GBBN’s Sustainability Action Plan
By signing the American Institute of Architects 2030 Commitment, we’ve pledged to design all our buildings to be net zero energy by 2030. We’re excited to share our Sustainability Action Plan–a concise guide to the specific steps we are taking to honor this commitment in our work, our company operations, and our communities. Positively affecting […]
The ribbon has been cut! To transform the entry and lobby at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, the design team explored @uchealth ‘s motto, “In Science Lives Hope” to bring that into physical expression in their space. Read more at gbbn.com/news #architecture #design #healthcare
We’re excited to welcome
our new Director of Research, Shan Jiang, Ph.D., International ASLA to GBBN! Shan joins us from West Virginia University’s School of Design and Community Development, where she was an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture. Shan will lead firm-wide research efforts, helping teams in all cities and markets. Welcome Shan! Learn more about her at gbbn.com/people #research #researcher #architecture #design #newhire #newhires
GBBN Principal, Angela Mazzi, FAIA, FACHA, EDAC was recently honored as this year's HCD 10 Architect! Congratulations, Angela!
Read about her extensive research and medical planning experience, and why “For Angela, architecture is an advocacy profession.”
#GBBN #architecture #design #healthcare #salutogenesis
Posted @withrepost • @hcdmagazine Meet Angela Mazzi, principal at @gbbnarchitects (Cincinnati), this year’s HCD 10 Architect.
Read more and see TRENDS at Link in Bio.
#healthcaredesign #design #architecture
“On the one hand, we wanted to break down barriers – to acknowledge that dance is this fundamentally human experience, and it’s for everyone…. On the other hand, (we) sought to express the grace and power of dance.”
@architizer recently caught up with Marcene Kinney, AIA, GBBN’s Director of Arts to talk about @CincinnatiBallet’s Margaret & Michael Valentine Center for Dance.
👉 bit.ly/BalletQA
#GBBN #architecture #design #arts #dance #community #diversity #inclusion #power #grace #athleticism #discipline
🎉Congratulations, Mel Ngami, RA! Mel not only recently earned the “RA” behind her name – becoming a licensed architects (a rigorous, mult-year endeavors) – but she also won 1 of 3 scholarships to attend the #AIAWomensLeadershipSummit!
Link in BIO.
#The_Architect
#GBBN #architecture #design #AIA @aianational @nomanational @noma_pgh
Big things are happening at Braddock Carnegie Library! We were delighted to join the community, the staff, and so many supporters of the library as we broke ground on the next phase of the renovation of the #FirstEverCarnegieLibrary. ❤️
#GBBN #architecture #design #libraries #communitylibraries #artlendinglibrary #ceramics #theater
Posted @withrepost • @braddocklibrary So we did a thing on Friday: https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/braddock-carnegie-library-undergo-major-transformation/GVKUOGEDXNC33EVACHUI6OJFNM/
A huge thank you to United States Steel Corporation and the Pittsburgh Penguins for all their help bringing lots of our local supporter together (donors and supporters like Eden Hall Foundation, Rep. Summer Lee Senator Jim Brewster, representatives from our Boroughs, and Governor Tom Wolf among so many others).
Our architects GBBN Architects and construction team at Jendoco are working with staff and community partners to provide the best finished product to serve the community for the next 130 years.
Look at all those brick arches!
We miss being in our building but are excited for our future!
Catch GBBN designer, Mel Ngami, RA as part of this great discussion on Materials, Aesthetics, and Empowerment at 5 pm today at @cmusoa. It promises to be a rich and important conversation.
Posted @withrepost • @cmusoa Monday, September 26th, 5pm in Kresge Theatre, College of Fine Arts
SoA Public Programs invites you to a discussion: Materials, Aesthetics, and Empowerment.
DISCUSSION IN PERSON.
All are welcome to join a collaborative session to brainstorm questions and themes and approach the lecture series with criticality. The discussion will be hosted by DARIO E. MCPHEE, (AIA, NOMA, ASSOCIATE, INDOVINA ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS @indovinaarchitects ), MELANIE NGAMI (RA, NOMA, DESIGNER, GBBN @gbbnarchitects ; ADJUNCT FACULTY, CMU SOA), ALICIA VOLCY( NOMA, DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT, STUDIO VOLCY). The session will be moderated by CMU NOMAS. This discussion is an opportunity to anticipate the implications of the issues raised this semester in the Public Programs and examine the terms MATERIALITY and AESTHETICS in relation to the events ahead. In conjunction with @noma_pgh and Pittsburgh Architecture Week @aiapgh. #pittsburgharchitectureweek
Image Gordan Parks, 1944 Pittsburgh Grease Works
with REFRESHMENTS
🎈🎉🥂🔥 <—All of the celebratory things, because #DigitalFutures is lit! It was a beautiful day to checkout #TheFutureOfResearch – in Cincinnati and beyond. Congratulations to everyone who made it happen!
