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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson is a United States–based architectural practice that was founded in 1965 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania by Peter Bohlin and Richard Powell. Briefly known as Bohlin Powell Brown, with offices in Wilkes-Barre and Pittsburgh, the firm merged with John F. Larkin and Bernard Cywinski's Philadelphia-based architectural practice, Larkin Cywinski, in 1979. It is recognized for its distinguished portfolio of residential, university, commercial, cultural and government projects.
Design
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson is known for emphasizing a strong relationship between buildings and their physical surroundings. They were an early advocate of sustainable design and subsequently received national awards from the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment. Their buildings include the Liberty Bell Center, Apple Fifth Avenue in New York City, Seattle City Hall and the Discovery and Visitor Center at Grand Teton National Park.
Architects
Current principal architects of the firm include Peter Bohlin, William Loose, Gregory Mottola, Raymond Calabro, Daniel Lee, Kent Suhrbier and Thomas Kirk.
History
The modern firm was created in 1979 through the merger of the firm of Philadelphia-based architects John F. Larkin and Bernard Cywinski and that of Peter Bohlin, whose architectural firm was based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, at the time. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, Bohlin and Cywinski had been drawn together through a shared interest in sketching . Bernard Cywinski died in 2011, at the age of 70.
Awards
In 1994, the practice received the American Institute of Architects Firm Award, which recognizes the design work of an entire firm. In 2010, founding partner Peter Bohlin, FAIA received the AIA Gold Medal, the highest honor given by the American Institute of Architects to an individual. In 2013, BCJ was the recipient of the Architectural Record Good Design is Good Business Lifetime Achievement Architecture Award.
The firm has received numerous awards for the designs of libraries, visitor centers, housing, and sustainable design.
In 2012 they won the EuroShop RetailDesign award for the Uniqlo flagship store in Shanghai based on the strength of its spectacular dynamic merchandising. The centre of the building contains the main attraction: a striking 20-metre high atrium with "flying mannequins" moving from top to bottom at a pace set by music.
Projects
Copperhill Mountain Lodge: Åre, Sweden
Grand Teton National Park Discovery and Visitors Center: Jackson, Wyoming
Apple Store: Fifth Avenue
Uniqlo Flagship Store Shanghai
Apple Store: SoHo
Apple Store: Upper West Side
Apple Store: 14th Street
Apple Store: Boylston Street
Apple Store: Regent Street, London
Apple Store: Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
Apple Store: Sydney, Australia
Apple Store: Ginza, Japan
Apple Store: Shinsaibashi, Japan
Apple Store: San Francisco
Apple Store: Chestnut Street
Apple Store: Scottsdale, Arizona
Apple Store: North Michigan Avenue
The Episcopal Academy Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
The William J. Nealon Federal Building and Courthouse: Scranton, Pennsylvania
The Pocono Environmental Education Center: Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania
Seattle City Hall: Seattle, Washington (in joint venture with Bassetti Architects)
Mills College, Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business: Oakland, California
Pixar Headquarters: Emeryville, California
Adobe Systems: San Francisco, California
Liberty Bell Center: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Barn at Fallingwater, for the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Ballard Library & Neighborhood Service Center: Ballard, Seattle
Bill Gates House, Medina, Washington
Williams College, North & South Academic Buildings: Williamstown, Massachusetts
Forest House: Connecticut
The Ledge House: Maryland
Creekside House: California
Umerani Residence: California
House at the Shawangunks: New York
Combs Point Residence: New York
Envelope House: Washington
Gosline House: Washington
Woodway Residence: Washington
Lily Lake Residence: Pennsylvania
House in the Blue Mountains: Pennsylvania
House in the Endless Mountains: Pennsylvania
Waverly: Pennsylvania
Point House: Montana
House on Lake Tahoe: Nevada
Farrar Residence: Utah
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Fisher Science and Academic Center, Bard College at Simon's Rock
Sellinger School of Business and Management, Loyola University Maryland
Winchester Thurston School, North Hills Campus: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Walt Disney Company, Grand Central Creative Campus: Glendale, California
Newport Beach Civic Center and Park
Lauder College House, University of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gutmann College House, University of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons, Georgia Institute of Technology: Atlanta, Georgia
Marcus Nanotechnology Building, Georgia Institute of Technology: Atlanta, Georgia
Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Siebel Center for Design, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Publications
Liberty Bell Center: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, 2006 ISBN 978-0-9746800-4-0
Grand Teton: A National Park Building, 2009 ISBN 978-0-9814628-1-3
Details in architecture: creative detailing by some of the world's leading architects. 1999 ISBN 978-1-876907-80-8
Arcadian Architecture: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson-12 Houses, Oscar Riera Ojeda, Thomas Fisher, 2005 ISBN 978-0-8478-2696-4
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson: The Nature of Circumstance: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, 2010 ISBN 978-0-8478-3293-4
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson: Farrar: Ojeda, Fisher (Introduction), 2007 ISBN 978-0-9774672-7-3
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson: Listening: Rizzoli, 2015 ISBN 978-0847846320
References
External links
Official website
American Institute of Architects Press release 2010 Gold Medal