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The Grand Louvre
Paris

Meyerson Symphony Center
Dallas

U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum, Washington, D.C.

Fountain Place
Dallas

John Hancock Tower
Boston

Bank of China Tower
Hong Kong

National Gallery of Art, East Building, Washington, D.C.

San Francisco
Main Public Library

Jacob K. Javits Convention
Center,  New York

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum, Cleveland

Four Seasons Hotel
New York

Los Angeles Convention Center

John F. Kennedy Library
Boston

United States Air Force
Memorial, Arlington, VA

United States Courthouse and Harborpark, Boston

Introduction to the Firm    
         
Since its formation in 1955, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners (formerly I. M. Pei & Partners) has completed nearly 250 projects in over a hundred cities across North America and around the world. The firm's clients have included major corporations, private developers and public authorities, as well as educational, cultural and religious institutions. Among its best known works are the John F. Kennedy Library, John Hancock Tower and John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse and Harborpark in Boston; the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center and Fountain Place in Dallas; Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong; First Interstate Tower in Los Angeles; First Bank Place in Minneapolis; Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York; National Constitution Center on Independence Mall in Philadelphia; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, the expansion and modernization of the Louvre museum in Paris; San Francisco Main Public Library; and the East Building of the National Gallery of Art, the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Included in the great diversity of building types that the firm has explored is an extensive collection of tall buildings.

Recently completed works include:

• 1155 F Street in Washington, D.C.
• Butler College Dormitories at Princeton University
• The Capital Group Companies, Orange County Campus in Irvine, California
• CHASS Instruction and Research Facility,
  University of California at Riverside
• Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
• First International Bank of Israel in Tel Aviv
• Fiterman Hall at Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York
• Integrated Township at Tellapur, a master plan in Hyderabad, India
• Inpatient Facility, Greenberg Pavilion, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
• Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science at Virginia Tech
• Jacobi Medical Center Phase II Modernizations in the Bronx, New York
• Herbert F. Johnson Art Museum Addition and Alteration, Cornell University
• Meudon Campus office complex in Paris
• Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center, at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City
• NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Headquarters in Paris
• Palazzo Lombardia, a regional government center in Milan
• Ronald O. Perelman Heart Institute, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
• Queens Gateway to the Health Sciences Secondary School in New York City
• Skysong: Scottsdale Center for New Technology and Innovation at Arizona State University
• Tapestry in New York City
• Torre Espacio in Madrid
• Universidad Europea de Madrid (Phase I)
• Wadala Vision Plan for an area of Mumbai, India
• Waterview office tower and hotel in Rosslyn, Virginia
• WaveRock, an office complex in Hyderabad, India
• Zac Danton, an office complex in Paris

 
Among the firm's many works in progress are:

• 7 Bryant Park , an office tower in New York City
• 650 Newport Center Drive in Newport Beach, California
• 880 West Broadway in San Diego, California
• 1000 Connecticut Avenue in Washington, D.C.
• China Europe International Business School, Expansion Campus in Shanghai
• The Ellipse 360 Tower, a residential tower in Taipei
• Law School and Residence Hall at Fordham University Lincoln Center Campus in New York City
• Lodha Place, a mixed-use development in Central Mumbai, based on PCF&P's 2009 master plan
• New York City Public School 298Q
• James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Medical Education Center at Virginia Commonwealth University
• Soyak Krystal Kule, a corporate headquarters in Istanbul
• Supremus Office, a boutique office tower in Central Mumbai
• Tivoli Kanten (Tivoli Edge), a mixed-use project in Copenhagen
• Universidad Europea de Madrid (Phase II)
• World Crest, a luxury residential tower in Central Mumbai
• World One, a luxury residential tower in Central Mumbai

 
Honors and Awards

In 1968 the American Institute of Architects conferred on I. M. Pei & Partners (as the firm was then called) its Architectural Firm Award, in recognition of "the eminently successful collaboration among the partners, associates and staff of this firm which has resulted in years of consistently distinguished design." In 1985 the firm received the Chicago Architecture Award in recognition of "significant contributions to architecture and to the design of urban environments." In 1992 Pei Cobb Freed & Partners received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York Society of Architects, and in 2009 the firm received the Firm Award from the New York State AIA in recognition of "notable achievements in design, community service, education and service to the profession." Pei Cobb Freed & Partners is recognized as a Top Green Design Firm by McGraw-Hill's New York Construction magazine.

In addition to these awards for the totality of its practice, individual projects designed by the firm have received over 200 major design awards, including 24 National Honor Awards from the American Institute of Architects. The AIA Twenty-Five Year Award has been conferred upon the East Building of the National Gallery of Art, (awarded 2004), and the John Hancock Tower (2011).

The Partnership

The firm's partners are Henry N. Cobb, Michael D. Flynn, George H. Miller, Ian Bader, Yvonne Szeto, Jay L. Berman, Michael W. Bischoff and José Bruguera. The partners are assisted by a staff of 80, more than a third of whom are registered architects. Three partners and a third of the technical staff are LEED-accredited professionals.

The partners and their colleagues approach every building project on its own terms, drawing inspiration less from formal or theoretical preconceptions than from particularities of place and program. This approach stems from the conviction that successful environments of lasting value can be achieved only when individual building projects reflect a concern for the specific physical and cultural contexts in which they occur. Although the firm's practice over the past five decades has been exceptionally diverse in terms of building type and setting, a central theme consistently evident in its built works is the conception of architecture as an art of place making — an art embodying above all else a concern for the quality of public space and public life.

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