door. The ground level amenities encourage street-level activity. The LEED-NC-Gold-certified headquarters sets high standards for energy-efficient design. The façades incorporate sunshades, light shelves and planters to exceed California’s aggressive energy-efficiency requirements. In addition, the building’s fenestration changes from street to street in response to the sun, the neighborhood and the client’s needs.

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Firm Profile

Jon Pickard FAIA, RIBA Principal

Pickard Chilton delivers architectural design services to clients worldwide. Throughout their careers, the firm’s principals — Jon Pickard FAIA, William Chilton FAIA and Anthony Markese AIA — have led the design of some of the world’s widely known buildings. Projects include corporate headquarters, commercial office towers, mixed-use complexes, healthcare facilities and academic centers. In all of the firm’s work, it endeavors to bring unexpected value to its clients through excellence in service and design.

Jon Pickard has been recognized internationally for his achievements in architecture. He has designed or collaborated in the design of some of the world’s most recognized buildings, including such prominent projects as the Devon World Headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; The Atrium (LEED Gold), a luxury residential tower in Dubai; 1180 Peachtree (LEED Gold) in Atlanta, Georgia; 300 North LaSalle (LEED Gold) in downtown Chicago, Illinois; the CalPERS Headquarters Complex (LEED Gold), in Sacramento, California, for the nation’s largest public pension fund; Wells Fargo Financial Headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa; ConocoPhillips Headquarters West Campus expansion in Houston, Texas; the US Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters (LEED Gold) near Washington, DC; and Four Seasons Place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The firm has completed or is currently designing projects for clients worldwide with a construction value of more than $12 billion. Its buildings are noted for their peopleoriented spaces as well as their distinctive modern forms that establish memorable identities, becoming new landmarks. The firm’s principals collaborate on the design of each project, supported by a close-knit staff of architects and designers that strives for more than architectural excellence. The goal, with every project, is to create an engaging environment that fully satisfies the client’s ambitions and objectives, while exceeding the expectations of those who live, visit and work in and around our projects. For all projects, the firm collaborates with experienced Architects of Record to meet the unique needs of each client. This ensures that clients have access to the most highly qualified professionals for all aspects of design, project management, building technology and construction administration. The firm practices from its New Haven, Connecticut, studio, located on the town green across from Yale University.

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Prior to the founding of Pickard Chilton, he collaborated with Cesar Pelli in the design of numerous landmark and award-winning projects, including two of the largest commercial developments ever built: the World Financial Center in New York and Kuala Lumpur City Centre in Kuala Lumpur, a development that includes the Dewan Philharmonic, Malaysia’s National Symphony Hall, and two of the world’s tallest buildings, the Petronas Towers. Jon Pickard received his Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Iowa State University and his Master of Architecture from the Yale School of Architecture. Iowa State University awarded him both its Design Achievement Award (1989), for distinguished contributions to the arts, and the Christian Petersen Design Award (2007). In conjunction with William Chilton, he is co-recipient of the 2011 Iowa State University Distinguished Alumni Award, the highest honor given to alumni by the University. The Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture at the University of Houston recognized Jon Pickard as its 2006 Honoree. He regularly serves as a visiting critic at Yale University and has led an advanced design studio at Iowa State University. He has lectured extensively at academic institutions including Rice University, Louisiana State University, Iowa State University and Harvard University. He currently serves on the Yale School of Architecture Dean’s Council.


William D. Chilton FAIA, RIBA Principal

Anthony Markese AIA, RIBA, LEED AP Principal

William Chilton has directed projects for leading corporate and institutional clients worldwide including the world headquarters for Eaton Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio; Devon World Headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; 900 New York Avenue (LEED Gold) in Washington, DC; Four Seasons Place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Emory University Hospital Midtown and Conservatory in Atlanta, Georgia; the US Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters (LEED Gold) near Washington, DC; The Atrium, a luxury residential tower in Dubai, UAE; AIM Corporate Headquarters in Houston, Texas; California Green, a mixed-use development in Irvine, California; and CaIPERS Headquarters Complex (LEED Gold) in Sacramento, California.

Anthony Markese has design leadership experience on prominent projects around the world for a broad range of higher education, institutional and commercial clients. He has designed or collaborated in the design of a variety of prominent projects, including 900 New York Avenue (LEED Gold) in Washington, DC; California Green (LEED Gold), in Irvine, California; 300 North LaSalle (LEED Gold) and River Point (LEED Gold), both in downtown Chicago, Illinois; the CalPERS Headquarters Complex (LEED Gold), in Sacramento, California; the Colgate University Case Library and Center for Information Technology; the Duke University Basketball Practice Facility; and ER One, a state-of-the-art medical emergency response facility in Washington, DC.

