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Design Team

Ballinger
Ballinger, a 128-year-old architecture and engineering firm based in Philadelphia, is the design architect. One of the first firms in the United States to provide an integrated approach to building design, the firm is dedicated to innovative design solutions for technically complex initiatives. Ballinger strives to create environments that will support an organization’s image and culture, which in the case of the institutes means a one that will foster collaboration and interdisciplinary interaction. Through a novel consensus-building approach, Ballinger has a long history of skillfully transforming each project’s vision into reality.

Uihlein Wilson Architects
Uihlein Wilson Architects (UWA), a design firm offering architecture, interior design and planning services, is serving as the project’s architect of record. Established in 1985 and located in Milwaukee, the firm has expertise in wide variety of higher education initiatives. UWA has worked with the state of Wisconsin on numerous projects during the past 20 years and offers this breadth of experience to the design and construction of the the institutes.

Research Facilities Design
Research Facilities Design of San Diego is an architectural firm that specializes in the programming and design of teaching and research facilities for university, industry and governmental clients. The firm’s experience working with scientists and interpreting their needs, combined with its knowledge of current design trends and technological advances, provides the insight necessary to ensure the development of state-of-the-art facilities.

Affiliated Engineers Inc.
Madison-based Affiliated Engineers Inc. has built its national engineering practice primarily on the disciplines of mechanical, electrical and piping/plumbing engineering. Internal processes at Affiliated Engineers are intentionally collaborative, bringing together the appropriate mix of disciplines necessary to complete any given project. The company’s sheer strength of experience and expertise in these service areas ultimately results in creative solutions and design elements for each client's needs.

Olin Partnership
Based in Philadelphia, Olin Partnership is internationally acclaimed for excellence in landscape architecture and urban design. The firm has directed some of the most extraordinary transformations of the human environment in the last several decades. Olin aspires to make landscape architecture — an art that emphasizes ecological and social responsibility — into the most influential field in the design and planning of human settlements.