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When measured by the energy and enthusiasm with which the FDA and its staff have taken to their new home, ZGF’s design is a resounding success....[t]he FDA building’s openness, humanity, informality, and adventurous modern design spirit are among its most important contributions. That it managed to achieve these goals while meeting the complex demands of a secure federal building combining offices and state-of-the-art labs on the edge of a protected wetland is no small feat.
 
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About the AuthorRaul A. Barreneche, a New York-based editor and critic who trained professionally as an architect, has been writing about architecture and design for more than ten years. A former executive editor at Architecture, he is currently a contributing editor to Metropolitan Home, Travel + Leisure, and Architectural Record, and has written for Dwell, House Beautiful, ID, ELLE Décor, Interior Design, Wallpaper, The New York Times, and other publications. Barreneche is author of Tropical Modern and Pacific Modern (Rizzoli); Modern House 3, New Museums, and New Retail (Phaidon); and co-author of House: American Houses for the New Century (Universe). |
story “nearly a decade in the making,” the building of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s new regional headquarters in Irvine, California, designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership (ZGF) was an extremely complicated process— which ultimately resulted in a great success. The new volume FDA at Irvine, authored by well-respected journalist and critic Raul A. Barreneche, takes readers through the process from the initial process phases through completion. The result is a successful project of which both architect and government agency can be proud. From Barreneche’s text: