When Sound Transit developed a new vision and action plan to enhance the passenger experience, the agency hired ZGF to create a set of guidelines for its transit stations and station environments that recenters the passenger experience in the design process. https://bit.ly/4cidTBJ 📸: Sound Transit
ZGF Architects
Architecture and Planning
Portland, Oregon 84,994 followers
Our practice connects communities and is committed to the stewardship of place, people, and the environment.
About us
With our origins in Oregon, attention to craft and beauty is elemental to the ZGF culture. A deep respect for the built environment evolved from reverence for the surrounding natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest landscape and a commitment to stewardship of the natural environment. Rather than reflecting a signature style, our work is derived from the particulars of the climate, context, and the human experience. The instinct to build community, making places where people come together for a common purpose, is central to our work. Evolving from a single office with strong regional roots to a firm with seven offices across North America and 750+ staff, ZGF's national reputation was honored with the American Institute of Architects' Architecture Firm Award, recognizing the firm’s “high standards, humanistic concerns, and unique ability to capture the spirit of a place and the aspirations of its inhabitants.”
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http://www.zgf.com
External link for ZGF Architects
- Industry
- Architecture and Planning
- Company size
- 501-1,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Portland, Oregon
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1942
- Specialties
- Architecture, Interior Design, Urban Design, Planning, Landscape Architecture, Environmental Design, Fabrication, and Experience Design
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Employees at ZGF Architects
Updates
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SoCalNOMA - Southern California Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects has named ZGF its 2024 Sponsor of the Year for our continued involvement in the organization's Project Pipeline. As part of this initiative, our Los Angeles team mentored local high school students in ZGF's annual SoCal NOMA Summer Shadowing Program. The students experienced office life while designing ADUs alongside our seasoned design professionals.
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The PDX airport upends what you know about the airport experience. It's not just an airport, but a front door to the region. More than a building, it's a civic space for the whole city. Going beyond critical infrastructure, it's a project designed and built by and for the people of Oregon. https://lnkd.in/gRF9dxfR
A Walk in the Forest at PDX Airport
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Discover how ZGF worked with Microsoft and partners to build the award-winning East Campus in Redmond, WA. Urban Land Institute has named it one of 10 winners of the 2024 ULI Americas Awards for Excellence. Our project not only represents high standards of achievement in the land use profession, but it was also recognized in the Low-Carbon Development category. The new East Campus reflects Microsoft’s commitment to employees and the Puget Sound community. It is designed to enhance productivity and create optimal spaces for hybrid work, thoughtfully built with a focus on sustainability, accessibility, wellness, preservation of nature, and fostering community. https://bit.ly/3Wnir3P (Also a shoutout to another ZGF project, The Assembly, as one of 18 finalists. Congrats to both project teams!)
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Clinician burnout is a complex, multifaceted problem, but as designers we have a unique opportunity to advocate for healthcare professionals and address burnout and staff retention through the built environment, writes ZGF's Michelle Kohlberg Sanders. https://bit.ly/3YqiluV
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A first of its kind in British Columbia, the new Surrey hospital and BC Cancer Centre represents the province’s largest investment in a new healthcare facility and the first community hospital with a fully integrated cancer center. https://bit.ly/4c1F1ot
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Designed to facilitate the convergence of science, technology, and society, the Knight Campus Building 2 at the University of Oregon provides research groups at the nexus of bioengineering and biomedical science with the space necessary to collaborate and fast-track discoveries into new medical technologies. https://bit.ly/4bV9Zyw
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Sharron van der Meulen and Gene Sandoval share with Urban Land Institute how the newly expanded main terminal of Portland International Airport (PDX) which opens August 14th, 2024, is an important civic building designed to serve the people, deliver a positive experience, strengthen resilience, reduce impact—and represent the Pacific Northwest. https://bit.ly/4feXWir
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This week, we hosted ZGF Seattle’s 37th anniversary party to honor our clients, consultants, and partners who have contributed to the firm’s success over the last three decades, as well as the impact our projects have had on the community. Thank you to everyone who joined us, and to those who couldn’t be there in person—we missed you! We also celebrated several retirees who dedicated their careers to ZGF and whose legacies live on through their projects and all those impacted by them.
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For years, StepStone Group worked out of pre-built offices in New York that were not designed specifically for them. Ready to take a leap, they enlisted ZGF to design a two-floor fit-out that finally reflects their culture, mission, and brand. https://bit.ly/3zQEY1i
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