April 2023 Archives - Interior Design https://interiordesign.net/issues/april-2023/ The leading authority for the Architecture & Design community Thu, 14 Dec 2023 22:03:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://interiordesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ID_favicon.png April 2023 Archives - Interior Design https://interiordesign.net/issues/april-2023/ 32 32 HOK Designs Boston Consulting Group’s Canadian Headquarters https://interiordesign.net/projects/hok-boston-consulting-group-canadian-headquarters/ Fri, 02 Jun 2023 19:42:03 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/?post_type=id_project&p=212213 A bright and airy atrium at the Canadian headquarters of Boston Consulting Group is just one measure HOK employed to lure staff from remote to on-site.

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a café inside the Boston Consulting Group's headquarters
Part of the café is double-height, and it’s where Emilio Nanni’s Spy chairs line custom oak tables and the floor tile is encaustic cement.

HOK Designs Boston Consulting Group’s Canadian Headquarters

Long before the pandemic, Boston Consulting Group had embraced hybrid work, giving employees the freedom to come to the office—which total more than 100 across the globe—meet with clients at their workplaces, or complete certain tasks from home. Whichever made the most sense for the business at hand. That said, collaboration is at the heart of how the management consultancy, often referred to as BCG, operates: Staffers form teams to tackle knotty problems clients are facing and puzzle through the issues to arrive at solutions. And this sort of teamwork, BCG felt, is best carried out face-to-face.

Back in 2017, when the company tapped HOK for its new Canadian headquarters on three floors—46, 47, and 48—of a tower rising in Toronto’s financial district, BCG sought an office that would be dazzling enough to draw employees to the workplace, that would provide a variety of bespoke settings so that teams could be as productive as possible while on-site. All of which is to say that when the pandemic hit in 2020—sending companies around the world scrambling to, first, figure out how to work remotely during lockdowns and, then, how to lure employees back to the office after they’d become accustomed to doing their jobs from home—BCG was way ahead of the game. Sure, there were tweaks to HOK’s concept for the 100,000- square-foot BCG project because of the pandemic—designers had to make sure work- stations were 6 feet apart, for example, and they loaded up meeting rooms with video- conferencing and audiovisual equipment for staffers participating remotely—but the changes amounted to fine-tuning a good plan that was already in place. And the result is this spectacular, ultra-sophisticated space that serves as a showplace for the company and a magnet for a workforce now numbering more than 400. “On the busiest days, we’re approaching pre-pandemic attendance levels,” Nina Abdelmessih, BCG’s chief of operations and external relations in Canada, says. “Everybody is coming in.”

HOK Designs a Hybrid Office for Boston Consulting Group

the two-story atrium of Boston Consulting Group's Toronto headquarters
Beyond the custom steel sconces attached to columns, city and Lake Ontario views fill the two-story atrium of Boston Consulting Group’s three-level Canadian headquarters in Toronto by HOK.

The plan’s success started with carving out an atrium near the window wall on the two lower floors—one advantage of coming to the project while the building was under construction was that this could be done before the floor plates were in place. Working with the developer, HOK specified an opening measuring a generous 20 by 80 feet, envisioning it as the “heart of the organization,” Caitlin Turner, HOK director of interiors in Canada and the project lead, notes. The atrium fills with light and opens up views of the city and Lake Ontario. Rooms situated off it are sided in glass so everyone shares in the sunshine.

A beckoning staircase steps up through the atrium to the top floor. It encourages employees to walk up and down—healthier for them than taking the elevators—and results in serendipitous encounters that add to the general esprit de corps. “There’s this buzz,” Turner enthuses. As for the seating areas in the base of the atrium, in the café, she adds: “At lunchtime, it’s like a high-school cafeteria.”

Flanking the atrium are two unusual work areas: raised glass-enclosed meeting rooms reached by small flights of stairs. These little getaways for groups are just one example of the variety of bookable spaces found on all three floors of the HQ. “There’s a saying around HOK,” Turner continues. “One size misfits all.” Thus, she and her team gave BCG gathering options that would suit just about anyone’s personal work style—or the missions they might have. “If reaching consensus is the goal, there are rooms with round tables,” Turner explains. “If it’s sharing information, there’s stadium seating.” Even within some rooms, there’s a mix of seating: Employees can go from sprawling on lounge chairs for brainstorming sessions to sitting at a desk to tap away at a laptop.

The materials palette helps tie it all together. HOK selected leathers, linens, wools, stone, and wood— most sourced in Canada—to give the office more of a luxe hospitality feel than a no-nonsense corporate one. The firm, after all, not only ranks fifth amid our 100 Giants but also 81st on the Giants Hospitality list (as well as 10th and 45th for Healthcare and Sustainability Giants, respectively). Hand-troweled plaster adds texture to a wall near reception on the top floor. Fine oak millwork appoints the library. Touches of brass gleam throughout, from pendant fixtures over banquettes in the café to the vertical panels on a timeline of BCG’s history, also near reception. HOK also commissioned Canadian artists for paintings and artisans for tables with wood or marble tops.

a nook inside a room at Boston Consulting Group with views of the CN Tower
CN Tower views are seen from a nook furnished with Kateryna Sokolova’s Capsule chair and Patricia Urquiola’s Burin table.

But serendipity also played a part: Turner tracked down a black-stained oak credenza she spotted on Instagram for use in a touch- down room, where it joins an oversize pendant fixture by Marcel Wanders and sinuous Italian armchairs. It’s just a sampling of the international, contemporary aesthetic permeating this buzzing workplace—one that is clearly not cookie-cutter but has helped become something of a model for other BCG offices in the throes of relocation and renovation.

Behind the Design of Boston Consulting Group’s Canadian Headquarters

the reception area at Boston Consulting Group
Visitors arrive at reception on the top floor, then descend to the atrium via a staircase backed by a hand-troweled plaster wall.
moveable iron screens in front of a seating area in Boston Consulting Group's headquarters
In the café, Leeway chairs by Keiji Takeuchi stand before custom moveable iron screens, while a Parlez bench by Eoos near the window overlooks the lake.
a café inside the Boston Consulting Group's headquarters
Part of the café is double-height, and it’s where Emilio Nanni’s Spy chairs line custom oak tables and the floor tile is encaustic cement.
inside the library at Boston Consulting Group
The birdlike Perch pendants in the library are by Umut Yamac.
Paola Navone’s Brass pendant fixtures suspended over booths
Paola Navone’s Brass pendant fixtures suspend over Umami booths; photography: Karl Hipolito.
felt pendants hang above desks in an office area
Felt pendants by Iskos-Berlin and carpet tile help control acoustics in an office area.
a digital meeting room with red office chairs at Boston Consulting Group
Studio 7.5’s Cosm chairs and Stitch in Time carpet tile bring energy to a digital meeting room.
a geometric patterned wall covering in an office
In a touch-down room off reception, the shape of Marcel Wanders Studio’s Skygarden pendant is echoed in the wallcovering pattern by Domenica Brockman.
a coffee bar inside a consulting company's headquarters with hospitality vibes
Upholstered Strike chairs, Allied Maker’s Arc pendants, and Cerchio mosaic tile lend a hospitality vibe to the coffee bar.
a company timeline on the wall of Boston Consulting Group
Near reception, flooring is wood-look vinyl tile and the company timeline incorporates digital screens looping BCG-related videos.
inside the boardroom of Boston Consulting Group in Toronto
Custom light fixtures drape across the ceiling in the boardroom, where the commissioned painting is by Toronto artist Kim Dorland.
a raised meeting room enclosed in glass
Glass encloses much of a raised meeting room, but wool-felt paneling covers its back wall.
PROJECT TEAM
HOK: PAUL GOGAN; BRITTANY TOD; KRISTINA KAMENAR; CALEB SOLOMONS; SALLY SHI; FARIBA SAJADI; ROWENA AUYEUNG; BETHANY FOSS; DANIEL MEEKER
RJC ENGINEERS: STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
MITCHELL PARTNERSHIP: MECHANICAL ENGINEER
MULVEY & BANANI LIGHTING: LIGHTING DESIGNER
MCM: CUSTOM FURNITURE WORKSHOP
Opus Art Projects: Art Consultant
PRODUCT SOURCES
FROM FRONT
VISO: CUSTOM SCONCES (ATRIUM), CUSTOM CEILING FIXTURES (BOARDROOM)
geiger: WOOD CHAIRS (CAFÉ)
PENGELLY IRON WORKS: CUSTOM SCREENS
KEIL­HAUER: BENCH
EUREKA LIGHTING: RING PENDANT FIX­TURES
STEELACASE: BOOTHS
gervasoni: BRASS PEN­DANT FIXTURES
BILLIANI: GRAY CHAIRS
TRIBU: BROWN/WHITE CHAIRS
CEMENT TILE SHOP: FLOOR TILE
muuto: PENDANT FIXTURES (OFFICE AREA)
STUDIO OTHER: WORK­ STATIONS
knoll: CHAIRS (OFFICE AREA, LIBRARY)
SHAW INDUSTRIES GROUP: CARPET TILE (OFFICE AREA, NOOK)
herman miller: CHAIRS (DIGITAL ROOM)
HALCON FUR­NITURE: TABLES
flos: CEILING FIXTURES
Interface: CARPET TILE
nienkamper: TABLES (TOUCH­DOWN, COFFEE BAR)
GALLOTTI&RADICE: CHAIRS (TOUCH­DOWN)
POIAT: CREDENZA
AREA ENVIRONMENTS: WALLCOVERING
flos: PENDANT FIXTURE
CASALA: CHAIR (NOOK)
cappellini: CHAIRS (BOARDROOM)
PRISMATIQUE: CUSTOM TABLE
CREATIVE MATTERS: CUSTOM RUG
Davis Furniture: BENCH
filzfelt: PANELING (MEETING ROOM)
Haworth: DEMOUNTABLE WALLS
Allied Maker: PENDANT FIXTURES (COFFEE BAR)
ARRMET: CHAIRS
MOSAÏQUE SURFACE: WALL TILE
THROUGHOUT
STONETILE: VINYL FLOOR TILE
BENJAMIN MOORE & CO.; SHERWIN­ WILLIAMS: PAINT

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5 Giants of Design Craft Artful Interiors https://interiordesign.net/projects/top-design-firms-craft-artful-interiors/ Tue, 30 May 2023 17:34:48 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/?post_type=id_project&p=210920 Whether an apartment building in Boston or a Vermont music hall, five top firms infuse their work with the beauty and stimulation of art.

