NBBJ is an American global

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, planning and

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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

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, the fastest growing architecture firm, and the architecture firm of choice by

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. 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

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by 2030. In addition, the firm is recognized as CarbonNeutral® certified by Natural Capital Partners and has signed the Amazon Climate Pledge.

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 World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

to accept large-scale federal commissions in the area, including expansion of the Bremerton Naval Shipyard, but remained together after the war. The firm remained focused on projects in the

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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 Godwin, Nitschke, Bohm to form the modern "NBBJ".

Selected completed projects

Corporate/Commercial

Amazon Spheres The Amazon Spheres are three spherical conservatories comprising part of the Amazon headquarters campus in Seattle, Washington, United States. Designed by NBBJ and landscape firm Site Workshop, its three glass domes are covered in pentagonal h ...

, Seattle, Washington (2018) * Day 1, Seattle, Washington (2016) * Doppler, Seattle, Washington (2015) * Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Headquarters, Seattle, Washington (2011) *

Russell Investments Russell Investments is an investment firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Corporate overview According to ''American Banker'', Russell Investments has approximately $300 billion of assets under management, as of September 2019. The firm r ...

Headquarters, Seattle, Washington (2011) * The Sail @ Marina Bay, Singapore (2008) *

Boeing The Boeing Company () is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and p ...

Commercial Airplane Headquarters, Renton, Washington (2004) *

Reebok Reebok International Limited () is an American fitness footwear and clothing manufacturer that is a part of Authentic Brands Group. It was established in England in 1958 as a companion company to J.W. Foster and Sons, a sporting goods company ...

World Headquarters, Canton, Massachusetts (2002) * Telenor World Headquarters, Fornebo, Oslo, Norway (2002) * Two Union Square, Seattle, Washington (2019) *

Alipay Alipay () is a third-party mobile and online payment platform, established in Hangzhou, China in February 2004 by Alibaba Group and its founder Jack Ma. In 2015, Alipay moved its headquarters to Pudong, Shanghai, although its parent compan ...

Headquarters, China *

Samsung The Samsung Group (or simply Samsung) ( ko, 삼성 ) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea. It comprises numerous affiliated businesses, most of them united under the ...

Headquarters, San Jose * Tencent Headquarters, China * Alibaba Headquarters, China * Rainier Tower, Seattle, Washington *

Rainier Square Tower Rainier Square Tower is a mixed-use skyscraper in the Metropolitan Tract of downtown Seattle, Washington. The tall, 58-story tower is located at Union Street between 4th and 5th Avenues adjacent to the existing Rainier Tower; it is the second-t ...

, Seattle, Washington
The Works, Unity Campus
Cambridge, United Kingdom * F5 Headquarters, Seattle, Washington

Healthcare

Banner Health Banner Health is a non-profit health system in the United States, based in Phoenix, Arizona. It operates 30 hospitals and several specialized facilities across 6 states. The health system is the largest employer in Arizona and one of the largest ...

Banner Estrella Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona (2004) *

Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Clinic is a nonprofit American academic medical center based in Cleveland, Ohio. Owned and operated by the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, an Ohio nonprofit corporation established in 1921, it runs a 170-acre (69 ha) campus in Cleveland, ...

Heart Center Miller Pavilion, Cleveland Ohio (2008) *

Southcentral Foundation Southcentral Foundation (SCF) is an Alaska Native health care organization established by Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI) in 1982 to improve the health and social conditions of Alaska Native and American Indian people, enhance culture, and empower ...

Primary Care Clinic, Anchorage, Alaska (2010) *

Miami Valley Hospital Miami Valley Hospital (MVH) is a large urban hospital in Dayton, Ohio, and is a member of the Premier Health Partners network. The hospital has two additional locations; Miami Valley Hospital South in Centerville, Ohio, and Miami Valley Hospital ...

Heart and Orthopedic Center, Dayton, Ohio (2010) * Massachusetts General Hospital Lunder Building, Boston, Massachusetts (2011) * Seattle Children's Hospital Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center,

Bellevue, Washington Bellevue ( ) is a city in the Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, located across Lake Washington from Seattle. It is the third-largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area and has variously been characterized as ...

(2011) * Dubai Mall Medical Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2011) * Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts * New York University Medical Center, New York * UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California * Jiahui Hospital, Shanghai, China * Royal Liverpool Hospital * University Medical Center New Orleans * Veterans Affairs Hospital and Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System Replacement Medical Center and Research Lab, New Orleans, Louisiana (2016) *

Nationwide Children's Hospital Nationwide Children's Hospital (formerly Columbus Children's Hospital) is a nationally ranked pediatric acute care teaching hospital located in the Southern Orchards neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The hospital has 673 pediatric beds and is affil ...