Prior to the founding of Pickard Chilton, he was Ellerbe Becket’s President of Architecture and collaborated on such notable buildings as the Science Museum of Minnesota and Kingdom Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which, when completed, was the tallest mixed-use complex in Europe and the Middle East. The Art Institute of Chicago selected the project for its international exhibition Skyscrapers: The New Millennium.

Prior to Pickard Chilton, he was a Senior Associate and Design Team Leader with Cesar Pelli & Associates where, during a distinguished 15-year period, he collaborated on the design of the award-winning Terminal at the Reagan Washington National Airport; JP Morgan Chase in downtown San Francisco; and the Biwako Hotel and Entertainment Complex on Lake Biwa, Japan. He also collaborated on the design of the Rock Biomedical Research Laboratory at the Mission Bay campus of the University of California, San Francisco, as well as several projects for Duke University, including the Athletic Precinct Master Plan, the Wilson Student Recreation Center and Schwartz/Butters Hall.

William Chilton received his Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Iowa State University and Master of Architecture from the University of Minnesota. Iowa State University recognized him with its Design Achievement Award (1995) for distinguished contributions to the arts and the Christian Petersen Design Award (2007), the highest award given by the College of Design. In conjunction with Jon Pickard, he is co-recipient of the 2011 Iowa State University Distinguished Alumni Award, the highest honor given to alumni by the University. He is actively involved in teaching, serving in Spring 2010 as Professor in Practice at the University of Minnesota College of Design. He has been a visiting critic at Oklahoma State University and has lectured at Iowa State University, Yale University and a broad range of professional associations including the AIA and Urban Land Institute (ULI). He is a member of ULI, serving on the 2007 and 2008 juries for the ULI Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition, and serves on the Design Futures Council Executive Board. He is past chair of the Architecture Advisory Council of the College of Design at Iowa State University and, currently, on the Advisory Board of the College of Design at the University of Minnesota.

Anthony Markese is a US Green Building Council LEED-accredited professional. He received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Illinois and a Master of Architecture from the Yale School of Architecture. In addition to his professional accomplishments, he has lectured and taught design studios at Yale University, Oklahoma State University, the University of Texas at Austin and other universities.

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Proposed Integrated Development Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Client: UT Projects Completion Date: 2013 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Anthony Markese, Robert McClure, Justin Doro, John Borer, Stephanie Rogowski, Deborah Lukan, Rodney Nelson, Sara Pettit, Jonathan Aprati, Charles Killebrew, Andreea Cojocaru Luxury Hotel Abu Dhabi, UAE Client: Confidential Executive Architect: Woods Bagot Project Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Anthony Markese, Stephen Fritzinger, Robert McClure, Justin Doro, Michael Hensley, Seung Namgoong, Benjamin Simmons, Ashton Allan Corporate Headquarters Houston, Texas Client: Confidential Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Project William Chilton, Anthony Markese, Charles Killebrew, Charisse Bennett, Justin Cochran, Augustus Chan Eaton World Headquarters Beachwood, Ohio Client: Eaton Corporation Architect of Record: ka Architecture Completion Date: 2012 William Chilton, Anthony Markese, Benjamin Simmons, Michael Hensley, Seung Hwan Namgoong, Ashton Allan, Charles Killebrew, William Traill, Darin Barnes, Augustus Chan, Tracie Cheng, Justin Cochran, Justin Doro 1500 Post Oak Boulevard Houston, Texas Owner: TIAA-CREF Developer: Transwestern Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Completion Date: 2012 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Brett Spearman, Yen Ming Lee, Justin Doro, Ryan Vincent Iskandar Investment Headquarters Nusajaya, Malaysia Client: Iskandar Investment Executive Architect: NRY Architects Sdn. Bhd. Completion Date: 2012 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Charles Killebrew, Andrew Swartzell, James Fullton, Justin Towart 900 New York Avenue Washington, DC Client: Gould Properties Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Completion Date: 2013 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Anthony Markese, Deborah Lukan, Justin Cochran, Augustus Chan, John Borer, David Brown, Charisse Bennett The Atrium Dubai, UAE Client: Sunland Group Executive Architect: Woods Bagot Project Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Stephen Fritzinger, Benjamin Simmons, Michael Hensley, Seung Namgoong, William Traill, Katharina Moellendorf, Justin Towart, Russell Wilson, Justin Cochran

