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The Sherwin-Williams Company is pleased to announce the key external partners it has selected to build its new global headquarters in downtown Cleveland and its new R&D center in the Cleveland suburb of Brecksville. The Company previously announced its plans for the project on February 6, 2020.

The key project partners include:

• Pickard Chilton Architects, Inc. – Design architect for the global headquarters
• HGA Architects and Engineers, LLC (HGA) – Base building architect for the global headquarters; Design, base building and interior architect for the R&D Center
• Vocon Partners, LLC – Interior architect for the global headquarters
• Welty Gilbane, a Joint Venture – Construction manager
• Mark G. Anderson Consultants, Inc. (MGAC) – Project manager, project controls and owner's representative
• CBRE Inc. – Real estate and economic development advisor
• Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP – Legal and economic development counsel
• Hanson Bridgett LLP – Legal counsel
• inSITE Advisory Group – Economic development advisor

Plans for one of Uptown Dallas’ tallest new towers are moving ahead with a key approval.

Avocet is a distinguished pioneer in the market, introducing state-of-the-art technology such as View Smart Windows, Destination Dispatch elevators and a DOAS HVAC system. In addition, Avocet Tower will boast best-in-class amenities focused on offering light, airy views, and outdoor options to its tenants.

Associate Adrienne Nelson weighs in on the conversation as one of this year’s ENR Tope 20 Under 40. 

Pickard Chilton, a New Haven-based architecture studio, has been picked to design a large-scale mixed-use office project in Bellevue, Wash.

The Eight is located near major Bellevue employers in the downtown core including Microsoft’s campus, Amazon, Salesforce, Paccar, Symetra and Concur, and a short walk from the new light rail station opening in 2023.

Skanska purchased the land at the intersection of NE 8th St. and 108th Ave. NE for The Eight in July 2018. And now, the team is finalizing the design for final administrative design review and approval, securing the necessary permits and entitlements, and then shift focus to construction in the next couple of months.

Days after 9/11, Congress awarded Washington Hospital Center millions of dollars to design a new emergency department that would treat mass casualties from a terrorist attack or infectious disease and serve as a model for hospitals across the country.

Architects crafted plans for an eight-story, spacecraft-shaped, blast-proof emergency department they called “ER One.” Experts drew up a 1,000-page report on best practices for emergency operations, and the project secured an initial investment of about $30 million in federal and district funding.

The Eight is a modern tower for an inspired Bellevue. Another big idea by Skanska, The Eight creates a welcoming public space in the heart of downtown Bellevue for tenants and talent alike.

Over the years, Denver’s skyline has seen its fair share of changes. But Thursday night, something new appeared: a bright pink heart, visible from miles away.

Pickard Chilton is committed to ensuring the health and safety of our clients, team, and communities during the COVID-19 health crisis. Following the recommendations of our mayor and governor, we have begun to work remotely and will be conducting business virtually until further notice. 

Construction has begun on Hewlett Packard Enterprise's (NYSE: HPE) new campus in Springwoods Village north of Houston, according to a Feb. 12 press release.

Prominent architect Jon Pickard to speak February 28 in the first installment of the 2020 Fazlur R. Khan Distinguished Lecture Series

As in every industry, there are fads. In architecture, evidence of past fads are notoriously visible, as they can literally dominate the skyline of a city. Pickard believes right now there is a tendency to over-design, where architects are trying to incorporate too many elements in a single space.

New Haven, Conn., architectural firm Pickard Chilton designed the master plan for the development, called Global Gateway Shinagawa, which sits on a former train yard that stretches a full mile north to south.

Seven buildings will be lined up on the long and narrow site like islands of the Japanese archipelago, says designer William Chilton. Construction is set to begin soon after the Tokyo Olympics in July and August, with partial opening scheduled for 2024.

Adrienne Nelson, AIA, LEED GA, an associate at Pickard Chilton, has been named one of ENR New England’s 2020 Top Young Professionals. The annual award recognizes the best and brightest emerging design and construction leaders from across the New England region, which includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Ms. Nelson is one of 10 professionals under 40 who received the honor this year and is among those who, in just a few short years, have built extraordinary industry portfolios, also donating significant amounts of time and expertise to serve their communities.

Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and cutting-edge design of corporate headquarters and campuses, announces that 1144 Fifteenth, a 40-story, 1.2 million gsf office tower in Colorado that the firm designed for Hines, has been ranked fifth on Emporis 2018 Top Ten Skyscrapers List.

Architecture firm Pickard Chilton was honored with two American Architecture Awards for its design of Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the ATCO corporate campus in Calgary, Alberta.

Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and sophisticated design of high-performance corporate headquarters and campuses, announced that construction has started on their design for Avocet Tower, a 530,000 gsf, 250-foot mixed-use development for Stonebridge comprising a hotel and office tower at 7373 Wisconsin Avenue in the Central Business District of Bethesda, Maryland.

Markese announced his role as a designer of the new Google campus in early June. The building, located at Cambridge’s Kendall Square, will be 16n stories and will contain 417,000 square feet of office space. The project involves demolishing a building at 325 Main St., constructing a new tower in its place, and connecting the new structure to a next-door building Google currently occupies at 355 Main St.

A design concept for a new Uber Air Skyport imagined by Pickard Chilton,an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and cutting-edge design of corporate headquarters and campuses, and Arup, a global design and consulting firm, was showcased at Uber’s 3rd Elevate Summit on June 12in Washington, D.C., where Uber revealed new designs for its future Skyports.

Currently exhibiting at the BSA Space, Balancing Act: Urbanism & Emerging Technologies provides a thoughtful lens to examine the current conditions of our urban environments and the future of emerging technologies in the design and development of cities around the world.  The exhibit features a model of Pickard Chilton's Uber Sky Tower and will be open from May 17th through September 29th. 

 Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and cutting-edge design of corporate headquarters and campuses, announced that it was selected by global real estate firm Hines to master plan and design an urban development at Plieninger Straße 140 in Stuttgart, Germany.

Construction is underway on a landmark urban mixed-use project in the iconic Chuo Ward district of Tokyo, Japan.

American firm Pickard Chilton’s first project in Japan, modern design is incorporated into the site by reading its history

The construction of the Y2 project has started in December 2018. As a member of the landowner committee Mitsui Fudosan is involved this project, the start of the three major large redevelopment projects in front of Tokyo station. The site area is approximately 13,500sqm and TFA is approximately 290,000sqm. The completion is scheduled to be 2022.

At a recent event that included a traditional Japanese purification ceremony, ground broke on the Pickard Chilton-designed Y2 Project, a mixed-use development in Tokyo. The 3.3 million-square-foot, state-of-the-art high-rise marks the architectural firm’s first commission in Japan.

Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and cutting-edge design of corporate headquarters and campuses, announces the promotion of eight of its talented architects and designers. 

Principal Jon Pickard responds to the question: "How do you envision the multi-family property of tomorrow in terms of design and amenities?"

Skanska USA Commercial Development yesterday celebrated topping out for 2+U in downtown Seattle.  The project takes up most of the block bounded by First and Second avenues and University and Seneca streets.

Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and cutting-edge design of corporate headquarters and campuses, announced that three of its projects have been honored with 2018 AIA Connecticut Design Awa

Americas Property Award for Commercial High-Rise Architecture. The three office towers, all developed by Hines, include River Point in Chicago, Northwestern Mutual Tower and Commons in Milwaukee and 609 Main at Texas in Houston.

Pickard Chilton, an award-winning international architectural practice, was recently honored with an American Architecture Award for its design of River Point, a 52-story office tower in Chicago.

Project Architect Mohamad Hafez AIA is the recipient of a 2018 Connecticut Arts Hero Award for his extensive and continuous body of work on issues such as the Syrian civil war, the worldwide refugee crisis, and an overall desire to counter hate speech.

The nearly 50-year-old energy and logistics company unveiled its new state-of-the-art campus in the southwest Calgary community of Lincoln Park Saturday, right next to its original facility.

