CannonDesign

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]

CannonDesign
TypePrivate
IndustryArchitecture
Founded1945 (1945)
Niagara Falls, New York, U.S.
Founders
  • Will Cannon, Sr.
HeadquartersNew York, New York
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Bradley Lukanic, CEO
  • Juliet Rogers
  • David Polzin
  • Robin Cibrano
Services
Number of employees
1,100
Websitewww.cannondesign.com

History
Niagara Falls City Hall.

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]

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
  • 2018, Laboratory of the Year Winner, R&D Magazine [13]
  • 2019, Outstanding Organization of the Year, Healthcare Design Magazine[14]
  • 2019, One of 9 World Changing Companies, Fast Company[15]
  • 2019 & 2017, One of the 10 Most Innovative Architecture Firms in the World, Fast Company [16]
  • 2020, Design Firm of the Year, Engineering News-Record[17]

Selected projects
UC San Diego Health, Jacobs Medical Center.
Richmond Olympic Oval.
Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal.
Gates Vascular Institute.
University of Maryland, New Cole Field House.
Lloyd D. George Federal District Courthouse.

Commercial

Education

Healthcare

Community

Science and technology

Stadiums and sports facilities
Friedman Wrestling Center at Cornell University

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