About the design team
patterhn design
The collaboration between Eric Hoffman and Tony Patterson began while both were pursuing post-professional graduate education at Washington University’s Graduate School of Architecture. Within the academic forum, they quickly discovered a mutual respect and appreciation for the others complementary skill set. Sharing a common passion for learning, teaching, sketching, architecture and design, their collaboration continues as patterhndesign in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Eric R. Hoffman
MArch, Washington University in Saint Louis
BArch, Oklahoma State University
Eric Hoffman received his formative education and first professional degree from Oklahoma State University’s School of Architecture where he graduated cum laude in 1999. Then relocating to Minneapolis, Eric collaborated on the Walker Art Center expansion and remodeling with his previous office, Hammel, Green and Abrahamson, and the Pritzker Prize-winning office of Herzog & de Meuron. His contributions and responsibilities were extensive at all phases of design and construction. The opening of the Walker in April 2005 was met with great enthusiasm, and has been widely published. Other related project experience includes CalPoly Pomona’s Performing Arts and Digital Media Center and the Minnesota Shubert Performing Arts and Education Center.
Mr. Hoffman graduated from Washington University’s Graduate School of Architecture in August of 2005. Eric is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Washington University’s School of Architecture and is also collaborating with HOK and David Chipperfield Architects on the Saint Louis Art Museum expansion. Mr. Hoffman has received numerous honors and awards, most recently, winning second place in the 2005 Chicago Prize.
Tony A. Patterson
MArch, Washington University in Saint Louis
BArch, University of Arkansas
After graduating from the University of Arkansas in 2000, Tony Patterson worked in the acclaimed office of Marlon Blackwell Architect in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Highly regarded for their tactile qualities, Mr. Patterson contributed on a number of projects with Marlon over a two-year period. These projects range in scale from small private residences to a 20,000 square-foot clubhouse facility for a 450 acre PGA golf course and residential community. Several of these projects have been regionally and nationally recognized. Of particular interest, the Gentry City Center involved the renovation of two existing historic structures and features a Public Library, Senior Citizen Center, City History Museum, adjacent ‘pocket-park’ and urban community plaza.
Mr. Patterson graduated from Washington University’s Graduate School of Architecture in December of 2004 and received both the Hugh Ferriss and Frederick Widmann awards as the top graduating student from the School of Architecture. Tony is also currently collaborating with Brian MacKay-Lyons.
Richard Burck and Associates, Inc.
landscape architect
Richard Burck, FAAR
principal
Lisa Giersbach, ASLA
project manager
Richard Burck Associates (RBA), located in Davis Square, Somerville, Massachusetts, is comprised of seven design professionals. The work of RBA is focused on the making of meaningful settings for both architecture and human activities. We have extensive experience in planning and designing residential, institutional and urban landscapes, and in addressing design issues associated with historic landscapes.
We specialize in the realm of institutional master planning and project design, specifically taking on the complex program and coordination issues related to difficult sites, urban conditions and historic properties. Maintaining a dynamic affiliation with various architects, we strive to produce richly integrated architectural and landscape environments. It is our objective in all projects to seek creative design solutions to meet clients’ needs in a manner that will produce intelligible and meaningful outdoor spaces.
- 2006 AIA National Honor Award for Architecture, Skillman Library, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
- 2006 BSLA Merit Award for Sustainable Design, Harvard Graduate Student Housing at 29 Garden Street
- 2005 Boston Society of Architect’s Juror, Unbuilt Architecture Design Awards
- 2005 AIA New England Award for Design Excellence, Harvard Graduate Student Housing at 29 Garden Street
- 2005 AIA New England Award for Design Excellence, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
- 2005 BSA Honor Award for Design Excellence, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
- 2005 BSA Honor Award for Design Excellence, Skillman Library, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
- 2005 BSA Higher Education Facilities Award for Design Excellence, Skillman Library, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
- 2003 Progressive Architecture Award, American University of Beruit, Olayan School of Business
- 2003 BSA Harleston Parker Medal, Boston Public Library Honan-Allston Branch, Allston, MA
- 2002 AIA New England Honor Award, Boston Public Library Honan-Allston Branch, Allston, MA
- 2002 BSLA Honor Award, Boston Public Library Honan-Allston Branch, Allston, MA
- 2000 AIA Honor Award, Boston Public Library Hyde Park Branch, Hyde Park, MA
- 1997 BSLA Merit Award, The Sedgwick Gardens at Long Hill, Historic Master Plan
- 1994 BSA Award for Urban Design Excellence, Saint Paul’s Church, Cambridge, MA
- 1993 AIA Washington DC Award of Excellence, Pool Complex, Rappahannock County, VA
- 1992 Award of Merit, Hermann Park National Competition, Houston, TX
- 1981 Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial, Finalist Exhibition, Washington, DC
- 1981 Rome Prize Fellowship in Landscape Architecture, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy