Bohlin Cywinski Jackson is a United States–based architectural practice that was founded as Bohlin & Powell 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.AIA COTE Awards http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/cgi-bin/wlk?http://aiatopten.org/hpb/ Their buildings include the Liberty Bell Center,Liberty Bell Facts Liberty Bell Center: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, 2006 Apple Fifth Avenue in New York City, Seattle City HallAIA Seattle firm profiles http://folio.aiaseattle.org/bohlin-cywinski-jackson and the Discovery and Visitor Center at Grand Teton National Park.The Grand Teton National Park Foundation http://www.gtnpf.org/projects.phpGrand Teton: A National Park Building, 2009
Architects Current principal architects of the firm include Raymond Calabro, Thomas Kirk, David Miller and Daniel Lee.https://www.bcj.com/people/
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,AIA Firm Award http://www.aia.org/practicing/awards/AIAS075259 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.AIA Gold Medal http://www.aia.org/practicing/awards/AIAS075332?dvid=&recspec=AIAS075332 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.Architecture Week: List of Awards http://www.architectureweek.com/architects/Bohlin_Cywinski_Jackson-01.html 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, WyomingArchitecture Week 08-19-2009 Apple Store: Fifth AvenueChicago Anthenaeum Award 2007 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: UtahBohlin Cywinski Jackson: Farrar: Ojeda, Fisher (Introduction), Lehoux, 2007 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 Computer Science and Engineering Building, University of California, San Diego
Publications Liberty Bell Center: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, 2006 Grand Teton: A National Park Building, 2009 Details in architecture: creative detailing by some of the world's leading architects. 1999 Arcadian Architecture: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson-12 Houses, Oscar Riera Ojeda, Thomas Fisher, 2005 Bohlin Cywinski Jackson: The Nature of Circumstance: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, 2010 Bohlin Cywinski Jackson: Farrar: Ojeda, Fisher (Introduction), 2007 Bohlin Cywinski Jackson: Listening: Rizzoli, 2015
References
External links
American Institute of Architects Press release 2010 Gold Medal