{{tone|date=March 2025}} {{short description|American architecture firm}} {{Infobox company | name = CannonDesign | logo = CannonDesign logo.png | logo_size = 250px | image = | image_caption = | type = Private | traded_as = | founded = {{start date|1945}}<br />Niagara Falls, New York, U.S. | hq_location = Buffalo, New York | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = {{plainlist| * Bradley Lukanic, CEO * Juliet Rogers * David Polzin * Robin Cibrano }} | industry = Architecture | products = | services = {{plainlist| * Architecture * Interior design * Engineering * Consulting }} | revenue = | num_employees = 1,400 | homepage = {{URL|https://www.cannondesign.com}} | founders = {{plainlist| * Will Cannon, Sr. }} | locations = }}
'''CannonDesign''' is a global architecture, engineering and consulting practice that provides services for a range of project types, including hospitals and medical centers, corporate headquarters and commercial office buildings, higher education and PK-12 education facilities, hotels and hospitality, mixed-use, sports facilities, and science and research buildings. Brad Lukanic has been the CEO of the employee-owned firm since 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/q-a-cannondesign-ceo-brad-lukanic_o |title=Q+A: CannonDesign CEO Brad Lukanic | Architect Magazine |access-date=2020-10-21 |archive-date=2020-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023075648/https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/q-a-cannondesign-ceo-brad-lukanic_o |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2017 and 2019, ''Fast Company'' named CannonDesign one of the 10 most innovative architecture firms in the world.<ref>{{cite web | title=CannonDesign: Most Innovative Company | website=Fast Company | date=2000-01-01 | url=https://www.fastcompany.com/company/cannondesign | access-date=2020-10-21}}</ref>
==History== [[File:Niagara Falls City Hall Jun 09.JPG|thumb|right|Niagara Falls City Hall]]{{Expand section|date=March 2025}} CannonDesign dates back more than a century. In 1915, Will Cannon Sr. started his integrated architecture and engineering practice in Niagara Falls, N.Y. His best-known works from the period was the BeauxArts style Niagara Falls City Hall in 1923. When Cannon’s sons showed interest in their father’s practice, the trio formed a family business in 1945. Today, CannonDesign employes a design approach it created called Living-Centered Design, which addresses the interdependencies that exist between people, businesses, communities, society and environment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History and design approach |url=https://issuu.com/delcomminc/docs/bwny_2023-1_web/s/23330363 |access-date=2026-02-11 |website=Issuu |language=en}}</ref>
==Acquisitions== In 2009, the company acquired O'Donnell Wicklund Pigozzi & Peterson (OWP/P), a Chicago-based architecture firm.<ref>{{Cite news|title=OWP/P in deal to be acquired|newspaper=Crain's Chicago Business|url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20090507/CRED03/200033969/owp-p-in-deal-to-be-acquired|access-date=2017-02-01}}</ref>
In late 2014, CannonDesign acquired Pittsburgh firm Astorino Co. The deal allowed CannonDesign to expand its footprint into Pittsburgh.<ref>{{cite web|author=Fink, James|date=10 December 2014|title=CannonDesign acquires Pittsburgh firm|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2014/12/10/cannondesign-acquires-pittsburgh-firm.html|publisher=Buffalo Business First|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref>
In 2017, CannonDesign announced it was merging its global practice with FKP Architects, a Houston-based architecture firm with 90 employees.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Keane|first1=Katharine|title=CannonDesign and FKP Architects Announce Merger|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/cannondesign-and-fkp-architects-announce-merger_o|website=Architect|date=22 September 2017 |publisher=Hanley Wood|accessdate=13 October 2018}}</ref> Denver-based Bennett Wagner Grody Architects also joined CannonDesign.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/cannondesign-announces-merger-with-bennett-wagner-grody-architects_o | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024091414/https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/cannondesign-announces-merger-with-bennett-wagner-grody-architects_o | archive-date=24 October 2021 | title=CannonDesign Announces Merger with Bennett Wagner Grody Architects | date=6 November 2017 }}</ref>
In 2018, gkkworks, an architectural and construction practice with a significant presence in Southern California and Denver, Colorado, joined CannonDesign.<ref>{{Cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gkkworks-merges-with-cannondesign-300631127.html|title=gkkworks merges with CannonDesign|website=www.prnewswire.com}}</ref>
In 2019, Blue Cottage Consulting merged with CannonDesign. The merger strengthened CannonDesign's consulting and planning capabilities within the healthcare, education and workplace sectors. Juliet Rogers assumed the role as President of the company.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CannonDesign Acquires Healthcare Consulting Firm Blue Cottage | Architect Magazine|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/cannondesign-acquires-healthcare-consulting-firm-blue-cottage_o|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022031044/https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/cannondesign-acquires-healthcare-consulting-firm-blue-cottage_o|archive-date=2020-10-22|access-date=2020-10-20}}</ref> CannonDesign formed a strategic partnership with ModularDesign+, a modular design and prefabrication firm with a 100,000-SF warehouse in Euless, Texas.<ref>{{Cite press release|title=ModularDesign+ Launches To Bring New Levels Of Efficiency + Value To Design And Construction Delivery|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/modulardesign-launches-to-bring-new-levels-of-efficiency--value-to-design-and-construction-delivery-300845334.html|website=www.prnewswire.com}}</ref>
In 2024, SRG Partnership, an architecture, interiors and planning firm with studios in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, has joined CannonDesign.[https://www.cannondesign.com/news/srg-partnership-joins-cannondesign] Going forward, SRG Partnership will be known as SRG + CannonDesign. With the addition of SRG’s Portland and Seattle studios, CannonDesign has expanded to 18 offices and nearly 1,300 teammates across North America and India.
