Ennead Architects LLP (/ˈenēˌad/) is a

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...

-based architectural firm. The firm was founded in 1963 by

James Polshek James Stewart Polshek (February 11, 1930September 9, 2022) was an American architect based in New York City. He was the founder of Polshek Partnership, the firm at which he was the principal design partner for more than four decades. He worked ...

, who left the firm in 2005 when it was known as Polshek Partnership. The firm's partners renamed their practice in mid-2010. The 240-person firm offers

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

master planning A planned community, planned city, planned town, or planned settlement is any community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed on previously undeveloped land. This contrasts with settlements that evolve ...

historic preservation Historic preservation (US), built heritage preservation or built heritage conservation (UK), is an endeavor that seeks to preserve, conserve and protect buildings, objects, landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance. It is a philos ...

and

interior design Interior design is the art and science of enhancing the interior of a building to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment for the people using the space. An interior designer is someone who plans, researches, coordi ...

services. The firm’s work is for cultural, educational, commercial, governmental, laboratory, healthcare, and scientific not-for-profit institutions. The firm is presently led by nine Partners: V. Guy Maxwell, Kevin McClurkan, Molly McGowan, Richard Olcott, Tomas Rossant, Todd Schliemann, Peter Schubert, Don Weinreich, and Thomas Wong. The firm is a member of the

United States Green Building Council The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), co-founded by Mike Italiano, David Gottfried and Rick Fedrizzi in 1993, is a private 501(c)3, membership-based non-profit organization that promotes sustainability in building design, construction, and op ...

, and twenty-five percent of registered architects on staff are LEED Accredited Professionals.

Notable projects

Bill Clinton Library Adam Crain Archipreneur

Museums

* Yangtze River Estuary Chinese Sturgeon Nature Preserve, Shanghai, China (2021) * Shanghai Planetarium, Shanghai, China (2020) * University of Michigan, Biological Science Building, Ann Arbor, MI (2019) * Peabody Essex Museum Expansion and Renovation, Salem, MA (2019) * Anderson Collection at Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2014) *

Yale University Art Gallery The Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG) is the oldest university art museum in the Western Hemisphere. It houses a major encyclopedic collection of art in several interconnected buildings on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. ...

Expansion, New Haven, CT (2012) *

Natural History Museum of Utah The Natural History Museum of Utah (NHMU) is a museum located in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The museum shows exhibits of natural history subjects, with an emphasis on Utah and the Intermountain West. The mission of the museum is to il ...

, Salt Lake City, UT (2011) *

National Museum of American Jewish History The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History (The Weitzman) is a Smithsonian-affiliated museum at 101 South Independence Mall East (S. 5th Street) at Market Street in Center City Philadelphia. It was founded in 1976. History With ...

, Philadelphia, PA (2010) *

Vietnam Veterans Memorial The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring service members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam War. The site is dominated by two black granite walls engraved with the names of those ...

Education Center, Washington, D.C. (2011) *

Museum of the City of New York A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...

Expansion, New York, NY (2008) * Brooklyn Museum,

Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art is located on the fourth floor of the Brooklyn Museum, New York City, United States. Since 2007 it has been the home of Judy Chicago's 1979 installation, ''The Dinner Party''. History The Elizabet ...

, Brooklyn, NY (2007) *

Newseum The Newseum was an American museum dedicated to news and journalism that promoted free expression and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, while tracing the evolution of communication. The purpose of the museum, funded by the ...

Freedom Forum The Freedom Forum is the creator of the Newseum in Washington, D.C., which it sold to Johns Hopkins University in 2019. It is a nonpartisan 501 (c)(3) foundation that advances First Amendment freedoms through initiatives that include the Power Sh ...

Foundation World Headquarters, Washington, DC (2007) *

, Kahn Building Renovation, New Haven, CT (2006) *

New York Hall of Science The New York Hall of Science, also known as NYSCI, is a science museum located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in the New York City borough of Queens, in the section of the park that is in Corona. It occupies one of the few remaining structures fr ...

Expansion, Queens, NY (2004) * William J. Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock, AR (2004) * Brooklyn Museum, Entry Pavilion and Plaza, Brooklyn, NY (2004) * American Museum of Natural History,

Rose Center for Earth and Space The Rose Center for Earth and Space is a part of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The Center's complete name is The Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and Space. The main entrance is located on the no ...

, New York, NY (2000) * Copia: The American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts, Napa, CA (2001) *

Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums and education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge". Founded ...

National Museum of the American Indian The National Museum of the American Indian is a museum in the United States devoted to the culture of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. It is part of the Smithsonian Institution group of museums and research centers. The museum has three ...