UberAIR is well on its way, with the plan to start demonstrating the technology in 2020 and start operating the flying taxi service in 2023.

Flying cars may be a lot closer than you think. This week, the ride share company Uber announced its plans to bring flying cars to Los Angeles and Dallas by 2020 and said it will launch an airborne service called UberAir in 2023. 

If Uber is to get its “flying taxi” service off the ground, it will need dozens of launchpads and landing sites on rooftops around cities as a supportive infrastructure.

Listen to Ron Klemencic's inspiring acceptance speech at the 2018 ENR Awards. Klemencic calls on firms to jointly fund and collaborate on public sector research to advance the state-of-the-art of construction across the board.

A giant “W” has sprouted along First Avenue near Seneca Street in downtown Seattle. The 85-foot-tall structure is made of large steel pipes that are the first of several columns that will support 2+U, an office complex being built by Skanska.

Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and cutting-edge design of corporate headquarters and campuses, announced the completion of 1144 Fifteenth Street, a $300 million, 40-story office and retail development in Denver, Colorado.

The first new office tower in the market in nearly a decade and the tallest office skyscraper added to Denver’s skyline in 30 years, 1144 Fifteenth Street’s forward-thinking aesthetics and design represent a game changer for the city. The property features a design evocative of the surrounding Rocky Mountains. 1144 Fifteenth Street’s façade and 10-foot floor-to-ceiling windows provide abundant natural light as well as unobstructed mountain and city views.

Three projects designed by Pickard Chilton, a highly-regarded architecture studio best known for its award-winning designs of corporate headquarters and campuses, were recognized with prestigious individual Honor Awards in the first-ever QUAD Design Award competition presented by the American Institute of Architects (AIA). QUAD, the acronym for Quality Unites Architectural Design, promotes excellence and innovation in architectural design. Pickard Chilton received three such Honor Awards for projects: Eaton Center, a corporate campus in Beachwood, Ohio; Eaton House, a global headquarters in Dublin, Ireland; and the Wellness Center, a health and fitness facility in Spring, Texas. The projects were recognized by AIA QUAD at an awards ceremony on November 9 at the QUAD conference in Albany, New York.

The design of a contemporary office building is about much more than aesthetics; it’s about leveraging architecture to support a client’s business objectives while creating enduring long-term value.

The skyline of this Great Lakes city is getting a makeover, led by a tower that unfurls like a magnificent curved glass sail on the Lake Michigan shoreline. Northwestern Mutual’s striking $450 million, 32-story glass-and-steel office tower, which opened in August, is helping to reshape the city.

Pickard Chilton contributes to renaissance of Turtle Creek area with 350,000 SF, Multi-Tenant Office Building that places productivity and community engagement at top of mind.

The Houston-based oil and gas arm of Melbourne-based BHP Billiton Corp. recently gave the Chronicle a tour of its new digs at 1500 Post Oak Blvd designed by Pickard Chilton.

Twenty-five extraordinary developments from around the world have been selected as finalists for ULI’s 2017 Global Awards for Excellence, recognized as one of the land use industry’s most prestigious award programs.

A rapid series of changes are set to begin next week at the future BOK Park Plaza that will begin with removal of the tower crane that was used to erect the 27-story tower.

This design competition takes place each year to recognize excellence in structural engineering. River Point achieved recognition in the over $150 Million category.

Faster, higher, stronger. All across America, developers, designers and urban planners are turning the Olympic motto into architectural reality, reshaping the face of American cities in the process. We selected the 14 most eye-catching projects underway in the country.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel Tuesday celebrated the opening of the newest addition to Chicago's skyline — a gleaming silver-blue glass 52-story office tower that overlooks the confluence of Main, North and South Branches of the Chicago River.

Red Bull Racing’s Formula One Team featuring Daniel Ricciardo does a very special live demo at the ExxonMobil campus in Houston, Texas.

Chicago is a big dot on the architectural map because of its pre-eminent role in the invention of the office skyscraper, a development that transformed the skylines of cities worldwide. But thanks to the Great Recession, it's been seven years since a major downtown office building opened here.