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an oculus in the grand hall of 550 Madison, with orange and red murals flanking it
Photography by Nikolas Koenig.

5 Giants of Design Craft Artful Interiors

Whether an apartment building in Massachusetts, a Vermont music hall, or a law office in Washington, five top firms infuse their work with the beauty and stimulation of art—and nature.

Marlboro Music Reich Hall in Vermont by HGA

After completing a series of residential buildings for this nonprofit classical music retreat nestled amid 360 verdant acres, the firm returns for a multifaceted encore that is harmonious with the area’s vernacular and environmental stewardship. Presenting as a simple cedar-clad Cape Cod–style cottage, the 12,000-square-foot hall encompasses three rehearsal rooms and an archive library, all outfitted with large, operable windows affording woodsy vistas, ceilings and paneling of locally sourced, acoustically sound white pine, and a passive solar-gains strategy.


See where HGA ranks on three of Interior Design‘s recent Giants of Design reports, including Top 100 Giants; Healthcare Giants; and Sustainability Giants.


Williams & Connolly in Washington by HYL Architecture

The 290,000-square-foot headquarters of a leading litigation firm exemplifies the consideration of setting and sustainability. Poised on the Potomac River, the interiors incorporate sweeping curves and Jae Ko’s Riverine, a commissioned artwork of swirling paper, both reflecting the motion of the water, while the project’s LEED Gold certification resulted from employing such Living Building Challenge–supporting natural materials as limestone, marble, and quartered walnut; daylight harvesting; and lighting controllability, public-transportation access, and a café addition providing healthy snacks for all staff.


See where HYL Architecture ranks on Interior Design’s Rising Giant report.


7INK in Boston by Elkus Manfredi Architects

Somewhere between an upscale dorm room and a boutique hotel is this 14-story rental property that offers Gen Z tenants “inclusive living,” meaning cooking classes in the communal kitchen, lounges, coworking, fitness facilities, and housekeeping services for the 180 furnished apartments. Even though marketed as affordable, an offbeat luxury pervades via white oak millwork, sophisticated wallpapers and lighting, Modernist- inspired furniture, and commissioned contemporary art, while a 15-foot scoreboard salvaged from the former Boston Garden brings local spirit.


See where Elkus Manfredi Architects ranks on three of Interior Design‘s recent Giants of Design reports, including Top 100 Giants; Hospitality Giants; and Sustainability Giants.


550 Madison in New York by Rockwell Group

A repositioning of this landmarked office tower, completed in 1984 by Philip Johnson and John Burgee as the AT&T headquarters, entails a new lobby by Gensler, an enlarged public garden by Snøhetta, plus 35,000 square feet of fitness and amenities spaces by this firm. Joining the latter’s café and lounge is a library and a billiards room encased in bleached European walnut, which surround the grand hall, a sunlit gathering spot featuring the original rose-window oculus, a custom chandelier in bronze and opal glass, and a pair of Dorothea Rockburne murals that bring the project’s total number of artworks by women to 13.


See where Rockwell Group ranks on Interior Design‘s Top 100 Giants and Hospitality Giants reports.


Finance office in San Diego by IA Interior Architects

Archways of quarter-cut American walnut nod to the region’s architecture at this 15,400-square-foot executive center, concepted during the early phase of the pandemic to radically reimagine and anticipate the future of workplace. Free-address desking; flexible collaboration rooms able to accommodate intimate gatherings as well as larger TEDx talks; and lounge and pantry spaces appointed with artworks by local and national creatives, mohair-upholstered seating, and recycled-content watercolor carpets blur the lines between client-hosting and employee zones.


See where IA Interior Architects ranks on three of Interior Design‘s recent Giants of Design reports, including Top 100 Giants; Healthcare Giants; and Sustainability Giants.


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Interior Design Spotlights 2023 Healthcare Giants https://interiordesign.net/research/healthcare-giants-2023/ Mon, 15 May 2023 13:30:10 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/?post_type=id_research&p=210310 Three years after the start of the pandemic, the 2023 Interior Design Healthcare Giants give a pulse on the state of healthcare design today.

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The Guerin Children's pediatric medical-surgical inpatient unit at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles
The Guerin Children’s pediatric medical-surgical inpatient unit at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is by HGA. Photography by Kim Rodgers.

