FXFOWLE AND CO ARCHITECTS FORM JOINT VENTURE

FXFOWLE is happy to announce the formation of a joint venture with CO Architects, a nationally recognized academic, research lab, and healthcare planning and design firm based in Los Angeles, CA.

FXFOWLE and CO Architects creates a dynamic alliance built on a shared dedication to collaboration in process, innovation in programming, and excellence in design. Bringing together expertise in a vast range of architectural typologies, the formation of CO/FXFOWLE offers new and current clients worldwide the benefits of both noted firms. The joint venture represents a genuine collaboration between the two firms in all project services, rather than the customary design architect/associate architect relationship. Formed in order to expand each firm's geographic and expertise reach, this joint venture differs from those that are created to blend qualifications for one specific project. 

Although both FXFOWLE and CO Architects have worked nationally and internationally for decades, the joint venture will also bolster geographic access with expanded typology experience. While historically focused on different project types, both firms overlap in culture and philosophy. They share a commitment to sustainable design and are industry leaders in their use of advanced building and design technologies.

Each firm will maintain its individual identity and operations while pursuing new projects together as CO/FXFOWLE. FXFOWLE's strength in urban planning, infrastructure, commercial, cultural, and education projects complements CO Architects' extensive experience in healthcare, science and technology, medical-education, and civic typologies. 

We encourage you to visit CO's website (www.coarchitects.com) to learn more about the firm, and review their portfolio of award-winning projects.

DOUGLAS SVITCHAN JOINS FIRM AS PRINCIPAL

We are thrilled to announce that Douglas Svitchan, AIA has joined FXFOWLE as Principal. As part of the firm's leadership group, Doug will oversee our Washington, DC office and further expand FXFOWLE's presence in the Mid-Atlantic region. He has over 39 years of architectural experience in the Mid-Atlantic region, and has worked on diverse projects ranging in scale, including multi-use master plans; office buildings; parking structures; hospital, dining and education facilities; multi-family residences; and interiors.

EMBODIED LEARNING

We are developing a comprehensive sustainable strategies study for Tulane University, School of Architecture's Richardson Memorial Hall, a five-story brick and limestone building designed in 1907 in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The analysis investigates sustainability from a holistic perspective, providing recommendations on energy efficiency, water management, ecological materials, indoor environmental comfort improvements, maintenance and operations, energy and water metering and integration of sustainability into architectural education. The report proposes strategies to meet ambitious goals, including LEED Platinum Certification, 80% water reduction and achieving 2030 Challenge emissions reductions. Additionally, IBM Smart Building technology will monitor and adjust the building's water consumption, lighting and other systems to optimize their performance while lowering the building's carbon footprint. We are collaborating with el dorado inc. in Kansas City, Missouri on this project.

A NEW RENAISSANCE IN ISTANBUL

Construction will begin in early 2012 on the Renaissance Tower, our new 36-story, Class-A office building located on the Anatolian side of Istanbul, Turkey. Occupying an "edge-city" context at the intersection of two major highways, the tower's chiseled, sculptural massing takes cues from Ottoman geometric motifs and local landforms. The tower is rotated 33 degrees for optimum solar control, and features a solar responsive stippled golden scrim attached to its curtain wall. This second skin coveys the spirit and aura of "The East" while further reducing heat load-a perfect fusion of environmental performance and ornament. Three groupings of two-story "sky-gardens" are strategically integrated at key exposures in the building to provide a thermal buffer between exterior/interior and access to fresh air. A larger exterior garden crowns the tower while the base of the building features retail, varied gardens, and a piazza.

RECENT PROMOTIONS

We are pleased to announce the promotions of eight members of our staff to Associate Principal, Senior Associate and Associate. Collectively, they have worked on many of the firm's award-winning projects, such as high-rise residential and commercial towers; planning, urban design, transportation and master plans; and educational and cultural institutions as well as various marketing and business development initiatives.

