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Speaking with old friend, fellow birder and former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson for his new podcast Straight Talk, Jeanne describes how she built Studio Gang, her ambitions for carbon sequestration, how we work as a team, and more.

"At the intersection of Colfax Avenue, 14th Street and Court Place lies a triangular parcel that most pedestrians and motorists likely pass by without a glance. Though it may be inconspicuous today, the site’s unique location – across the street from the Denver City and County Building and Civic Center Park and blocks away from the Colorado Convention Center and 16th Street Mall – gives it enormous potential to become a new connective hub for downtown."

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Oculus, the publication of AIANY, includes Polis Station as an example of how designers might think about ways for spaces of justice to support development rather than deprivation.

"Part of Gang’s vision was simply reconsidering who these buildings are meant to serve. Police stations can be made smaller, more approachable, and less fortress-like, which creates rapport and trust between citizens and police. Adding basketball courts, WiFi, mental health clinics, and community meeting spaces can help build reliance and legitimacy, and ideally stop someone from entering the justice system entirely."

"Das Thema Energie ist dem Bauwerk erhalten geblieben, aber wo früher Kohle verbrannt wurde, können heute Student*innen Dampf ablassen: Das private Beloit College für Freie Künste in der gleichnamigen Stadt hat dafür zusammen mit Studio Gang (Chicago) das ehemalige Blackhawk-Kraftwerk in ein Lern- und Sportzentrum umgebaut."

"The University of Kentucky offered a glimpse at the coming transformation of a defunct, 145,000-square-foot former tobacco warehouse into the modernized home for the university’s College of Design."

"In the heart of Silicon Valley, where the landscape is dominated by self-contained tech campuses and low-density car-oriented urbanism, a major new development is bringing in a team of world-class architects to add a collection of mixed-use projects to downtown San Jose."

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"Her buildings have always been at the cutting edge of technology...allowing the architect to step outside the banal and use artistic imagination as a way of providing real answers to real problems."

"Soaring from the river’s edge, Jeanne Gang’s St. Regis Chicago is one of the most significant additions to the skyline in a generation."

Marking a major milestone in the capital campaign for the new building, today the Arkansas Arts Center officially became the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts.

Opening itself to the city and to the Rocky Mountains beyond, Populus greets the neighborhood equally on all three sides, welcoming visitors and residents and connecting Denver’s civic, arts, and commercial districts.

Beloit College Powerhouse named among the top 10 projects of the year by Dezeen.

Studio Gang: Architecture recommended by Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin.

"The spiraling geometry of the building animates the public space at the base of the building"

Architectural Digest includes Studio Gang in their annual round up of 100 architects and designers leading the industry for 2021.

"While the imposing vestiges of industry still line the banks of the Rock River, a wave of adaptive reuse has gradually ushered in a new economy of offices and recreational hubs. It’s an evolution emphatically and elegantly encapsulated in the revitalization of a decommissioned, century-old power plant into a showpiece multi-purpose complex at Beloit College."

"Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan to revive long-neglected portions of the city is underway and a bit ahead of schedule. . . . The city’s Department of Planning and Development posted requests for proposals for the four sites on Monday. All include conceptual drawings and plans created by architectural firms such as Gensler and Jeanne Gang’s Studio Gang. The firms collaborated with community groups to come up with potential uses."

"With its sleek, swelling curves and sophisticated environmental approach, it refreshes Chicago’s historic role in tall building design and charts bold new directions in skyscraper style."

"We want to live in a world where people actively support one another as part of a greater, thriving network of living things. This calls on us as architects to design projects that create meaningful connections between individuals, their communities, and their environment," writes Jeanne Gang in an interview by C40, an international network of cities committed to addressing climate change.

Studio Gang, in partnership with The Community Builders, is currently a finalist in the Reinventing Cities competition to redevelop a site in Chicago's Loop.

Jim Gauer reviews the recently completed Beloit College Powerhouse in Architectural Record's November issue.

"Memphis is the nation’s second poorest large city, and its poorest zip code — 38126 — sits next to Tom Lee Park. Sixty-one percent of the people who live in that mostly-Black zip code are poor, and the median age is 24. In the other surrounding zip codes, 33 percent of the people who live there are poor.

In those neighborhoods, community centers and parks exist, but they tend to be places structured around sports and planned activities and not nature. Like most communities inhabited by people of color, green spaces are rare – and nature parks are rarer."

The Urban Wildlife Institute reflects on ten years of scientific observations and discoveries monitoring the Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo

Studio Gang is pleased to announce the promotion of Spanish Architects Rodia Valladares Sánchez and Ana Maria Flor Ortiz to the role of Design Principal. Both Rodia and Ana have been with the Studio for over a decade and have contributed to our most prominent projects out of both the Chicago and New York offices.

Architizer A+ Award-Winning MIRA listed among the world's most desirable residences.

On the occasion of World Architecture Day, Martha Thorne, Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design, spoke with Jeanne Gang about the relationships between individuals, their communities, and the environment.

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