Frederick Fisher and Partners is committed to designing healthy buildings and spaces that improve the quality of life and advocate responsible use of environmental resources. Rather than incorporate a standard kit for green design, FFP works with clients to identify green opportunities for each project and to emphasize the civic, environmental, and economic benefits. As a member of the U.S. Green Building Council with LEED Accredited Professionals on staff, FFP believes the designer’s obligation is to pursue sustainable standards whenever possible.

Sustainability takes many forms, from “recycling” buildings for new uses to designing for natural light and air, to imbedding high-tech systems. The projects below are examples of FFP’s proactive approach to collaborative sustainable strategies that inform and inspire architecture as well as revitalize culture.

LEED Gold Rated
Annenberg Community Beach House
Walter and Leonore Annenberg Center for Information Science and Technology, Caltech
Annenberg Center and Gardens at the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands

LEED Gold Equivalent
Sherrerd Hall, Princeton University

LEED Silver Rated
Alfond-Lunder Family Pavilion, Colby College Museum of Art (pending certification)
Sturt-Haaga Gallery of Art at Descanso Gardens (pending certification)

Sustainable
Firestone Library Renovation, Princeton University
Downs-Lauritsen Laboratory Renovation for High Energy Physics Department
Palisades Garden Walk

Recycled/Reused Buildings
PS1 Contemporary Art Center
Broad Art Foundation
Bergamot Station
Frederick Fisher and Partners Office

FFP’s basic design ethos of simplicity, flexibility, and economy is naturally sustainable. Sustainability is not only a process of certification for projects, but an operational choice for the firm. FFP works to reduce its footprint through active office recycling, alternative transportation incentives, paper use reduction, recycled-content paper, and digital archiving. To offset electrical use, FFP installed a photovoltaic array on the office—a reused mid-century building.