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April 4, 2012

Project of the Month: Gates Foundation campus reaches in — and out

By CLAIR ENLOW
Special to the Journal

Photo by Timothy Hursley [enlarge]
The courtyard is intended to promote community for the foundation staff and guests.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Campus
Architect:
NBBJ
Steve McConnell,
design-partner-in-charge;
William Nichols, co-partner-in-charge;
John Hendry, project manager;
Christian Carlson, lead designer;
Knut Hansen, project architect;
Rysia Suchecka and Anne Cunningham,
co-lead designers, interiors;
Daniel Cockrell, project architect, interiors;
Kelly Griffin, workplaces;
Margaret Montgomery, sustainability;
Kevin Frary, lighting;
Eric LeVine, environmental graphics

Owner:
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Project type:
Nonprofit office

Size:
639,860 square feet (gross)

Completion:
June of 2011

Construction cost:
$500 million

Landscape architect:
Gustafson Guthrie Nichol

Structural engineer:
KPFF

Structural mechanical
and electrical engineer:
Arup

Electrical engineer:
Cochran, Inc.

Mechanical engineer:
McKinstry

General contractor:
Sellen


 
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