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Gary Paul Haney FRIBA,
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(born April 16, 1955) is an American
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, a design partner in the firm of
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. Haney's approach draws heavily on environmental modeling techniques, deep materials research, and advanced
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(BIM) technologies. Buildings on which he was lead designer include the supertall Al Hamra Tower in
Kuwait City Kuwait City (; ) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economic center of the emirate, containing Kuwait's Seif Pal ...
and civic buildings in the United States including two Public Safety Answering Centers in New York City and the
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headquarters and the redesign of the
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, both in Washington, D.C.


Early life and education

Born in
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, Haney earned a Bachelor of Environmental Design in architecture from
Miami University Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public university, public research university in Oxford, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1809, it is the second-oldest List of colleges and universities in Ohio, university in Ohi ...
in Oxford, Ohio, where he studied under Richard McCommons, helping him design and construct private residences. He then became the first employee of the newly formed firm Alesia & Crewell before studying for a
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at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where he participated in studios with Michael McKinnell and Gerhard Kallmann and graduated in 1981.


Career

Haney joined Skidmore, Owings & Merrill as a junior designer in the technical department and was certified as a registered architect in 1987. He became a design partner with the firm in 1996. The bulk of his career has been in applied design work.


Notable buildings


Tall and supertall buildings


Al Hamra Tower

Al Hamra Tower in Kuwait City, completed in 2011, is an example of Haney and his team's use of building information modeling (BIM) technologies. With 77 floors and 412 meters (1,351 ft) tall, it is the tallest building in Kuwait. The building won a Merit Award from the New York chapter of the
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(AIA) in 2013. Other notable tall building projects underway, completed, or design-stage submissions by Haney include the Manhattan West Development, Zhong Hong Tower, Shum Yip Upperhills, Longgang Tian’an Cyber Park, International Gem Tower, Baccarat Hotel and Residences, New York, and Al Sharq Tower.


Civic and government buildings


Ottawa Embassy

Haney was lead architect with
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on the United States Embassy in Ottawa, Ontario, dedicated by
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in October 1999. The design had to be completely changed after the
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required a more secure building. The building's glazed facade was eliminated, and some walls are four feet thick. According to architecture critic Benjamin Forgey, Childs and Haney managed to build the structure "like a bunker, without making it look like one".


U.S. Census Bureau Headquarters

The new
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Headquarters in
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, officially opened in 2007, was designed to accommodate a workforce that fluctuates because of the periodic nature of the census, had to be constructed around operational structures, and was limited to eight stories by site regulations. Essentially two buildings hewn from a central mass, it is 1,200 meters (3,937 feet) long. The design uses laminated wood on the facade, seeking to make those inside feel as if they are in a woodland. The building won a Green Good Design award from the Chicago Athenaeum in 2009 and an Award of Excellence in Architecture from the Washington chapter of the AIA in 2012.


Smithsonian National Museum of American History renovation

Haney led the $85 million renovation of the
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, part of the
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in Washington, D.C. The highly trafficked museum, with nearly 3 million visitors in 2005, was closed the following year for the renovation, which increased light by creating a five-story atrium and re-organized 300,000 square feet of exhibition space around the original
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. It reopened in November 2008. The renovation won an Award of Merit at the 2013 AIA Washington D.C. Design Awards.


Education

Haney also serves as an educator and lecturer. He has taught at
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, Miami University, and
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and became a faculty member in architectural practice at
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in September 2013 and is the current chair of the
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in Washington.


Architectural designs


Tall buildings

* Al Hamra Tower, Kuwait City, Kuwait (2011) * Manhattan West Development, New York, New York (2015) * BBVA Bancomer Operations Center, Mexico City, Mexico, (2015) * International Gem Tower (55 West 46th Street), New York, New York (2013) * Baccarat Hotel & Residences, New York, New York, (2015) * Qatar Petroleum Centre, Doha, Qatar (2014) * Feidi Next C Master Plan, Tianjin, China * ARB Headquarters, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia * Central Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait (2003) * 400 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York (not built) * New York Mercantile Exchange, New York, New York (1997) * 255 Fifth, Cincinnati, Ohio (1990) * Shanghai JW Marriott Marquis Hotel, Shanghai, China (2017) * Al Sharq Tower, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (unspecified) * Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel, Kuwait (2010) * Shum Yip Upperhills Class A Office & Luxury Hotel Complex, Shenzhen, China (2017) * Zhong Hong Tower, Beijing, China (2016) * Longgang Tian’an Cyber Park, Longgang, Shenzhen, China (2016) * Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank, Bo’an, Shenzhen, China (2016) * Tangshan Zhaorui International Plaza, Tangshan, China (2017)


Government

* International Monetary Fund Headquarters, Washington, D.C. (2012) * U.S. Census Bureau Headquarters, Suitland, Maryland (2007) * U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, Virginia (2005) * FBI Metropolitan Field Headquarters, Washington, D.C. (1995) * Public Safety Answering Center II, Bronx, New York (2015) * Public Safety Answering Center I, Brooklyn, New York (2001) * Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Renovation & Expansion, Washington, D.C. (2009) * U.S. Federal Courthouse, Charleston, West Virginia (1998) * U.S. Embassy, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (1999) * U.S. Courthouse for the Southern District of New York, White Plains (1995) * Port Authority Bus Station (20 Times Square), New York, New York (2003)


Other

* 1801 K Street, NW, Washington, D.C. (2009) * 2001 K Street, Washington, D.C. (2000) * C4ISR Headquarters Campus, Aberdeen, Maryland (unspecified) * City Santa Fé Residences, Mexico City, Mexico (2016) * Al Rayyan Boulevard and Residential Development, Doha, Qatar (2006) * Georgetown Plaza and Four Seasons Hotel, Washington, D.C. (1979) * Park Hyatt Hotel - U.S. News & World Report Complex, Washington, D.C. (1986) * National Defense University, Lincoln Hall, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C. (2008) * Edwards Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio (1992) * Metro Center, Washington, D.C. (1983) * Park Imperial and Random House Headquarters, New York, New York (2003) * Hamilton Square/Garfinkel's Renovation, Washington, D.C. (1996)


Publications

* ''Efficiency: An Analytical Approach to Tall Office Buildings'' (Northeastern University Press, 2013: editor)


References


External links


Official page at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
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