| Type | Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Science & Technology, Academic, Healthcare, Corporate |
| Founded | 1927 |
| Founder(s) | John J. Flad |
| Headquarters | Madison, Wisconsin, United States |
| Number of locations | Madison, Wisconsin; Atlanta, Georgia; Gainesville, Florida; Raleigh, North Carolina; San Francisco, California; Stamford, Connecticut; Tampa,Florida |
| Services | Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Structural Engineering, Strategic Planning, Master Planning, Sustainable Design |
| Website | Flad Architects. |
Flad Architects is an employee-owned, national architectural firm headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, with additional offices in Atlanta, Georgia; Gainesville, Florida; Raleigh, North Carolina; San Francisco, California; Stamford, Connecticut; and Tampa, Florida. In addition to architectural design, Flad offers interior design, landscape architecture, master planning, strategic planning, structural engineering, and sustainable design services. The firm is involved in multiple markets and building types including: corporate, healthcare, higher education, science and technology, and the federal government.[1]
Flad is among Building Design + Construction’s Top 50 Architectural and Engineering firms[2] and is ranked number 170 on the Engineering News-Record’s list of the “Top 500 Design Firms,[3] and number 16 on the “Top 100 Green Firms.”[4]
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, Teaching and Research Winery and the August A. Busch III Brewing and Food Science Laboratory (WBF); Davis, California[5]
R&D Magazine - 2008 Lab of the Year High Honors, Indiana University (Bloomington), Multidisciplinary Science Building - Simon Hall; Bloomington, Indiana[6]
R&D Magazine - 2002 Renovated Lab of the Year, Bayer Corporation, Building 36; West Haven, Connecticut[7]
R&D Magazine - 2001 Lab of the Year Special Mention, Lab Planning and Sustainability, Pharmacia Building Q; Skokie, Illinois[8]
R&D Magazine - 1999 Lab of the Year, Chiron Corporation Life Sciences Building; Emeryville, California[9]
R&D Magazine - 1996 Lab of the Year High Honors, Genentech Research Facility; South San Francisco, California[10]
R&D Magazine - 1989 Lab of the Year High Honors, Bausch & Lomb Optics Research Center; Rochester, New York[11]
R&D Magazine - 1982 Lab of the Year Special Mention, USDA Dairy Forage Research Laboratory; Madison, Wisconsin[12]
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The company, originally called Flad & Associates, was founded in 1927 by John J. Flad, a former apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright.[13] The family-owned practice’s first designs were churches and residential homes throughout the Madison, Wisconsin 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 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, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Edward Burr Van Vleck Mathematics Building. Flad also designed the Parker Pen Company World’s Fair Pavilion for the 1964 New York World's Fair.
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 (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 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.[14]
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.
Academic
Indiana University (Bloomington), Multidisciplinary Science Buildings - Simon Hall (MSB I) and MSB II; Bloomington, Indiana
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, Lodewick Visitor’s Center; Storrs, Connecticut
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Biochemistry Building I & II; Madison, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Madison, DC Smith Greenhouses; Madison, Wisconsin
Purdue University, Discovery Park (Purdue), Bindley Bioscience Center; West Lafayette, Indiana
Healthcare
Genesis Health System, Genesis Heart Institute; Davenport, Iowa
Shands at the University of Florida, Shands Cancer Center; Gainesville, Florida
SSM Health Care, St. Mary’s Hospital, Satellite Emergency Center; Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Affinity Health System; Neenah, Wisconsin
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute; Tampa, Florida
Life Sciences
Eli Lilly and Company; Indianapolis, Indiana; Lafayette, Indiana; Greenfield, Indiana; and Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Amgen Helix Campus; Seattle, Washington
Genentech Fill/Finish Facility; Hillsboro, Oregon
Genentech Science Process Center; South San Francisco, California
Boehringer Ingelheim; Ridgefield, Connecticut
ZymoGenetics; Seattle, Washington
Bayer Corporation; West Haven, Connecticut
US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense; Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
Johnson & Johnson Research Center One; Springhouse, Pennsylvania
Technology
Kettle Foods, Processing Plant; Beloit, Wisconsin
Stony Brook University Advanced Energy Research & Technology Center; Stony Brook, New York
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Physical Sciences Facility; Richland, Washington
Workplace
ACT (test) Corporate Headquarters; Iowa City, Iowa
Bayer Corporation; West Haven, Connecticut
American Family Insurance Headquarters; Madison, Wisconsin