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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 […]

Responding to the conference prompt of "Imagine what's possible," GBBN Associate Mary Jo Minerich and GBBN Director of Sustainability & Resilience recently presented at the #midwestregionalsustainabilityconference. Link in bio to learn more about how they helped attendees envision collective action to address climate change and create a more inclusive world @greenumbrellacincy #architecture #design #sustainabilty #resilience #AffordableHousing #transportation
Most cities in the country are interested in converting underutilized commercial buildings into residential space. This approach comes with tons of opportunities but challenges as well. Join ULI Pittsburgh and us tomorrow, May 23 from 8-10am, at our Pittsburgh office for a panel discussion on this topic featuring GBBN's Amanda Markovic. More information and registration details available @ulipgh #housing #residential #residentialdevelopment
Let’s talk #HealthEquity, #Architecture, and the Value of #Design. GBBN’s Amanda Markovic will be participating in this great international conversation next week with friends from #Pittsburgh and #Stockholm
Register here: https://aiapgh.ticketleap.com/pittsburgh-stockholm/details
@aiapgh #health #wellness #equity
#ThrowbackThursday. In 2019, GBBN’s DIS: Screen Time explored the role of screens and scale in architecture with a crowdsourced, 3D, projection-mapping installation. The result was as fun as it was beautiful.
#GBBN #architecture #design #projectionmapping #culture #community #screens
🎉Congratulations, Meredith Benz! We’re delighted to share that Meredith has passed all her architecture licensing requirements and is now a Registered Architect!
Licensure is a rigorous, multi-year process that involves accumulating 3,740 hours of experience and a set of six exams.
Link in BIO.
#GBBN #architecture #design #licensure #RA #LicenseToBuild
Vote “Mario Can Jump” for the #CANstruction People’s Choice Award by following the link below and “liking” the picture of Mario.
You know he would do the same for you!
https://www.facebook.com/CinciCan
#GBBN #CANstruction
Great ideas grow in labs, but they’re born over coffee. Once a basement machine shop, @CWRU’s Roger E. Susi First-Year Engineering Experience makes use of a busy circulation space to foster encounters that contribute to success at the bench and beyond.
bit.ly/CWRU_Susi
#GBBN #architecture #design #highereducation #labs #engineering #realworld #handson #pedagogy
🔥🔥🔥 Photos from a recent construction tour of Cincinnati’s PNC Tower (aka, the Union Central Trust Building). We’re working with City Club Apartments to bring this iconic building back as one-of-a-kind apartments. There are so many incredible, historic details that will make this the place to live.
#GBBN #Architecture #Design #Housing #Office2Residential #CityLife #AdaptiveReUse #HistoricArchitecture #Reinvention @cincy.cca
Last day to vote for our finalists in the @Architizer A+ Awards!
Penn State Behrend, Federal House (Category: Architecture + Community)
VOTE: https://shorturl.at/cHKMV
@CincinnatiBallet Valentine Center for Dance (Architecture + Health)
VOTE: https://shorturl.at/dsAY6
Two great projects, supported by many great partners, and beautifully captured by @feinknopfstudio.
#GBBN #architecture #design #arts #highereducation #historic #modern #creativereuse
@psbehrend @core_psbehrend @cincinnatiballet
📷@feinknopf
Posted @withregram • @feinknopfstudio We are delighted to see @gbbnarchitects and the @CincinnatiBallet Valentine Center for Dance nominated for the A+Awards in the category of Architecture + Health.
Winners are chosen by the public, and voting ends May 12th, use the link in our bio to vote!
Last day to vote for our finalists in the @Architizer A+ Awards!
Penn State Behrend, Federal House (Category: Architecture + Community)
VOTE: https://shorturl.at/cHKMV
@CincinnatiBallet Valentine Center for Dance (Architecture + Health)
VOTE: https://shorturl.at/dsAY6
Two great projects, supported by many great partners, and beautifully captured by @feinknopfstudio.
#GBBN #architecture #design #arts #highereducation #historic #modern #creativereuse
@psbehrend @core_psbehrend @cincinnatiballet
📷@feinknopf
Posted @withregram • @feinknopfstudio We’re delighted to share that @gbbnarchitects is a finalists in the @Architizer A+ Awards this year!
Penn State Behrend, Federal House (Category: Architecture + Community)
“Popular choice” voting ends today... follow link in bio to cast your vote!
Cat's out of the bag! The new buildings we designed for Willkommen won a Merit Award from @CongressfortheNewUrbanism (Charter Awards), and we couldn't be more excited! Congratulations to our partners, @ModelGroup_mg and @3CDC_official! There is no conflict between affordability and good design.
