Studio Gang Architects

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Studio Gang Architects
The Aqua Tower in Chicago
Practice information
Key architects	Jeanne Gang
Founded	1997 (1997)
Location	Chicago, Illinois, United States New York, New York, United States
Significant works and honors
Projects	Writers Theatre University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons City Hyde Park Eleanor Boathouse at Park 571 Northerly Island Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College WMS Boathouse at Clark Park Aqua Tower Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo SOS Children's Villages Lavezzorio Community Center Columbia College Chicago Media Production Center Bengt Sjostrom Theatre (Starlight Theatre at Rock Valley College One Hundred
Website
studiogang.com

Studio Gang is an American architecture and urban design practice with offices in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and Paris.^[1] Founded and led by architect Jeanne Gang, the Studio is known for its material research and experimentation, collaboration across a wide range of disciplines, and focus on sustainability.^[2] The firm’s works range in scale and typology from the 82-story mixed-use Aqua Tower to the 10,000-square-foot Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College to the 14-acre Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo. Studio Gang has won numerous awards for design excellence, including the 2016 Architizer A+ Firm of the Year Award and the 2013 National Design Award for Architecture from the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, as well as various awards from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and AIA Chicago.

Background[]

The firm was founded by Jeanne Gang in 1997.^[3]

One of the Studio's first built works, the Bengt Sjostrom Starlight Theatre, was completed in 2003, and won praise from critics;^[4] the Chinese American Service League Kam Liu Center, finished the following year, garnered the firm additional accolades.^[5][6] Aqua Tower and the Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo, both completed in 2010, significantly increased the Studio global profile, winning acclaim from architecture critics.^[7][8]

The WMS Boathouse at Clark Park, and Eleanor Boathouse at Park 571, feature a sculptural roof that translates the motion of rowing and are two of four boathouses intended to revitalize the Chicago River.^[9]

The Studio's Northerly Island project, which transforms a former airfield into a public lakefront park and habitat, opened to the public in 2015.^{[citation needed]}

The Studio employs more than 90 people as of May 2017.^[10]

Selected projects[]

Towers[]

Project	Location	Status	Year
One Delisle	Toronto, ON	Pre-construction	2026	[11]
One Hundred	St. Louis, MO	Completed	2020	[12]
11 Hoyt	New York, NY	Under construction	2019	[13]
40 Tenth Avenue	New York, NY	Under construction	2019	[14]
Vista Tower	Chicago, IL	Under construction	2019	[15]
Solstice on the Park	Chicago, IL	Completed	2018	[16]
MIRA	San Francisco, CA	Completed	2017	[17]
City Hyde Park	Chicago, IL	Completed	2016	[18]
Shoreland	Chicago, IL	Completed	2014	[19]
Recombinant House (Garden in the Machine)	Cicero, IL	Design concept completed	2012	[20]
Aqua Tower	Chicago, IL	Completed	2010	[21]
Vancouver Pair	Vancouver, BC	Design concept completed	2010	[22]
Hyderabad O2	Hyderabad	Design concept completed	2008	[23]
HafenCity Crane Tower	Hamburg	Design concept completed	2006	[24]
Zhong Bang Village	Shanghai	Competition design completed	2003	[25]

Education[]

Project	Location	Status	Year
The University of Chicago Center in Paris	Paris, France	Under Construction	2022	[26]
Beloit College Powerhouse	Beloit, WI	Under Construction	2019	[27]
University of Chicago Campus North Residential Commons	Chicago, IL	Completed	2016	[28]
Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College	Kalamazoo, MI	Completed	2014	[29]
Columbia College Chicago Media Production Center	Chicago, IL	Completed	2010	[30]

Nature, Culture, and Community[]