Interior Design Spotlights 2023 Healthcare Giants

What’s most interesting about the Healthcare Giants isn’t the numbers so much as how the business has evolved during the pandemic—and in general. Consider colonoscopies, tonsillectomies, and other minor procedures that were always a little too major to happen outside a hospital setting. The rise of skilled-care facilities and those dedicated to a single function, such as outpatient procedures or diagnostic imaging, have resulted in lots of smaller design projects. In 2019 the Healthcare Giants worked on 3,200; in 2022 that number rose to 5,500—a 73 percent increase partially attributed to smaller COVID-related projects that may not have otherwise happened. But there’s no question that the design of the physical environment is changing.

And yet, hospital design work remains a stalwart: Acute-care hospitals accounted for half of 2022’s $698 million fees—a bit below the COVID-boosted $790 million in 2020, but handily beating the $607 million pre-pandemic dollars. (The most growth, however, is projected for behavioral health and walk-in/urgent-care clinics.) Furniture, fixtures, and construction products also now outstrip 2019 numbers—$17.8 billion versus $14.6 billion.

But there’s a catch: forecasts. The Healthcare Giants predict $562 million fee income and $14.9 billion FF&C income in 2023, both healthy drops. Whether this is something to fear or just the nature of a market over-boiled by a public health emergency and point-of-service changes remains to be seen. This odd combination of instability and prosperity might just stay with us a while longer.

Healthcare Giants Rankings 2023

wdt_ID 2023 Rank Firm Headquarters Design Fees (in millions) FFC Value (in millions) Sq. Ft. (in millions) 2022 Rank
1 1 CannonDesign New York 70 2
2 2 HDR Omaha, NE 67 214 1
3 3 Perkins&Will Chicago 66 1,586 3
4 4 SmithGroup Detroit 57 8
5 5 HKS Dallas 51 7
6 6 AECOM Dallas 46 2,742 6
7 7 Perkins Eastman New York 42 867 5
8 8 Page Southerland Page Washington 41 1,891 7 18
9 9 Stantec Edmonton, Canada 32 12
10 10 HOK St. Louis 30 2,814 32 9

Project Categories


Growth Potential Over Next Two Years

U.S.

wdt_ID Region Percentage
1 Southwest 57
2 Southeast 55
3 Northeast 53
4 Mid-Atlantic 43
5 Midwest 40
6 Midsouth 40
7 Northwest 28

International

wdt_ID Region Percentage
1 Canada 13
2 Europe 11
3 Middle East 11
4 Asia/Australia/New Zealand 9
5 China 9
6 Central/South America 6
7 Mexico 4
8 Caribbean 2
9 India 2
10 Africa 0
11 Other 2

Fees by Project Type

wdt_ID Project Type 2022 Actual 2023 Forecast
1 Acute-care Hospital 49 50
2 Outpatient Procedure/Surgery Center 16 13
3 Health Clinics 10 9
4 Mental-health Facility 5 6
5 Rehabilitation Facility 4 3
6 Other 4 6
7 Senior Living 3 2
8 Doctor/Dental Office 3 4
9 Health & Wellness/Fitness Center 3 3
10 Assisted Living 2 2
11 Skilled-nursing Facility/Hospice 1 2
12 Telehealth Facility 0 1

Editor’s Note: Take a look at recent coverage of our Healthcare Giants most admired firms of 2023 below. CannonDesign tops the list followed by Perkins&Will, and ZGF.


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Firms with the Most Fee Growth

wdt_ID Firm 2021 2022
1 Page Southerland Page 11,746,560 40,961,000
2 SmithGroup 34,237,879 56,697,832
3 HKS 40,249,723 51,171,914
4 CannonDesign 60,000,000 70,000,000
5 Perkins&Will 56,400,000 66,300,000
6 Jacobs 3,180,325 11,763,190
7 Stantec 23,913,460 32,112,724
8 HDR 60,873,600 67,111,200
9 AECOM 40,526,200 45,705,240
10 ZGF 17,158,000 21,238,955

Forecasted Change by Segment Over Next Two Years

wdt_ID Segment More Projects No Change Fewer Projects
1 Hospital 54 26 4
2 Assisted/Senior Living 54 25 4
3 Rehabilitation Facility 35 35 7
4 Outpatient Procedure/Surgery Center 54 24 2
5 Mental-health Facility 76 4 0
6 Doctor/Dental Office 26 41 7
7 Health Clinics 67 17 0
8 Health & Wellness/Fitness Center 43 30 4
9 Skilled-nursing Facility/Hospice 20 41 4
10 Private Sector 28 35 4
11 Public Sector 22 40 2
12 Other 50 17 17

Methodology

The Interior Design Giants annual business survey comprises the largest firms ranked by interior design fees for the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022. The listings are generated from only those surveyed. To be recognized as a top 100, Rising, Healthcare, or Hospitality Giant, you must meet the following criteria: Have at least one office location in North America, and generate at least 25% of your interior design fee income in North America. Firms that do not meet the criteria are ranked on our International Giants list. Interior design fees include those attributed to:

1. All aspects of a firm’s in­terior design practice, from strategic planning and programming to design and project management.