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ASD Office Development São Paulo, Brazil Client: Hines Architect of Record: Pontual Arquitetura Completion Date: 2012 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Anthony Markese, Ashton Allan, Charles Killebrew, Charisse Bennett, Maegen Michael McElderry The Auditorium at Devon Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Client: Devon Energy Development Manager: Hines Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Completion Date: 2012 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Rodney Nelson, Maegen Michael McElderry, Mohammed Hafez, Russell Wilson, John Lanczycki Devon World Headquarters Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Client: Devon Energy Development Manager: Hines Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Completion Date: 2012 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Anthony Markese, Nancy Clayton, John Lanczycki, Rodney Nelson, Russell Wilson, Randolph Miles, Maegen Michael McElderry, Nicholas Berube, Robert McClure, William Traill, Jonathan Aprati, Stephanie Rogowski, Michael Hara California Resources Agency Headquarters Sacramento, California Client: Hines/Fulcrum Properties Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Project Jon Pickard, Anthony Markese, Robert McClure, Deborah Lukan, Ashton Allan, Maegen Michael McElderry 24 Allen Plaza Atlanta, Georgia Client: Barry Real Estate Companies Architect of Record: HKS, Inc. Project Jon Pickard, Nancy Clayton, Randolph Miles, Robert McClure, Michael Hensley, Seung Namgoong, Katharina Moellendorf Two Overton Park Atlanta, Georgia Client: Hines Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Completion Date: 2012 Jon Pickard, Charles Killebrew, Maegen Michael McElderry, Andrea Zalewski, William Traill BG Group Place Houston, Texas Client: Hines Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Completion Date: 2011 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Brett Spearman, Yen Ming Lee, Justin Cochran, Jonathan Aprati, Russell Wilson 350 Mission Street San Francisco, California Client: Hines with GLL Development and Management Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Project Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Anthony Markese, Ashton Allan, Charisse Bennett, David Brown, Russell Wilson, Jonathan Stitelman Cobalt Tower Las Vegas, Nevada Client: Thornton-Termohlen Group Project Jon Pickard, William Chilton, James Fullton, Ashton Allan, Charisse Bennett, Rodney Nelson


Eighth Avenue Place Calgary, Alberta Client: SITQ, AIMCo, Matco Development Manager: Hines Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates and Gibbs Gage Architects Completion Date: 2010 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Anthony Markese, Stephen Fritzinger, Benjamin Simmons, James Fullton, Andrew Swartzell, Jonathan Stitelman, William Traill California Green Irvine, California Client: Hines Architect of Record: Gensler Completion Date: 2014 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Anthony Markese, Charisse Bennett, Ashton Allan, David Brown, Jonathan Stitelman Kingdom Tower Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Client: Kingdom Holding Company Executive Architect: Omrania & Associates Project Concept Design Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Anthony Markese, Stephen Fritzinger, Benjamin Simmons, Charisse Bennett, David Brown, Michael Hensley, James Fullton III, Seung Hwan Namgoong, William Traill, Bryan Berkas, Charles Killebrew, W. Randolph Miles, Andrew Swartzell, Justin Doro, Mohamad Hafez, Stephanie Rogowski, Robert McClure, Jonathan Aprati, Andreea Cojocaru, Jonathan Stitelman, Yen Ming Lee 801 Marquette Minneapolis, Minnesota Client: Ryan Companies US, Inc. Project William Chilton, Anthony Markese, Ashton Allan, Jonathan Stitelman River Point Chicago, Illinois Client: Hines Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Completion Date: 2012 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Anthony Markese, David Brown, Charisse Bennett, Benjamin Simmons, Andrea Zalewski River Point Boathouse Chicago, Illinois Client: Hines Project Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Anthony Markese, Ashton Allan, Charisse Bennett, David Brown The Pinnacle at Symphony Place Nashville, Tennessee Client: Barry Real Estate Companies Architect of Record: Everton Oglesby Architects Completion Date: 2009 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Nancy Clayton, John Lanczycki, Yen Ming Lee, Randolph Miles, Jonathan Stitelman, Mian Ye Four Seasons Place Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Client: Venus Assets Sdn. Bhd. Architect of Record: NRY Architects Sdn. Bhd. Completion Date: 2012 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Charles Killebrew, Robert McClure, Deborah Lukan, Rodney Nelson, Andrea Zalewski, Stephen Fritzinger, James Fullton, Jaclyn Goldklang, Kevin Kasparek, Magali Remudo, Jonathan Stitelman, William Traill, Clay Wiske, Maxwell Worrell

