NBBJ is an American global
architecture, planning and
design firm with offices in Boston, Columbus, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, Pune, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, and Washington, D.C..
NBBJ provides services in architecture, interiors, planning and urban design, experience design, healthcare and workplace consulting, landscape design, and lighting design. The firm is involved in multiple markets and building types including: cultural and civic, corporate, commercial, healthcare, education, science, sports, and urban environments. The firm has been named among the most innovative architecture firms by
Fast Company, the fastest growing architecture firm, and the architecture firm of choice by
Wired.[1][2][3]
The firm was an early signatory of the Architecture 2030 challenge, a global initiative stating that all new buildings and major renovations reduce their fossil-fuel GHG-emitting consumption by 50 percent by 2010, incrementally increasing the reduction for new buildings to
carbon neutral by 2030.[4] In addition, the firm is recognized as CarbonNeutral® certified by Natural Capital Partners and has signed the Amazon Climate Pledge.[5][6]
History
The firm was founded in 1943 by Seattle architects
Floyd Naramore,
William J. Bain,
Clifton Brady, and
Perry Johanson, and was initially called Naramore, Bain, Brady & Johanson. The architects formed the partnership during
World War II to accept large-scale federal commissions in the area, including expansion of the
Bremerton Naval Shipyard, but remained together after the war.[7] The firm remained focused on projects in the
Pacific Northwest region, growing into its largest architectural firm, before accepting projects in other areas of the United States. In 1976, the firm merged with
Columbus, Ohio-based Nitschke–Godwin–Bohm to form the modern NBBJ.[8][9]
NBBJ is the master planner for Net City,
Tencent's
smart city-concept urban development in
Shenzhen which was announced in June 2020.[10]: 65
Veterans Affairs Hospital and Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System Replacement Medical Center and Research Lab, New Orleans, Louisiana (2016)[42][43][44]
Downtown Boston Planning Study, Boston, Massachusetts (2020)
Selected designers
Designers at NBBJ include: Steve McConnell (appointed managing partner in 2014),[83][84] Jonathan Ward (partner),[85][86][87] Joan Saba,[88][89] Robert Mankin (partner),[90][91] Ryan Mullenix (partner),[92][93][94] and Tim Johnson (partner).[95][96]
American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Health, Healthcare Award, Seattle Children's Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center, 2011[102]
American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Health, Healthcare Award, Massachusetts General Hospital Lunder Building, 2012
IIDA, Healthcare Interiors Award, Bayt Abdullah Children's Hospice, 2012[103]
NBBJ is an American global
architecture, planning and
design firm with offices in Boston, Columbus, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, Pune, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, and Washington, D.C..
NBBJ provides services in architecture, interiors, planning and urban design, experience design, healthcare and workplace consulting, landscape design, and lighting design. The firm is involved in multiple markets and building types including: cultural and civic, corporate, commercial, healthcare, education, science, sports, and urban environments. The firm has been named among the most innovative architecture firms by
Fast Company, the fastest growing architecture firm, and the architecture firm of choice by
Wired.[1][2][3]
The firm was an early signatory of the Architecture 2030 challenge, a global initiative stating that all new buildings and major renovations reduce their fossil-fuel GHG-emitting consumption by 50 percent by 2010, incrementally increasing the reduction for new buildings to
carbon neutral by 2030.[4] In addition, the firm is recognized as CarbonNeutral® certified by Natural Capital Partners and has signed the Amazon Climate Pledge.[5][6]
History
The firm was founded in 1943 by Seattle architects
Floyd Naramore,
William J. Bain,
Clifton Brady, and
Perry Johanson, and was initially called Naramore, Bain, Brady & Johanson. The architects formed the partnership during
World War II to accept large-scale federal commissions in the area, including expansion of the
Bremerton Naval Shipyard, but remained together after the war.[7] The firm remained focused on projects in the
Pacific Northwest region, growing into its largest architectural firm, before accepting projects in other areas of the United States. In 1976, the firm merged with
Columbus, Ohio-based Nitschke–Godwin–Bohm to form the modern NBBJ.[8][9]
NBBJ is the master planner for Net City,
Tencent's
smart city-concept urban development in
Shenzhen which was announced in June 2020.[10]: 65
Veterans Affairs Hospital and Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System Replacement Medical Center and Research Lab, New Orleans, Louisiana (2016)[42][43][44]
Downtown Boston Planning Study, Boston, Massachusetts (2020)
Selected designers
Designers at NBBJ include: Steve McConnell (appointed managing partner in 2014),[83][84] Jonathan Ward (partner),[85][86][87] Joan Saba,[88][89] Robert Mankin (partner),[90][91] Ryan Mullenix (partner),[92][93][94] and Tim Johnson (partner).[95][96]
American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Health, Healthcare Award, Seattle Children's Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center, 2011[102]
American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Health, Healthcare Award, Massachusetts General Hospital Lunder Building, 2012
IIDA, Healthcare Interiors Award, Bayt Abdullah Children's Hospice, 2012[103]