Cultural Resources Center, Suitland, MD (1998) *

Mashantucket Pequot Museum The Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center is a museum of Native American culture in Mashantucket, Connecticut, owned and operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. Overview The Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, l ...

and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT (1998) * Stanford University, Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford, CA (1998) *

National Inventors Hall of Fame The National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) is an American not-for-profit organization, founded in 1973, which recognizes individual engineers and inventors who hold a U.S. patent of significant technology. Besides the Hall of Fame, it also oper ...

, Akron, OH (1995)

Performing arts

* Oriental Smart Media City, Shanghai, China
Jazz at Lincoln Center, Frederick P. Rose Hall Public Space Redesign
New York, NY (2015) *Robinson Center, Little Rock, AR (2016)
Xiamen Music Center Design Competition
Xiamen, China (2016) * University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Earl V. Moore Building Renovation and Brehm Pavilion, Ann Arbor, MI (2015) * Bing Concert Hall, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2012) *

The Joseph Papp Public Theater The Public Theater is a New York City arts organization founded as the Shakespeare Workshop in 1954 by Joseph Papp, with the intention of showcasing the works of up-and-coming playwrights and performers.Epstein, Helen. ''Joe Papp: An American Li ...

, Entry and Lobby Redesign, New York, NY (2012) *

New York City Center New York City Center (previously known as the Mecca Temple, City Center of Music and Drama,. The name "City Center for Music and Drama Inc." is the organizational parent of the New York City Ballet and, until 2011, the New York City Opera. and t ...

, New York, New York (2011) *

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, th ...

Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ...

, Institute of Performing Arts, New York, NY (ongoing) *

Frank Sinatra School of the Arts The Frank Sinatra School of the Arts is an arts high school in Astoria, Queens as part of the New York City Department of Education. The school, founded by Tony Bennett, is a major arts high school in New York City offering high school diplomas i ...

, Astoria, NY (2009) *

Allegheny College he, תגל ערבה ותפרח כחבצלת , mottoeng = "Add to your faith, virtue and to your faith, knowledge" (2 Peter 1:5)"The desert shall rejoice and the blossom as the rose" (Isaiah 35:1) , faculty = 193 ...

, Vukovich Center for Communication Arts, Meadville, PA (2008) * The

Mercersburg Academy Mercersburg Academy (formerly Marshall College and Mercersburg College) is an independent selective college-preparatory boarding & day high school in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania in the United States. Founded in 1893, the school enrolls approximat ...

, Burgin Center for the Arts, Mercersburg, PA (2006) *

Holland Performing Arts Center The Holland Performing Arts Center is a performing arts facility located on 13th and Douglas Streets in downtown Downtown Omaha, Nebraska in the United States; it opened in October 2005. Designed by Omaha architectural firm HDR, Inc. in collabora ...

, Omaha, NE (2005) * Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall, New York, NY (2003) *

The Santa Fe Opera Santa Fe Opera (SFO) is an American opera company, located north of Santa Fe, New Mexico. After creating the ''Opera Association of New Mexico'' in 1956, its founding director, John Crosby, oversaw the building of the first opera house on a new ...

, Santa Fe, NM (1998) * Center for the Arts Theater,

Yerba Buena Gardens Yerba Buena Gardens is the name for two blocks of public parks located between Third and Fourth, Mission and Folsom Streets in downtown San Francisco, California. The first block bordered by Mission and Howard Streets was opened on October 11, 1 ...

, San Francisco, CA (1993) * Carnegie Hall, Main Hall and Building Renovation and Restoration, New York, NY (1987) *

Ed Sullivan Theater The Ed Sullivan Theater (originally Hammerstein's Theatre; later the Manhattan Theatre, Billy Rose's Music Hall, CBS Radio Playhouse No. 3, and CBS Studio 50) is a theater at 1697–1699 Broadway, between 53rd and 54th Streets, in the Theater ...

, retrofitting for '' Late Show with David Letterman'', New York, NY (1993)

Education

* The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business, Robert B. Rowling Hall, Austin, TX (2018) * Kansas State University, College of Architecture, Planning and Design, Manhattan, KS (2017) * Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Design and Media Center, Boston, MA (2016) *Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Campus Expansion Master Planning and Architectural Design Competition, Tianjin, China (2016) *

Vassar College Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States, closely foll ...

, Bridge for Laboratory Sciences, Poughkeepsie, NY (2016) *

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,07 ...

, Engineering, Education and Research Center, Austin, TX (2015) * Stanford University, Stanford Law School, William H. Neukom Building, Stanford, CA (2011) * Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Crypt Arts Center and North Transept Renovation, New York, NY (2011) *

, New High School Building, New York, NY (2009) * The Pennsylvania State University,

Dickinson School of Law Penn State Dickinson Law, formerly Dickinson School of Law, is a public law school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It is one of two separately accredited law schools of The Pennsylvania State University. According to Penn State Dickinson Law's 2019 ...

, Carlisle and University Park, PA (2009) * Syracuse University, S.I.

