Christof Jantzen

Christof Jantzen is an architect based in Los Angeles, California.^[1] Throughout his professional career Jantzen has directed and designed various sustainably designed projects.^[2] Many have received international recognition for leadership in global green design^[3] including the Santa Monica Parking Structure #6,^[4] the Genzyme Corporate Headquarters,^[5] Mill Street Lofts, Los Angeles^[6] and the Harvard Allston Science Complex.^[7] Other recognition of Jantzens’s work includes the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum Award,^[8] AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Project Award,^[9] California Green Leadership Award,^[10] Northeast Sustainable Energy Association Award,^[11] American Architecture Award…^[12] Jantzen was the founding partner of Behnisch Architekten LLP in the United States.^[13] He is a professor at the University of Washington International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability I-CARES.^[14] Jantzen taught design at the Southern California Institute of Architecture,^[15] California State Polytechnic University and the University of Southern California.^[16] He is the principal and owner of the Venice, California -based architectural practice Studio Jantzen.^[17]

Buildings & projects

• Santa Monica Parking Structure #6, Santa Monica, CA^[18]
• Anna Head Student Housing Complex, UC Berkeley, CA^[19]
• Genzyme Corporate Headquarters, Cambridge, MA ^[20]
• Park Street Laboratory Building, Yale University, New Haven, CT^[21]
• Harvard Allston Science Complex, Harvard University, Boston, MA^[22]
• Mill Street Lofts, Los Angeles, CA^[23]
• The House of the Future, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL^[24]
• French Lofts, Los Angeles, CA^[25]
• Mineral Bath Extension & Renovation, Bad Elster, Germany^[26]
• Lower Donlands Urban Estuary, Toronto, ON^[27]
• The Hearn Power Station Regeneration Project, Toronto, ON^[28]
• Retrofit of The Daley Center Chicago in Cooperation with Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley^[29]
• CityArchRiver St. Loius^[30]
• Innovative Container Residence^[31]
• Deming Place Chicago^[32]
• Kelly Pool House Brentwood, CA^[33]
• CTCSE Connecticut Center for Science & Exploration, USA-Hartford ^[34]
• Artcenter Passedena^[35]
• Re:Vision Dallas Central Dallas Community Development Corporation (CDCDC), TX^[36]

Academics

• Professor at the University of Washington International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability I-CARES^[37]
• Taught design at the Southern California Institute of Architecture^[38]
• Taught design at the California State Polytechnic University^[39]
• Taught at University of Southern California^[40]
• Assistant Professor for Design at the University of Stuttgart^[41]
• Lectured at the University of Auburn’s Rural Design Studio in Alabama^[42]
• Lectured at the Conell University^[43]
• Lectured University of Utah College of Architecture and Planning^[44]

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