Ballinger
Phone: (215) 446-0900
Fax: (215) 446-0901
E-mail: zsanderson@ballinger-ae.com
Web: http://www.ballinger-ae.com
About the Firm
Design excellence, creativity and an acute understanding of its clients have characterized Ballinger's portfolio. Founded over a century ago, Ballinger collaborates well with institutions that position themselves as leaders in their endeavors, are innovative, and recognize the value architecture and design can have on people and the enrichment of life. Quality architecture embodies an institution's unique image, engages the surrounding structures and spaces, and stimulates how people live and work. The integration of planning expertise, visionary architecture and innovative engineering makes it possible. The firm's current size of over 200 professionals is intentional, allowing the ten principals to actively plan and create exceptional design solutions. Within Ballinger one finds talent, commitment, resources, and implementation skills that create visionary environments within established project parameters.
Types of Work
| 25% | Educational Facilities |
| 27% | Health Care/Medical |
| 10% | Interiors |
| 15% | Lab/Research Facilities |
| 10% | Office Buildings/Commercial |
| 8% | Pharmaceuticals |
| 5% | Planning |
Special Services
Post Occupancy Evaluation
Design/Build
Expert Witness/Testimony
Sustainable Design
Virtual Reality
Firm Personnel
- 220 Total Staff This Office
- 54 Architects (Registered)
- 61 Landscape Architects
- 19 Interior Designers
- 30 Planners (Urban and Regional)
- 9 Interns / Draftspeople
- 1 Engineers (Civil)
- 19 Engineers (Mechanical)
- 1 Graphic Designers
- 28 Administration
Examples of Projects
University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg Public Policy Center; Brown University, Sidney E. Frank Hall for Life Sciences; Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, South Campus; New York-Presbyterian Hospital, SMART Projects; Cornell University, East Campus Research Facility; Camden Waterfront Technology Center; Temple University New School of Medicine; University of Maryland, Bioscience Research Building; Weill Cornell Medical Center, Weill Greenberg Center, New York; Merck & Co., Inc., Human Health Services Headquarters; Immaculata University, Student Union and Related Projects; The Wistar Institute, Medical Sciences Building; Vistakon, New Research Complex; The Reading Hospital and Medical Center, Patient Care Center; Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Haemostasis Laboratory.
Recognition / Awards
Cornell University, East Campus Research Facility: Merit Design Award, AIA Philadelphia; Brown University, Sidney E. Frank Hall for Life Sciences: Special Recognition Award, AIA Philadelphia; The Reading Hospital and Medical Center, Patient Care Center: Honorable Mention-Ambulatory Care, The Center for Health Design's Healthcare Environment Award; Pennsylvania Hospital, Widener Expansion, American Institute of Structural Contractors; University of Pennsylvania, Chemistry Building: Historic Award, American Concrete Institute, Delaware Valley Chapter; Bloomberg Financial, Princeton, NJ: Award of Merit, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, Philadelphia Section; SmithKline Beecham Headquarters: Honor Award, AIA Philadelphia; Rowan University, Henry M. Rowan Hall, College of Engineering: Honorable Mention, Institutional Buildings, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, National; Reading Hospital & Medical Center, Proposed Central Green and Cancer Center Video: Merit Award, New Jersey American Society of Landscape Architects, 2000; Rowan University, Henry M. Rowan Hall, College of Engineering: First Place, Institutional Buildings, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Philadelphia Chapter; Rowan University, Henry M. Rowan Hall, College of Engineering: Honor Award, AIA Philadelphia; Problem Solving in Site Master Planning: First Place Design Competition, International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers; Subcontractors Association of the Delaware Valley Architect of the Year; Rowan University, Henry M. Rowan Hall, College of Engineering: NJ Golden Trowel Award, "Best of Schools - Advanced," International Masonry Institute; Sparta Health and Wellness Center: NJ Golden Trowel Award, International Masonry Institute; University of Maryland, School of Nursing: First Place, Outstanding Achievement in the Application of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Technology, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Philadelphia Chapter.
Contacts
zsanderson@ballinger-ae.com
ebutler@ballinger-ae.com
zsanderson@ballinger-ae.com