, Columbus, Ohio (2020)
Ohana Center for Health
Monterey California
Elks Children's Eye Clinic
at Oregon Health & Science University, Casey Eye Institute, Portland Oregon
UCSF Connie Frank Transplant Center
Renovations, San Francisco, California * Seattle Children’s Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic, Seattle, Washington (2022) * Meridian Center for Health, Seattle, WA (2015) * Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center, Pendleton, Oregon (2018) *

NYU Langone Health NYU Langone Health is an academic medical center located in New York City, New York, United States. The health system consists of NYU Grossman School of Medicine and NYU Long Island School of Medicine, both part of New York University (NYU), and m ...

, Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Pavilion, New York, New York (2018)

Education

* American International University, Kuwait City, Kuwait (2019) * City, University of London Main Entrance Transformation Project, London, United Kingdom (2016) * Cleveland State University College of Education and Human Services, Cleveland, Ohio (2010) * Stanford University Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge, Palo Alto, California (2011) * University of Oxford, Life and Mind Building, Oxford, United Kingdom *

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world's third oldest surviving university and one of its most pr ...

Material Sciences and Metallurgy Building, Cambridge, United Kingdom (2012) * University of Idaho, Integrated Research and Innovation Center, Moscow, Idaho (2016) *

University of Southampton , mottoeng = The Heights Yield to Endeavour , type = Public research university , established = 1862 – Hartley Institution1902 – Hartley University College1913 – Southampton University Coll ...

Life Sciences Building, Southampton, United Kingdom (2012) * Royce Institute, University of Manchester, United Kingdom (2020)

Science

* Abcam Headquarters, Cambridge, United Kingdom (2018) * Brigham and Women’s Hale Building for Transformative Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts (2016) * California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology

UCSD The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego is t ...

Atkinson Hall building, San Diego, California (2005) *

Henry Royce Institute The Henry Royce Institute (often referred to as ‘Royce’) is the UK’s national institute for advanced materials research and innovation. Its vision is to identify challenges and to stimulate innovation in advanced materials research to suppo ...

, University of Manchester, United Kingdom (2020) *

Wellcome Trust The Wellcome Trust is a charitable foundation focused on health research based in London, in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1936 with legacies from the pharmaceutical magnate Henry Wellcome (founder of one of the predecessors of Glaxo ...

Sanger Institute, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (2005) *

European Bioinformatics Institute The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) is an Intergovernmental Organization (IGO) which, as part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) family, focuses on research and services in bioinformatics. It is located on the Wel ...

, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom (2007) *

Seattle Children's Research Institute Seattle Children's, formerly Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, formerly Children's Orthopedic Hospital, is a children's hospital in the Laurelhurst neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. The hospital specializes in the care of infa ...

, Seattle, Washington (2009) *

Research Institute, Columbus, Ohio (2012) * University Enterprise Zone at Queen Mary University, London, United Kingdom (2021) * Quadram Institute, Norwich, United Kingdom (2018)

Cultural and Civic

* Federal Reserve Bank Building, Seattle, Washington (1951) *

Seattle Justice Center The Seattle Justice Center is a 13-story government office building in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is located at 600 5th Avenue in the city's civic center complex and houses the Municipal Court of Seattle and the headquarters of the S ...

, Washington (2002) *

United States Courthouse Following is a list of United States federal courthouses, which will comprise all courthouses currently or formerly in use for the housing of United States federal courts. Each entry indicates the name of the building along with an image, if ava ...

, Seattle, Washington (2003) *

, Bakersfield, California (2012) *

, Billings, Montana (2012) *

Denny Substation The Denny Substation is an electrical substation located in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, and operated by Seattle City Light. The facility takes up a whole city block along Denny Way and features a community center, i ...

, Seattle *

Columbus Metropolitan Library The Columbus Metropolitan Library (CML) is a public library system in Franklin County, Ohio, in the Columbus metropolitan area. The library serves an area of 872,000 residents, has a collection of 1,483,433 volumes, and circulates 17,262,267 it ...

branches (Driving Park, Dublin, and Northside) * Seattle Opera at the Center, Seattle, Washington (2018)

Sports/Expo

* Kingdome, Seattle, Washington (1976) *

KeyArena Climate Pledge Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is located north of Downtown Seattle in the entertainment complex known as Seattle Center, the site of the 1962 World's Fair, for which it was ori ...

