& technology academic healthcare corporate founded 1927 founder john j. flad headquarters madison wisconsin united states number of locations madison wisconsin ; atlanta georgia ; tampa florida ; raleigh north carolina ; san francisco california ; and new york new york ; services architecture interior design landscape architecture structural engineering strategic planning master planning sustainable design website flad architects . flad architects is a national architectural firm with offices in madison wisconsin ; atlanta georgia ; tampa florida ; raleigh north carolina ; san francisco california ; and new york new york . 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 contents 1 history 1.1 flad & moulton 1.2 flad & associates 2 awards 3 notable projects 4 references 5 external links history edit john j. flad was born and educated in madison . he apprenticed with madison architects james o. gordon in 1907 and briefly with robert wright before working at chicago firms from 1909 1914 . he returned to madison to work under alvan e. small until 1917 ; worked two years as wisconsin state architect ; then rejoined small until 1926 . 5 as part of flad & small flad designed the st. bernard s roman catholic church at 2460 atwood in madison . 6 he also apprenticed with frank lloyd wright . 7 dubious discuss flad & moulton edit from 1926 until 1932 flad partnered with frank s. moulton 1891 1981 to form flad & moulton . 5 the firm produced several surviving buildings including south school reedsburg wisconsin at 420 plum street a works progress administration funded project 8 the 1931 remodel of the dowling apartment building originally constructed in 1922 in dane county wisconsin ; 5 9 the u.s. post office and federal courthouse madison wisconsin and the madison catholic association clubhouse . moulton designed the reedsburg municipal hospital built in 1932 and his later work included the university of wisconsin memorial union university hospital and student nurses dormitory all on the university of wisconsin campus . 10 national register of historic places listed buildings by the firm include dowling apartment building 445 447 w. wilson st. madison wi flad and moulton grimm book bindery 454 w. gilman st. madison wi flad j & asso . shorewood historic district roughly bounded by lake mendota dr. tallyho ln . shorewood blvd. and the blackhawk country club village of shorewood hills wi flad john j. waterloo downtown historic district jct . of madison and monroe sts . waterloo wi flad john j. & son flad & associates edit flad & associates 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 . flad designed the madison catholic association clubhouse constructed in 1938 at 15 east wilson street later known as the diocese of madison chancery building . 11 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 an 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 . 12 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 aertc and the national renewable energy laboratory nrel integrated biorefinery research facility . in 2008 the firm changed its name from flad & associates to flad architects . awards edit eight 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 13 r & d magazine 2008 lab of the year high honors indiana university bloomington multidisciplinary science building simon hall ; bloomington indiana 14 r & d magazine 2002 renovated lab of the year bayer corporation building 36 ; west haven connecticut 15 r & d magazine 2001 lab of the year special mention lab planning and sustainability pharmacia building q ; skokie illinois 16 r & d magazine 1999 lab of the year chiron corporation life sciences building ; emeryville california 17 r & d magazine 1996 lab of the year high honors genentech research facility ; south san francisco california 18 r & d magazine 1989 lab of the year high honors bausch & lomb optics research center ; rochester new york 19 r & d magazine 1982 lab of the year special mention usda dairy forage research laboratory ; madison wisconsin 20 notable projects edit academic indiana university simon hall 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 cancer center at the university of florida 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 eli lilly chemistry building 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 bayer corporate headquarters 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 references edit http www.flad.com website february 2010 building design & construction july 2006 engineering news record april 2009 and june 2009 engineering news record july 2008 a b c dowling apartments city of madison landmark nomination 1 capital regional business journal http www.madison.com crbj 200506 index.php ntid 40192 june 2005 reedsburg architectural walking tour reedsburg public library 2 reedsburg hospital wisconsin historical society madison catholic association clubhouse city of madison landmark nomination form usgbc http leedcasestudies.usgbc.org overview.cfm projectid 186 february 2010 r & d magazine march 2011 r & d magazine may 2008 r & d magazine may 2002 r & d magazine may 2001 r & d magazine may 1999 r & d magazine may 1996 r & d magazine may 1989 r & d magazine may 1982 external links edit official website flad insights article rethinking project delivery integrated teams help manage risk maximize investments corenet the leader article it s the economy stupid or is it about strategy whitepaper increasing the sustainability of energy research laboratories article going beyond leadership in energy and environmental design leed sustainable laboratory design article advanced degree rethinking the academic medical center retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title flad architects & oldid 741708760 categories architecture firms based in wisconsincompanies based in madison wisconsindesign companies established in 1927hidden categories all accuracy disputesarticles with disputed statements from july 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 september 2016 at 05 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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