Four Seasons Tivoli Gardens Copenhagen, Denmark Client: Tivoli A/S Project Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Anthony Markese, James Fullton, Charisse Bennett, David Brown, Benjamin Simmons, Jonathan Stitelman, William Traill Four Seasons Place Middle East Client: Confidential Project Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Stephen Fritzinger, David Brown, James Fullton, Kevin Kasparek, Jonathan Stitelman, William Traill, Andrea Zalewski 900 de Maisonneuve Montreal, Quebec Client: SITQ Development Manager: Hines Architect of Record: Menkès Shooner Dagenais Le Tourneux Architectes Completion Date: 2012 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Stephen Fritzinger, William Traill, Antoaneta Circiumarescu, Ethan Lacombe, Dior Popko Bloomington Central Station — North Central Office Complex Bloomington, Minnesota Client: McGough Development Project Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Anthony Markese, Robert McClure, James Fullton, Yue Gong, David Haltom, James Kraus, Benjamin Simmons, Jonathan Stitelman Bloomington Central Station — Hotel Bloomington, Minnesota Client: McGough Development Project Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Anthony Markese, James Fullton, Robert McClure, Benjamin Simmons, Yue Gong, David Haltom, James Kraus, Jonathan Stitelman Bloomington Central Station — Southwest Office Complex Bloomington, Minnesota Client: McGough Development Project Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Anthony Markese, Robert McClure, James Fullton, Yue Gong, David Haltom, James Kraus, Benjamin Simmons, Jonathan Stitelman 50 Allen Plaza Atlanta, Georgia Client: Barry Real Estate Companies Architect of Record: MSTSD, Inc. Completion Date: 2012 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Nancy Clayton, Stephen Fritzinger, Justin Cochran, Benjamin Crawford, James Kraus, Charles Seniff, William Traill W Atlanta-Downtown Hotel and Residences Atlanta, Georgia Client: Barry Real Estate Companies Architect of Record: HKS, Inc. Completion Date: 2009 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Benjamin Crawford, Nancy Clayton, Yen Ming Lee, Randolph Miles, Justin Cochran, Kevin Kasparek, Katharina Moellendorf, James Poulin 300 North LaSalle Chicago, Illinois Client: Hines Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Completion Date: 2009 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Anthony Markese, Benjamin Simmons, Charisse Bennett, David Brown, Christopher Lee, Deborah Lukan, Jonathan Stitelman, William Traill, Maxwell Worrell Selected Project Chronology

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Newell Rubbermaid Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia Client: Greenstone Properties, in partnership with Pope & Land and Granite Properties Architect of Record: Wakefield Beasley & Associates Completion Date: 2008 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, William Traill, Jonathan Stitelman 24th at Camelback II Phoenix, Arizona Client: Hines Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Completion Date: 2010 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Brett Spearman, David Brown, Andrew Swartzell, William Traill Ernst & Young at 55 Allen Plaza Atlanta, Georgia Client: Barry Real Estate Companies Architect of Record: MSTSD, Inc. Completion Date: 2007 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Benjamin Crawford, Nancy Clayton, Antoaneta Circiumarescu, Kevin Kasparek, Katharina Moellendorf, Benjamin Simmons Confidential Headquarters Building United States Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Project Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Nancy Clayton, Stephen Fritzinger, Brett Spearman, Andrew Swartzell, Antoaneta Circiumarescu, Erin Gallagher, Alex Jermyn, Ashley Klein, James Kraus, Randolph Miles, Charles Seniff ConocoPhillips West Campus Houston, Texas Client: ConocoPhillips Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Completion Date: 2007 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Nancy Clayton, Stephen Fritzinger, Brett Spearman, Andrew Swartzell, Antoaneta Circiumarescu, Erin Gallagher, Alex Jermyn, Ashley Klein, James Kraus, Randolph Miles, Charles Seniff Duke University Basketball Practice Facility Durham, North Carolina Client: Duke University Project William Chilton, Anthony Markese, Erin Gallagher 21st Century Tower Shanghai, China Client: Hines Project Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Stephen Fritzinger, Robert McClure City Center Atlanta, Georgia Client: Pope & Land Project Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Benjamin Crawford, James Kraus Wells Fargo Financial Des Moines, Iowa Client: Wells Fargo Financial Architect of Record: HLKB Completion Date: 2006 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Charles Killebrew, Rodney Nelson, James Fullton, Kevin Kasparek, Magali Remudo, Charles Seniff, William Traill, Maxwell Worrell

