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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Our Process

We work with you to understand the nature of your unique circumstance—the people, place, and materials that inform each design—to help translate your community’s collective aspirations into built environments that are greater than the sum of their parts. The resulting architecture feels simultaneously grounded and transcendent, carefully crafted to embody resiliency and adapt to an ever-changing world.

The Story of Circumstance

Our work begins with asking questions that reveal each project’s unique circumstances. Inspired by place and thoughtful in materials, our designs incorporate a strong sense of craft—from an expansive glass wall framing the views outside to the feeling of wood grain on a bench. The result is a timeless, powerful architecture that lives in harmony with nature and the people it serves.

Los Altos Residence © Nic Lehoux
Los Altos Residence © Nic Lehoux
Kicking Horse Residence © Nic Lehoux
Kicking Horse Residence © Nic Lehoux
New Mexico Residential Sketch
Sketch for a home in New Mexico © Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Kent State University, Design Innovation Hub © Ed Massery
Kent State University, Design Innovation Hub © Ed Massery
Frick Environmental Center © Alexander Denmarsh
Frick Environmental Center © Alexander Denmarsh
Jenga Penthouse © Michael Moran
Jenga Penthouse © Michael Moran

Variety Sparks Innovation

The way we live, work, learn and gather is rapidly evolving and increasingly connected. The design challenges of today demand a holistic approach. Our diverse experience—from residential to academic, civic to corporate—results in agile, well-rounded architects and designers who bring a broader view of what is possible. We are generalists, leveraging our varied experience to be specialists in what’s most important: designing places that feel humane and transcendent.

Wilkes-Barre Pop-Up Shops © Nick Snyder / Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Wilkes-Barre Pop-Up Shops © Nick Snyder / Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Apple Store, Upper East Side © Peter Aaron
Apple Store, Upper East Side © Peter Aaron
CBRE Headquarters © Matthew Millman
Grand Teton Visitor Center courtyard © Nic Lehoux
Confidential technology client © Adam Rouse
Carnegie Mellon University, TCS Hall © Nic Lehoux
Carnegie Mellon University, TCS Hall © Nic Lehoux
Light Path © Nick Snyder

Intellect and Intuition

There is an alchemy that occurs when intellect and intuition converge; both are necessary for understanding how to transform your vision into a built reality. Intellect keeps us curious and on the leading edge. Intuition guides us creatively to a new place. The humanity and grace in our work could not exist without both.

Carnegie Mellon University, ANSYS Hall © Chuck Choi
Carnegie Mellon University, ANSYS Hall © Chuck Choi
Boundary Point Cabin © Bryce Duffy
Boundary Point Cabin © Bryce Duffy
An elevation sketch of Lightbox Residence, Point Roberts, Washington
Waldorf School of Pittsburgh, Heartwood Annex © Nic Lehoux
Waldorf School of Pittsburgh, Heartwood Annex © Nic Lehoux
UCSC Digital Arts Research Center © Sharon Riesdorph
Sketches of the sweeping central ground plane at the University of Pennsylvania's Lauder College House, known as the Lifted Lawn. © Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Seattle Fire Station 32 © Nic Lehoux
Blue Bottle San Mateo © Adam Rouse

Better Together

We do this with you. We embed ourselves in your team and culture to lead an inclusive process of collaborative discovery driven by passion and shared imagination. We know how to bring a multitude of voices together to ask the right questions and are experienced in guiding diverse perspectives towards a solution that is greater than the sum of its parts.

Cuyana in Motion © Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, photo by Daniel Lee
Cuyana in Motion © Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, photo by Daniel Lee
Williams College, Stetson Hall, Sawyer Library
Williams College, Stetson Hall, Sawyer Library © Peter Aaron
North Philly Peace Park
North Philly Peace Park model shown at the project groundbreaking ceremony © Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Early sketch discussions for Soma Towers studied how to activate the site through circulation patterns. © Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Mountain Lake Park Playground © Nic Lehoux
Manetti Shrem Museum © Nic Lehoux
Siebel Center for Design © Sam Fentress

For People by People

Empathy brings a sense of connection and wonder to our work, often in unexpected ways– the play of light across a floor, captured views to a bustling thoroughfare below, a quiet nook to gather one’s thoughts. Often the details lend a layered, human touch. We always seek to create experiences that foster discovery and inspire a feeling of transcendence.

© Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
© Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
© Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
© Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Independence Pass Residence © Nic Lehoux
A building diagram for Colorado School of Mines, Coorstek Center exploring program relationships to each other and the surrounding campus. © Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Newport Beach Civic Center © Nic Lehoux
Carissa Potter Virtual Exhibit
Making Being Here Enough © Art by Carissa Potter, Rendering by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Inside the Tusen Takk Studio © Vaune Trachtman
Inside the Tusen Takk Studio © Vaune Trachtman
Block Island Residence © Nic Lehoux