== Controversies == In August 2016, CannonDesign reached an agreement with the Justice Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay a $12 million settlement after it admitted to criminal conduct kickback scheme. Prior to the settlement, the former director of the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center hospital and later the VA hospital in Dayton, Ohio, William Montague, was sentenced to prison for his role in giving insider information to contractors in exchange for money. CannonDesign executive Mark Farmer was also sentenced to prison for his involvement in the scheme.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Higgs|first1=Robert|last2=clevel|last3=.com|date=2016-08-24|title=Buffalo company to pay $12M fine for role in VA kickback scheme|url=https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2016/08/buffalo_company_fined_12_milli.html|access-date=2021-11-23|website=cleveland|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-08-24|title=Cannon Design to pay $12 million as part of criminal enforcement agreement|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/cannon-design-pay-12-million-part-criminal-enforcement-agreement|access-date=2021-11-23|website=www.justice.gov|language=en}}</ref>
==Notable awards and recognition== *2018, Laboratory of the Year Winner, R&D Magazine<ref>{{Cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cj-blossom-park-named-the-best-new-laboratory-in-the-world-300635437.html|title=CJ Blossom Park Named the Best New Laboratory in the World|website=www.prnewswire.com}}</ref> *2019, Outstanding Organization of the Year, Healthcare Design Magazine<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.healthcaredesignmagazine.com/news/awards-events/healthcare-design-names-2019-hcd-10-winners/|title=HCD Mag|date=12 July 2019}}</ref> *2019, One of 9 World Changing Companies, Fast Company<ref>{{cite web | title=Fast Company Names CannonDesign a World Changing Company Finalist | website=CannonDesign | date=2019-04-08 | url=https://www.cannondesign.com/news-insights/news-item/fast-company-names-cannondesign-a-world-changing-company-finalist/ | access-date=2020-10-21}}</ref> *2019 & 2017, One of the 10 Most Innovative Architecture Firms in the World, Fast Company<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cannondesign.com/news-insights/news-item/cannondesign-named-to-fast-companys-2019-most-innovative-companies-list/|title=CannonDesign Named to Fast Company's 2019 Most Innovative Companies List|website=CannonDesign}}</ref> *2020, Design Firm of the Year, Engineering News-Record<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.enr.com/blogs/12-california-views/post/49244-cannondesign-is-enr-californias-design-firm-of-the-year?v=preview|title=CannonDesign is ENR California's Design Firm of the Year|website=www.enr.com}}</ref>
==Selected projects== {{Cleanup list|date=October 2020}}
[[File:Jacobs Medical Center southwest.jpg|thumb|right|UC San Diego Health, Jacobs Medical Center.]] [[File:2010 Winter Olympics, Richmond Olympic Oval.jpg|thumb|right|Richmond Olympic Oval.]] [[File:Montréal 364 (36687021965).jpg|thumb|right|Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal.]] [[File:Gates Vascular Institute.JPG|thumb|right|Gates Vascular Institute.]] [[File:Governor Visits University of Maryland Football Team (36088169734).jpg|thumb|right|University of Maryland, New Cole Field House.]] [[File:Lasvegascourthouse.jpg|thumb|right|Lloyd D. George Federal District Courthouse.]]
