Cooper, Robertson & Partners Architecture, Urban Design

Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (DRWC) has selected Cooper, Robertson & Partners to develop the Master Plan for the Central Delaware Riverfront in Philadelphia.

"The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation’s selection of a Master Plan Team is another big step forward in transforming the Central Delaware into a world class waterfront."
- Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter.

Hear Alex Cooper on WHYY Radio describe the firm's approach as well as Marilyn Jordan Taylor of the Waterfront Corporation explain why Cooper, Robertson stood "head and shoulders above the others." LISTEN here

As recommended by the Florence County Museum Board, the Florence County Council voted unanimously on November 19, 2009 to authorize a contract with Cooper, Robertson & Partners to design the new Florence Museum of Art, Science, and History on its new site in downtown Florence, South Carolina.

Cooper, Robertson's new state-of-the-art academic facility designed for Hunter College broke ground on November 16, 2009 in an official ceremony presided over by New York Governor David Paterson, CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein, and Hunter College President Jennifer Raab. The sustainably-designed building targeting a LEED-Silver rating will now begin to rise on Third Avenue between 118th and 119th Streets in Manhattan.

When the new complex opens in September 2011, it will house the School of Social Work, the CUNY School of Public Health, and the library and archives for the Center for Puerto Rican Studies.

Architect magazine introduced their new annual ranking of architecture firms based not on revenue or number of employees, but on profitability, commitment to sustainability, and caliber of design. Cooper, Robertson is number 23 on this list of America's top 50 firms, the "Architect 50." And having won many prestigious design awards in 2008, Cooper, Robertson is number 4 on the survey's Top 10 Award Winning list.

Read the article and see the lists.

We are pleased to announce that the number of LEED Accredited Professionals on staff at Cooper, Robertson recently increased to 50%. We are currently working on several LEED and LEED ND projects using research developed by our firm-wide Sustainable Design resources. Among them are Robertson House at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Hunter College School of Social Work in Manhattan, Harlem Charter School, and East Edisto Master Plan in South Carolina.

In 2008, the Fieldston School was certified with a LEED Silver rating and our master plan for Reston, Virginia was just designated one of the first LEED ND certified projects.