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KPF News

Architecture News – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

Jun 12, 2018
James von Klemperer – 2018 American Prize for Architecture Laureate
President of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, James von Klemperer leads a global architecture practice will be honored with the nation’s Highest Award for American Architecture on June 20 in New York City:
The American Prize for Architecture 2018

May 6, 2016
YCHA Red Hook Houses, New York City, NY, USA

NYCHA Red Hook Houses
“The New York City Housing Authority—which with 178,000 apartments and more than 400,000 low-income residents is the city’s largest landlord—has committed to introduce solar panels on its roofs beginning in 2017.

Mar 14, 2016
10 Hudson Yards Manhattan, NYC, NY, USA

image from architect
10 Hudson Yards Tower by KPF

Feb 24, 2016
151 East 60th Street, NYC, NY, USA

image © KPF
Upper East Side Supertall

Feb 24, 2016
Next Tokyo Mile High Skyscraper by KPF, Japan

image © KPF
Next Tokyo Mile High Skyscraper by KPF
This proposal by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates for Next Tokyo, a conceptual Japanese megacity for a half million residents, is a mile-high tower at its center. The tower is designed rise as high as 420 stories. However funding has yet to be announced.

28 Dec 2015
The Scalpel Skyscraper, city of London, England, UK
Design: Kohn Pederson Fox – KPF

image courtesy of therchitects
The Scalpel London
This 38-storey tower building received planning approval in 2013.

Dec 9, 2015 + Aug 28, 2013
Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Design: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)

image from architects
International architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) is pleased to share its exciting design for the new Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. The museum will mark its 20th anniversary in 2014 by commencing a complete exterior transformation and a dynamic redesign of the interior, resulting in a world-class museum that will showcase the art, experience, culture, and heritage of the automobile.

11 Jul 2013
Parc du Millénaire, Paris, France
Design: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)

image from architect
International architecture firm, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) is pleased to announce the recent groundbreaking ceremony, hosted by leading French developer ICADE, and attended by the French Minister of Justice Christiane Taubira and First Deputy Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo. The building, located in the Parc du Millénaire, along the northern edge of the principal ring road encircling metropolitan Paris (the Boulevard Périphérique), will be occupied solely by the Ministry of Justice. The highly visible landmark structure will serve as one of the public faces of the larger Parc Du Millénaire development.

23 Apr 2013
Ziraat Bank Headquarters, Istanbul, Turkey
Design: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Ziraat Bank Headquarters Building
International architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) is pleased to announce that, as its first project in Turkey, it has been commissioned to design the new headquarters for the country’s largest and oldest financial institution, Ziraat Bank (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Ziraat Bankası), in the heart of Istanbul.

Dec 6, 2012
Emporis Skyscraper Award
Emporis Skyscraper Award
#8 Northeast Asia Trade Tower (South Korea)
Points: 13
Height: 1,010.50 ft
Floors: 68
Location: Incheon
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

19 Jun + 6 Feb 2012
One Nine Elms, London, UK

image from Wandsworth Council
One Nine Elms
A planning application has been submitted to Wandsworth Council for the redevelopment of the Market Towers office building in Nine Elms. The proposal designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates – KPF – is for a mixed use scheme including more than 400 hundred homes, a hotel and a new public square with shops, restaurants and cafés.

23 Apr 2012
Covent Garden Flower Cellars, London, England
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

photograph © Tim Soar
Covent Garden Flower Cellars London
A team led by international architecture practice Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) has completed the renovation and restoration of the historic Covent Garden Flower Cellars in London, first built in 1871. The Flower Cellars will be the first completed project within KPF’s recent masterplan for Covent Garden, commissioned by Covent Garden London, a wholly owned subsidiary of Capital & Counties Properties PLC.

6 Feb 2012
Abu Dhabi Airport Terminal, UAE

image from Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Abu Dhabi Airport Terminal
Tthe new Midfield Terminal Complex at Abu Dhabi International Airport has been approved by the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi. With ground works already commenced on site, a contractor will now be appointed to commence work on the construction of the Terminal Complex

11 Oct 2011
Abu Dhabi Intermodal Transit Centre, UAE

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Abu Dhabi Intermodal Transit Centre
Adjacent to the Midfield Terminal at Abu Dhabi International Airport desiged by KPF, the design for the Intermodal Transit Centre and Carpark is an elegant, delicately restrained mass and form which provides visual and physical continuity between the two buildings and, critically, retains primary views to the terminal building.

20 Jul 2011
King’s Reach Tower, London, UK

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King’s Reach Tower
International architecture firm, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) is pleased to announce that planning consent has been granted for its scheme for the redevelopment of King’s Reach Tower on London’s South Bank for developer CIT Group. The design by KPF for King’s Reach retains and transforms the existing 1970s tower and T-shaped podium building.

7 Apr 2011
International Commerce Centre, West Kowloon, China – ICC
Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates with Wong & Ouyang

picture : Takuya Watanabe
International Commerce Centre incl. The Ritz-Carlton – The world’s highest hotel

KPF – Key Projects

Major Kohn Pedersen Fox Buildings, alphabetical:

20 Gresham Street, London, UK
2008

photo : Timothy Soar
20 Gresham Street

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) Headquarters, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2006

photo : H.G. Esch
ADIA Headquarters

American Commerce Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2008-

Model : Awad Architectural Models Inc.
American Commerce Center

Boston Harbor Garage towers proposal, Massachusetts, USA
2009-

image from KPF
Boston Harbor Garage towers

Clifton Wharf, Kent, England
2009-

image : KPF & Pure Render
Clifton Wharf

Heron Tower – 110 Bishopsgate, London, UK
2006-

photo © Nick Weall
Heron Tower

Mandarin Oriental Residences, CityCenter Las Vegas, Texas, USA
2008

image from CityCenter
Mandarin Oriental Hotel + CityCenter Las Vegas

Marina Bay Financial Centre, Singapore
2006-

image : Digital Mirage
Marina Bay Financial Center

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Expansion, Renovation & Modernization, New York, New York, USA
1999-
Yoshio Taniguchi & Associates with Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)

photo © Andrew McRae
MoMA

The Pinnacle, London, UK
2007-

image : KPF and Cityscape
The Pinnacle

Shanghai World Financial Center, China
1995 – 2008

photo © Andrew McRae
Shanghai World Financial Center

Songdo IBD ConvensiA, Incheon, Korea
2008

photo : JaeSungE
Songdo IBD ConvensiA

Victoria Transport Interchange (VTI) 2, London, England
2007-

image : Miller Hare, from KPF
Victoria Transport Interchange Masterplan + Buildings