6 October 2008
Pickard Chilton's New Icon of Dubai Waterfront - The Atrium – is launched
Dubai, UAE
Dubai’s towers will be joined by another iconic building with the launch of Sunland Group’s The Atrium, a luxury mixed-use development with a highly sculptural glass façade. . . . . . ( more )


21 August 2008
Devon's tall order
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
A new office tower planned for Devon Energy Corp. in downtown Oklahoma City will likely be taller and more expensive than original estimates, and Larry Nichols couldn't be happier. . . . . . ( more )


21 August 2008
Devon tower architect draws inspiration from area
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The Proposed 54-story Devon Tower will be one of the tallest skyscrapers west of the Mississippi, but its lead designer, Jon Pickard, looked to the neighboring 11-story Colcord Hotel for much of his inspiration. . . . . . ( more )


21 August 2008
Devon unveils skyscraper plans
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Devon Energy Corp. unveiled its plan for its new $750 million world headquarters Wednesday. At 925 feet, the Devon Tower will stand almost twice the as tall as the city's current tallest building, the Chase tower. . . . . . ( more )


15 August 2008
1180 PEACHTREE AMONG AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE AWARDS SELECTED BY GREEK ARCHITECTS FOR THE BEST NEW BUILDING DESIGN IN THE USA FOR 2008
Chicago, Illinois
1180 PEACHTREE AMONG 65 AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE AWARDS SELECTED BY GREEK ARCHITECTS FOR THE BEST NEW BUILDING DESIGN IN THE USA FOR 2008 . . . ( more )


May 28 2008
Pickard Chilton selected to design new headquarters for Devon Energy
New Haven, Connecticut
Devon Energy Corporation of Oklahoma City has selected Pickard Chilton of New Haven, Connecticut as Design Architect for its new headquarters in downtown Oklahoma City. . . . ( more )


May 17 2008
Devon picks world-leading architects to design headquarters, public space
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
A Connecticut architecture firm that designed Atlanta's 1180 Peachtree Tower and Four Seasons Place, a 3.1 million-square-foot complex in Malaysia, is set to "make a new heart of Oklahoma City” with a Devon Energy skyscraper. . . . . . ( more )


April 22 2008
Eighth Avenue Place First Gold LEED-CS Pre-Certified High-Rise Office Building in Canada
Calgary, Alberta
Eighth Avenue Place announced today that its 49-story office tower currently under construction in the financial core of downtown Calgary is the first high-rise office building in Canada to be pre-certified in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Core and Shell (LEED-CS) development program. . . . ( more )


February 2008
American Architecture Today
Atlanta, Georgia
“Buildings here in Atlanta remain disappointing, with a few exceptions,” states Catherine Fox, the art and architecture critic for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Renzo Piano’s addition to the High Museum is one of those exceptions. Another pleasant exception, says Fox, is 1180 Peachtree, a high-rise office building designed by New Haven–based Pickard Chilton. . . . . . ( more )


January 25, 2008
300 NORTH LASALLE, ONE OF CHICAGO’S TALLEST SKYSCRAPERS, RISING IN SKYLINE
New Haven, Connecticut
Steadily rising over the Chicago River, 300 North LaSalle is emerging in the downtown skyline. One of the greenest skyscrapers to be built in Chicago, the sixty story skyscraper implements numerous innovative design and construction techniques. The tower, designed by Pickard Chilton of New Haven, Connecticut, is expected to top out at over 800 feet, making it one of the tallest skyscrapers in Chicago. . . . ( more )


September 2007
SOUND INVESTMENT
Sacramento, California
Pickard Chilton Architects and IA design a new state-of-the-art sustainable headquarters for CalPERS, the nation’s largest public pension fund. . . . . . ( more )


July 26 2007
Five Cities, Five Strategies for Regeneration
Washington, DC
Developers taking the long view, especially those developing large or multiphased properties, expect their projects not only to fill an immediate market need, but also to respond to established trends and adapt to future changes. . . . ( more )


July 13 1007
Hines to scrape downtown sky
Houston, Texas
Houston-based Hines is planning a 47-story skyscraper in downtown Houston that is on track to become the first new office tower to be completed in the Central Business District since 2003. . . . . . ( more )


July 8 2007
High-profile construction
Atlanta, Georgia
Nothing beats 1180 Peachtree, the best of the recent high-rises, for sheer elegance. Pickard Chilton Architects' use of proportion, texture and engineering tricks demonstrates the famous adage attributed to Mies van der Rohe, patriarch of "skin and bones" modernism: God is in the details. . . . . . ( more )


July 3 2007
Architectural whiz returns home, creates nine-story work of art
Des Moines, Iowa
The talented Jon Pickard says his aim was to design Wells Fargo Financial's new structure like a jewel box. . . . ( more )


June 20 2007
Hines plans office tower along river
Chicago, Illinois
A new 1-million-square-foot, $400 million office tower that will overlook the Chicago River at 200 N. Riverside Plaza is in the works. . . . . . ( more )


May 21 2007
Pinnacle to put name on Crown Building
Nashville, Tennessee
The 29-story office tower planned for Third Avenue across from the Schermerhorn Symphony Center will take the name "The Pinnacle at Symphony Place" when it opens in January 2010, say officials with Pinnacle Financial Partners. . . . ( more )


May 11 2007
ULI Announces 10 Winners for the 2007 Awards for Excellence: The Americas
Washington, DC
1180 Peachtree one of ten outstanding developments from North America to be selected as a winner for the Urban Land Institute's (ULI) Awards for Excellence: The Americas competition. . . . ( more )


April 2007
Close to Home
Sacramento, California
CalPERS is the nation’s largest public pension fund, with 1.5 million members, more than 2,500 employees, and an investment portfolio valued at more than $220 billion. So, when it decided to expand its Sacramento, California, headquarters, the organization thought big. . . . . . ( more )


April 2 2007
Bass Berry makes move to SoBro official
Nashville, Tennessee
Law firm Bass Berry & Sims signed papers Monday that will make it the first new tenant of a 28-story, environmentally friendly office tower in SoBro to be completed in 2009 . . . ( more )


March 24 2007
Work to begin on $1B Penny Lane towers
Calgary, Alberta
A billion-dollar project -- consisting of two commercial towers totalling two million square feet -- is going ahead on the site of the current Penny Lane Mall . . . ( more )


March 5 2007
Malaysia approves Four Seasons Hotel
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Singapore tycoon Ong Beng Seng, who owns Four Seasons resorts in Bali, Singapore and the Maldives, won government approval to build the brand's first hotel in the Malaysian capital . . . ( more )


February 14 2007
Developer to unveil Camelback project
Phoenix, Arizona
The priciest corner of Camelback Corridor will soon get its first office project in seven years. . . . ( more )


January 22 2007
Creating Places: Ranking the 10 top Nashville projects for ’07
Nashville, Tennessee
And we built-environment geeks thought 2006 was big. Brace for ’07. The list of projects for which ground is expected be broken this calendar year borders on the dramatic. . . . ( more )


January 1 2007
Rebuilt Railyard Garners Gold Certification for EPA
Arlington, Virginia
Formerly a massive rail yard and Superfund site, Potomac Yard just outside of Arlington, Va., has been rebuilt into a sprawling mixed use development including retail, office and residential space. One and Two Potomac Yard, the site's flagship office buildings, achieved LEED-NC Gold certification in July 2006. . . . ( more )


November 24 2006
Putting a mark on ATL
Atlanta, Georgia
The architecture firm that crafted the most striking new skyscraper in Atlanta is about to stamp its mark even more boldly on the city's skyline. . . . ( more )


November 14 2006
AIA Atlanta Announces Winners of the Best Buildings of the Decade
Atlanta, Georgia
The Atlanta Chapter of The American Institute of Architects held a 100th anniversary celebration event at TWELVE Hotel in Atlantic Station in Midtown Atlanta while announcing the winner for each decade of the 1906 – 2006 Best Buildings of the Decades. . . . ( more )


October 18 2006
Newell to build new HQ
Atlanta, Georgia
Newell Rubbermaid, undergoing a turnaround that has caught the eye of investors, said Tuesday it will build a new midrise headquarters in Sandy Springs to house its existing 300 employees here and 350 new ones. . . . ( more )


