Kohn Pedersen Fox

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The 101-storey Shanghai World Financial Center in Shanghai, completed in 2008

Kohn Pedersen Fox , or KPF for short , is a large American architecture firm that operates worldwide.

In 1976, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates was founded in New York City by the architects Sheldon Fox (1930-2006) and A. Eugene Kohn (* 1930) . Along with Skidmore, Owings and Merrill , the office has been one of the world's leading architectural offices in high-rise construction since the 1990s . The 101-story Shanghai World Financial Center is one of the most famous designs .

In addition to New York, Kohn Pedersen Fox also has offices in London , Abu Dhabi , Hong Kong and Seoul . KPF employs a total of over 400 people.

Buildings (selection)

  • 1670 Broadway, Denver , Colorado (1980) office building
  • Hercules Inc. Headquarters, Wilmington , Delaware (1982) office building
  • 333 Wacker Drive , Chicago , Illinois (1979–1983) office building
  • One Tabor Center, Denver, Colorado, (1984) (office building) (together with: RNL Design)
  • Procter & Gamble Headquarters, Plaza Tower I + II, Cincinnati , Ohio (1985)
  • 1000 Wilshire Boulevard , Los Angeles , California (1984–1987)
  • Dominion Tower, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania (1984–1987) office building
  • Washington Mutual Tower, Seattle , Washington (1986–1988) Office building
  • Shearson Lehman Plaza, Manhattan , New York (1988) office building
  • 225 West Wacker, Chicago, Illinois (1989) office building (together with: Perkins & Will)
  • 900 North Michigan Building , Chicago, Illinois (1987–1989) Hotel, department store, office space (together with: Perkins & Will)
  • ABC Headquarters Building, Lincoln Square, Manhattan, New York City (1989)
  • 125 Summer Street, Boston , Massachusetts (1989)
  • 311 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois (1988–1990) office building
  • 712 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York (1988–1990) (with: Schuman, Lichtenstein, Claman & Efron)
  • Interstate Tower, Charlotte , North Carolina (1990) office building (together with: Odell & Associates)
  • Mellon Bank Center (Nine Penn Center), Philadelphia , Pennsylvania (1990) office building
  • Chifley Tower , Sydney , New South Wales, Australia (1992) (together with: Travis Partners Pty. Ltd.)
  • Chicago Title Trust Tower , Chicago, USA (1992)
  • 1250 René-Lévesque , Montreal , Québec, Canada (1992), office building
  • Westendstraße 1 , Frankfurt am Main , Germany (1993) (together with: Nägele, Hofmann & Tiedemann)
  • Foley Square Federal Courthouse, Manhattan, New York (1994) courthouse
  • Millennium Tower, Manhattan, New York City (1994) luxury apartments
  • First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu , Hawaii (1996) office building
  • World Bank Headquarters, Washington, DC (1997) (together with: Nägele Hofmann Tiedemann und Partner GbR, Kress Cox Associates)
  • Seocho Fashion Center Tower, Seoul , South Korea (1997) office building
  • Kastor and Pollux , Frankfurt am Main, Germany (1997) Forum Frankfurt office building (together with: Nägele, Hofmann & Tiedemann)
  • Thames Court, London , UK (1998) office building
  • JR Central Hotel Tower (Nagoya Marriott Associa Hotel), Nagoya , Aichi, Japan (2000) Hotel / Resort
  • JR Central Office Tower, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan (2000) office building
  • Singapore Exchange Center / SGX Center One / SGX Center Two (2000/2001), office building (together with: Architects 61 Pte Ltd.)
  • Dongbu Finance Building, Seoul, South Korea (2001) Office building
  • Gannett & USA Today Headquarters Towers, Tysons Corner , Virginia, office building (2001)
  • Plaza 66 , Shanghai , China (2001) office building
  • 5 Times Square, Manhattan, New York (2002), office building
  • 191 North Wacker, Chicago, Illinois (2002) office building
  • Danube House, Prague , Czech Republic (2003) office building
  • Newport Office Center VII, Jersey City , New Jersey (2003) (together with: Poskanzer / Skott Architects)
  • Hoftoren, The Hague , Netherlands (2003) Office building
  • Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, Tokyo , Japan (2003) (together with: The Jerde Partnership, Mori Building Architects and Engineers Co., Irie Miyake Architect & Engineering)
  • WTC H Toren, Amsterdam , Netherlands (2004) office building
  • Espirito Santo Plaza, Miami , Florida (2000-2004) Office building
  • Tour CBX , Paris-La-Défense, Paris (2005) (together with: Saubot-Rouit et Associés)
  • China Central Place, Tower 1 + 2 + 3, Beijing , China (2006)
  • Zhongguancun Financial Center, Beijing, China (2006) office building
  • Shanghai World Financial Center , Shanghai, China (construction started 1997 - completion 2008) office building (together with: Mori Building Architects & Engineers)
  • Ventura Corporate Towers, Rio de Janeiro , Brazil (together with: Aflalo & Gasperini Arquitetos) (2008)
  • Victory Residential Tower, Dallas, Texas (2009)
  • 1775 Tysons Boulevard, Tysons Corner, Virginia 18 floors (2009)
  • Le Mirage, Utrecht , Netherlands (together with: OPL Architecten) (2009)
  • Mandarin Oriental (Las Vegas) , Las Vegas , Nevada (2009)
  • International Commerce Center , Hong Kong (2010)
  • Northeast Asia Trade Tower , Incheon ( New Songdo City ) (South Korea) (together with: Heerim Architects & Engineers) (2010)
  • Pingan International Finance Center , Shenzhen , China (2017)
  • Lotte World Premium Tower , Seoul , South Korea (2017)
  • China Resources Headquarters , Shenzhen (2018)
  • Zhongguo Zun , Beijing , China (2018)
  • Chow Tai Fook Center , Guangzhou, China (2018)

Construction projects and planning

Construction site of the Pingan International Finance Center in December 2013

Web links

Commons : Kohn Pedersen Fox  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Suyong Bay Tower . In: skyscraperpage.com, accessed November 15, 2012. (English)