|
EwingCole is an American integrated architecture, engineering, interior design and planning firm founded in 1961 as Alexander Ewing〔(American Architects and Buildings database, Ewing, Alexander )〕 & Associates.〔(American Architects and Buildings database, Alexander Ewing & Associates )〕 Headquartered in Philadelphia, with offices in Washington, D.C., Irvine, California, and New York City, New York the firm provides services for project types including academic, corporate, cultural, government, healthcare, science + technology and sports & entertainment. They have worked on projects across the United States and internationally in Afghanistan, Germany and Japan. == History == In 1958, the George M. Ewing〔(Philadelphia Buildings, Ewing, George M. )〕 Co.〔(Philadelphia Buildings, George M. Ewing Co. )〕 was retained by Rohm and Haas (since 2009 a subsidiary of Dow Chemical Company) to design the expansion and renovation of their corporate headquarters in Philadelphia. George Ewing’s son, Alexander, a partner in his father’s firm, was assigned to the project; Rohm and Haas designated their in-house architect, Stanley Cole,〔(American Architects and Buildings Database, Cole, Stanley )〕 to serve as professional aide to the management committee overseeing the project. During the early stages of design, however, it became clear that the existing site near Washington Square would not satisfy the company’s needs. Rohm and Haas worked with the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to exchange their existing property for a key site on Independence Mall just across 6th Street from the Liberty Bell. The exchange was beneficial to the city as well as to Rohm and Haas because the project ignited the subsequent further development of the Mall.〔(Philadelphia Athenaeum, Independence Mall )〕 In order to ease City Art Commission approval for design on such a prominent site, Stanley recommended adding renowned architect Pietro Belluschi to the team as design consultant. The resulting design was lauded for its respect to the nearby park and historic buildings; Philadelphia's city planners praised the Rohm and Haas Corporate Headquarters as a standard for all redevelopment buildings.〔Clausen, Meredith L. (1999). Pietro Belluschi: Modern American Architect. MIT Press. Pages 313, 316. ISBN 0-262-53167-4〕 (The experience was so successful that the Belluschi, Ewing and Cole collaborated again in the late 1960s〔(Evers, Charles A. (1997). "A List of Philadelphia's Modern Monuments," The Philadelphia Architect. )〕 on the University Lutheran Center;〔(University Lutheran Center of Philadelphia )〕 in the early 1970s, Belluschi, then a consultant to the Federal Reserve Bank in Washington, DC, recommended EwingCole for the design of the new headquarters of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Stanley Cole served as project manager until the completion of the Rohm and Haas project, when he joined Alexander Ewing & Associates. Cole, Michael P. Erdman〔(Philadelphia Buildings, Erdman, Michael P. )〕 and Joseph P. Eubank〔(Philadelphia Buildings, Eubank, Joseph P. )〕 became partners in 1970, and the firm was renamed Ewing Cole Erdman & Eubank.〔(Philadelphia Buildings, Ewing Cole Erdman & Eubank. )〕 By 1979, Robert Cherry〔(Philadelphia Buildings, Cherry, Robert. )〕 and Robert Parsky〔(Philadelphia Buildings, Parsky, Robert. )〕 had succeeded Erdman and Eubank in Ewing Cole Cherry Parsky;〔(Philadelphia Buildings, Ewing Cole Cherry Parsky )〕 this partnership continued until 1992, when Parsky’s departure resulted in Ewing Cole Cherry.〔(Philadelphia Buildings, Ewing Cole Cherry. )〕 In 1993, M. Paul Brott〔(Philadelphia Buildings, Brott, M. Paul. )〕 (who had worked in the Washington, DC office of the George M. Ewing Company from 1960–1978, rising to the level of partner) became Chairman and CEO of Ewing Cole Cherry Brott.〔(Philadelphia Buildings, Ewing Cole Cherry Brott )〕 Following the death of Paul Brott and the departure of Bob Cherry, the firm emerged in 2003 as EwingCole. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「EwingCole」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|