Project	Location	Status	Year
Rescue Company 2 (New York City Fire Department)	New York, NY	Under construction	2018	[31]
Northerly Island	Chicago, IL	Ongoing	2017	[32]
Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History	New York, NY	In design	2017	[33]
Civic Commons	United States	Completed	2016	[34]
Eleanor Boathouse at Park 571	Chicago, IL	Completed	2016	[35]
National Aquarium Strategic Master Plan	Baltimore, MD	Design concept completed	2016	[36]
Writers Theatre	Glencoe, IL	Completed	2016	[37]
PAHC Studio	Chicago, IL	Completed	2014	[38]
WMS Boathouse at Clark Park	Chicago, IL	Completed	2013	[39]
The Conservation Center	Chicago, IL	Completed	2012	[40]
Kaohsiung Maritime Cultural and Pop Music Center	Kaohsiung	Competition design completed	2011	[41]
Blue Wall Center	Greenville, SC	Design concept completed	2010	[42]
Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo	Chicago, IL	Completed	2010	[43]
Taipei Pop Music Center	Taipei	Competition design completed	2010	[44]
Ford Calumet Environmental Center	Calumet City, IL	Design concept completed	2008	[45]
SOS Children's Villages Lavezzorio Community Center	Chicago, IL	Completed	2008	[46]
HafenCity Chicago Square	Hamburg	Design concept completed	2006
Chinese American Service League Kam Liu Center	Chicago, IL	Completed	2004	[47]
Bengt Sjostrom Starlight Theatre at Rock Valley College	Rockford, IL	Completed	2003	[48]

Exhibitions[]

Project	Location	Status	Year
Working in America	Chicago, IL	Completed	2016	[49]
Thinning Ice at Design Miami	Miami, FL	Completed	2014	[50]
Changes of Phase for Thodos Dance Chicago	Chicago, IL	Completed	2014	[51]
EXPO Chicago	Chicago, IL	Completed	2012 –2014	[52]
Building: Inside Studio Gang Architects at the Art Institute of Chicago	Chicago, IL	Completed	2012 –2013	[53]
Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream at the Museum of Modern Art	New York, NY	Completed	2012	[54]
Baseball in the City at the Art Institute of Chicago	Chicago, IL	Completed	2004	[55]
Marble Curtain at the National Building Museum	Washington, D.C.	Completed	2003	[56]

Selected awards[]

• Institute Honor Award, Interior Architecture, AIA Awards, 2017 / Writers Theatre
• Daniel Burnham Award for Master Planning, AIA Illinois, 2016 / Technical team for Positioning Pullman
• Divine Detail Award, Design Excellence Awards, AIA Chicago, 2016 / Writers Theatre
• Interior Architecture Award, Design Excellence Awards, AIA Chicago, 2016 / Writers Theatre
• Distinguished Building Citation of Merit, Design Excellence Awards, AIA Chicago, 2016 / Writers Theatre
• Divine Detail Award, Design Excellence Awards, AIA Chicago, 2016 / City Hyde Park
• Distinguished Building Citation of Merit, Design Excellence Awards, AIA Chicago, 2016 / City Hyde Park
• Institute Honor Award, Architecture, AIA Awards, 2016 / WMS Boathouse at Clark Park
• Architizer A+ Firm of the Year, 2016
• Award for Excellence in Design, Thirty-third Annual Design Awards, Public Design Commission, New York, 2015 / Rescue Company 2
• Distinguished Building Award, Design Excellence Awards, AIA Chicago, 2015 / Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership
• Divine Detail Award, Design Excellence Awards, AIA Chicago, 2015 / Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership
• Honor Award, AIA Illinois, 2015 / Northerly Island
• Distinguished Building Citation of Merit, Design Excellence Awards, AIA Chicago, 2014 / WMS Boathouse at Clark Park
• National Design Award, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
• Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction Acknowledgement Prize North America, 2011, for the Ford Calumet Environmental Center^[57]
• Distinguished Building Honor Award, AIA Chicago, 2011, for the Nature Boardwalk, Education Pavilion and South Pond Transformation at Lincoln Park Zoo^[58]
• Most Compassionate Architectural Firm, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), 2009^[59]
• Skyscraper of the Year Award, Emporis, 2009, for the Aqua Tower^[60]
• Emerging Visions Award, AIA Chicago, 2000 & 2006^[61]
• Neighborhood Development Award, 3rd place, Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, 2005, for the Chinese American Service League^[62]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Google (2015-01-08). "Studio Gang Project Locations" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
• "Jeanne Gang: The Art of Nesting," Metropolis Magazine
• Architecture-Page Profile
• Lincoln Park Zoo South Pond Restoration and Pavilion, Architectural Record, May 2011.
• Finding aid for the Studio Gang Ford Calumet Environmental Center project records, Canadian Centre for Architecture