Promoted to Associate Principal

Stephan Dallendoerfer, RIBA, SAR, LEED AP, joined FXFOWLE in 2005. Throughout his 18-plus career in the industry, he has served as Senior Architect, Project Manager and Project Director for a wide-range of projects, including airports, bridges, infrastructure, residential, institutional, cultural, commercial, and educational as well as ports/piers and wastewater facilities.

Promoted to Senior Associate

After completing an internship at FXFOWLE, Brian Fanning, AIA, LEED AP, joined the firm's Urban Studio in 2001. He is conducting a design and feasibility study for an 800-room luxury hotel, and performing construction administration for a commercial and retail expansion in New York City. In additional to his project work, Brian is Co-Chair of the firm's Associate Group, and serves on the Quality Assurance/Quality Control Committee.

Ilana Judah, Int'l Assoc. AIA, OAQ, LEED AP BD+C, has over 14 years of experience as an architect, educator and advocate for environmentally responsible design. As the Director of Sustainability, she advances firm wide knowledge and implementation of green and sustainable design.

Alex Leung, AIA, LEED AP, joined FXFOWLE's Cultural/Educational Studio in 1996. As Project Architect for Columbia University's new business school, he manages the project's design development, coordination, documentation, and construction administration.

Promoted to Associate

Fatin Anlar, AIA, TMMOB, LEED AP, joined the firm's Urban Studio in 2005 with a comprehensive background in all phases of architecture and design, and has managed a wide-range of projects from inception to completion. Currently, he is the Project Architect for Renaissance Tower, a new Class-A commercial tower in Istanbul, Turkey.

As the Director of Marketing, Katherine James, LEED GA, oversees all aspects of FXFOWLE's marketing efforts and works with the firm's leadership group to provide direction as it relates to the pursuit of new business. 

Steve Mielke, AIA, LEED AP, joined FXFOWLE in 2005 with over 10 years experience as a designer. He is currently working on a master plan study for the Center for Integrated Technology Learning at SUNY Purchase College, and is Co-Curator of the firm's art gallery.

Gustavo Rodriguez, LEED AP, is working on the new 70,000 square-foot Golisano Institute for Sustainability at Rochester Institute of Technology, which serves as a living laboratory for the research and development of sustainable industrial processes and building systems. He joined FXFOWLE's Urban Studio in 2006 as a senior designer.

FXFOWLE PART OF MASTER DEVELOPER TEAM FOR MULTIMODAL STATION IN ATLANTA

The Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) board has approved a team led by Cousins Properties to become the master developer of a multimodal passenger station in downtown Atlanta. Along with Atlanta-based Cousins, the team includes FXFOWLE, Forest City Enterprises, Integral Group, FC Asset Services, Cooper Carry, Urban Collage, Kimley-Horn & Associates and Parsons Brinckerhoff. The DOT envisions a "mini-city" atop a connecting point for buses, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, and a future transit area near CNN Center and Philips Arena. Part of the master development team's job is to determine the best place in a 120-acre area for the station and to find a way to use private development to help fund the passenger terminal.

HUNTERS POINT SOUTH INTERMEDIATE & HIGH SCHOOL UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Prominently situated within the Hunters Point South Development in Queens, NY, this combined intermediate and high school for the NY School Construction Authority is conceived as an anchor and activator for a new community and a welcoming "home" for the students. The school is vertically organized around its public spaces: a translucent gymnasium forms a 2-story base; an internally connecting auditorium creates a stepped "forum" between the two schools on the middle floors; and a dramatic viewing terrace connects the dining spaces at the top of the building. A star catalogue (Almagest) by artist Spencer Finch will be installed in the paving of this roof terrace as part of the Percent for Art Program. The school is rendered as a solid mass with vertical "fissures" that bring light into corridors and stairs. Horizontal strata incline where the building meets the ground and the sky, resulting in a dynamic compositional geology on the site. The school is scheduled to open to students in the fall of 2013.

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