The demands of a growing and changing workforce that will use more collaborative spaces, as well as the need for more parking, a desire for more energy efficiency and other factors persuaded the company to build a new tower rather than renovating existing space.

609 Main, a 1,050,000-square-foot trophy tower that Hines is developing in downtown Houston, is set to deliver in January 2017.

This award, sponsored by the AIA Connecticut Emerging Architects and Design Committees, recognizes and supports emerging, graduate architects who have made outstanding, innovative contributions to their practice or profession or have rendered distinguished service in the public realm. Candidates must have attained an architectural degree from an accredited architectural school, be working toward licensure in Connecticut, and be employed by a state-based AIA Connecticut firm or by an allied professional firm or institution. 

Ross Perot Jr.’s Hillwood Urban real estate firm is looking for tenants for a high-rise office to be built on the last vacant site along Dallas’ posh Turtle Creek corridor.

With at least four new towers, all within a few blocks of one another, either completed or planned to be completed before 2020, Milwaukee’s skyline is seeing its greatest change in recent memory.

The Arlington County Board just announced the approval of a 25-year, five-phase redevelopment plan that will completely transform Rosslyn’s east end.

This week, the new Minnesota Senate Building finally became just that — a working building for the Legislature’s upper chamber. The first meeting in the new hearing rooms was Thursday; staff offices began moving in Monday, and senators’ offices will start filling up next week.

A “white-tablecloth restaurant” and community space are likely to be a part of the main lobby of the future 27-story BOK Park Plaza being built downtown.

The site of the new Amegy Bank N.A. headquarters is bustling, as construction moves along toward its December 2016 completion date.

Eaton House, Dublin, Ireland, wins AIA Europe 2015 Design Award.

Famed architects gather to salute Hines for his standard of quality in development.

Pickard Chilton is pleased to announce the promotion of Benjamin D. Simmons AIA to Associate.

Spanning a three-block radius in the heart of downtown, three towers — BG Group Place and 609 Main at Texas, both designed by Pickard Chilton, and Capitol Tower by Gensler — are leading a new era of construction in the Bayou City.

Day by day, from a four-square-block hole in the ground, Sacramento’s future is rising.

The 52-story office tower is ideally located in Chicago’s downtown West Loop on the edge of the Chicago River. Featuring a 1.5 acre plaza and river walk, an advanced fitness center and a formal restaurant, River Point will create unparalleled work space in Chicago.

Unbuilt Award: Pickard Chilton for The Office Building of the Future, Seattle, Washington

The downtown skyline keeps growing.

The planned project, designed by Pickard Chilton, is a Class-A office tower with approximately 725,000 square feet of leasable space featuring an active ground floor experience comprised of unique and accessible retail shops, restaurants and public spaces.

The highest levels of LEED certification are quickly becoming the norm for new office buildings in the Houston area. And the next version of LEED will up the ante even more, in many cases favoring downtown and mixed-use projects.

Construction has begun on the latest addition to Milwaukee’s lakefront skyline, a sleek curving tower from Pickard Chilton. Gilbane Building Co. and C.G. Schmidt broke ground in August on the new 32-story headquarters of insurance giant Northwestern Mutual.

Connecticut-based architecture firm Pickard Chilton has unveiled its design for 1144 Fifteenth, a 40-story mixed use tower set to rise in Denver.

Hines and Pickard Chilton have teamed up on one of Hines’ latest developments — 609 Main—a 47-story, spec office tower in downtown Houston that is one of the most innovative projects the firms have ever worked on.

Anthony Markese, Principal with Pickard Chilton, design architects for the new headquarters of ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and Devon Energy, notes that all three companies are “facing similar issues — needing to recruit the next generation of talent and retain the best of their current workforce".

Amegy Bank N.A. said today that it bought a 4-acre site near the Galleria to build its new Houston corporate headquarters designed by Pickard Chilton.

