ENNEAD ARCHITECTS LLP PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT(S): JOSEPH FLEISCHER, FAIA TIMOTHY HARTUNG, FAIA DUNCAN HAZARD, AIA GUY MAXWELL, AIA And Partners LOCATION: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK FIRM OPENED: 2010 EMPLOYEES: 167 FIRM PHILOSOPHY Ennead Architects starts with a commitment to the creation of meaningful, innovative, enduring and sustainable architecture with the tradition of analytical problem-solving. Within sustainability, the firm integrates architectural solutions that preserve the natural or built context and explores new building systems and materials that affect the environment advantageously. The main work principles used are collaborating, connecting with clients for the benefit of their communities, and the public realm while maintaining integrity and ingenuity. HISTORY Originally started by James Stewart Polshek as a sole proprietorship, the firm has grown into its eleven person partnership of Ennead Architects LLP. In 1963, James Steward Polshek ran his own firm until 1980 where it became James Stewart Polshek and Partners with the addition of Joseph Fleischer and later Timothy Hartung in 1987 as partners. The firm changed their name to Polshek Partnership LLP adding four partners. James Polshek retired from the partnership in 2005 and became Design Council. By January 2012 the total eleven partners became a part of Ennead Architects. The firm has won numerous awards nationally and internationally. Recent awards have been the AIA New York City, Medal of Honor (2012); AIA National Honor Award for Design Excellence (The Standard, NY, 2012); AIA National Healthcare Honor Award (Cornell Weill Medical College, Weill Greenberg Center, 2008); and many more. PROJECT TYPE Cultural, Institutional, Education, Hotels, Residences, Industrial, Infrastructure, Laboratories, Healthcare, Libraries, Museums, Performing Arts, Planning, Transformation, Visual Arts COMPLETED PROJECTS American Museum of Natural History, Rose Center for Earth and Space, New York, NY Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, Astoria, Queens, NY Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT William J. Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock, AR REFERENCES "Ennead Architects." Ennead Architects. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Nov. 2012. <http://ennead.com/>. "Ennead Architects." NextGEN Gallery RSS. N.p., 04 May 2012. Web. 24 Nov. 2012. <http://archleague.org/2012/05/ennead/>. Anastasia Peters (677663058) ARCH 101 ITA FALL 2012 Katy Alberts (675344203) William J. Clinton Presidential Center LOCATION: LITTLE ROCK, AR COMPLETION: 2004 BUILDING TYPE: MUSEUM AND LIBRARY BUILDING TYPE + PROGRAM The center is located on a 27-acre public park and has a total of 167,000 square feet. The center includes the museum, archives, and the Choctaw Station. The museum holds 20,000 square feet of exhibit space, a café, great hall, theatre, and classrooms. The museum has many interactive exhibits, like a replica of the Oval Office and a reconstruction of the White House Cabinet Room. The center also houses the Clinton library, which holds an impressive archival collection from his presidency. This also includes NARA facilities. The Choctaw station is detached from the center and is where the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, the Clinton Public Policy Institute, and the Clinton Foundation are all held. BUILDING DESIGN INTENTIONS Because of the location, it must serve a few different purposes. The center is right on the Arkansas River, optimizing the view of the river by turning the body of the center perpendicular to the river and raising it off the ground. This also maximizes the public park space and connects downtown Little Rock to North Little Rock. The refurbishment of the Choctaw train station allowed for historic preservation. The firm also met their sustainability goals for this project. They surpassed the energy efficiency requirements through technology like solar screening interlayer, demand-controlled ventilation, and radiant-floor heating and cooling. The project was eventually awarded LEED Platinum EB. BUILDING PLANS, SECTIONS, ADDITIONAL IMAGES Ground Floor Plan Section View REFERENCES Polshek, James Stewart. Polshek Partnership Architects. New York: Princeton Architectural, 2005. Print. “Visiting the Center.” William J. Clinton Presidential Center. Web. 25 Nov. 2012. http://www.clintonpresidentialcenter.org/visiting-the-center/>. “William J. Clinton Presidential Center.” Ennead Architects. Web. 25 Nov. 2012. <http://ennead.com/#/projects/clinton-presidential-center> Anastasia Peters (677663058) ARCH 101 ITA FALL 2012 Katy Alberts (675344203) .