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Flad Architects is an employee-owned, national architectural firm

Architectural firm

An architectural firm is a company which employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture.- History :Architects have existed since early in recorded history. The earliest recorded architects include Imhotep and Senemut . No writings exist to describe how these...

headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....

, with additional offices in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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; Gainesville, Florida

Gainesville, Florida

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; Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh, North Carolina

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; San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

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; Stamford, Connecticut

Stamford, Connecticut

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; and Tampa, Florida

Tampa, Florida

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. In addition to architectural design, Flad offers interior design, landscape architecture, master planning, strategic planning, structural engineering, and sustainable design

Sustainable design

Sustainable design is the philosophy of designing physical objects, the built environment, and services to comply with the principles of economic, social, and ecological sustainability.-Intentions:The intention of sustainable design is to "eliminate negative environmental...

services. The firm is involved in multiple markets and building types including: corporate, healthcare, higher education, science and technology, and the federal government.

Flad is among Building Design + Construction’s Top 50 Architectural and Engineering firms and is ranked number 170 on the Engineering News-Record’s list of the “Top 500 Design Firms, and number 16 on the “Top 100 Green Firms.”

Seven of the firm’s projects have been recognized in the Lab of the Year competition, held by R&D Magazine:

R&D Magazine - 2011 Lab of the Year High Honors, University of California, Davis

University of California, Davis

The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA. Spanning over , the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment...

, Teaching and Research Winery and the August A. Busch III Brewing and Food Science Laboratory (WBF); Davis, California

Davis, California

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R&D Magazine - 2008 Lab of the Year High Honors, Indiana University (Bloomington), Multidisciplinary Science Building - Simon Hall; Bloomington, Indiana

Bloomington, Indiana

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R&D Magazine - 2002 Renovated Lab of the Year, Bayer Corporation, Building 36; West Haven, Connecticut

West Haven, Connecticut

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R&D Magazine - 2001 Lab of the Year Special Mention, Lab Planning and Sustainability, Pharmacia

Pharmacia

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Building Q; Skokie, Illinois

Skokie, Illinois

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R&D Magazine - 1999 Lab of the Year, Chiron Corporation

Chiron Corporation

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Life Sciences Building; Emeryville, California

Emeryville, California

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R&D Magazine - 1996 Lab of the Year High Honors, Genentech

Genentech

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Research Facility; South San Francisco, California

South San Francisco, California

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R&D Magazine - 1989 Lab of the Year High Honors, Bausch & Lomb

Bausch & Lomb

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Optics Research Center; Rochester, New York

Rochester, New York

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R&D Magazine - 1982 Lab of the Year Special Mention, USDA Dairy Forage Research Laboratory; Madison, Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....

History

The company, originally called Flad & Associates, was founded in 1927 by John J. Flad, a former apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture...

. The family-owned practice’s first designs were churches and residential homes throughout the Madison, Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....

area, and St. Bernard’s Church was the first church designed by the firm. Another prominent building Flad designed was the Erickson Home for the Madison Small Homes Bureau, which was recognized by Architectural Forum
Architectural Forum
Architectural Forum was an American magazine that covered the home-building industry and architecture. Started in 1892, it absorbed the magazine Architect's world in October 1938, and ceased publication in 1974.-Other titles:...

magazine in 1936.

In the 1950s and 1960s Flad grew from a local practice to a regional practice and began specializing in higher education and healthcare projects throughout the Midwest. That specialization continues today on a more national scale. Early projects included Beloit Memorial Hospital in Beloit, Wisconsin

Beloit, Wisconsin

Beloit is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2010 census, Beloit had a population of 36,966. The greater Beloit area is home to more than 91,000 residents.-Claim to fame:...

, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Edward Burr Van Vleck

Edward Burr Van Vleck

Edward Burr Van Vleck was an American mathematician.The son of astronomer John Monroe Van Vleck, he graduated from Wesleyan University in 1884, attended Johns Hopkins in 1885-87, and studied at Göttingen...

Mathematics Building. Flad also designed the Parker Pen Company

Parker Pen Company

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World’s Fair Pavilion for the 1964 New York World's Fair

1964 New York World's Fair

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In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the firm made a conscious decision to expand their experience designing hospital labs into a more global science and technology lab specialization designing corporate offices, data centers, training centers, and science and technology laboratories. Flad’s first research laboratory project was the USDA Dairy Forage Science Center.

