Cooper Carry
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Cooper Carry is a US-based design firm providing architecture, planning, landscape architecture, interior design and environmental graphic design
. The company is based in Atlanta, Georgia
with offices in Alexandria, Virginia
; New York, New York; and Newport Beach, California
.
Cooper Carry was founded in Atlanta in 1960 by Jerry Cooper and Walter Carry. The company specializes in design for corporate, office, hospitality, retail, education, science and technology, government and mixed-use projects. The firm is known for its part in the redevelopment of Mizner Park
in Boca Raton, Florida, the former site of a decaying shopping mall in the city's commercial core. The Mizner Park greyfield redevelopment, a public-driven project completed in the late 1990s, is largely celebrated as an early case study of new urbanism
and mixed-use development
. Since then, the firm has worked on the revitalization of Raleigh, North Carolina's downtown Fayetteville Street, Bethesda Row in Bethesda, Maryland, and various other project types.
Environmental graphic design
Environmental graphic design is a design profession embracing many design disciplines including graphic design, architecture, industrial design and landscape architecture...
. The company is based in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
with offices in Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2009, the city had a total population of 139,966. Located along the Western bank of the Potomac River, Alexandria is approximately six miles south of downtown Washington, D.C.Like the rest of northern Virginia, as well as...
; New York, New York; and Newport Beach, California
Newport Beach, California
Newport Beach, incorporated in 1906, is a city in Orange County, California, south of downtown Santa Ana. The population was 85,186 at the 2010 census.The city's median family income and property values consistently place high in national rankings...
.
Cooper Carry was founded in Atlanta in 1960 by Jerry Cooper and Walter Carry. The company specializes in design for corporate, office, hospitality, retail, education, science and technology, government and mixed-use projects. The firm is known for its part in the redevelopment of Mizner Park
Mizner Park
Mizner Park is an upscale lifestyle center in downtown Boca Raton, Florida. Besides upscale shops, Mizner is also composed of rental apartments and offices. The Centre for the Arts at Mizner Park is a cultural center on the north end of the development, which is embodied by an amphitheater and the...
in Boca Raton, Florida, the former site of a decaying shopping mall in the city's commercial core. The Mizner Park greyfield redevelopment, a public-driven project completed in the late 1990s, is largely celebrated as an early case study of new urbanism
New urbanism
New Urbanism is an urban design movement, which promotes walkable neighborhoods that contain a range of housing and job types. It arose in the United States in the early 1980s, and has gradually continued to reform many aspects of real estate development, urban planning, and municipal land-use...
and mixed-use development
Mixed-use development
Mixed-use development is the use of a building, set of buildings, or neighborhood for more than one purpose. Since the 1920s, zoning in some countries has required uses to be separated. However, when jobs, housing, and commercial activities are located close together, a community's transportation...
. Since then, the firm has worked on the revitalization of Raleigh, North Carolina's downtown Fayetteville Street, Bethesda Row in Bethesda, Maryland, and various other project types.
Notable Projects Designed by Cooper Carry
- NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia - http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/researchernews/rn_RibbonCutting.html
- Mizner ParkMizner ParkMizner Park is an upscale lifestyle center in downtown Boca Raton, Florida. Besides upscale shops, Mizner is also composed of rental apartments and offices. The Centre for the Arts at Mizner Park is a cultural center on the north end of the development, which is embodied by an amphitheater and the...
, Boca Raton, Florida - Bethesda Row, Bethesda, Maryland
- The Sanctuary, Kiawah Island, South Carolina
- The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Hunstville, Alabama - HudsonAlpha Institute website
- BellSouth Campus, Birmingham, Alabama
- SunTrust Financial CentreSunTrust Financial CentreThe SunTrust Financial Centre is a 525ft skyscraper in Tampa, Florida. It was completed in 1992 and has 36 floors. Cooper Carry designed the building, which is the 4th tallest in Tampa. It was designed to take a 110 mph wind load.-See also:...
, Tampa, Florida - Lancaster County Convention CenterLancaster County Convention CenterThe Lancaster County Convention Center is a publicly owned convention center in the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. With initial site preparation in late 2006 and completion in the summer of 2009, the Lancaster County Convention Center is one of several projects intended to help revitalize...
, Lancaster, Pennsylvania - Lipson Alport Glass & Associates Headquarters, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Cisco Systems Atlanta Campus, Lawrenceville, Georgia
- RBC PlazaRBC PlazaRBC Plaza, also known as RBC Tower, is the largest and tallest skyscraper in the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. The tower rises to a height of and is situated on a lot housing approximately of office and retail space, parking and residential condominiums...
, Raleigh, North CarolinaRaleigh, North CarolinaRaleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh...