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John Chau, Robert J. Frasca, Brooks R.W. Gunsul, Karen Gunsul, Sean Kendig, R. Steven Lewis, Doss Mabe, Donald Clifford Miles, Whitney Pearce, Denise Sico, Norman Cunningham Zimmer, Robert Zimmerman
Active 1966-present
Firm Notes
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca (ZGF) was headquartered in Portland, OR, and maintained offices in Seattle, WA, Los Angeles, CA, and Washington, D.C. in 2005.
ZGF's Seattle Office opened in the summer of 1988. (See Marsha King, "Feats of Clay--Architects Turn Back to Terra Cotta to Bring Vivid Colors to Buildings," Seattle Times, 03/12/1989, p. L1.)
ZGF received the American Institute of Architects' Architecture Firm Award, one its highest honors, in 1991.
In 2005, the firm employed 350, 24 principals, 66 associate partners and 61 associates. In 2007, the firm was known as Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP.
According to data compiled by McGraw-Hill Construction, ZGF was, in 2011, the 14th largest architectural firm in the US, up from 17th the previous year.
By 2022, ZGF had over 750 employees in seven offices in the US and Canada. They were: Los Angeles, CA, (515 South Flower Street, Suite #3700, Los Angeles, California 90071); New York, NY, (39 West 19th Street, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10011); Portland, OR, (1223 SW Washington Street, Suite #200, Portland, OR 97205); Seattle, WA, (925 4th Avenue, Suite #2400, Seattle, Washington 98104), Vancouver, BC, Canada, (355 Burrard Street, Suite #350, Vancouver, BC, V6C 2G8 Canada); Washington, DC, (600 14th Street NW, Suite #800, Washington, D.C. 20005); and Denver, CO, (1800 Wazee Street, Suite #300, Denver, CO 80202).
PCAD id: 509
Name | Date | City | State |
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1st National Bank of Portland, Headquarters Building #3, Downtown, Portland, OR | 1916 | Portland | OR |
2nd Avenue and Seneca Building, Downtown, Seattle, WA | 1991 | Seattle | WA |
4th and Madison Building, Downtown, Seattle, WA | 2002 | Seattle | WA |
801 5th Avenue Office Building, Downtown, Seattle, WA | 2015-2017 | Seattle | WA |
American Can Company, Factory and District Office, Downtown, Seattle, WA | 1915-1916 | Seattle | WA |
Amtrak Railroad Station #2, Everett, WA | 2002 | Everett | WA |
City Center Plaza, Tower II, Downtown, Bellevue, WA | 2006-2009 | Seattle | WA |
Day, W. Robert, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Campus, Seattle, WA | | Seattle | WA |
Eliot Condominium, SW Portland, Portland, OR | 2006 | Portland | OR |
Evergreen State College, Lecture Hall, Olympia, WA | 1971-1972 | Olympia | WA |
Great Northern Railway Company, King Street Depot #2, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA | 1904-1906 | Seattle | WA |
King County, Library System (KCLS), Branch #2, Bothell, WA | 1995 | Bothell | WA |
King County, Library System (KCLS), Branch #3, Bellevue, WA | 1992-1993 | | |
Oregon Convention Center, Lloyd District, Portland, OR | 1990 | Portland | OR |
Oregon Health Sciences University, Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research, Portland, OR | 1987 | Portland | OR |
Palos Verdes Library District, Peninsula Center Branch, Palos Verdes Estates, CA | | Palos Verdes Estates | CA |
Providence Health and Services, Colby Campus, Regional Medical Center, Tower Building, Everett, WA | | Everett | WA |
Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, Family Justice Center, Central San Jose, San Jose, CA | 2013-2016 | San Jose | CA |
United States Public Health Service, Marine Hospital, Beacon Hill, Seattle, WA | 1930-1933 | Seattle | WA |
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center, Mission Bay Campus, Genentech Hall, San Francisco, CA | | San Francisco | CA |
University of Oregon, School of Education Building, Eugene, OR | | Eugene | OR |
University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Molecular Engineering Buildings Phases I and II, Seattle, WA | 2009-2011 | Seattle | WA |
"Titans Maintain Lead While Industry Suffers", Architectural Record, 199: 7, 24, 07/2011. Crosbie, Michael, Architecture for Books, 174-179, 2003. Solomon, Nancy B., "Wind and Light: Strikingly Simple, the Faceted Towers of the Oregon Convention Center Belie Technical Challenges", Architecture: the AIA Journal, 80: 3, 127-129, 1991-03. Dietsch, Deborah K., "Twin Peaks: Oregon Convention Center, Portland, Oregon, Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership", Architecture: the AIA Journal, 80: 3, 86-93, 1991-03. " Le cime gemelle (Wrightiane) di Portland", Architettura; cronache e storia, 37: 10, 813-815, 1991-10. Bierman, M. Lindsay, "New Edition", Interior Design, 68: 4, 144-151, 03/1997. Thompson, J. William, "Remembered Rain: in Portland, a Stormwater Garden Celebrates Rain Falling on an Urban Setting", Landscape Architecture, 94: 9, 60,62-64,66, 2004-09. Library Builders, 214-215, 1997. Elin, Jessica, Boles, Daralice D., "More than a Box with Docks", Progressive Architecture, 70: 2, 79, 1989-02. "People on the Move", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, E2, 03/26/2007. Romano, Ben, "Hutch & Steam Plant--30 years in the making", Seattle Times, D4, 2018-06-17. King, Marsha, "Feats of Clay--Architects Turn Back to Terra Cotta to Bring Vivid Colors to Buildings", Seattle Times, L1, 1989-03-12.