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DHL Corporate Headquarters Sunrise, Florida Project Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Anthony Markese, Stephen Boehmke, Dior Popko, William Traill Columbus Office Tower Miami, Florida Client: Cousins Properties Inc. Architect of Record: HKS, Inc. Project Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Robert McClure, Magali Remudo, Maxwell Worrell Private Residence Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Client: Confidential Completion Date: 2003 Jon Pickard, Stephen Fritzinger River East Detroit, Michigan Client: Hines Project Jon Pickard, William Chilton, William Traill, Stephen Boehmke, Dior Popko 1331 Park Avenue Beirut, Lebanon Client: Confidential Architect of Record: Diyar Consultants Project Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Magali Remudo, Benjamin Simmons, Maxwell Worrell Case Library, Colgate University Hamilton, New York Client: Colgate University Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Project William Chilton, Anthony Markese, Nancy Clayton, Erin Gallagher, Stephen Boehmke, Antoaneta Circiumarescu, Benjamin Simmons, Brett Spearman 499 Illinois Street San Francisco, California Client: Hines Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Project Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Benjamin Simmons, Stephen Boehmke, Kevin Kasparek, Magali Remudo, Maxwell Worrell Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Arlington, Virginia Client: Crescent Resources, LLC Architect of Record: Davis, Carter, Scott Ltd. Completion Date: 2006 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Benjamin Crawford, Antoaneta Circiumarescu, Erin Gallagher, Kevin Kasparek, James Kraus, Ellen Malmon, Julian Rose, Igor Russo, Paula Stere, Maxwell Worrell 1180 Peachtree Atlanta, Georgia Client: Hines Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Completion Date: 2006 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Charles Killebrew, Benjamin Simmons, Antoaneta Circiumarescu, Benjamin Crawford, Kevin Kasparek, Magali Remudo, William Traill, Maxwell Worrell


ER One Washington, DC Client: Washington Hospital Center Architect of Record: HKS, Inc. Project Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Anthony Markese, Dior Popko, William Traill, Stephen Boehmke, Antoaneta Circiumarescu, Erin Gallagher, Honor Hingston, Kevin Kasparek, Katharine Moellendorf, Igor Russo AIM Corporate Headquarters Houston, Texas Client: AIM Architect of Record: HKS, Inc. Project Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Peter Follett, Benjamin Simmons, Raluca Buzdugan, Vlad Simionescu, Antoaneta Circiumarescu, Rogan Ferguson, Ethan Lacombe, Ellen Malmon, Igor Russo, William Traill, Margaret Wooldridge, Maxwell Worrell Victory Tower Dallas, Texas Client: Hicks Muse Tate & Furst Architect of Record: HKS, Inc. Project Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Vlad Simionescu, Raluca Buzdugan, Katherine Chang, Haven Knight, Igor Russo, Benjamin Simmons, Paula Stere 1100 Fifteenth Denver, Colorado Client: Hines Architect of Record: Gensler Project Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Anthony Markese, Kevin Kasparek, Ethan Lacombe, Gerald Ledent, James Pearson, William Traill, Maxwell Worrell Orville L. Freeman Building St. Paul, Minnesota Client: State of Minnesota Architect of Record: HGA Completion Date: 2005 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Benjamin Crawford, James Kraus, Katharina Moellendorf, Maggie Remudo, Maxwell Worrell CalPERS Headquarters Complex Sacramento, California Client: California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Completion Date: 2005 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Anthony Markese, Charles Killebrew, Charisse Bennett, Erin Gallagher, Haven Knight, James Kraus, Katharina Moellendorf, Dior Popko, Vlad Simionescu, Benjamin Simmons, William Traill Oracle at One Glenlake Atlanta, Georgia Client: Pope & Land Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Completion Date: 2003 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Dior Popko, Benjamin Simmons, Paula Stere, William Traill The Power Plant at Pier Four Baltimore, Maryland Client: The Cordish Company Architect of Record: HKS, Inc. Project Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Katherine Chang, John Eberhart, James Kraus, Ethan Lacombe