2. Fees paid to a firm for work performed by employees and independent contractors who are “full-time staff equivalent.”

Interior design fees do not include revenues paid to a firm and remitted to subcontractors who are not con­sid­ered full-time staff equivalent. For example, certain firms attract work that is subcontracted to a local firm. The originating firm may collect all the fees and re­tain a management or generation fee, paying the remainder to the performing firm. The amounts paid to the latter are not included in fees of the collecting firm when determining its ranking. Ties are broken by rank from last year. Where applicable, all per­cent­ages are based on responding Giants, not their total number. 

All research conducted by ThinkLab, the research division of SANDOW Design Group.

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Loyola Marymount University Gets a Theatrical Addition https://interiordesign.net/projects/loyola-marymount-university-los-angeles-som/ Fri, 12 May 2023 16:44:35 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/?post_type=id_project&p=210463 At Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill wraps two new-builds for media and performance in dynamic exteriors.

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the SFTV undergrad building at a Los Angeles university glows at night
In the evening, the new SFTV undergrad complex—the main building, in back; the adjoining theater with rooftop terrace, front left; and the outdoor planted patio, front right—takes on a soft lanternlike glow.

Loyola Marymount University Gets a Theatrical Addition

The word design may derive from the Italian verb segnare, meaning to sign, but Skidmore, Owings & Merrill senior associate principal Carlos Madrid III eschewed a splashy signature in favor of cultivating a sense of community in two recent projects at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. The School of Film and Television Undergraduate Building, a four-story slab of teaching spaces with an attached theater—24,000-square-foot in all—and the Drollinger Family Stage, an outdoor performance pavilion, both serve as student magnets that foster and sustain campus life. “The main driver was creating and activating people-oriented buildings,” says Madrid, who led both projects.

The main SFTV building is straightforward, a no-nonsense block of concrete finished in troweled stucco. Its upper levels host flexible multipurpose classrooms while staff offices, post-production classrooms, and a camera directing studio occupy the ground floor, which is pierced by a wide breezeway leading to a landscaped courtyard and the existing SFTV graduate building in back. The 86-seat theater, housed in a separate yet adjoining volume clad in matte silver aluminum panels, sits in front.

SOM Designs The School of Film and Television Undergraduate Building

the exterior of Loyola Marymount University's School of Film and Television Undergraduate Building
At Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, a semitransparent brise-soleil covers the east facade of the ground-up School of Film and Television Undergraduate Building by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, which also designed the campus’s new Drollinger Family Stage.

For Madrid, form did not mean shape—or at least, not unusual shape. Rather, the architect used it to organize patterns of movement and rest around the simple slab, to create an armature for all the in-between moments of student life: getting to and leaving from class; hanging out; sitting down to chat, read, check phone messages. Some interiors have windows but most do not, so Madrid extroverted the introverted program. “We started thinking about how to activate the building’s exterior, putting all the circulation outside,” he says, “so we would see people moving up and down the stairs, like an ant farm.” L.A.’s mild climate allowed him and his team to service the classrooms with outdoor corridors—a stack of cantilevered aerial sidewalks, wide enough to accommodate tables, chairs, and casual encounters alongside bustling foot traffic—with staircases at each end. The whole east facade is populated and alive, a human terrarium, not simply a designed composition.

Madrid veiled the vertical streetscape with a gauzy brise-soleil. Made from pleated sheets of perforated powder-coated aluminum, the semitransparent screen lets breezes flow through the corridors while shielding them from the direct morning sun. The space between the veil and the facade acts as a passive buffer, a naturally regulated microclimate that augments building energy efficiency, exemplifying why SOM is ranked not only 19th among our Sustainability Giants but also 49th amid the 100 Giants.

The firm put additional outdoor square footage to use by turning the adjoining theater rooftop into a planted terrace, which Madrid calls a “meditative space,” while the plaza next to the theater, outfitted with bright yellow umbrellas and café furniture, serves as a shaded patio. All the outdoor zones overlook a wide, landscaped pedestrian mall—the spine of the university complex—which has a pleasingly symbiotic relationship with the SFTV building. “The patio has become one of the most popular places on campus,” Madrid reports. “It’s always active, with people hanging out and classes being taught there.”

a landscaped walkway on the campus of Loyola Marymount University
The SFTV building sits on Alumni Mall, a landscaped walkway that’s the spine of the campus.

Building Interiors Feature Mobile Furnishings

In what was a soup-to-nuts project, Madrid and the SOM team designed and furnished the school’s interiors, addressing requirements for a high-tech electronic infrastructure and highly mobile furniture that’s easily moved or stored for multipurpose classroom flexibility.