Newhouse School of Public Communications The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, commonly known as Newhouse School, is the communications and journalism school of Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY. It has programs in print and broadcast journalism; music business; graphic d ...

, Syracuse, NY (2007) *

Williams College Williams College is a private liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams, a colonist from the Province of Massachusetts Bay who was kill ...

Paresky Center Williams College is a private liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams, a colonist from the Province of Massachusetts Bay who was killed i ...

, Williamstown, MA (2007) *

Lycée Français de New York The Lycée Français de New York (LFNY), commonly called the Lycée (in English, "The French High School of New York"), is an independent bilingual French school serving an international community of students from Nursery-3 to twelfth grade based ...

, New York, NY (2003) *

Columbia University Law School Columbia Law School (Columbia Law or CLS) is the Law school in the United States, law school of Columbia University, a Private university, private Ivy League university in New York City. Columbia Law is widely regarded as one of the most prestig ...

Jerome L. Greene Jerome L. Greene (1906–1999) was a prominent New York lawyer, real estate investor, and philanthropist. Early years and Education Greene was born in Brooklyn in 1909. Greene graduated from Columbia College in 1926 and Columbia Law School in 192 ...

Hall Expansion, New York, NY (1996)

Laboratories / Healthcare

* Stanford University, ChEM-H (Chemistry, Engineering & Medicine for Human Health) and the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, Stanford, CA (2020) *

University of Oregon The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a public research university in Eugene, Oregon. Founded in 1876, the institution is well known for its strong ties to the sports apparel and marketing firm Nike, Inc, and its co-founder, billion ...

, Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, Eugene, OR (2020) *Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, The David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care and CUNY/Hunter College, School of Nursing and Research Facility, New York, NY (2019) * University of Michigan, Biological Science Building, Ann Arbor, MI (2019) * The University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering, Engineering Education and Research Center, Austin, TX (2017) *

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and mone ...

, Flex Lab Facility, West Lafayette, IN (2017) *New York Stem Cell Foundation, Research Institute Laboratory, New York, NY (2017) * Northwell Health, Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY (2013) *

Weill Cornell Medicine The Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University is Cornell University's biomedical research unit and medical school located in Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York. Weill Cornell Medicine is affiliated with N ...

, Belfer Research Building, New York, NY (2011) *

University of California, San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego is t ...

, Biological and Physical Sciences Building, La Jolla, CA (2011) * City University of New York, Medgar Evers College, Academic Building I, Brooklyn, NY (2010) *

, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York, NY (2010) *

, Weill Greenberg Center, New York, NY (2007) *

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

, Biomedical Science Research Building, Ann Arbor, MI (2006) * The

Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...

, Peter L. and Clara M. Scott Laboratory, Columbus, OH (2006) * The

New York Botanical Garden The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is a botanical garden at Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City. Established in 1891, it is located on a site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants; the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, ...

, Pfizer Plant Research Laboratory, Bronx, NY (2006) * The

, International Plant Science Center, Bronx, NY (2002)

Civic

* Harrisburg Federal Courthouse, Harrisburg, PA (2022) *Staten Island Courthouse, St. George, Staten Island, NY (2015) * Department of Homeless Services, New Family Intake Center, Bronx, NY (2009) *

New York City Fire Department The New York City Fire Department, officially the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY), is an American department of the government of New York City that provides fire protection services, technical rescue/special operations services, ...

, Rescue Company 3, Bronx, NY (2008) * WGBH Public Broadcasting Station Headquarters, Boston, MA (2007) *

Scandinavia House Scandinavia; Sámi languages: /. ( ) is a subregion in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples. In English usage, ''Scandinavia'' most commonly refers to Denmark, Norway, and Swede ...

: The Nordic Center in America, New York, NY (2001) *

Queens Borough Public Library The Queens Public Library (QPL), also known as the Queens Borough Public Library and Queens Library (QL), is the public library for the borough of Queens, and one of three public library systems serving New York City. It is one of the largest li ...

, Flushing Regional Branch, Queens, NY (1998) * Seamen’s Church Institute, New York, NY (1991)

Industry / Infrastructure

Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant The Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant is the largest sewage treatment facility operated by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection. Since 2010, its eight metallic "digester eggs", which are tall and dramatically ill ...

, Brooklyn, NY (2010) * ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...