First Union Plaza Coral Gables, Florida Client: Hines Project Jon Pickard, Peter Follett, Katherine Chang, James Kraus Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta, Georgia Client: Emory University Healthcare/Cousins Properties Inc. Architect of Record: HKS, Inc. Completion Date: 2002 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Vlad Simionescu, Raluca Buzdugan, Antoaneta Circiumarescu One Overton Park Atlanta, Georgia Client: Hines Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Completion Date: 2002 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Charles Killebrew, William Traill Wachovia South Metro Hapeville, Georgia Client: Wachovia Corporation Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Completion Date: 2001 Jon Pickard, William Chilton, Katherine Chang, Ethan Lacombe 4600 South Syracuse Denver, Colorado Client: Hines Architect of Record: Fentress Bradburn Completion Date: 2000 Jon Pickard, Mick McConnell, James Kraus 24th at Camelback I Phoenix, Arizona Client: Hines/Gray Partnership Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Completion Date: 2000 Jon Pickard, Mick McConnell, James Kraus, William Traill BMG Tower Nashville, Tennessee Client: BMG/Hines Project Jon Pickard, Brian Titus, Irene Titus Gulf Stream IV Sp Jet Asia Client: Confidential Foreign Head of State Completion Date: 1998 Jon Pickard, Brian Titus, Irene Titus The Pinnacle Atlanta, Georgia Client: Cousins Properties Inc./Stonebridge Associates Architect of Record: HKS, Inc. Completion Date: 1998 Jon Pickard, Brian Titus, Irene Titus, Kevin Owens Wachovia Park Winston-Salem, North Carolina Client: Wachovia Corporation Architect of Record: Kendall/Heaton Associates Completion Date: 1998 Jon Pickard, Vlad Simionescu, Raluca Buzdugan

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Selected Professional Awards

Firm Awards IDP Outstanding Firm Award 2009-2012, American Institute of Architects, 2009 Emerging Architects Award 2009, AIA Connecticut

Development of the Year Award, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, 2001

Finalist, Vision Award, Constructech Magazine, 2007

Best of NAIOP, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, 2000

Personal Awards

Excellence in Energy Performance, Energy Star Label, 2002, 2005

Distinguished Alumni Award, ISU Alumni Association, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa (presented individually to Jon Pickard and William Chilton) 2011 Design Achievement Award, Iowa State University College of Design (presented individually to Jon Pickard in 1989 and William Chilton in 1995) Christian Petersen Design Award, Iowa State University College of Design (presented individually to Jon Pickard and William Chilton), 2007 1180 Peachtree Atlanta, Georgia Architecture Award Americas, International Property Awards in association with The New York Times, 2009 Community Service Award, The Building of America Network, 2009 The Office Building of the Year Award (TOBY), Earth Award, BOMA/ Southern Region, 2009 The Office Building of the Year Award (TOBY), Earth Award, BOMA/ Atlanta, 2009 American Architecture Award, Chicago Athenaeum, 2008 Award for Excellence: The Americas, Urban Land Institute, 2007 Best Sustainable Tall Building Award, Runner-Up, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, 2007 Building of the Decade 1996–2006, AIA Atlanta Skyscraper Award, Finalist, Emporis, 2006 Green Development Award, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, 2006 Build Georgia Award, Associated General Contractors, Georgia Branch, 2006 Design Award, Best in Atlanta Real Estate, Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2005 Top Judges’ Award, Southeast Construction, 2005 Certificate of Appreciation, Construction Specifications Institute, Atlanta Chapter, 2005 Innovative Glass Designers Award, Glass Magazine, 2004 Economic Development Award for “Excellence in Business,” Development Authority of Fulton County Georgia, 2003

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24th at Camelback Phoenix, Arizona

Selected Professional Awards

Clean Air Award, National Air Filtration Association, 2006 300 North LaSalle Chicago, Illinois Merit Award Finalist, Chicago Building Congress, 2010 Development of the Year, Crain’s Commercial Real Estate Awards, 2010 Developer of the Year (for Hines), Crain’s Commercial Real Estate Awards, 2010 Finalist, Business Centres, MIPIM Awards, 2010 Patron of the Year Award (for Kirkland & Ellis), Chicago Architecture Foundation, 2009 Architecture Award, Americas, International Property Awards in association with The New York Times, 2009 Best of 2009, Award of Merit, Midwest Construction Magazine, 2009 Best Tall Building Americas, Nominee, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, 2009 Downtown Office Transaction of the Year Award, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, 2006 4600 South Syracuse Denver, Colorado Development of the Year Award, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, 1999 55 Allen Plaza Atlanta, Georgia Development of Excellence Award (with W Atlanta-Downtown), Urban Land Institute (Atlanta Chapter), 2009 CalPERS Headquarters Complex Sacramento, California Beyond Green Award, Sustainable Buildings Industry Council, 2009 Award of Honor, Savings By Design Energy Efficiency Integration Awards, 2007 Workplace Excellence Leader Award by the Sacramento Area Human Resource Association, 2007 Green Honor Award, AIA Central Valley, 2006 Pollution Prevention Award, Sacramento County, 2006


