Ennead Architects

Ennead Architects LLP is a New York City-based architectural firm. Previously known as Polshek Partnership, the firm's eleven partners renamed their practice in mid-2010.^[1]

The 170-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 led by eleven Partners: Timothy Hartung, Duncan Hazard, Guy Maxwell, Kevin McClurkan, Molly McGowan, Richard Olcott, Susan Rodriguez, Tomas Rossant, Todd Schliemann, Don Weinreich, and Thomas Wong. Founder of Polshek Partnership James Polshek holds the title of Design Counsel and is actively involved on selected projects. In 2012, Peter Schubert joined the partners to establish Ennead Architects International LLP expanding the studio's geographical reach and formalizing the pursuit of opportunities to make significant architecture throughout the world. In 2014, Ennead established a Shanghai office that further streamlines the operations in the Far East.

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

William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Center

William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Center

Rose Center for Earth and Space, New York

Museums

• Yale University Art Gallery Expansion, New Haven, CT (2012)
• Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (2011)
• National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, PA (2010)^[2]
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial Education Center, Washington, D.C. (2011)
• Museum of the City of New York Expansion, New York, NY (2008)
• Brooklyn Museum, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn, NY (2007)^[3]
• 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

• Bing Concert Hall, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2012)
• The Joseph Papp Public Theater, Entry and Lobby Redesign, New York, NY (2012)
• New York City Center, New York, New York (2011)
• New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Institute of Performing Arts, New York, NY (ongoing)
• 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)^[4][5]
• 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

• University of Texas at Austin, Engineering, Education and Research Center, Austin, TX (2015)
• Stanford University, Stanford Law School, William H. Neukom Building, Stanford, CA (2011)
• Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, New High School Building, New York, NY (2009)
• 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)^[6]
• 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

• Standard Hotel New York, New York, NY (2009)
• The Schermerhorn, Common Ground (NYC) New York, NY (2009)
• Riverhouse Residential Tower, 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

• Medal of Honor, AIA/New York Chapter (2012)
• 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

New York Times printing plant

• The Standard, New York, New York, NY (2012)
• Yale University Art Gallery Kahn Building Renovation, New Haven, CT (2010)
• 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

• edited by Susan Strauss and Sean Sawyer. (2004-10-07), Polshek Partnership Architects: 1988-2004, The Polshek Partnership, Princeton Architectural Press, p. 240, ISBN 978-1-56898-469-8 
• Profile Series on polshek.com

External links

Media related to Polshek Partnership at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website