a+u Architecture and Urbanism June 2017 Special Issue KPF Innovation
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This Issue is a Special Feature on KPF (Kohn Pedersen Fox), a New York-Based Architecture and Planning Practice with Offices in London, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Seoul, and Abu Dhabi. Founded by A. Eugene Kohn, William Pedersen, and Sheldon Fox in 1976, KPF Recently Celebrated its 40th Anniversary. as Current President James Von Klemperer Stated, “from the Scale of a Brick to a Building, and Ultimately to a City”, KPF Designs are Finely Tuned to Their Surroundings and Exhibit a Careful Attention to Craft. In this Issue, We will Introduce KPF Work in Various Cities, Exploring 17 Recently Completed Projects Across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
Essay: The structure of KPF
James von Klemperer
Office Structure: KPF Design KPF Evolution KPF Management
Interview: From establishment to today, and to the future
A. Eugene Kohn, William Pedersen
Office policy: Around the World Typologies Highrise Building
Chapter 1: Americas
Hudson Yards
Interview: The development landscape in New York City
Jay Cross
One Vanderbilt
390 Madison
Realogy Headquarters
Petersen Automotive Museum
McCord Hall, W.P. Carey School of Business at ASU
Infinity Tower
Chapter 2: Europe, Middle East
Sixty London
Unilever House
Floral Court and Carriage Hall
Abu Dhabi International Airport Midfield Terminal
Chapter 3: Asia
The Otemachi Tower
Jing An Kerry Centre
Hysan Place
Riverside 66
Harbin Bank Headquarters
Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho
Round-table talk: Next generation of KPF
Robert C. Whitlock, Ko Makabe, Marianne Kwok, Trent Tesch,
James von Klemperer
Interview: Greater densification of the city
Paul Katz
KPF Contributors