NBBJ is an American global architecture, planning and design firm with offices in Boston, Columbus, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, Pune, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, and Washington, D.C..
NBBJ provides services in architecture, interiors, planning and urban design, experience design, healthcare and workplace consulting, landscape design, and lighting design. The firm is involved in multiple markets and building types including: cultural and civic, corporate, commercial, healthcare, education, science, sports, and urban environments. The firm has been named among the most innovative architecture firms by Fast Company, the fastest growing architecture firm, and the architecture firm of choice by Wired.
The firm was an early signatory of the Architecture 2030 challenge, a global initiative stating that all new buildings and major renovations reduce their fossil-fuel GHG-emitting consumption by 50 percent by 2010, incrementally increasing the reduction for new buildings to carbon neutral by 2030. In addition, the firm is recognized as CarbonNeutral® certified by Natural Capital Partners and has signed the Amazon Climate Pledge.
History
The firm was founded in 1943 by Seattle architects Floyd Naramore, William J. Bain, Clifton Brady, and Perry Johanson, and was initially called Naramore, Bain, Brady & Johanson. The architects formed the partnership during World War II to accept large-scale federal commissions in the area, including expansion of the Bremerton Naval Shipyard, but remained together after the war. The firm remained focused on projects in the Pacific Northwest region, growing into its largest architectural firm, before accepting projects in other areas of the United States. In 1976, the firm merged with Columbus, Ohio-based Nitschke–Godwin–Bohm to form the modern "NBBJ".
Selected completed projects
Corporate/Commercial
Amazon Spheres, Seattle, Washington (2018) Day 1, Seattle, Washington (2016) Doppler, Seattle, Washington (2015) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Headquarters, Seattle, Washington (2011) Russell Investments Headquarters, Seattle, Washington (2011) The Sail @ Marina Bay, Singapore (2008) Boeing Commercial Airplane Headquarters, Renton, Washington (2004) Reebok World Headquarters, Canton, Massachusetts (2002) Telenor World Headquarters, Fornebo, Oslo, Norway (2002) Two Union Square, Seattle, Washington (2019) Alipay Headquarters, China Samsung Headquarters, San Jose, California Tencent Headquarters, Shenzhen, China Alibaba Headquarters, China Rainier Tower, Seattle, Washington Rainier Square Tower, Seattle, Washington The Works, Unity Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom F5 Headquarters, Seattle, Washington
Healthcare
Banner Health Banner Estrella Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona (2004) Cleveland Clinic Heart Center Miller Pavilion, Cleveland Ohio (2008) Southcentral Foundation Primary Care Clinic, Anchorage, Alaska (2010) Miami Valley Hospital Heart and Orthopedic Center, Dayton, Ohio (2010) Massachusetts General Hospital Lunder Building, Boston, Massachusetts (2011) Seattle Children's Hospital Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center, Bellevue, Washington (2011) Dubai Mall Medical Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2011) Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts New York University Medical Center, New York UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California Jiahui Hospital, Shanghai, China Royal Liverpool Hospital University Medical Center New Orleans Veterans Affairs Hospital and Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System Replacement Medical Center and Research Lab, New Orleans, Louisiana (2016) Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio (2020) Ohana Center for Health, Monterey California Elks Children's Eye Clinic at Oregon Health & Science University, Casey Eye Institute, Portland Oregon UCSF Connie Frank Transplant Center Renovations, San Francisco, California Seattle Children’s Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic, Seattle, Washington (2022) Meridian Center for Health, Seattle, WA (2015) Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center, Pendleton, Oregon (2018) NYU Langone Health, Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Pavilion, New York, New York (2018)