Environmental Recognition Award, Sacramento Environmental Commission, 2006

ER One Washington, DC

Best Overall Award, Flex Your Power, 2006

Juror Commendation, Unbuilt Project, AIA Dallas, 2007

Institutional/Industrial Award, CEMEX Building Awards, 2006

Award of Excellence for Healthcare Facilities Design, Modern Healthcare and the American Institute of Architects, 2005

Waste Reduction Award, California Integrated Waste Management Board, 2004

Mile High Tower Asia

ConocoPhillips West Campus Houston, Texas Honor Award, American Society of Landscape Architects, Texas Chapter, 2010 APEX Award, The Associated General Contractors, Houston Chapter, 2008 Emory University Hospital Midtown Atlanta, Georgia

Design Award, Unbuilt Projects, AIA Connecticut, 1999 Orville L. Freeman Office Building St. Paul, Minnesota Honorable Mention, AIA Connecticut, 2007 The Paul Waterbury Award for Outdoor Lighting, International Illumination Design Awards, Illuminating Engineering Society, Twin Cities Chapter, 2007

Healthcare Design Award, The Center for Healthcare Design, 2005

Supporting Energy Efficiency, Xcel Energy, 2003

Large Scale Project of the Year, Urban Land Institute Atlanta, 2003

The Pinnacle Atlanta, Georgia

US Environmental Protection Agency Arlington, Virginia

The Office Building of the Year Award (TOBY *250,000–500,000 SF Category), Regional Award BOMA, 2003

Federal Energy Saver Showcase Award, US Department of Energy, 2007 Closing the Circle Award, White House, 2007

The Office Building of the Year Award (TOBY), Earth Award, BOMA/Atlanta, 2003 Best in Atlanta Real Estate Award, Atlanta Business Chronicle, 1998

Award of Excellence: Best Building High Rise — 8 Stories and above, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, Northern Virginia Chapter, 2007

The Pinnacle at Symphony Place Nashville, Tennessee

Finalist, Green Development Award, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, 2007

Excellence in Development Award, Urban Land Institute (Nashville Chapter), 2010

Commonwealth Environmental Leadership Award, Charlottesville Waldorf Foundation, 2007

Office Development of the Year, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, Tennessee Chapter, 2010

Finalist, Excellence In Design Award, Commercial Category, ED + C Magazine, 2007 Craftsmanship Award, Washington Building Congress, 2007 Best Building, Environmentally Responsible — Green Construction: Award of Merit, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, Northern Virginia Chapter, 2006 Award of Excellence: Sustainable Construction, Associated General Contractors, 2006 Green ABBIES Award, Arlington Economic Development Commission and Chamber of Commerce, 2005 Best Real Estate Deal of 2004, Washington Business Journal, 2005 Lease Project of the Year Award, General Services Administration, 2004

Wachovia Park Winston-Salem, North Carolina Downtown Winston-Salem Excellence Award, The Downtown Winston-Salem Association, 1999 Exterior Landscape Award, The Community Appearance Commission of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, 1999 Wells Fargo Financial Des Moines, Iowa Honor Award for Design Excellence, AIA New England, 2010 Honor Award, AIA Connecticut, 2008 W Atlanta-Downtown and Residences and 55 Allen Plaza Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta Downtown Design Excellence (ADDEA) Award, Central Atlanta Progress and Atlanta Magazine, 2009 Development of Excellence Award (with 55 Allen Plaza), Urban Land Institute (Atlanta Chapter), 2009

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Studio Team

Jon Pickard William Chilton Anthony Markese Brigid Abraham Ashton Allan Jonathan Aprati Vanessa Avery-Wall Darin Barnes Charisse Bennett Bryan Berkas Nicholas Berube Alex Bettigole Stephen Boehmke John Borer Mark Bousfield Laura Britton David Brown Raluca Buzdugan Jennifer Caine Jonathan Cervero Augustus Chan Katherine Chang Pu Chen Tracie Cheng Antoaneta Circiumarescu Nancy Clayton Justin Cochran Andreea Cojocaru Francis Cooke Benjamin Crawford Justin Doro Daniel J. Dwyer John Eberhart Amaris Feno Rogan Ferguson Roland Flores Peter Follett Megan Forney Stephen Fritzinger James Fullton Erin Gallagher Jared Gargano Jaclyn Goldklang Yue Gong Gregory Gundersen Mohamad Hafez Mig Halpine David Haltom Michael Hara Michael Hensley Honor Hingston Jenny Huang Alex Jermyn Kevin Kasparek Charles Killebrew Ashley Klein Haven Knight C. Christopher Koon James Kraus Ethan Lacombe 362

