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MBH Architects is an architecture and interior design firm founded in October 1989 by architects John McNulty and Dennis Heath.〔MBH Architects. MBH Profile. Alameda, CA: MBH, 2006〕 Headquartered in Alameda, California, USA, the company specializes in retail, hospitality and high-density residential design. The firm's slogan is "it's our people who make great places." Examples of its work include the design of several P.F. Chang's China Bistros, work for the Hilton Grand Vacations Company, and the Sonoma Mountain Village Rohnert Park redevelopment. ==Overview== The company was founded in 1989 by architects John McNulty and Dennis Heath after they left Gensler. The company has specialized in retail, hospitality and high-density residential design,〔 and its list of clients includes Adidas, Estée Lauder, Kmart, Rite Aid, Starbucks and Walgreens.〔MBH Architects. MBH History of Clients. Alameda, CA: MBH, December 2007.〕 Its first retail work was commissioned by Gap and by 2001 the company had designed some 300 Gap's Old Navy stores. One of MBH’s first sustainable projects was a 100,000+ square foot Target store, built in 1995, Fullerton, CA. It was labeled the United States Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star Showcase and Target's first "green" building for its use of skylights that cut the original energy consumption by 24% with a 5 year payback.〔Dobrovolny, Peter. ("Sustainability: High Performance Buildings Deliver Increased Retail Sales" ) Seattle.gov. Retrieved 17 March 2008. 〕 Target was awarded a "Green Lights Partner/Ally of the Year Award" for this store.〔Brookter, Carolyn. ("TARGET RECEIVES NATIONAL ENERGY-EFFICIENCY AWARD; EPA Partnerships Signify Commitment to Environment and Communities." ) Business Wire. 4 June 1996. Retrieved 16 April 2008.〕 In June 2000 the company paid a large fine to the Business Software Alliance for using a quantity of unlicensed software. In 2005 the company won the Structural Ingenuity category at the annual Canstruction event with a model of the Pantheon made from 3,648 tin cans. Members of staff have taken part in the Fortune Battle of the Corporate Bands with their amateur pop group named "The 4-Inch Studs" coming second in 2008. Like many other companies involved with construction, MBH suffered in the late-2000s recession: its revenue fell by half which forced it to lay off 160 of its 220 employees, and in December 2008 City National Bank froze its line of credit and threatened to call in a $3 million loan. Today MBH employs over 150 staff who provide architectural services on commercial, hospitality, retail, multi-family housing, and restaurant projects. Since 1995, the company has received many awards, most recently winning "Best Retail Project" and "Best Multi Family Housing Project-4 to 6 Stories Rental" at the PCBC Gold Nugget Awards in 2010. From 2005 to 2008 it was listed as one of the San Francisco Business Times "100 Best Places to Work in the Bay Area",〔Galiano, Pamela, MBH Architects HR Director. "Re: SFBT Best Places to Work in the Bay Area." E-mail to the author. 10 April 2008.〕 and between 2000 and 2004 it won several awards for its restaurant designs for P. F. Chang's China Bistro.〔MBH Architects. MBH List of Awards. Alameda, CA: MBH, December 2007.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=P. F. Chang’s China Bistro in the Aladdin Hotel-Casino )〕 In 2005, VM&SD Magazines listed MBH as number 9 in a list of the top 50 U.S. retail architectural firms.〔Hall, Matthew. ("11th Annual VM+SD Survey Reflects Bullish Outlook" ) VMSD Magazine. 11 April 2005. Retrieved 24 March 2008.〕 In March 2011, DDI Magazine included MBH at number 9 in a list of the top 20 North American retail design companies based on 2010 revenue for retail design services.〔Staff. ("Design Leaders 2011" ) DDi Magazine. March 2011. Page 68. Retrieved 04 April 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MBH Architects」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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