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Book SynopsisHillier: Selected Works presents the design work of the husband-and-wife team of J. Robert and Barbara A. Hillier during the last 25 years coupled with a brief graphic retrospective of the Hillier practice of architecture over 57 years of operation. Despite taking unconventional paths to architecture, both Hilliers enjoyed exhilarating careers growing the firm to 500 people and executing nearly 4,000 projects in 27 U.S. States and 34 Foreign Countries. The quality of the firm’s work has been honoured by over 350 design awards.
The selected projects in this monograph are driven by strictly disciplined programming and then conceived by bringing into balance all the forces at work on a project: culture, climate, site, economics, market, and even politics. The resultant architecture is distinctive of its time, its place, and its client, rather than of a particular language or style.
In 2008, Hillier Architecture, then one of the largest firms in the USA, merged with a foreign firm to create the 3rd largest architectural firm worldwide. Studio Hillier, the firm’s current iteration, was formed in 2012. More recently, NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design was renamed the J. Robert and Barbara A. Hillier College of Architecture and Design, celebrating the Hilliers’ commitment to providing more equitable access to design education.
Table of ContentsForeword 6 Introduction 10 Projects 12 Autretemps 15 LVMH Tower 23 GlaxoSmithKline Global Headquarters 27 Howard University Stokes Library 35 Solebury Abbe Science Center 41 Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology 49 The Waxwood 57 House at Leeside Farm 63 Peddie School Annenberg Science Center 69 Duke NUS Singapore 77 Princeton Public Library 83 Synygy World Headquarters 89 New Jersey Medical School Cancer Center 97 Duke University French Science Center 103 Central Park North 111 Timeline 116 Quarry Street Two-Plex 125 Becton Dickinson Campus Center 131 Goucher College Athenaeum 141 Irving Convention Center 151 Urban Trifecta 159 Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center 167 Solebury Two-Plex 173 Copperwood 179 East River Science Park 185 Iona University Residence Hall 191 The Lawrenceville School Kirby Math and Science Center 197 Steeple View 205 Institute for Advanced Study Faculty Housing 213 River Road Residence 219 Nantucket Residence 227 Project Credits 236 Acknowledgments 242 About Studio Hillier 242 About the Hilliers 243 Photography Credits 246 Contributors 248
