Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.
McInturff Architects

This theater company, known for controversial productions, never had a home until a publicly funded arts-developer competition offered them an opportunity.

Mother London, London
Clive Wilkinson Architects; Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Architects (architect of record)

The client, an advertising agency, had grown from a six-person boutique firm to being the U.K.’s top ad agency. This growth necessitated a new headquarters, which they found in three floors of an existing warehouse totaling 42,000 square feet.

Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston
Payette

A 64,000-square-foot gut renovation transformed three floors of a 1960s research building into a new research facility for this eye institute.

Bizarre, Omaha
Randy Brown Architects

This 2,700-square-foot boutique illustrates a conceptual design focus developed from experiments with the cutting and folding of paper. Two airy and light areas resulted—one, an enclosed space that houses the checkout, restrooms, and stairs; the other, an open space where a series of pods display the merchandise.

Google Headquarters–Mountain View,
Mountain View, Calif.
Clive Wilkinson Architects

Working with a team that included workplace strategists and environmental consultants, this forward-looking company set ambiguous goals for the design of its 500,000-square-foot Silicon Valley campus.

The Royal Bank of Scotland, Houston
DMJM Rottet

When the offices for 35 employees of the bank were restructured and divided into two separate departments totaling 12,850 square feet, the two parts needed to share conference rooms, visitor offices, reception areas, administrative areas, and a hospitality bar.

Nissan Design America Farmington Hills Michigan, Farmington Hills, Mich.
Luce et Studio Architects; Albert Kahn Associates (executive architect)

This new, 45,000-square-foot, state-of-the art automobile styling studio provides space for engineers and designers to conceive and design automobile prototypes in preparation for production. [RECORD, December 2005, page 78]

Karla, Miami, Fla.
Rene Gonzalez Architect

An 11,500-square-foot industrial warehouse was adapted to serve both as a space for producing large-scale floral arrangements and as a location for hosting entertainment functions. [Online BTS]

English House, Beverly Hills, Calif.
Chu + Gooding Architects; Kay Kollar Design

Harwell Hamilton Harris designed this 9,900-square-foot Modern classic in 1950. Abandoned, in severe disrepair, and stripped down to the drywall, the house lacked much of the original millwork and cabinetry.

Temporary Theater, Portland, Ore.
BOORA Architects

A nonprofit owner that sponsors an annual international arts festival required a temporary 200-seat theater on a budget of $10,000. Using recycled, recyclable, recovered, and resalable materials in the design, the architects (who worked pro bono) inserted a 7,000-square-foot theater into an empty, 25,000-square-foot warehouse.

Skillman Library, Easton, Penn.
Ann Beha Architects

The Lafayette College campus 1964 library building had served merely as book storage. Renovation of this 75,000-square-foot facility and 30,000 square feet of additions to it resulted in a contemporary, light-filled, and welcoming learning center.