===Commercial=== *2012 Clorox New Pleasanton Campus *2015 Follett Corporation Headquarters Office Consolidation *2015 Lockton Companies Chicago Office Relocation *2015 Flexera Software Headquarters Relocation *2015 Zurich Insurance Group Headquarters<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fisher|first1=Anne|title=Ditching the cubicle can boost productivity|url=http://fortune.com/2015/01/07/office-space-productivity/|website=Fortune.com|publisher=Fortune|accessdate=30 December 2015}}</ref> *2017 Uber, Advanced Technology Group, Pittsburgh *2017 CJ Group, CJ Blossom Park *2019 Atlassian, Mountain View Office *2019 Showtime, West Coast Headquarters *2020 Upwork, Chicago Office Expansion
===Education=== *2008 Texas Christian University, Brown Lupton University Union *2008 University of San Diego Price Center, renovation *2008 University of Chicago Law School, Library Tower *2014 University of Colorado Boulder, Student Recreation Center *2015 Coppin State University, Science and Technology Center *2015 Carnegie Mellon University, Cohon University Center Addition<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rosenblum|first1=Charles|title=A new front door|url=http://www.pittsburghquarterly.com/index.php/Education/a-new-front-door.html|website=Pittsburgh Quarterly|accessdate=30 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913222829/http://www.pittsburghquarterly.com/index.php/Education/a-new-front-door.html|archive-date=13 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> *2016 University of Utah Lassonde Studios<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lubell|first1=Sam|title=UNVEILED> LASSONDE STUDIOS|url=http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=7842#.VoQzJPkrJaR|website=archpaper.com|publisher=The Architects Newspaper|accessdate=30 December 2015}}</ref> *2017 Waukee Innovation and Learning Center *2018 York University, Second Student Centre *2018 University of Maryland Baltimore County, Event Center *2019 North Carolina A&T State University, Student Center *2019 Richard J. Daley College, Engineering + Advanced Manufacturing Center *2020 Ohlone Community College, Academic Core *2020 Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
===Healthcare=== *2010 Advocate Lutheran General Hospital *2011 Tata Medical Center *2012 Kaleida Health Gates Vascular Institute *2013 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center OR 360 Simulation Laboratory<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Stinson|first1=Liz|title=How Designers Are Reinventing Trauma Care to Save Soldiers' Lives|url=https://www.wired.com/2014/07/how-the-military-is-helping-reinvent-trauma-care/|magazine=Wired|accessdate=30 December 2015|date=2014-07-25}}</ref> *2015 Kaiser Permanente Kraemer Radiation Oncology Center<ref>{{cite web|last1=Webb|first1=Michael|title=Kaiser Permanente Kraemer Radiation Oncology Center|url=http://www.contractdesign.com/projects/healthcare/Kaiser-Permanente-Kraemer-Radiation-Oncology-Center-36899.shtml|website=contractdesign.com|publisher=contract|accessdate=30 December 2015}}</ref> *2016 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care *2016 UC San Diego Health, Jacobs Medical Center *2017 Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal *2018 Texas Children's Hospital, Lester and Sue Smith Legacy Tower *2019 Nantucket Cottage Hospital *2019 Mount Sinai Medical Center (Miami), Skolnick Surgical Tower and Hildebrandt Emergency Center
===Community=== *1977 Buffalo Metropolitan Transportation Center *2011 Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center *2012 Buffalo State College Science and Mathematics Complex *2012 Lloyd D. George Federal District Courthouse *2012 St. Louis Public Library *2013 Museum of Tolerance
===Science and technology=== *1994 Volen Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University<ref name="Brandeis50">{{cite book |last1=Bernstein |first1=Gerald S |title=Building & Campus: An Architectural Celebration of Brandeis University 50th Anniversary |date=1999 |publisher=Brandeis University Office of Publications |isbn=0-9620545-1-8 |page=76}}</ref> *2008 Texas Children’s Hospital, Feigin Research Center *2011 Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research 200 Technology Square (Cambridge, Massachusetts) *2015 Novartis-Penn, Center for Advanced Cellular Therapies *2016 Yale University Sterling Chemistry Lab Renovation *2017 Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge Campus *2019 Vermont Agriculture & Environmental Laboratory *2021 Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Building 201
===Stadiums and sports facilities=== [[File:Friedman Wrestling Center, Cornell University.jpg|thumb|right|Friedman Wrestling Center at Cornell University]] *2000 Jenny Craig Pavilion *2003 Friedman Wrestling Center, Cornell University<ref>{{cite news|last1=Friedlander|first1=Blaine|title=Cornell to open nation's first dedicated wrestling center, named for alumni Stephen Friedman and trustee Barbara Benioff Friedman|url=https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2003/01/cornell-open-nations-first-dedicated-wrestling-center|accessdate=26 May 2018|agency=The Cornell Chronicle|publisher=Cornell University|date=20 January 2003}}</ref> *2003 Curb Event Center *2008 Richmond Olympic Oval *2011 TD Place Stadium *2011 Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea<ref>{{cite web|title=Jack Nicklaus Golf Club / Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign|url=http://www.archdaily.com/314527/jack-nicklaus-golf-club-yazdani-studio|website=ArchDaily.com|accessdate=28 December 2015|date=2013-01-04}}</ref> *2012 Sports and Recreation Center, Worcester Polytechnic Institute<ref>{{cite news |title=WPI Dedicates its Sports and Recreation Center |url=https://www.wpi.edu/news/recctrded |accessdate=11 July 2020 |publisher=Worcester Polytechnic Institute |date=5 September 2012}}</ref> *2015 Rafferty Stadium *2017 University of Maryland, New Cole Field House *2018 Place Bell (Laval, Quebec)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|CannonDesign}} *[http://www.archdaily.com/tag/cannon-design/ ArchDaily selected projects] *[http://architizer.com/firms/cannon-design/ Architizer firm profile]
Category:Architecture firms based in New York (state) Category:Architects from Buffalo, New York Category:Design companies established in 1945 Category:1945 establishments in New York (state)