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Project Specs San Diego Padres Ballpark/Petco Park San Diego, California Antoine Predock Architect PC << Return to article the People Architect Antoine Predock Architect PC 300 12th Street NW Albuquerque, NM 87102 505-843-7390 tel. 505-243-6254 fax predock.com Principal: Antoine Predock, FAIA Project team: Graham Hogan, Hadrian Predock, Geoffrey Beebe, Devendra Contractor, Doug Friend Architect of record HOK Sports Facilities Group 323 W. 8th Street, Ste. 700 Kansas City, MO 64105 816-221-1500 tel. hoksve.com Principal: Joseph E Spear, AIA Associate architect(s) HOK Sports Facilities Group Engineer(s) Structural: Thornton-Tomasetti 641 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10011 212-924-9400 tel. thettgroup.com Mechanical/electrical:

London, UK HOK Citation for Excellence SJ Berwin is a large, growing law firm with its headquarters in London and nine offices throughout Europe. After 25 years in business, the company outgrew its London offices. Providing legal services to entrepreneurial companies and financial institutions, the firm wanted to portray a sophistication to match that of its clients. The similarly large and international architectural firm HOK International understood SJ Berwin’s vision and designed an office complex that resembles less the mahogany-lined, hierarchical model of a law office than it does the hip, luxurious aesthetic of a boutique hotel. Photo: © Peter

Project Specs SJ Berwin Law Offices London, UK HOK << Return to article the People Interior Designer: HOK International 216 Oxford Street London, W1C 1DB Tel: 0044 (0)207 636 2006 Fax: 0044 (0)207 636 1987 Andy Warner Lacey, Simon Bone, Alex Redgrave, Tim Hatton, Mark Owen, Simon French, Julian Delannoy and Seth Stein of Seth Stein Architects. Base Build Refurbishment Architect: John Robertson Architects Engineer(s): Troup Bywater & Anders – John Gallen, Neil Weller Consultant(s) Landscape: HOK International Lighting: Minds Eye Acoustical: Hann Tucker Other: Catering - Tricon General contractor: Overbury Photographer(s) Peter Cook Nick Gutteridge Renderer(s): James Mann CAD

Suitland, Maryland Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Award of Excellence With the U.S. Census Bureau having outgrown its aging 1942-vintage home in Suitland, Maryland, the General Services Administration commissioned Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) to design a new, 2.5-million-square-foot headquarters on an adjacent, 80-acre wooded site [record, March 2007, page 130]. A series of accessible green roofs and gardens unfold from the center of the site out to the adjacent woodland preserve, integrating the expansive, low-rise structure into its wooded site. Photo: © Eduard Hueber / Arch Photo Slide show captions: Henry Ng An iconic sunshade fronting the woodland side of

Project Specs United States Census Bureau Headquarters Suitland, Maryland Skidmore, Owings and Merrill << Return to article the People     the Products Structural system: Office Building: Steel Garages: Concrete Exterior cladding Metal/glass curtainwall: Viracon VE1-2M 1” insulated Glazing unit with 10% ceramic frit (curved Lines) – Viracon (Glass) – Enclos Corp. (Curtain wall Manufacturer) Concrete: Green-tinted precast concrete spandrel panels with Mica flakes – Artex Systems, Inc. Wood: Wood Blades: Curved, glue laminated white Oak sun-shading blades – Sentinel Structures Wood Cladding: Panelized tongue-and-groove IPE Boards – ISEC, Inc. EIFS, ACM, or other: Ivy Green Screen system (Parking enclosures)

Toronto, Ontario Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects Citation for Excellence Canada’s only museum devoted entirely to ceramics, the Gardiner Museum reopened in June 2006 after a 30-month renovation and expansion. Located in Toronto, just south of the city’s high-end retail district, the museum’s original 1984 building proved deficient in various respects. Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB), whose Young Centre for the Performing Arts is a winner in this year’s awards, designed a 14,000-square-foot addition and worked with the museum to make a facility capable of supporting the institution’s anticipated growth. Photo: © Shai Gill Slide show captions: Henry Ng

Project Specs The Gardiner Museum Toronto, Ontario Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects << Return to article the People Architect Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects 322 King Street West Toronto, Ontario M5V 1J2 416-977-5104 (TEL) 416-598-9804 (FAX) Partner: Bruce Kuwabara (design partner) Partner: Shirley Blumberg (partner-in-charge) Paulo Rocha (design/project architect) Architectural Staff: John Allen Kevin Bridgman Steven Casey Bill Colaco Ramon Janer Tom Knezic Carolyn Lee Shane O'Neill Thom Seto Tyler Sharpe Javier Uribe Engineer(s): Structural: Halsall Associates Limited Electrical/Mechanical: Crossey Engineering Inc Consultant(s) Landscape: NAK Design Lighting: Suzanne Powadiuk Design Cost: Vermeulen Cost Consultants Fire and Life Safety: Leber /

New York City, New York Foster + Partners/Gensler Citation for Excellence Foster + Partners’ design for a stainless-steel-clad, diagrid structure has given the Hearst Corporation an iconic presence on the New York City skyline [record, August 2006, page 75]. The Hearst Tower’s environmental agenda and unique aesthetic have dominated conversation about the building, but its occupants like to talk about how it enhances their work experience. Photo: © Nigel Young Slide show captions: Henry Ng The new 46-story structure rises from a six-story pedestal built in 1928 and designed by Joseph Urban as the base for a future tower. But

Project Specs Hearst Tower, interior New York City, New York Foster + Partners/Gensler << Return to article the People Architect Foster + Partners Riverside, 22 Hester Road London SW11 4AN P: 020 7738 0455 F: 020 7738 1107|08 Gensler Rockefeller Center 1230 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 1500 New York, NY 10020 P: 212.492.8626 F: 212.492.1472 Foster + Partners Norman Foster Brandon Haw (Partner in charge) Mike Jelliffe (Project Architect) Michael Wurzel (Project Architect) Peter Han David Nelson Gerard Evenden Bob Atwal John Ball Nick Baker Una Barac Morgan Flemming Michaela Koster Chris Lepine Martina Meluzzi Julius Streifeneder Gonzalo Surroca

Greenville, South Carolina McMillan Smith & Partners Citation for Excellence Only one building in this year’s collection is home to a design company. For lighting designer and manufacturer Hubbell, the first thought in planning a new corporate headquarters was lighting. The business became its building in a way that none of the other winning designs could. McMillan Smith & Partners Architects teamed with lighting design firm Visual Terrain and interior designer Storyline Studio to create a building that showcases the client’s products by integrating them into the architectural design. Photo: © Brian Dressler Photography Slide show captions: Henry Ng Located