Christof Jantzen

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Christof Jantzen is an architect based in Los Angeles, California. [1] Throughout his professional career Jantzen has directed and designed various sustainably designed projects. [2] Many have received international recognition for leadership in global green design [3] including the Santa Monica Parking Structure #6, [4] the Genzyme Corporate Headquarters, [5] Mill Street Lofts, Los Angeles [6] and the Harvard Allston Science Complex. [6] Other recognition of Jantzens's work includes the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum Award, [7] AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Project Award, [8] California Green Leadership Award, [9] Northeast Sustainable Energy Association Award, [10] American Architecture Award... [11] Jantzen was the founding partner of Behnisch Architekten LLP in the United States. [3] He is a professor at Washington University in St. Louis Center for the Environment. [12] Jantzen taught design at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, [13] California State Polytechnic University and the University of Southern California. [14] He is the principal and owner of the Venice, California -based architectural practice Studio Jantzen. [15]

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Buildings & projects

  • Santa Monica Parking Structure #6, Santa Monica, CA [16]
  • Anna Head Student Housing Complex, UC Berkeley, CA [17]
  • Genzyme Corporate Headquarters, Cambridge, MA [18]
  • Park Street Laboratory Building, Yale University, New Haven, CT [19]
  • Harvard Allston Science Complex, Harvard University, Boston, MA [20]
  • Mill Street Lofts, Los Angeles, CA [21]
  • The House of the Future, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL [1]
  • French Lofts, Los Angeles, CA [22]
  • Mineral Bath Extension & Renovation, Bad Elster, Germany [23]
  • Lower Donlands Urban Estuary, Toronto, ON [24]
  • The Hearn Power Station Regeneration Project, Toronto, ON [24]
  • Retrofit of The Daley Center Chicago in Cooperation with Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley [25]
  • CityArchRiver St. Louis [26]
  • Innovative Container Residence [27]
  • Deming Place Chicago [28]
  • Kelly Pool House Brentwood, CA [29]
  • CTCSE Connecticut Center for Science & Exploration, USA-Hartford [30]
  • Artcenter Passedena [31]
  • Re:Vision Dallas Central Dallas Community Development Corporation (CDCDC), TX [32]

Academics

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