Ispot.tv - Airing on such programs Meet the Press, a national television ad campaign for the Chickasaw Nation and Oklahoma City prominently features the Devon Energy Center and Rotunda.

Pickard Chilton is pleased to announce its inaugural promotions to Senior Associates and Associates.

ULI Houston awarded BG Group with a 2014 Development of Distinction Award at last night’s ceremony. The annual award program honors developments that “exemplify best practices in design, construction, economic viability, community health, marketing and management.”

The Urban Land Institute Houston this week named eight local real estate developments, including BG Group Place, as finalists for the annual Development of Distinction Awards.

Northwestern Mutual today released the first images of its planned 32-story downtown Milwaukee office tower designed by Pickard Chilton. The 1.1-million-square-foot building which is expected to cost $450 million will replace Northwestern Mutual's office at 800 E. Wisconsin Ave.

The design for what would be Milwaukee's tallest new office building in more than 20 years, combines two motifs that often compete: a high-rise exterior typically associated with staid finance and law firms and a large, open interior popularized by Silicon Valley.

Soaring 50 stories over the low-rise downtown of Oklahoma City, the gleaming Devon Energy Center has become a reference point and a thing of wonder in this redeveloping prairie town.

Hines is expanding the size of its skyscraper proposal for 609 Main at Texas, a major office tower on Main Street. The project is now planned to be a much larger building with high-grade amenities. The result will be one of downtown Houston’s premier office projects.

Recognizing outstanding revitalization projects, Phoenix Award winners represent projects from each of the 10 U.S. EPA regions.

Sitting grandly high on a hill, glistening in the sun, the new Eaton Center building is quite an impressive sight to behold to the west as one travels along Interstate 271.

On Earth Day, Devon Energy Center was certified as the largest building in Oklahoma to earn gold certification for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.

BHP Billiton Petroleum confirmed it will build a 30-story tower to house its global headquarters at 1500 Post Oak Blvd. The structure, which will have 560,000 rentable square feet, will consolidate the company’s U.S. employees. The company will be the sole tenant in the new building.

Employees of Eaton Corp. moved into the company's new 600,000-square-foot Eaton Center campus on a 53-acre site in the Chagrin Highlands development in Beachwood.

Ivanhoé Cambridge and Hines have started construction of River Point, a development designed by Pickard Chilton that includes a 45-story office tower and a 1.5-acre public park in downtown Chicago’s West Loop.

Opening on 7 January 2013, this second installation of the exhibition represents an overview of the firm's national and international work as well as its research into super tall high-rises and the office building of the future in 2030.

Despite sluggish demand for U.S. office space, a handful of developers are moving forward with plans to build new office towers even before they have lined up tenants-reviving the risky game of speculative development.

The Devon Energy Center dedication marked the end of a nearly three-year construction project. “This building is a symbol of Devon's growth and of Oklahoma City's growth,” said CEO John Richels.

If there is one single building that is emblematic of what might be called the renaissance of Oklahoma City, it is the gleaming new Devon Energy Center by New Haven-based architects Pickard Chilton.

In a wide ranging conversation with Dean Tom Fisher, William D.

Two architecture firms located just blocks away from each other in downtown New Haven have bumped into each other on the banks of the Chicago River, where they’re building a series of bold, glassy towers that will form the next chapter in Windy City’s rich skyscraper history.

The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design have announced that Pickard Chilton has won a 2012 Green Good Design Award for the firm's design of BG Group Place in Houston, Texas.

Hines is preparing to break ground on a 45-story River Point office tower designed by Pickard Chilton.

Images Publishing recently released Pickard Chilton, the most extensive volume ever published on the work of the firm. The 372-page monograph provides a comprehensive overview of the studio's first fifteen years of producing significant works of architecture for extraordinary clients

The second phase of the massive Eighth Avenue Place downtown office development is moving forward.

The New England chapter of the American Institute of Architects has announced that Pickard Chilton has won a Special Citation for Excellence in Architecture for the firm's design of BG Group Place in Houston, Texas.

