Pei Cobb Freed & Partners is an American architectural firm based in

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, founded in 1955 by I. M. Pei and other associates."Introduction to the Firm"
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. Retrieved September 7, 2012. The firm has received numerous awards for its work."Architecture Firm Award Recipients"
The American Institute of Architects. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
Brandeis University. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. Retrieved September 5, 2012. The firm provides architectural services, as well as planning and

urban design Urban design is an approach to the design of buildings and the spaces between them that focuses on specific design processes and outcomes based on geographical location. In addition to designing and shaping the physical features of towns, city, ...

. The firm has changed names twice: *1955 – Originally I. M. Pei & Associates, founded by I. M. Pei, Eason H. Leonard, and Henry N. Cobb *1966 – Renamed I. M. Pei & Partners *1989 – Renamed Pei Cobb Freed & Partners

Works

Works in progress

Projects in progress include 7 Bryant Park, an office tower in

; World One and World Crest in

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, luxury residential towers, and Supremus Office, a

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office tower, all at Lodha Place in Central

, a mixed-use development based on a 2009 master plan by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners; Tivoli Kanten , Tivoli Edge, a mixed-use project in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

; Soyak Krystal Kule, a corporate headquarters in

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; and 1000 Connecticut Avenue, an office building in Washington, D.C. Current higher education projects include Fiterman Hall at Borough of Manhattan Community College and

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and Residence Hall at

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's Lincoln Center Campus, both in New York City; McGlothlin Medical Education Center at Virginia Commonwealth University, an Expansion Campus for China Europe International Business School in Shanghai, adjacent to the original campus by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners.

Recent work

Among the firm’s recently completed projects are Palazzo Lombardia, the new seat of the Lombardy Regional Government, in

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; 200 West Street, the headquarters of Goldman Sachs in New York City; NASCAR Hall of Fame in

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; Milstein Family Heart Center in New York; First International Bank Tower in

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; Butler College Dormitories at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

; WaveRock, an office building in

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; Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City;

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Headquarters in

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; and Torre Espacio, an office tower on

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

’s major avenue Paseo de la Castellana.

Works through 2005

Significant works of the firm through 2005 include John F. Kennedy Library, John Hancock Tower, and John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse and Harborpark in

Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

; J.P. Morgan Chase Tower in

Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...

, Dallas City Hall, the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, and Fountain Place in

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; Bank of China Tower in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

; Taishin International Bank Tower in

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; U.S. Bank Tower in

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; First Bank Place in Minneapolis; Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York; National Constitution Center on Independence Mall in

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; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in

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, the expansion and modernization of the Louvre museum in

; San Francisco Main Public Library; and the East Building of the National Gallery of Art, the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

Awards

The firm received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the National Academy in 2017; New York State AIA Firm Award in 2009;"Honor Award Recipients"
AIA New York State. Retrieved September 6, 2012 the Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York Society of Architects in 1992; and the Chicago Architecture Award, in recognition of “significant contributions to architecture and to the design of urban environments,” in 1985. The Poses Creative Arts Award, which honors a distinguished body of work and leadership in the development of an art form, was awarded to the firm in 1981, in recognition of its “architectural innovation and excellence, having enriched the American landscape with some of its most graceful and aesthetically satisfying works of architectural art.” In 1968 the American Institute of Architects conferred its Architectural Firm Award, citing the “eminently successful collaboration among the partners, associates and staff ... which has resulted in years of consistently distinguished design.”

References

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