, Seattle, Washington (1995) *

T-Mobile Park T-Mobile Park is a retractable roof stadium in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the home ballpark of Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners and has a seating capacity of 47,929. It is in Seattle's SoDo neighborhood, near the western t ...

, Seattle, Washington, 1999 * Staples Center, Los Angeles, California (1999) *

Paul Brown Stadium Paycor Stadium, previously known as Paul Brown Stadium, is an outdoor football stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the home venue of the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League and opened on August 19, 2000. Originally named after the B ...

, Cincinnati, Ohio (2002) *

Lincoln Financial Field Lincoln Financial Field is an American football stadium located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It serves as the home stadium of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL) and the Temple Owls football team of Temple University. ...

, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2003) * AsiaWorld-Expo, Lantau, Hong Kong (2005) *

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California ...

Pauley Pavilion Edwin W. Pauley Pavilion, commonly known as Pauley Pavilion, is an indoor arena located in the Westwood Village district of Los Angeles, California, on the campus of UCLA. It is home to the UCLA Bruins men's and women's basketball teams. The ...

Renovation, Los Angeles, California (2012) *

Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, wh ...

Hangzhou Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whic ...

, China (2017) * Central Bank Center Renovation (

Rupp Arena Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center is an arena located in downtown Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Since its opening in 1976, it has been the centerpiece of Central Bank Center (formerly Lexington Center), a convention and shopping facility o ...

), Lexington, Kentucky (2022)

Urban Environments

Shanghai Bund The Bund or Waitan (, Shanghainese romanization: ''Nga3thae1'', , ) is a waterfront area and a protected historical district in central Shanghai. The area centers on a section of Zhongshan Road (East Zhongshan Road No.1) within the former Shang ...

Renovation, Shanghai, China (2011) * Dallas Arts District * Pittsburgh Waterfront Master Plan * Tencent Shenzhen Headquarters Project, Shenzhen, China *

Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 nea ...

Comprehensive and Strategic Master Plan, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2018) * Downtown Boston Planning Study, Boston, Massachusetts (2020)

Selected designers

Designers at NBBJ include: Steve McConnell (appointed managing partner in 2014), Jonathan Ward (partner), Joan Saba, Robert Mankin (partner), Ryan Mullenix (partner), and Tim Johnson (partner).

Recognition

BusinessWeek ''Bloomberg Businessweek'', previously known as ''BusinessWeek'', is an American weekly business magazine published fifty times a year. Since 2009, the magazine is owned by New York City-based Bloomberg L.P. The magazine debuted in New York City ...

Architectural Record ''Architectural Record'' is a US-based monthly magazine dedicated to architecture and interior design. "The Record," as it is sometimes colloquially referred to, is widely-recognized as an important historical record of the unfolding debates in a ...

Good Design is Good Business Awards, Alley24/223 Yale, 2008 *

American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to su ...

(AIA) Institute Honor Awards, Interiors, R.C. Hedreen Company, 2009 *

Interior Design Magazine ''Interior Design'' is an American interior design magazine, which has been in circulation since 1932. History and profile ''Interior Design'' was founded by Harry V. Anderson in Manhattan in 1932. He was also the publisher and editor of th ...

, Best of Year Award, Dubai Mall Medical Centre, 2010 *

Puget Sound Business Journal The ''Puget Sound Business Journal'' (PSBJ) is a weekly American City Business Journals publication containing articles about business people, issues, and events in the greater Seattle, Washington area. The publication also publishes a technology ...

, Corporate Champion for the Environment, 2011 *

Royal Institute of British Architects The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three supp ...

, RIBA Award Winner, Life Sciences Building at the University of Southampton, 2011 *

Academy of Architecture for Health, Healthcare Award, Seattle Children's Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center, 2011 *

Academy of Architecture for Health, Healthcare Award, Massachusetts General Hospital Lunder Building, 2012 * IIDA, Healthcare Interiors Award, Bayt Abdullah Children's Hospice, 2012 *

, Best of Year Award, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Campus, 2013 * Healthcare Design Magazine, Firm of the Year Award, 2013 * AIA, National Interior Architecture Award, Two Union Square, 2022 * Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards Honors Three NBBJ Projects, 2021 * Archinect, An Architect’s Advice on Boosting Creativity in Hybrid Workplaces, 2022 * Modern Healthcare, Uplifting Behavioral Health Projects Fuel a New Model of Care, 2022 * Dezeen, A Net-Zero School for Neurodiverse Children in California, 2022 * Metropolis Magazine, St. Michael Medical Center Embraces its Northwest Setting, 2022 * New York Times, Say Goodbye to the Boring Conference Room, 2022

References

External links

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