Loyola Marymount is a repeat client for which SOM has helmed eight projects over the last decade. The architects have taken contextual clues from the existing modernist buildings, conceiving structures with a simplicity and clarity that fit into the larger ensemble, seeking agreement rather than disruption—a strategy Madrid continued with the Drollinger Family Stage. Asked to design an outdoor theater to support film, dance, and drama, he was able to take the program further, in part because the pandemic proved the relative safety of gathering outside. “The building could be more,” he explains, “a classroom for everyday use, plus a facility for health, wellness, movement, and meditation—not just a place for a performance several nights a week.”

An Innovative Outdoor Theater Designed by SOM 

In devising the 3,200-square-foot open pavilion, Madrid took the formal restraint of the SFTV building to the point of minimalism. Located on a central grassy plaza, the stage comprises a low concrete podium with a row of eight slender columns on each side supporting a canted roof that seems to hover weightlessly 24 feet above the ground. In fact, the canopy incorporates a hefty grid of 2-foot-deep perforated steel beams, its coffered underside packed with lighting and audiovisual systems. Thanks to its anodized aluminum–clad perimeter soffit, which extends some 10 feet beyond the columns while tapering to a razor-thin edge, the roof appears to have no mass. Slimmer than the trunks of the surrounding palm trees, the steel pillars have no visible lateral bracing to break the structure’s floating spell or block audience sightlines and yet are sturdy enough to accom­modate conduits running up to the ceiling apparatus.

This futuristic bandshell is more than a feat of sophisticated engineering, however. In its purity and symmetry, the pavilion is like a modern take on a garden folly or a cyber-age version of a classical tempietto. Full-length curtains hang ready to encircle the performance area if required. Stirred by breezes from the nearby ocean, the billowing drapes turn the stage into a sailing vessel—a poetic moment singular on campus.

Inside Loyola Marymount University’s New Film and Television Building

a building's screen made of perforated powder-coated aluminum
The diaphanous custom screen is made from pleated sheets of perforated powder-coated aluminum.
students stand on a balcony behind a screen on the exterior of an undergrad building at Loyola Marymount University
It is separated from the concrete building, which is clad in stucco, by cantilevered balconies that serve as open-air circulation corridors.
students wear VR headsets in a classroom at Loyola Marymount University
Giancarlo Piretti’s Pirouette tables outfit a classroom, where linear LEDs provide illumination and acoustic paneling is covered in Suzanne Tick’s Heather Tech polyester.
an outdoor corridor with tables and seating outside a university building
Fermob tables and chairs designed by Frédéric Sofia turn an outdoor corridor into a breakout zone.
the SFTV undergrad building at a Los Angeles university glows at night
In the evening, the new SFTV undergrad complex—the main building, in back; the adjoining theater with rooftop terrace, front left; and the outdoor planted patio, front right—takes on a soft lanternlike glow.
inside a theater at the undergrad film and TV building at Loyola Marymount University
Equipped with a 4K projection screen, the state-of-the-art 86-seat theater is swathed in plush polyester-velvet curtains.
a multipurpose outdoor pavilion glows at night
Recessed lighting illuminates the broad aluminum-clad roof soffit of the Drollinger Family Stage, a multipurpose outdoor pavilion.
curtains blow through a multipurpose pavilion at a university
Stirred by the breeze, performance-fabric curtains billow through the structure’s slender steel columns, which echo the surrounding palm trees.
Lawton Plaza at Loyola Marymount University
The pavilion is located on grassy Lawton Plaza, which is bounded by wide, bleacherlike steps.
a theater-like pavilion at a Los Angeles university
The roof comprises a grid of steel beams, its coffered underside packed with theater light­ing and audiovisual equipment.
PROJECT TEAM
skidmore, owings & merrill: paul danna; tannar whitney; karl gleason; brandon horn; wooil kim; abel diaz; john gordon; yanhong liu; lonny israel; kacey bills; nour mourad
mig: landscape consultant
hlb lighting design: lighting consultant
ama group: mep
KPFF: civil engineer
w.e. o’neil: general contractor
PROJECT SOURCES
FROM FRONT
fermob: tables, chairs (hall, patio)
ki: tables (classroom), seating (theater)
luum textiles: acoustic panels (classroom, theater), curtains (theater)
Tuuci: umbrellas (patio)
sunbrella: curtains (stage)
alphabet: handrail lighting
chauvet: theater lighting
THROUGHOUT
valmont structure: custom brise-soleil
axis lighting; targetti: light fixtures
alucobond: exterior cladding
automatic devices company: curtain tracks

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Inside Cincinnati’s New Major League Soccer Stadium https://interiordesign.net/projects/tql-stadium-cincinnati-soccer/ Wed, 10 May 2023 14:52:54 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/?post_type=id_project&p=210452 Populous, the Kansas City, Missouri, firm delivers soup-to-nuts services for Cincinnati's TQL Stadium for its Major League Soccer expansion team

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Exterior of the TQL Stadium at dusk

Inside Cincinnati’s New Major League Soccer Stadium

Cincinnati is betting big on soccer. After winning a bid for a Major League Soccer expansion team, the city invested $250 million in TQL Stadium, an over 500,00-square-foot venue for FC Cincinnati, soon to play its fifth professional season. Populous, the Kansas City, Missouri, firm that ranks 29th among Interior Design’s top 100 Giants, charged the field to deliver soup-to-nuts services for the massive project, including architecture, interior design, and wayfinding.

The sporty experience begins with a facade wrapped in some 500 energetic vertical aluminum fins, which are connected by an LED system that creates a dazzling display at night. Inside, FC’s colors—fire and navy—team up to cover the stadium’s 26,000 seats. Elsewhere, versions of the orange shade are interpolated into more organic coppers and bronzes, which nod to the city’s industrial history. Find them in the First Financial Club, a beer hall inspired by the region’s rich brewing tradition, and the Tunnel Club, a high-end field-side dining zone where teak accents are reminiscent of the stacks at the Old Cincinnati Library.

A Closer Look at the Design of TQL Stadium in Cincinnati 

A dining area with orange chairs inside the TQL Stadium
Red and black seats in the TQL Stadium
An airy industrial bar area inside the TQL Stadium
Exterior of the TQL Stadium at dusk

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Johns Hopkins University Unveils an Innovative Laboratory https://interiordesign.net/projects/johns-hopkins-university-physics-lab-cannondesign/ Tue, 09 May 2023 17:48:13 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/?post_type=id_project&p=210363 For Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, CannonDesign creates an asymmetrical forest of mirror-finished stainless-steel columns.

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Johns Hopkins University Unveils an Innovative Laboratory

Healthcare’s number-one Giant put its thinking cap on in designing a facility for a renowned research center that employs 6,000 of the nation’s top scientists and engineers for work in homeland security, biomedicine, air and missile defense, and other hush-hush but very important endeavors. An interdisciplinary team from CannonDesign—drawing staffers from six offices across three time zones—oversaw the creation of the Applied Physics Laboratory’s new Building 201. The fourth floor of the 263,000-square-foot, five-story structure cantilevers on an asymmetrical forest of mirror-finished stainless-steel columns that imbue the edifice with surprising airiness. Inside, the team combined labs and workspace for the 650-person Research and Exploratory Development Department (APL’s cutting-edge research engine) into a genuinely collaborative network of spaces. “The building fosters an environment where employees can truly flourish,” CannonDesign’s science and technology practice director Stephen Blair explains. To wit: the skylit atrium crisscrossed by seven bridges and five stairs that encourages intermingling between scientists from different teams—proof that architecture can quite literally bridge gaps dividing disciplines.

A Closer Look at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

A geometric staircase in Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Photography by Christopher Barrett.
A person walks down a hallway in the John Hopkins physics lab
Photography by Laura Peters.
The exterior of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Photography by Christopher Barrett.
A glass ceiling above a gold staircase in Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Photography by Christopher Barrett.

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A Community Clinic Raises the Bar for Trauma-Informed Design https://interiordesign.net/projects/perkins-and-will-family-tree-clinic/ Tue, 09 May 2023 17:21:53 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/?post_type=id_project&p=210353 For Family Tree, a community clinic offering sliding-scale reproductive healthcare to Twin Cities students, Perkins&Will designs an inviting space.

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A reception area near the yellow staircase in Family Tree clinic
Corey Gaffer

A Community Clinic Raises the Bar for Trauma-Informed Design

A community clinic offering sliding-scale reproductive healthcare to Twin Cities students since 1971, Family Tree is a haven for marginalized folk. Comprehensive services include STI testing and treatment, birth control, gender-affirming care, and even legal aid for queer and trans people. In 2022, the growing clinic relocated to a 17,000-square-foot new building in south Minneapolis by Perkins&Will.

A trauma-informed approach to design begins with space planning. Corridors draw sight lines to the exterior courtyard, rooted with native butterfly and pollinator-friendly plants, and translucent windows in exam rooms invite daylight while maintaining privacy. “All the entry and circulation paths are clear, simple, and inclusive,” Perkins&Will operations director Cara Prosser notes. The main waiting room showcases vivid murals by a local artist and offers varied seating options to suit patients’ diverse needs. Throughout, the team chose patterns and colors that would reduce visual distraction. Ultimately, Family Tree is a model for the future of healthcare, raising the bar to ensure patients are physically, mentally, and emotionally well.

Family Tree Clinic by Perkins&Will Features Pops of Color 

A waiting area for guests at Family Tree clinic
A bright yellow staircase in Family Tree clinic
Colorful chairs and a wall mural brighten up Family Tree clinic
A reception area near the yellow staircase in Family Tree clinic

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Behind the Design of LaGuardia Airport’s Delta Airlines Terminal C https://interiordesign.net/projects/laguardia-airports-delta-airlines-terminal-c-corgan/ Tue, 09 May 2023 15:57:10 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/?post_type=id_project&p=210336 For Delta Air Lines Terminal C at LaGuardia Airport, Corgan employs sustainable design principles to create an inviting space with warm wood and marble.

