Gesture and Response: William Pedersen of Kpf, Hardcover/William Pedersen

The work of Kohn Pedersen Fox is international in scope, collaborative in design, and a product of individual voices focused on a single objective--making an architecture, of our time, which creates strong bonds with the the specific place it occupies. While William Pedersen founded the firm, with partners Gene Kohn and Shelley Fox, he never aspired to be a "director of design." They had the components--with Gene's entrepreneurial drive, Shelley's management and Bill's design leadership--to be a large firm. 'Directing" the work of a large firm was not Bill's desire, instead he wanted to focus on a body of work which he could call his own. The example that work set would inspire others, and it did. Now there are several voices leading their design--all of them rose to their position within the office. The purpose of this book is to define the work of one of the voices--Bill Pedersen's. Pedersen has worked with many different designers, in close collaboration, throughout his career, though his work speaks with a singular voice. Here it is represented chronologically and concludes with the latest phase--furniture. Working from the largest scale to the smallest has always been a preoccupation of those who lead design in KPF. Many of Pedersen's architectural heroes designed chairs, and he strives to follow in their footsteps. FEATURED PROJECTS: AAL HQ 1977. Designed while at Warnecke (1971-76) 333 Wacker Drive 1979-1983 DZ Bank HQ 1986-1993 Carwill House 1988-1992 IBM Canada 1988-1992 Federal Reserve Bank Dallas 1989-1992 The World Bank HQ 1989-1996 First Hawaiian Bank HQ 1991-1995 US Courthouse Portland 1992-1997 Gannett/ USA Today HQ 1992-2001 IBM World HQ 1994-1997 SWFC 1994-2008 Baruch College 1995-2001 Posteel Tower 1996-2002 ICC 2000-2011 US Courthouse Buffalo 2001-2011 Samsung Seocho HQ 2002-2008 CUNY ASRC 2003-2015 Shelter Island House 2001-2007 One Jackson Square 2005-2010 Ross School of Business 2005-2009 (phase 1), 2012-2017 (phase 2) STSS Center 2007-2010 Hudson Yards 2008-2019 (Eastern Rail Yards) ASU McCord Hall 2009-2013 Otemachi Tower 2009-2014 52 Lime Street 2011-2018