Polshek Partnership

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Polshek Partnership, LLP is a New York City-based architectural firm, founded in 1963 by James Polshek.

The 145-person firm offers architecture, master planning, historic preservation and interior design services. The majority of the firm’s work is for cultural, educational, governmental and scientific not-for-profit institutions. The firm is lead by nine Partners, with eleven Associate Partners, two Senior Associates and twenty-one Associates. Founder James Polshek is Senior Design Counsel.

The firm’s architectural solutions are rooted in extensive research involving the analysis of context, program, public image and environmental and construction technologies. Commitment to exploring architecture’s expressive power and conviction that meaningful architecture must truly represent the mission and identity of an institution drive the firm’s design philosophy.

The firm is a member of the United States Green Building Council, and twenty-five percent of registered architects on staff are LEED Accredited Professionals.

Notable Projects

Museums

• Yale University Art Gallery Expansion, New Haven, CT (2011)
• National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, PA (2010)
• Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, UT (2010)
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial Center, Washington, D.C. (2009)
• Museum of the City of New York Expansion, New York, NY (2008)
• Brooklyn Museum, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn, NY (2007)
• Newseum/Freedom Forum Foundation World Headquarters, Washington, DC (2007)
• Yale University Art Gallery, Kahn Building Renovation, New Haven, CT (2006)
• New York Hall of Science Expansion, Queens, NY (2004)
• William J. Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock, AR (2004)
• Brooklyn Museum, Entry Pavilion and Plaza, Brooklyn, NY (2004)
• American Museum of Natural History, Rose Center for Earth and Space, New York, NY (2000)
• Copia: The American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts, Napa, CA (2001)
• Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian Cultural Resources Center, Suitland, MD (1998)
• Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT (1998)
• Stanford University, Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford, CA (1998)
• National Inventors Hall of Fame, Akron, OH (1995)

Performing Arts

• Stanford University, Performing Arts Center Concert Hall, Stanford, CA (2012)
• New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Institute of Performing Arts, New York, NY (2009)
• The Joseph Papp Public Theater, Entry and Lobby Redesign, New York, NY (2009)
• Allegheny College, Vukovich Center for Communication Arts, Meadville, PA (2008)
• The Mercersburg Academy, Burgin Center for the Arts, Mercersburg, PA (2006)
• Holland Performing Arts Center, Omaha, NE (2005)
• Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall, New York, NY (2003)
• The Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, NM (1998)
• Center for the Arts Theater, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA (1993)
• Carnegie Hall, Main Hall and Building Renovation and Restoration, New York, NY (1987)
• Ed Sullivan Theater, retrofitting for Late Show with David Letterman, New York, NY (1993)

Education

• Cornell University, Computing and Information Science Building, Ithaca, NY (2010)
• Stanford University, Law School Academic Building, Stanford, CA (2010)
• The Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle and University Park, PA (2009)
• Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse, NY (2007)
• Williams College, Paresky Center, Williamstown, MA (2007)
• Lycée Français de New York, New York, NY (2003)
• Columbia University Law School, Jerome L. Greene Hall Expansion, New York, NY (1996)

Laboratories / Healthcare

• Cornell University, Weill Medical College, Biomedical Research Building, New York, NY (2011)
• University of California, San Diego, Biological and Physical Sciences Building, La Jolla, CA (2011)
• Cornell University, Weill Medical College, Weill Greenberg Center, New York, NY (2007)
• University of Michigan, Biomedical Science Research Building, Ann Arbor, MI (2006)
• The Ohio State University, Peter L. and Clara M. Scott Laboratory, Columbus, OH (2006)
• The New York Botanical Garden, Pfizer Plant Research Laboratory, Bronx, NY (2006)
• The New York Botanical Garden, International Plant Science Center, Bronx, NY (2002)

Institutions

• Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Crypt Arts Center and North Transept Renovation, New York, NY (2011)
• Department of Homeless Services, New Family Intake Center, Bronx, NY (2009)
• New York City Fire Department, Rescue Company 3, Bronx, NY (2008)
• WGBH Public Broadcasting Station Headquarters, Boston, MA (2007)
• Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America, New York, NY (2001)
• Queens Borough Public Library, Flushing Regional Branch, Queens, NY (1998)
• Seamen’s Church Institute, New York, NY (1991)

Industry / Infrastructure

• Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, Brooklyn, NY (2010)
• The New York Times Printing Plant, Queens, NY (1997)

Residential

• Riverhouse Residential Tower, New York, NY (2008)
• Standard Hotel New York, New York, NY (2008)
• The Ritz Carlton Downtown, Battery Park City, New York, NY (2001)
• The Residences at the Ritz Carlton, Battery Park City, New York, NY (2001)
• 500 Park Tower, New York, NY (1984)

Programming / Master Planning

• The Walters Art Museum, Facilities Master Plan, Baltimore, MD (2010)
• Cornell University Comprehensive Campus Master Plan, Ithaca, NY (2008)
• Barnes Foundation, Programming and Site Analysis, Philadelphia, PA (2006)
• Brooklyn Museum Master Plan, Brooklyn, NY (1987)
• Carnegie Hall Master Plan, New York, NY (1980)

Design Awards

Firm Awards

• Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award (2004)
• President’s Award, AIA/New York Chapter (2003)
• AIA Architecture Firm Award (1992)

American Institute of Architects National Honor Awards for Design Excellence

• University of Michigan Biomedical Science Research Building, Ann Arbor, MI (2007)
• William J. Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock, AR (2006)
• American Museum of Natural History, Rose Center for Earth and Space, New York, NY (2002)
• The New York Times Printing Plant, Queens, NY (2001)
• Queens Borough Public Library, Flushing Regional Branch, Queens, NY (2001)
• Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT (2000)
• National Inventors Hall of Fame, Akron, OH (1999)
• Center for the Arts Theater at Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA (1994)
• Seamen’s Church Institute, New York, NY (1993)
• Carnegie Hall, New York, NY (1988)
• 500 Park Tower, New York, NY (1986)
• New York State Bar Center, Albany, NY (1972)

References

• Polshek Partnership Architects: 1988-2004. Princeton Architectural Press.
• Profile Series

External links

• Polshek Partnership Architects Homepage

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