[[wiki-architecture]] · [[Biographies]] · [[ARCHITECTURE]] · [[000]] # Cooper Robertson Cooper Robertson was an international architecture and urban design firm, headquartered in New York City. It was founded in 1979 by Alex Cooper and Jaquelin T. Robertson. On November 3, 2025, Cooper Robertson was acquired by Corgan and fully integrated into the firm. == History == Cooper Robertson was founded in 1979, by Alex Cooper under the name Alexander Cooper and Associates. Both Cooper and Robertson attended Yale College during the same period, later working together at the New York City Department of City Planning. The firm changed its name to Cooper, Robertson & Partners when Robertson joined in 1988. In 2015, they rebranded again to "Cooper Robertson". The firm's work has included planned communities, urban infill, transit-oriented developments, including Battery Park City in New York and the new communities of Celebration, Florida, Watercolor, Florida and Val d'Europe outside Paris, France. In the past, the firm has focused on architecture, open space design, and university campus planning. The firm's work includes a plan for the expansion of Harvard University's campus into Allston, Massachusetts, MOMA QNS, (the Museum of Modern Art's temporary home in Queens, New York), the New Albany Country Club in New Albany, Ohio outside Columbus, the new Columbia University School of Social Work building in Upper Manhattan, the Visitor Center at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, Virginia, the Framework for Campus Planning for Yale University, Zuccotti Park, and numerous housing developments, primarily located in the Hamptons on the East End of Long Island and in the Caribbean. == Awards and distinctions == Some of the awards Cooper Robertson have received include, but are not limited to: The American Architecture Award for the Museum at the Gateway Arch, 2019 DOCOMOMO Modernism in America, Civic Design Award of Excellence for the Museum at the Gateway Arch, 2019 Society of American Registered Architects (SARA) National Design Award for The Edible Academy, 2018 American Institute of Architects New York State Award of Excellence for the Master Plan of the Central Delaware, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2013 Alex Cooper & Jaquelin T. Robertson, Seaside Prize from the Seaside Institute, 2002 Robertson on "the AD 100," Architectural Digest's list of the top 100 architects and interior designers whose work has been published by Architectural Digest. Jaquelin T. Robertson, Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture, 1998 Jaquelin T. Robertson, Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture, 2007 Urban Land Institute Award for Excellence: Europe Competition for Val d'Europe, 2008 Prix Rotthier pour la Reconstruction de La Ville for Val d'Europe, 2008 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Honor Award in Regional and Urban Design for Zuccotti Park, 2008 AIA Excellence in Design Award for MOMA QNS 2004 National AIA Citation for Excellence in Urban Design for Battery Park City Master Plan 1991 == Select Projects == Work by Cooper Robertson includes: == References == - [[Professional Practice/Client Management]] - [[Environmental Design/Daylighting Design]] - [[Urban and Planning/Master Planning]] - [[Design]] - [[Wiki-Architecture/Architectural Concepts and History]] - [[Design/Architectural Design/Universal Design and Accessibility]] - [[Research, Analysis & Citations/Checklists and Templates]] - [[Building Services/Building Systems]] - [[Digital Architecture/ePractice/Digital Fabrication]] - [[Professional Practice/Codes & Standards/National Building Code of India/Part 08 - Building Services/Section 5A - Lifts]] == Further reading == Cooper, Robertson & Partners: Cities to Gardens. The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-86470-167-6 == External links == Cooper Robertson website