#GBBN #architecture #design #innovation #research #innovationdistricts #innovativeworkplace #interdisciplinarity
@ucdigitalfutures @terrexllc @uofcincy @cincydigitalfutures @schaefershares @cincy_id @messerwearebldg
GBBN and our development partners had a great night at the #NAIOP Cincinnati/NKY “Night of the Stars,” winning 3 awards – including #DesignOfTheYear for @bradymusiccenter, #OfficeDealOfTheYear for the #DigitalFuturesComplex (@terrexllc, @jll, @digitalfutures), and #MultifamiliyDealOfTheYear for #Willkommen (@modelgroup_mg).
Congratulations, everyone! It’s great to have great partners.
Link in BIO.
#GBBN #architecture #design #arts #community #affordablehousing #innovation #education
Who’s excited about @ucdigitalfutures #grandopening tomorrow? 🙋♀️
We recently visited on a photo shoot. From the high bay (for drone testing) to the gallery and cafe, there are some great spaces in there!
#gbbn @uofcincy @terrexllc @messerwearebldg #futureforward #research
“These projects not only represent a reinvestment in critical pieces of the built environment, but they’re highly sustainable. By reusing existing buildings to meet community needs, they’re extending the life of embodied carbon.”
-GBBN Principal, Amanda Markovic (on judging @RetrofitMag’s #MetamorphosisAwards)
🔗 in BIO
#GBBN #architecture #design #adaptivereuse #sustainability #resilience @bassmarkovic
Tomorrow, GBBN's Angela Mazzi will be presenting "Space for Healing: Providing Patients Resources to Cope"at The Center for Health Design.
👉 loom.ly/mc-8gIY
#GBBN #architecture #design #healthcare #salutogenesis @patronsaintofarchitecture
Posted @withrepost • @centerforhealthdesign Quality milieu at multiple scales is often lacking in behavioral health environments. By focusing on a more individualistic approach, we can lower patient stress and improve outcomes. Register for our 9/20 workshop to hear Angela Mazzi of @gbbnarchitects explore how salutogenic elements can be applied in design to provide therapeutic spaces that promote wellness. Learn more and register here: https://loom.ly/mc-8gIY
Thanks to our workshop sponsors @stancehealthcare, @whitehallmfg, @aplustroy, @accuratelockandhardware, @altroamericas, Kingsway Group, @norixfurniture, Safehinge Primera, Cortech, @visalighting and @moduformfurniture!
Vanke Research Base.
#CheeseWall #facadefriday
#GBBN #architecture #design
👉bit.ly/Vanke
How can you integrate restorative spaces into fast-paced, emotionally-charged healthcare environments, like a Medical Intensive Care Units? GBBN’s Kirsten Miller recent shared some strategy with @edra_environments. Learn more by reading her insight, “Get More from Your Corridors: Balancing Patient Care & Staff Respite in the MICU.”
🔗 in BIO
#GBBN #architecture #design #healthcare #respite #medicalplanning #EnvironmentDesignResearchAssociation
We’re delighted to welcome Heidi Lofton to GBBN! Heidi is an interior designer who excels at understanding a client’s purpose, culture, and mission and translating that into beautiful, supportive spaces. Thanks for joining us, Heidi!
#GBBN #architecture #design #NewHires #WorkplaceThursdays
Congratulations to the GBBN team that participated in the #BiketoBeatCancer Challenge last weekend! They not only rode 35 miles through parts of Louisville, but they raised money for @nortonhealth’s #NortonCancerInstitute. Nice work @jgroneck717, Chris Bowling, @dmluegering, @tedrick15 (and the whole Madden family)!
In a time of global warming, every environment is shaped by human activity. That means that the inequities that structure our society are reproduced in seemingly ‘natural’ experiences.
Our short film, #Watershed, explores what this means across the Midwest.
Check it out, and consider voting for it at the #AIAFilmChallenge: bit.ly/FilmChallenge_Water
#EnvironmentalJustice #DesignEquity
Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital recently topped out! The first new hospital in the Cincinnati area in years, when it opens it will expand healthcare options in the Mason area.
🎉 Congratulations @mercy_health, @danisbuilds, @heapyeng, @schafershares, @mcgill_smith_punshon, and the rest of the team!
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#GBBN #architecture #design #healthcare #biophilia #salutogenesis #Prefabrication
We couldn't wait for #FacadeFridays!
❤️ that progress at the #DigitalFutures Complex!
📷 @dmluegering
#GBBN #architecture #design #innovation #facades #Cincinnati @ucdigitalfutures @terrexllc @uofcincy @cincy_id
How can a new building respond to its historic context without falling into faux historicism? GBBN’s Chad Burke recently discussed a spectrum of approaches that avoid this pitfall at the #NationalAllianceofPreservationCommissions.
🔗 in BIO.
#GBBN #architecture #design #HistoricInfill #HistoricPreservation #CincinnatiShakespeare #Willkommen @modelgroup_mg @3cdc_official