In 1985 Joe Flad, son of John Flad, sold the practice to five of his employees, transforming Flad & Associates into a employee-owned firm.

Flad became a member of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in 1994 and played a role in the development of the original Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design consists of a suite of rating systems for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings, homes and neighborhoods....

(LEED) version 1.0 Building Rating System in 1996-1998. In 1998, the firm participated in the LEED Pilot Program to beta test the new rating systems with its Pharmacia

Pharmacia

Life Sciences Building project. Pharmacia’s building became the first research facility to achieve LEED certification and was awarded a LEED Gold rating in 2001.

In 2004, Flad expanded its science and technology design services to include advanced energy research to develop clean energy sources, enhanced technologies and improved fuel efficiency.
Two of the firm’s energy research lab designs are Stony Brook University, Advanced Energy Research & Technology Center and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Integrated Biorefinery Research Facility.

In 2008 the firm changed its name from Flad & Associates to Flad Architects.

Notable Projects

Academic

Indiana University (Bloomington), Multidisciplinary Science Buildings - Simon Hall (MSB I) and MSB II; Bloomington, Indiana

Bloomington, Indiana

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University of California, Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology, Viticulture & Encology Research and Teaching Winery, and Anheuser Busch Brewing and Food Pilot Facility; Davis, California

University of Connecticut

University of Connecticut

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, Lodewick Visitor’s Center; Storrs, Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

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University of Wisconsin-Madison, Biochemistry Building I & II; Madison, Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....

University of Wisconsin-Madison, DC Smith Greenhouses; Madison, Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....

Purdue University

Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...

, Discovery Park (Purdue)

Discovery Park (Purdue)

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, Bindley Bioscience Center; West Lafayette, Indiana

West Lafayette, Indiana

As of the census of 2010, there were 29,596 people, 12,591 households, and 3,588 families residing in the city. The population density was 5,381.1 people per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 74.3% White, 17.3% Asian, 2.7% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.03% Pacific...

Healthcare

Genesis Health System

Genesis Health System

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, Genesis Heart Institute; Davenport, Iowa

Davenport, Iowa

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Shands at the University of Florida

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, Shands Cancer Center

University of Florida Cancer Hospital

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; Gainesville, Florida

Gainesville, Florida

SSM Health Care

SSM Health Care is a Catholic, not-for-profit health care system with an international reputation as a pioneer in the use of quality measures to improve care. With 5,400 physicians and 22,000 employees in four states, SSM is one of the largest employers in every community it serves. It is located...

, St. Mary’s Hospital, Satellite Emergency Center; Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

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Affinity Health System; Neenah, Wisconsin

Neenah, Wisconsin

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H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute

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; Tampa, Florida

Tampa, Florida

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Life Sciences

Eli Lilly and Company

Eli Lilly and Company

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; Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis, Indiana

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; Lafayette, Indiana

Lafayette, Indiana

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; Greenfield, Indiana

Greenfield, Indiana

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 14,600 people, 5,917 households, and 4,017 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,818.0 people per square mile . There were 6,449 housing units at an average density of 803.0 per square mile...

; and Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Amgen

Amgen

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Helix Campus; Seattle, Washington

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Genentech

Fill/Finish Facility; Hillsboro, Oregon

Hillsboro, Oregon

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Genentech

Science Process Center; South San Francisco, California

South San Francisco, California

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Boehringer Ingelheim; Ridgefield, Connecticut

Ridgefield, Connecticut

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ZymoGenetics

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; Seattle, Washington

Seattle, Washington

Bayer Corporation; West Haven, Connecticut

West Haven, Connecticut

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US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense; Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson

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Research Center One; Springhouse, Pennsylvania

Technology

Kettle Foods

Kettle Foods

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, Processing Plant; Beloit, Wisconsin

Beloit, Wisconsin

Beloit is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2010 census, Beloit had a population of 36,966. The greater Beloit area is home to more than 91,000 residents.-Claim to fame:...

Stony Brook University Advanced Energy Research & Technology Center; Stony Brook, New York

Stony Brook, New York

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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is one of the United States Department of Energy National Laboratories, managed by the Department of Energy's Office of Science. The main campus of the laboratory is in Richland, Washington....

, Physical Sciences Facility; Richland, Washington

Richland, Washington

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Workplace

ACT (test) Corporate Headquarters; Iowa City, Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

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Bayer Corporation; West Haven, Connecticut

West Haven, Connecticut

West Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 52,721.-History:...

American Family Insurance

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Headquarters; Madison, Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....

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