The recently completed patient care center at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, California, designed by NBBJ. Photo: Courtesy McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.

Seattle · 2007.1023
Seattle, Washington-based NAC|Architecture has promoted two staff members to principal. Boris Srdar, AIA, leads the advancement of design for the firm. Mark McMichael, PE, is an electrical engineer.

NAC|Architecture has also promoted three staff members to associate principal. Dan Jardine, AIA, is a leader of the firm's healthcare practice. Steve Galey, AIA, and Matt Rumbaugh, AIA, focus on education projects.

Greater Noida · 2007.1022
New York City-based FXFOWLE Architects, PC has revealed its design for the Greater Noida Housing Project, a 1,700-unit development planned for Greater Noida, India. Located on a 19-hectare (47-acre) site, the project is intended to provide socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable housing for middle-class residents. The developer is Ansal Properties & Infrastructure. Completion is expected in 2011.

Dallas · 2007.1019
Randall Stone, AIA, has joined the Dallas, Texas, office of Callison as a director. Stone has over 22 years of experience with complex, large-scale retail and mixed-use centers and with hospitality projects. His portfolio includes The Streets of Southpoint in Durham, North Carolina; Creekside in New Braunfels, Texas; and Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He previously served as a vice president for RTKL Associates, Inc. and as a group associate with Carter & Burgess.

Philadelphia · 2007.1019
A new academic building has opened at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The $60 million project comprises the Dorrance H. Hamilton Building, a center for interdisciplinary health instruction; the Sidney and Ethal Lubert Plaza; and a 252-space underground garage.

The Philadelphia office of Burt Hill designed the six-story Hamilton building, which houses a technologically advanced auditorium, group classrooms, a two-floor clinical skills center, common meeting areas on each floor, and a rooftop terrace. The building’s curved facade features large expanses of glass that carry through the entire ground floor, allowing people on the street to look into the lobby, through the building, and out to the plaza.

Andropogon Associates, Ltd., also of Philadelphia, designed the 1.4-acre (0.6-hectare) plaza, the beginning of a new campus plan that includes a sustainable, multifunctional urban design with a community-friendly approach. It features lawns lined with shade trees, public art, and seating.

Minneapolis · 2007.1017
Susan Jacobson, CID, has joined Minneapolis, Minnesota-based KKE Architects, Inc. as a leader of the interiors group. Jacobson has 27 years of experience in interior architecture and design leadership in the hospitality, corporate, and healthcare sectors. She has contributed to projects for such clients as 3M, Radisson Hotels, Rain Forest, and HealthPartners. At KKE, Jacobson will specialize in hospitality, recreation, and entertainment.

Lenox · 2007.1017
Architecture firm Clark & Green of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, has revealed its design for the Shakespeare & Company Center for Production and Performing Arts in Lenox, Massachusetts. The center will occupy 31,200 square feet (2,900 square meters) of a renovated 54,000-square-foot (5,000-square-meter) sports fieldhouse. The center will comprise three interconnected zones: a rehearsal area, a two-story technical development area, and a performance venue. The former boiler plant area will house the lobby and concessions.

The project includes several sustainable design features. A high-quality climate-control system will be installed to provide flexible room-by-room temperature control. Large, translucent clerestory windows will provide daylighting in the scene shop. Automatic daylight sensors will adjust the artificial lighting. A native-plant wetland garden will be created in a drainage swale near the main entrance to provide filtration for runoff. Completion is scheduled for April 2008.

Orange · 2007.1012
Construction was recently completed on a new patient care center at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, California. NBBJ designed the new four-level patient tower, which adds 248,000 square feet (23,000 square meters) of space to the 75-year-old hospital facility. The exterior features aluminum, plaster, and glass, including a massive curtain wall with large graphics. The interiors feature extensive natural daylighting, wood paneling and flooring, bright paint and fabric colors, and light panels that depict nature scenes.

In accordance with St. Joseph Health System’s sustainable design standards for new facilities, the new center includes exterior lighting that reduces outdoor light pollution; energy-efficient Solarban 80 windows; recycled-aluminum curtain wall; Lutron lighting controls with sensors; low-emitting flooring and carpets; PVC-free wainscoting in janitor’s closets, utility rooms, and clean sterile rooms; and an energy-efficient PVC roofing system.

The new building has a braced steel frame designed for Zone 4 seismic considerations and "I" occupancy, as mandated by California Senate Bill 1953, which requires strict new seismic regulations for all acute care facilities. Newport Beach, California-based McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. served as general contractor.

West Hollywood · 2007.1011
The Positive Energy Condominiums have opened in West Hollywood, California. Bruno Bondanelli, AIA, principal of Los Angeles firm design:x, designed the two-unit development, which received LEED Gold certification. Environmentally friendly features include high-efficiency air conditioning and heating; a photovoltaic array; dual-glaze windows; recycled-content, permeable Rimastone paving; and xeriscape landscaping. The developer is Positive Energy Group of Beverly Hills.

New York · 2007.1010
Perkins + Will is acquiring Guenther 5 Architects of New York City, a healthcare architecture firm with a focus on sustainable design. The 18-person staff of Guenther 5 will join Perkins + Will, including founding principal Robin Guenther, FAIA, and principals Jason Harper, AIA, and Peter Syrett, AIA. The firm's clients include Beth Israel Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Maimonides Medical Center and Mt. Sinai Medical Center. Guenther 5's notable projects include the Patrick Dollard Discovery Health Center (2003), the second LEED-certified healthcare facility in the United States.

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