CannonDesign explained

CannonDesign
Type:Private
Founded:
Niagara Falls, New York, U.S.
Hq Location:Buffalo, New York
Area Served:Worldwide
Key People:
  • Bradley Lukanic, CEO
  • Juliet Rogers
  • David Polzin
  • Robin Cibrano
Industry:Architecture
Services:
Num Employees:1,400
Founders:
  • Will Cannon, Sr.

CannonDesign is a global architecture, engineering and consulting practice that provides services for a range of project types, including hospitals and medical centers, corporate headquarters and commercial office buildings, higher education and PK-12 education facilities, hotels and hospitality, mixed-use, sports facilities, and science and research buildings. Brad Lukanic has been the CEO of the employee-owned firm since 2015.[1] In 2017 and 2019, Fast Company named CannonDesign one of the 10 most innovative architecture firms in the world.[2]

History

Will Cannon, Sr. started his architecture practice in Niagara Falls, New York in 1915. His best-known work from this period was the Beaux-Arts style Niagara Falls City Hall in 1923. When his sons, Will Jr. and Don, revealed natural talents in architecture and engineering, the trio formed a family business in 1945 that would grow from its humble roots into one of the leading design practices in the world.[3]

Acquisitions

In 2009, the company acquired O'Donnell Wicklund Pigozzi & Peterson (OWP/P), a Chicago-based architecture firm.[4]

In late 2014, CannonDesign acquired Pittsburgh firm Astorino Co. The deal allowed CannonDesign to expand its footprint into Pittsburgh.[5]

In 2017, CannonDesign announced it was merging its global practice with FKP Architects, a Houston-based architecture firm with 90 employees.[6] Denver-based Bennett Wagner Grody Architects also joined CannonDesign.[7]

In 2018, gkkworks, an architectural and construction practice with a significant presence in Southern California and Denver, Colorado joined CannonDesign.[8]

In 2019, Blue Cottage Consulting merged with CannonDesign. The merger strengthened CannonDesign's consulting and planning capabilities within the healthcare, education and workplace sectors. Juliet Rogers assumed the role as President of the company.[9] CannonDesign formed a strategic partnership with ModularDesign+, a modular design and prefabrication firm with a 100,000-SF warehouse in Euless, Texas.[10]

In 2024, SRG Partnership, an architecture, interiors and planning firm with studios in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, has joined CannonDesign.https://www.cannondesign.com/news/srg-partnership-joins-cannondesign Going forward, SRG Partnership will be known as SRG + CannonDesign. With the addition of SRG’s Portland and Seattle studios, CannonDesign has expanded to 18 offices and nearly 1,300 teammates across North America and India.

Controversies

In August 2016, CannonDesign reached an agreement with the Justice Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay a $12 million settlement after it admitted to criminal conduct kickback scheme. Prior to the settlement, the former director of the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center hospital and later the VA hospital in Dayton, Ohio, William Montague, was sentenced to prison for his role in giving insider information to contractors in exchange for money. CannonDesign executive Mark Farmer was also sentenced to prison for his involvement in the scheme.[11] [12]

Notable awards and recognition

Selected projects

Commercial

Education

Healthcare

Community

Science and technology

Stadiums and sports facilities

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Q+A: CannonDesign CEO Brad Lukanic | Architect Magazine . 2020-10-21 . 2020-10-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201023075648/https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/q-a-cannondesign-ceo-brad-lukanic_o . dead .
  2. Web site: CannonDesign: Most Innovative Company . Fast Company . 2000-01-01 . 2020-10-21.
  3. Web site: Our History . CannonDesign . 2016-01-22 . 2020-10-21.
  4. News: OWP/P in deal to be acquired. Crain's Chicago Business. 2017-02-01.
  5. Web site: Fink, James. 10 December 2014. CannonDesign acquires Pittsburgh firm. Buffalo Business First. 25 December 2014.
  6. Web site: Keane. Katharine. CannonDesign and FKP Architects Announce Merger. Architect. Hanley Wood. 13 October 2018.
  7. https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/cannondesign-announces-merger-with-bennett-wagner-grody-architects_o
  8. Web site: gkkworks merges with CannonDesign. www.prnewswire.com.
  9. Web site: CannonDesign Acquires Healthcare Consulting Firm Blue Cottage | Architect Magazine. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20201022031044/https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/cannondesign-acquires-healthcare-consulting-firm-blue-cottage_o. 2020-10-22. 2020-10-20.
  10. Web site: ModularDesign+ Launches To Bring New Levels Of Efficiency + Value To Design And Construction Delivery. www.prnewswire.com.
  11. Web site: Higgs. Robert. clevel. .com. 2016-08-24. Buffalo company to pay $12M fine for role in VA kickback scheme. 2021-11-23. cleveland. en.
  12. Web site: 2016-08-24. Cannon Design to pay $12 million as part of criminal enforcement agreement. 2021-11-23. www.justice.gov. en.
  13. Web site: CJ Blossom Park Named the Best New Laboratory in the World. www.prnewswire.com.
  14. Web site: HCD Mag. 12 July 2019.
  15. Web site: Fast Company Names CannonDesign a World Changing Company Finalist . CannonDesign . 2019-04-08 . 2020-10-21.
  16. Web site: CannonDesign Named to Fast Company's 2019 Most Innovative Companies List. CannonDesign.
  17. Web site: CannonDesign is ENR California's Design Firm of the Year. www.enr.com.
  18. Web site: Fisher. Anne. Ditching the cubicle can boost productivity. Fortune.com. Fortune. 30 December 2015.
  19. Web site: Rosenblum. Charles. A new front door. Pittsburgh Quarterly. Pittsburgh Quarterly. 30 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150913222829/http://www.pittsburghquarterly.com/index.php/Education/a-new-front-door.html. 13 September 2015. dead.
  20. Web site: Lubell. Sam. UNVEILED> LASSONDE STUDIOS. archpaper.com. The Architects Newspaper. 30 December 2015.
  21. Stinson. Liz. How Designers Are Reinventing Trauma Care to Save Soldiers' Lives. Wired. 30 December 2015. 2014-07-25.
  22. Web site: Webb. Michael. Kaiser Permanente Kraemer Radiation Oncology Center. contractdesign.com. contract. 30 December 2015.
  23. Book: Bernstein . Gerald S . Building & Campus: An Architectural Celebration of Brandeis University 50th Anniversary . 1999 . Brandeis University Office of Publications . 0-9620545-1-8 . 76.
  24. News: Friedlander. Blaine. Cornell to open nation's first dedicated wrestling center, named for alumni Stephen Friedman and trustee Barbara Benioff Friedman. 26 May 2018. The Cornell Chronicle. Cornell University. 20 January 2003.
  25. Web site: Jack Nicklaus Golf Club / Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign. ArchDaily.com. ArchDaily.com. 28 December 2015. 2013-01-04.
  26. News: WPI Dedicates its Sports and Recreation Center . 11 July 2020 . Worcester Polytechnic Institute . 5 September 2012.

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