October 17 2006
SITQ and Hines Join to Develop a Major Real Estate Project in Montreal
Montreal, Quebec
SITQ, the real estate investment, management and development firm, and Hines, the international real estate firm, are pleased to announce the development of a new premium office building located in downtown Montreal. . . . ( more )


September 25 2006
W Hotel to boost coolness factor at Allen Plaza
Atlanta, Georgia
It may be the coolest thing to hit downtown since the last ice storm — a slick hotel and condo tower complete with unisex washrooms, cellphone sofas and a hotel-top heliport to chopper VIPs like Bono from their private planes to their comfy pillows. . . . ( more )


July 30 2006
Hines Breaks Ground on 60-Story Tower
Chicago, Illinois
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July 10 2006
Chicago Expedites Permits for Green Buildings; Program Exceeds Expectations
Chicago, Illinois
When it is completed in early 2009, 60-story 300 North LaSalle will be one of Chicago’s taller structures. But local real estate players may take closer note that developer Hines Interests snatched a building permit faster than average, too, in a speedy 30 days. . . . ( more )


March 4 2006
Best In Atlanta Real Estate
Atlanta, GA
Once again Atlanta Business Chronicle is honoring the city's biggest and most important real estate deals and dealmakers with the Best in Atlanta Real Estate Awards . . . ( more )


August 25 2005
Hines Signs Kirkland & Ellis To 600,000-Square-Foot Leasept
CHICAGO, IL
Designed by the internationally recognized architectural firm Pickard Chilton, 300 North LaSalle will continue the extraordinary tradition of Chicago architecture. The tower will rise to 775 feet, making it one of the city's tallest buildings . . . ( more )


June 17 2005
Ernst & Young space aspires to egalitarian feel
Atlanta, Georgi
When Ernst & Young LLP employees move into their new home anchoring 55 Ivan Allen Plaza, they will be working in a unique environment that is designed to encourage teamwork. . . . ( more )


March 30 2005
Tower on Way to 'Green' Status
Atlanta, GA
King & Spalding's 41-story Peachtree Street skyscraper is on its way toward winning a rare, national designation as a "green building." At 670,000 square feet, 1180 Peachtree will be the largest structure in metro Atlanta to earn a green label . . . ( more )


December 14 2004
Towering Spectacle: Armies of Workers Push a Dream Skyward
Atlanta, GA
In about 18 months, the building called 1180 Peachtree will be a bright 41-story needle on the Atlanta skyline — this decade's tallest new skyscraper, busy with people and commerce, worthy of oohs and aahs . . . ( more )


December 10 2004
Allen's Legacy in Skyline
Atlanta, GA
Accounting firm Ernst & Young will anchor a $300 million office and hotel development at the top of downtown that will honor Ivan Allen Jr., the late Atlanta mayor who shepherded the city through the civil rights movement . . . ( more )


December 3 2004
Pickard Merges Form with Function at New Tower
Atlanta, GA
Jon Pickard's architectural philosophy fits perfectly in a neighborhood where business and culture live side by side . . . ( more )


July 23 2004
McGough To Take First Step of $600M + Station Complex
St. Paul, Minnesota
By the end of this year, McGough Cos. hopes to start building a $67.5 million housing project, which will launch its enormous transit development, Bloomington Central Station . . . ( more )


February 5 2004
Des Moines Native, His Partner Will Design Wells Fargo Expansion
Des Moines, Iowa
An architect who helped design one of the world's tallest buildings in Malaysia will help design Wells Fargo Financial's $56 million downtown expansion . . . ( more )


February 5 2004
D.M. native, his partner will design Wells Fargo expansion
Des Moines, Iowa
An architect who helped design one of the world's tallest buildings in Malaysia will help design Wells Fargo Financial's $56 million downtown expansion. . . . ( more )


April 14 2003
New Concert Hall Another Step Closer
Atlanta, Georgia
Prospects for a new concert hall for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra improved when Hines announced it was building a 41-story tower for the King & Spalding law firm in Midtown . . . ( more )


March 26 2003
41-Story Office Plan Unveiled
Atlanta, Georgia
The heralded Symphony Center project in Midtown will get off the ground early next year with the tallest office tower in Atlanta in more than 10 years . . . ( more )