Studio Team

John Lanczycki Gerald Ledent Christopher Lee Woo Hyun Lee Yen-Ming Lee Emma Leonard Anne Lissett Deborah Lukan Ellen Malmon Christopher Marcinkoski Robert McClure Mick McConnell Maegen Michael McElderry Deirdre McKeown W. Randolph Miles Matthew Miloszewski Katharina Moellendorf Seung Hwan Namgoong Rodney Nelson Ryan O’Malley Andrew Ostrowitz Kevin Owens Sara Patton James Pearson Sara Pettit Dior Popko James Poulin Magali Remudo Stephanie Rogowski Seth Romig Julian Rose Igor Russo Dorothy Scanlon Charles Seniff Ryan Shannahan Zachery Shepherd Vlad Simionescu Benjamin Simmons Robert Skeeles Brett Spearman Paula Stere Jonathan Stitelman Cyrus Subawalla Brendyn Sullivan Andrew Swartzell Brian Titus Irene Titus Daniel Toretsky Justin Towart William Traill Rachel Vincent Ryan Vincent Russell Wilson Clay Wiske Margaret Wooldridge Maxwell Worrell Mian Ye Andrea Zalewski Book Project Team at Pickard Chilton: Mig Halpine, Robert McClure and Justin Doro


Image Credits Except as noted below, all images courtesy of Pickard Chilton.

©Peter Aaron/Esto 300 North LaSalle 158-159, 162, 166-167, 170 W Atlanta-Downtown and Residences 208-209, 212-215 Wells Fargo Financial cover, 11, 247-248, 251-253 CalPERS Headquarters Complex 8, 332-333, 339, 342-349, 351-353

©Eric Kieley Photography US Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters 12, 296-298, 301 ©Nic Lehoux Orville L. Freeman Building 12, 278-279, 282-286

©Aker/Zvonkovic Photography, LLC 24th at Camelback 138-139 4600 South Syracuse 318-319, 321 Wachovia Park 328-329, 331

©Michael Marsland Preface 6 Principal Portraits 354-355

Assassi©2007 Wells Fargo Financial 2, 242-243, 246, 249-250

©Scott McDonald/Hedrich Blessing 300 North LaSalle 154-155 ConocoPhillips West Campus 232-233

©Keith Baker CalPERS Headquarters Complex 338, 350 ©BBG-BBGM Four Seasons Place 197 ©Steven Bergerson Orville L. Freeman Building 287-289 ©Edward A Cave III/Veenendall Cave 1180 Peachtree 268 ©Crystal CG California Green 132-133, 136-137 River Point 147 ©Kyle Dreier The Pinnacle at Symphony Place 12, 178-180, 182-189 ©Jonathan Hillyer Photography, Inc. Ernst & Young at 55 Allen Plaza 204-207 Newell Rubbermaid Headquarters 216-217, 220-221 1180 Peachtree 12, 262-267 The Pinnacle 324, 326-327 ©Image Fiction Overton Park 112-113, 115 Eighth Avenue Place 124-125 River Point 11, 142-143 900 de Maisonneuve 174-175 ©Alan Karchmer 300 North LaSalle 10, 160-161, 163-165, 171-173 Oracle at One Glenlake 222-223 ConocoPhillips West Campus 10, 224-225, 228-231, 234-237 1180 Peachtree 258-259, 269-271 US Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters 300 Emory University Hospital Midtown 312-313, 316-317 The Pinnacle 326

©Dennis O’Kain The Pinnacle 322-323 ©Pickard Chilton with Peter Freed and Michael Marsland Studio 16-17 ©Jock Pottle 1180 Peachtree 260 ©Payne Rowlett 1500 Post Oak Boulevard 70-71 The Atrium 13, 88-89 ASD Office Development 94-95 BG Group Place 13, 104-105, 109 Eighth Avenue Place 11, 120-121 Four Seasons Place 13, 190-191 50 Allen Plaza 200-201 Bloomington Central Station 238-239 ER One 302-303 AIM Corporate Headquarters 306-307, 311 ©Jacob Sharp Wells Fargo Financial 247 ©Studio AMD Devon World Headquarters 10, 22-23, 26, 30-31 The Auditorium at Devon 32-33, 36-39 Proposed Integrated Development 40-41, 48-49 Eaton World Headquarters 50-51, 54-59 Luxury Hotel 60-61, 66-69 900 New York Avenue 10, 82-83, 86-87 The Atrium 93 River Point 146 21st Century Tower 254-255 ©Derek Swalwell Private Residence 276-277 ©Timmerman Photography 24th at Camelback 141

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