Grimshaw Architects
Design architect for the New Museum project at Museum Park
Grimshaw was founded in London in 1980. The practice now operates worldwide with offices in New York, London and Melbourne, employing more than 200 staff. The practice’s international portfolio is characterized by striking forms, technical innovation and rigorous details. The buildings are designed to have spatial and organizational clarity, to reflect the activities within them and to be versatile enough to respond to changing needs over time.
This level of design excellence has won the practice over 100 awards including the RIBA’s prestigious Lubetkin Prize in 200 7, the title of “World Architect of the Year” at the annual Building Design awards in the UK in 2008, and the AIA National Honor Award in 2009, for “Museo del Acero,’ in Monterrey, Mexico.
Grimshaw’s portfolio of completed buildings covers all major sectors and includes work in the UK, the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Mexico, and Australia.
In 2001 Grimshaw became the first major architectural practice to be certified for the Environmental Management standard ISO 14001.
Rodriguez and Quiroga Architects Chartered
Executive architect for the New Museum project at Museum Park
Rodriguez and Quiroga Architects Chartered was established in 1983 by Raul Rodriguez, AIA and Antonio M. Quiroga, AIA. The South Florida-based firm offers architectural, urban design and interior design services to its clients in the private and public sectors.
Rodriguez and Quiroga is an award winning architectural practice which has received Awards of Excellence in Architecture from the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects for its work on Miami-Dade College’s Inter-American Center and the Miami-Dade College Medical Center Campus. It has also received several Awards of Excellence from the Miami Chapter of the American Institute of Architects for a number of projects, including the Broward College Health and Sciences Center and the Dixon Wallace Christian House.
Thinc
Consultant to the New Museum project, Living Core design and development
Thinc is a leading exhibition design firm serving clients nationally and around the globe, including China, South Africa, and Europe. A diverse group of individuals from the fields of theater, exhibition design, architecture, education, film, graphics and interactive media, we conceive and design projects that generate visitor engagement, social involvement and active participation among people of diverse ages, backgrounds and interests. Thinc utilizes each project’s unique historical, social, cultural, and physical contexts to craft designs that enable people to construct strong relationships to the material of an exhibition, and powerfully-felt meaning within the experience of it. The firm is particularly interested in creating transformative environments, installations, and exhibits—ones that fundamentally alter the way people look at and think about the world.
Founded by Tom Hennes in 1992 as an extension of a theatrical design practice, the firm currently employs 25 full-time staff, in addition to a battery of consultants and freelance specialists. Thinc has designed projects for museums, aquariums, theme parks, corporations and governments. Thinc offers a holistic approach that combines great design and execution with broad insight into the organizational, cultural and experiential context surrounding the project. Services include master planning, interpretation, concept development, habitat design, exhibition design, media development, web development, and project implementation. Thinc also offers expertise in the emerging areas of web-based communities, social software and interactive technology.
ArquitectonicaGEO
Consultant to the New Museum project, landscape architect
ArquitectonicaGeo focuses on environmentally sensitive design and is widely recognized for its ability to create landscape designs of memorable imagery in close harmony with the architecture of the building and its environment. The firm explores the complex challenges of contemporary built and natural environments, developing solutions that balance a modern aesthetic with an environmental practice to create value, identity and a sustainable landscape.
ArquitectonicaGeo’s geo-landscaping philosophy is based on the principle of preserving a locations geographic character – the entire combination of natural and human attributes that make one place distinct from another – an authentic design process that preserves the ecological and cultural environment.
Arup
Consultant to the New Museum project, structural, civil and specialty engineering
Arup is an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants and technical specialists. The firm opened its doors in 1946 concentrating mostly on structural engineering. It received international attention for its work on the structural design of the Sydney Opera House, followed by the firm’s work on the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Most recently, Arup created an exciting sports venue for the 2008 Beijing Olympics Games with the National Aquatics Center, also know as the “Water Cube”.
Another of the firm’s projects, the Chanel Traveling Pavilion – Mobile Art, was designed to be packed away in standard shipping containers to be transported by sea around the word. The Chanel Contemporary Art pavilion housed work by 20 contemporary artists and visited Hong Kong, Tokyo and New York during its world tour.
Atelier Ten
Consultant to the New Museum project, LEED management
Atelier Ten is a collaborative, interdisciplinary and innovative firm of environmental design consultants and lighting designers dedicated to sustainability for the planned and built environment. An international firm, Atelier Ten provides a seamless, integrated service, marked by accessibility, reliability and efficiency at every level. Founded in 1990 in London by a team of progressive engineers, we have since expanded, with offices in New York, New Haven, Baltimore, San Francisco and Colchester.
We believe passionately in delivering a legacy of positive change. Our broad and worldwide portfolio spans from the tallest LEED Gold Office building in the United States to the world’s largest thermal labyrinth at Federation Square in Australia, to hundreds of award-winning projects and LEED certified buildings. Our methodologies combine qualitative and quantitative thinking: we deliver design solutions based on the cornerstones of sustainability, environmental integrity, economic viability and social wellbeing.
Lord Cultural Resources
Consultant to the New Museum project, museum planning
Founded in 1981 in response to an emerging need for specialized planning services in the museum, cultural and heritage sector, Lord Cultural Resources is now the world’s largest cultural professional practice. With the successful completion of more than 1,700 projects in 45 countries on 6 continents, the firm has earned an international reputation for sector leadership, innovation and excellence.
Oppenheim Lewis
Consultant to the New Museum project, project and cost management
Headquartered in San Francisco, Oppenheim Lewis is a full service project management and cost consulting firm which provides construction consulting services to its clients in the U.S. and abroad. The firms services include contract management, budget and cost control, information coordination and scheduling.
Scott Lewis, the firm’s president, provides a hands-on approach to each client’s project. Mr. Lewis has been involved in the development of budget and scope of sustainable design and environmentally responsible construction projects, such as the Exploratorium in San Francisco and the International Center to End Violence, also in San Francisco.
Some of the firm’s past projects include the National Aquarium of Mexico in Mexico City, and the Aquarium of the Red Sea in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Rana Creek Living Architecture
Consultant to the New Museum project, living architecture and green roof design
Rana Creek Living Architecture specializes in the design of sustainable sites and vegetated structures. Their unique approach addresses the growing ecological imperative in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, civil engineering and building technology. Their ecologists and designers connect nature with inanimate structure, and innovation with preservation. Committed to maximizing biodiversity, Rana Creek approaches the built environment as a connected ecosystem. Their integrated vegetated systems provide solutions to storm water run-off, habitat mitigation for native wildlife, and relate structure to site, site to landscape, and landscape to watershed.
Syska Hennessy Group
Consultant to the New Museum project, MEP life support systems
Syska Hennessy Group offers its international clients specialized consulting, engineering, technology and construction services. The firm has a staff of 600 with offices in 20 locations around the world. Its staff provides consulting services throughout the life of a project, helping to plan, design, build and operate technically superior facilities.
With 80 years of experience in designing systems for some of the world’s most technically sophisticated buildings, SH Group is known for providing engineering services for projects in a variety of areas, such as aviation, aquatic life support, and science and technology.