The Connecticut Chapter of the American Institute of Architects announced that Pickard Chilton has won two awards: a Design Award for the ConocoPhillips West Campus in Houston, Texas, and an Unbuilt Design Award for the Iskandar Investment Headquarters in Nusajaya, Malaysia.

AMES, IA - Thomas Leslie, an internationally recognized expert on the history of technology and architecture, has been named the first holder of the Pickard Chilton Professorship in Architecture in the Iowa State University College of Design.

The Design Futures Council (DFC) has announced that Pickard Chilton Principal William D Chilton FAIA, RIBA has been named one of the Council s fifteen 2011 Senior Fellows.

New Haven, CT-based, Pickard Chilton said today it planned and designed ExxonMobil's new office campus that will be developed in north Houston, Texas.

The Phoenix office of Hines announced today that 24th at Camelback II has received Silver certification under the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED for Core & Shell rating system.

Jon Pickard FAIA, RIBA and William Chilton FAIA, RIBA have established the first endowed faculty position in the College of Design, the Pickard Chilton Professorship in Architecture to support the Iowa State faculty who are leaders in the advancement of architectural education.

Pickard Chilton's 300 North LaSalle is among twenty developments from the Americas that have been selected as finalists in this year s Urban Land Institute's (ULI) Awards for Excellence: The Americas competition, widely recognized as the land use industry s most prestigious recognition program.

Hines and Pickard Chilton have been awarded a 2011 Architectural Record Good Design is Good Business Award of Excellence for 300 North LaSalle in Chicago.

The Pinnacle at Symphony Place, the 29-story office skyscraper that is the newest landmark in the Nashville skyline, has been awarded Gold LEED certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Jon Pickard FAIA, has been elected to The College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. 

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) New England chapter has announced that New Haven, Connecticut-based Pickard Chilton has won an Honor Award for Design Excellence for the firm s design of Wells Fargo Financial in Des Moines, Iowa.

The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design have announced that Pickard Chilton has won two 2010 Green Good Design Awards for the firm s design of the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) Headqua

The Houston office of Hines, the international real estate firm, announced today that MainPlace in downtown Houston, the firm's newest green skyscraper, has been pre-certified at the Platinum level under the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED for Core & Shell rating system.

The Houston skyline is the most impressive in the nation. A few other American cities have taller buildings. And in terms of pure bulk, New York City certainly has a greater mass of office space.

Hines, the international real estate firm, announced today the structural completion of the 46-story, 972,000-square-foot office tower, MainPlace, located at 811 Main Street in downtown Houston. Faсade installation, interior construction and mechanical work continues.

Some firms are, indeed, winning new work. Pickard Chilton, for instance, announced recently that the New Haven, Conn.-based partnership has been commissioned to design a world headquarters for Eaton Corp. on a 53-acre site in suburban Cleveland.

Representatives of Eaton Corp. and the Richard E. Jacobs Group showed several images of the manufacturer's planned corporate headquarters during a City Council meeting Monday night.

The Richard E. Jacobs Group has filed initial site plans for the $170 million Eaton Corp. world headquarters facility to be built in the Chagrin Highlands development. Eaton, the largest Fortune 500 company with headquarters in downtown Cleveland, is moving to Beachwood.

William D. Chilton FAIA has been elected to The College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects.

In 2006 Hines, the international real estate firm, announced plans to develop a second office building at one of the most dynamic corners in Phoenix, 24th Street and Camelback Road.

Most companies have shelved expansion plans until the economy recovers but not the Devon Energy Corporation, one of the country's biggest independent energy companies.

The Chicago Architecture Foundation s recognized six patrons for the annual Patron of the Year awards held today at the University Club of Chicago. 

Jon Pickard, architect of the Pinnacle at Symphony Place, has designed or collaborated on some of the world s most recognized buildings. The Business Journal asked him about his work and the potential effects of the recession on future design.

Jon Pickard, AIA, Principal of Pickard Chilton, will be the keynote speaker at the American Institute of Architects Central Oklahoma Chapter 2009 Honor Awards Luncheon.