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LaGuardia Airport Delta Air Lines Terminal C

Behind the Design of LaGuardia Airport’s Delta Airlines Terminal C

New York’s LaGuardia Airport has long held a reputation for being, frankly, the worst. But a six-year overhaul has shot it straight to the top of “best of” lists: Terminal B won UNESCO’s 2021 Prix Versailles and now Delta Air Lines Terminal C is gunning for accolades with soaring interior spaces and abundant natural light courtesy of Corgan. Grounded by warm wood and commanding marble, the three-story central headhouse—with baggage claim, check-in, security, and a Delta Sky Club lounge—and two-story concourses are woven together with site-specific art commissioned in partnership with the local Queens Museum. Sculptor Virginia Overton, influenced by her father’s memories of flying into LaGuardia, suspended an assemblage of salvaged skylights from the atrium ceiling to create Skylight Gems, an installation that encourages visitors to look up and celebrate the sen­sation and spectacle of flight.

Sustainability was also a guiding principle: “We considered big and small gestures that move the needle,” Corgan’s COO and aviation studio leader Jay Liese explains. Think a vast thermal storage system, harvesting to reduce artificial lighting use, and electrochromic smart glass to control glare and heat gain.

LaGuardia Airport Delta Air Lines Terminal C
Photography by Matthew Mcnulty.
LaGuardia Airport Delta Air Lines Terminal C
Photography by Kurt Griesbach.

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This Healthcare Center Immerses Patients in Storybook Narratives https://interiordesign.net/projects/seattle-childrens-hospital-zgf/ Tue, 09 May 2023 14:31:58 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/?post_type=id_project&p=210321 ZGF eschews scary sterility in favor of storybook immersion at this new eight-story diagnostic and treatment facility at Seattle Children's Hospital.

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Children follow storybook wayfinding images in Building Care, Seattle Children’s.

This Healthcare Center Immerses Patients in Storybook Narratives

In the name of transforming children’s healthcare for the better, ZGF eschewed scary sterility in favor of storybook immersion at this new eight-story diagnostic and treatment facility, part of a 1-million-square-foot campus expansion at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Kids are deeply absorbed in storytelling in a way grown-ups can no longer access; playing pretend is how they learn about the world. The firm’s narrative-based wayfinding tunes into this, plotting a whimsical journey through the project that immerses visitors and patients in an enchanted natural environment. A trail map in the main lobby illustrates how the hospital’s four wayfinding zones—forest, river, mountain, ocean—connect and identifies the easiest path to each destination. Since this department is located in the forest, wood and organic patterns and textures predominate, while murals by local artists depict comforting animals. Charming details unfold chapter by chapter, so to speak, from backlit 3D dioramas tucked into wall niches to tiny paw prints embedded in the terrazzo floor.

The Seattle Children’s Hospital Features Whimsical Wayfinding Cues 

A seating nook in Children follow storybook wayfinding images in Building Care, Seattle Children’s.
Photography by Lara Swimmer.
Wall murals double as learning tools in Children follow storybook wayfinding images in Building Care, Seattle Children’s.
Photography by Lara Swimmer.
Children follow storybook wayfinding images in Building Care, Seattle Children’s.
Photography by Benjamin Benschneider.
The curved facade of Children follow storybook wayfinding images in Building Care, Seattle Children’s.
Photography by Benjamin Benschneider.

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FXCollaborative Designs a Cultural Hub in Tarrytown, New York https://interiordesign.net/projects/david-rockefeller-creative-arts-center-fxcollaborative/ Tue, 09 May 2023 13:51:28 +0000 https://interiordesign.net/?post_type=id_project&p=210305 The David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center by FXCollaborative is intended as an artists’ studio, performance space, and rotating gallery in New York.

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The exterior of the David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center
Pocantico / Rockefeller Creative Arts Center; Location: Tarrytown New York, Architect: FX Collaborative Architects

FXCollaborative Designs a Cultural Hub in Tarrytown, New York

Built in 1908 as a citrus greenhouse on the former Rockefeller family estate in Tarrytown, New York, the orangerie recently received a stunning face-lift courtesy of FXCollaborative’s adaptive reuse and redesign. The firm salvaged as much of the existing structure as possible to create the new 15,700-square-foot David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center, complete with theatrical lighting, retractable indoor seating, a terrace, and advanced MEP systems enabling the building to achieve net-zero annual energy consumption.

The facility is intended as an artists’ studio, performance space, and rotating gallery; its inaugural exhibit celebrated Women’s History Month with a slate of modern works by female talents. “Every detail is rooted in supporting the creative process across disci­plines,” FXCollaborative senior associate Brandon Massey explains. The project’s forward-thinking scheme extends beyond sustainability, with gender-inclusive restrooms and accessible indoor/outdoor spaces allowing unfettered access to artists and guests of all abilities—a remarkable feat for such a historic institution.

Inside the David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center

A space for performances in the David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center
Photography by John Muggenborg.
The exterior of the David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center
Photography by David Sundberg/Esto.
The David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center also serves as an art gallery
Photography by John Muggenborg.
The exterior of the David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center
Photography by David Sundberg/Esto.

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