#GBBN #architecture #design #CommunityDevelopment #AffordableHousing #mixeduse #mixedincome #Cincinnati #OverTheRhine
Posted @withregram • @congressforthenewurbanism Willkommen Urban Infill in Cincinnati, Ohio, is a scattered-site revitalization of a historic area, focusing on affordable housing. Model Group, 3CDC, and GBBN (@gbbnarchitects) won a Merit Award in the Block, Street, and Building category of the CNU 2023 Charter Awards. #CNU31 #2023CharterAwards
Read more about the winners on Public Square or at link in bio
Are you going to the #MidwestRegionalSustainabilitySummit? Catch us GBBN there:
GBBN’s Director of Sustainability & Resilience, Tiffany Broyles Yost, will be delivering a solo presentation, “Pre-Fabulous! Reimagining Vacant Lots as High-Performing Affordable Housing,”
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Mary Jo Minerich will be part of a panel called, “Missed Connections: A Love Letter to Transit Oriented Development.”
#GBBN #architecture #design #sustainability #resilience #transit #infill #affordablehousing #ImagineWhatsPossible @greenumbrellacincy
“Dining options play a bigger role today in attracting and retaining students (and winning over parents during campus tours),” GBBN Director of Higher Education, Zach Zettler writes. “This connective space, away from classrooms feeds (students’) desire to connect, feel a sense of belonging, make friends, build networks, and make memories.”
Read more at ACUHO-I Talking Stick:
https://ts.acuho-i.org/may_2023/dining_out_and_staying_health.html
#GBBN #architecture #design #highereducation #dining #studentretention #studentsuccess #belonging @acuhoi
🚲.. .🚲…. 🚲. . . Thursday! GBBN’s Mary Jo Minerich will be helping @uli_cincinnati’s Young Leaders Group narrate a guided bike tour of Over-the-Rhine. The weather will be beautiful!
Come, bike, talk, drink, learn.
Sign up: bit.ly/bike_uli
#GBBN #architecture #design #urbandesign #cincinnati #willkommen #affordablehousing #urbaninfill #HistoricDistricts
Scenes from a recent site visit to Zoo Tower. This 28-story renovation for our client, the Beijing Hua Yuan Group, will soon make an iconic addition to the city’s tech district.
www.gbbn.com/work/zoo-tower/
#GBBN #architecture #design #renovation #facade #workplace #urbandesign
Past Futures: The American Rustbelt
An exhibition from @cmusoa tonight as part of the #Unblurred Art Crawl
6-7:30 pm | GBBN’s Edge Gallery (5411 Penn Ave)
See you tonight!
Directly facing University of Cincinnati's Digital Futures building, Uptown Gateway's black metal panels offer a stunning contrast to its companion's white facade. It's great to see the progress on this building.
#GBBN #architecture #design #facades #innovationdistrict #workplace @uofcincy @terrexllc @messerwearebldg @ucdigitalfutures @cincydigitalfutures @cincy_id
Posted @withregram • @eastcoastmetalsystems The Uptown Gateway Office Building in Cincinnati, OH, is one of the East Coast Metal Systems completed projects we'd like to share.
Uptown Gateway is a 5.8-acre mixed-use development consisting of two 180,000-square-foot office buildings, 1,400 space parking garage, and a 158-room Homewood Suites by Hilton hotel. This development anticipates 2,000 tech and innovation jobs within various industries. Uptown Gateway was also ranked as a top five urban core project by the @cincinnatibusinesscourier.
#ECMS was proud to partner with @messerwearebldg, @gbbnarchitects, and @enclad_inc to complete this project for @cincinnati_port. ECMS fabricated 53,165 square feet of Reynobond 4MM FR in a Standard Deep Black finish.
Photo Credit: Enclad, Inc.
#TheEastCoastAdvantage | #ProjectSpotlight
We’re delighted to share that we have two finalists in the @Architizer A+ Awards this year!
•Penn State Behrend, Federal House (Category: Architecture + Community)
•@CincinnatiBallet Valentine Center for Dance (Architecture + Health)
“Popular choice” voting is open—and you can vote in each category ev-er-y-day—until May 12!
Community (Federal House):
https://shorturl.at/cHKMV
Health (Ballet):
https://shorturl.at/dsAY6
#GBBN #architecture #design #arts #highereducation #historic #modern #creativereuse
@psbehrend @core_psbehrend @cincinnatiballet
📷: @feinknopfstudio @feinknopf
Please join us in welcoming Ashley Barnes to GBBN! GBBN’s new BIM Manager, Ashley is developing innovative technological solutions to design challenges, keeping the firm’s Revit templates up to date, and streamlining project workflow.
#GBBN #architecture #design #Revit #BIM #WorkplaceWednesday
We AR in Minneapolis! Our MSP team and firm leadership recently did a walkthrough of our new office, using AR to get a better sense for its design.
Image 1: Susie and Robin view office AR through tablet; Pete, Michael, and others in the background (Matthew on screen)
Image 2: Matthew views office through AR goggles (Troy, Mike, others in background)
Image 3: Team viewing AR on tablet.
Image 4: Troy running the show.
#GBBN #architecture #design #Minneapolis #AugmentedReality #AR