'' Printing Plant, Queens, NY (1997)

Commercial, Mixed Use, and Residential

*Shanghai Lingang Boashan Nanda Phase I, Shanghai, China (2024)
Pujiang Life & Health Industry Park
Shanghai, China (2023)
Pujiang Science Creation Corridor Phase I
Phase II & Phase III, Shanghai, China (2023) *Taopu Smart City Land Block 606, Shanghai, China (2023) *Taopu Smart City Land Block 603, Shanghai, China (2023)
Taopu Smart City Land Block 604 (Former HERO Pen Factory Preservation and New Constructions)
Shanghai, China (2022) *Taopu Smart City Land Block 605, Shanghai, China (2021) *Lingang Dafeng Headquarters in Jiangsu Province, Yanchen, China (2021)
Shanghai MixC Park
Shanghai, China (2020) *No.210 Wenshui Road Factory Retrofitting, Shanghai, China (2020)
Lingang Science City Phase I
Shanghai, China (2019) *Lingang Biopharm Industrial Park, Shanghai, China (2019)
Huawei Wuhan Research and Development Campus
Wuhan, China (2018)
The Lane at Boerum Place
Brooklyn, NY (2017) * General Theological Seminary, Chelsea Enclave, New York, NY (2010) * Standard Hotel New York, New York, NY (2009) * The Schermerhorn,

Common Ground (NYC) Breaking Ground, formerly Common Ground, is a nonprofit social services organization in New York City whose goal is to create high-quality permanent and transitional housing for the homeless. Its philosophy holds that supportive housing costs s ...

New York, NY (2009) * Riverhouse Residential Tower, New York, NY (2008) * The

Ritz Carlton The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC is an American multinational company that operates the luxury hotel chain known as The Ritz-Carlton. The company has 108 luxury hotels and resorts in 30 countries and territories with 29,158 rooms, in addi ...

Downtown,

Battery Park City Battery Park City is a mainly residential planned community and neighborhood on the west side of the southern tip of the island of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by the Hudson River on the west, the Hudson River shoreline on the north ...

, New York, NY (2001) * The Residences at the

, New York, NY (2001) * 500 Park Tower, New York, NY (1984)

Urban Design, Programming, and Master Planning

* Lingang Pujiang Oriental Smart Media City Urban Design, Shanghai, China (2019) *Shanghai Lingang Boashan Nanda Area Master Plan, Shanghai, China (2019) *Lingang Bao Steel Wusong Pilot District Master Plan, Shanghai, China (2019) *Caohejing Kangqiao Business Oasis Park Phase III Master Plan, Shanghai, China (2019) *Taopu Smart City East Extended Area Urban Design, Shanghai, China (2018) *Caohejing Development Zone Pujiang Park Science & Creation Corridor Urban Design, Shanghai, China (2017) *Shenzhen Guangming Tian An Cloud Park Urban Design, Shenzhen, China (2016)
Taopu Smart City Master Plan
Shanghai, China (2014

*Lingang Innovation and Entrepreneurship Belt Urban Design, Shanghai, China (2014) *The

Walters Art Museum The Walters Art Museum, located in Mount Vernon-Belvedere, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, is a public art museum founded and opened in 1934. It holds collections established during the mid-19th century. The museum's collection was amassed ...

, Facilities Master Plan, Baltimore, MD (2010) *

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...

Comprehensive Campus Master Plan, Ithaca, NY (2008) *

Barnes Foundation The Barnes Foundation is an art collection and educational institution promoting the appreciation of art and horticulture. Originally in Merion, the art collection moved in 2012 to a new building on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Penn ...

, Programming and

Site Analysis Site analysis is a preliminary phase of architectural and urban design processes dedicated to the study of the climatic, geographical, historical, legal, and infrastructural context of a specific site. The result of this analytic process is a sum ...

, Philadelphia, PA (2006) * Brooklyn Museum Master Plan, Brooklyn, NY (1987) * Carnegie Hall Master Plan, New York, NY (1980)

Design Awards

Firm Awards

* Medal of Honor, AIA/New York Chapter (2012) * Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award (2004) * President’s Award, AIA/New York Chapter (2003) *

AIA AIA or A.I.A. or Aia may refer to: Aia * Aia, a small town in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa, Spain * Aia, current Kutaisi, ancient capital of Colchis * Aia, another name for Aea (Malis), an ancient town in Greece * ''Aia'', the collected ed ...

Architecture Firm Award (1992)

American Institute of Architects National Honor Awards for Design Excellence

* The Standard, New York, New York, NY (2012) * Yale University Art Gallery Kahn Building Renovation, New Haven, CT (2010) * University of Michigan Biomedical Science Research Building, Ann Arbor, MI (2007) * William J. Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock, AR (2006) * American Museum of Natural History, Rose Center for Earth and Space, New York, NY (2002) * The New York Times Printing Plant, Queens, NY (2001) * Queens Borough Public Library, Flushing Regional Branch, Queens, NY (2001) * Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT (2000) * National Inventors Hall of Fame, Akron, OH (1999) * Center for the Arts Theater at Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA (1994) * Seamen’s Church Institute, New York, NY (1993) * Carnegie Hall, New York, NY (1988) * 500 Park Tower, New York, NY (1986) * New York State Bar Center, Albany, NY (1972)

References

*
Profile Series on polshek.com

External links

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