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Davis Brody Bond is a US architectural firm headquartered in New York with additional offices in Washington, DC. and Sao Paulo, Brazil. The firm is named after Lewis Davis, Samuel Brody and J. Max Bond, Jr.. Davis Brody Bond is led by five partners: Steven M. Davis, William H. Paxson, Carl F. Krebs, Christopher K. Grabé, and David K. Williams.

The work of the firm includes architectural and urban design projects for major universities, national, state and local governments, and other forms of public, private and institutional clients in the sectors of housing, museums, health care and education. Notable projects include National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Portico Gallery at the Frick Collection and the new National Museum of African American History and Culture.

In May of 2012, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol and Davis Brody Bond were selected as the winners of the National Mall Design Competition for Union Square.

Major Awards
Davis Brody Bond has been honored with more than 175 major design awards including:


 * Presidential Award for Design Excellence
 * Architecture Firm Award, the highest honor given to an architectural practice by the the American Institute of Architects
 * Urban Land Institute Award for Excellence
 * Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture

Notable Projects

 * World Trade Center Memorial
 * Frick Collection addition of the Portico Gallery
 * National Museum of African American History and Culture
 * National Mall Union Square redesign
 * Manhattanville phase I + II implementation of Columbia University's new campus
 * New York Public Library Main Branch Major renovations and addition of the South Court
 * Audubon Ballroom Historic preservation and addition
 * District of Columbia Public Library Benning Library, Shaw Library

Firm History
Founded in 1952 in New York by Sam Brody and Lew Davis, Davis, Brody and Associates rose to note by realizing well designed social housing for New York City, such as Waterside Plaza. While the firm has expanded far beyond its original boundaries, the legacy of quality New York City work to the benefit of New Yorkers is still a keystone of the firm's design philosophy. After J. Max Bond, Jr. joined the partnership in 1990,. the firm became Davis Brody Bond in 1996. From 2006 - 2011 Davis Brody Bond was in partnership with Aedas. In 2010 Davis Brody Bond took an ownership interest in the architectural and interiors firm Spacesmith, a certified Women's Business Enterprise, the firms are housed together within the same office in New York.