Renzo Piano Building Workshop ? Architect

Architect Renzo Piano?s firm was established in 1981 with offices in Genoa, Italy, and Paris, France. The Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) employs 70 full-time architects with a support staff of 20, which includes CAD operators, model makers, archivists, and administrative and secretarial staff.

Projects currently in progress are: the Woodruff Arts Center expansion in Atlanta, the new California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, the New York Times Building, the renovation of the Morgan Library and Museum and expansions of the Whitney Museum in New York City and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Exhibitions of RPBW?s work have been held in many cities worldwide, including a major retrospective at the Pompidou in 2000, the New National Gallery in Berlin, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2005.

Renzo Piano has been recognized with many international awards and honors, including the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1998.

The Rise Group ? Project Management

The Rise Group has established itself as a leader in providing professional construction program and project management services on major cultural building programs, including the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts; the Cleveland Museum of Art; the Grand Rapids Art Museum; and the Anchorage Museum of History and Art. Headquartered in Chicago, Rise is proud of its work with Chicago institutions such as the University of Chicago, the Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Rise also serves the City of Chicago, the Chicago Housing Authority, Chicago Public Schools, and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. Rise recently completed the new corporate headquarters for Crate and Barrel and for William Wrigley, Jr., Company?s new Global Innovation Center. Rise provides clients with leadership through effective strategic guidance, deep technical expertise, and management oversight.

Arup ? Engineering

Arup is a global firm providing engineering design, planning, and project management services in all areas of the built environment.

Formed in 1946, the firm now has more than 7,000 staff based in 70 offices in 32 countries, and projects have taken the firm to more than 160 countries. Arup has nine offices in North America, including a recently established office in Chicago.

The firm, which is wholly owned in trust for the benefit of its employees, enjoys total financial independence and has an annual turnover in excess of $750 million. Arup is committed to sustainable design, to its increasing incorporation in its projects, and to industry-wide sustainability initiatives.

Arup is providing the following engineering and design services in the new wing for the Art Institute: structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, lighting, and acoustics.

Arup has a longstanding working relationship with Renzo Piano, one that began in 1971 with the successful competition entry for the Pompidou Center in Paris. Since then Piano and Arup have collaborated on a number of high-profile museum projects, including the Menil Collection in Houston, the Beyeler Museum in Basel, Switzerland, and the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas.

Turner Construction Company ? Construction

Turner Construction Company has been building projects in the Chicago area since 1926 and is a leader in the commercial, health care, interiors, sports/entertainment, pharmaceutical, and institutional construction markets. Through Turner?s charity foundation, numerous civic and volunteer activities, and partnerships cultivated to generate positive business climates for women- and minority-owned businesses, Turner has a long history of working with and a proven commitment to the city of Chicago.