Binh Vinh has over 30 years of experience leading planning and design at various architecture firms. He has received numerous awards for his sustainable and innovative design work, including the nation's first double LEED Platinum projects. Some of his award-winning projects include the Office of the 21st Century building, GlaxoSmithKline research centers, and the FDA Consolidation Master Plan.
1. Binh Vinh AIA, NCARB
Thirty Years Planning & Design Leadership
Founder, Partner, Design Director, Sr. Design Principal VINHARCHITECTS
Partner, Shareholder, Board Member, Vice President of Design Aardex
Shareholder, Design Council, Design Principal EYP
Shareholder, Sr. VP, National Director of Design, Design Principal HDR
Partner, Shareholder, Executive Board, Design Principal KlingStubbins
2. Office of the 21st
Century
Nation’s First Double LEED Platinum Signature Centre , Denver, CO.
3. “The “Greenest “ Office
Building in the USA”
2008 LEED CI Platinum - 2007 LEED CS Platinum - 2008 The Best of the Best Award
2008 Green Building of the Year Award - 2008 Office Development of the Year Award - 2007 Design Excellent Award
2007 Project of the Year Award for Design Excellence - 2007 Excellent Office Development Award
2007 Award for Excellence Renewable Energy and Sustainable Design in Building – 2007 Best of Denver Award
4. SUNY - Gen*NY*sis Center for Excellence in Cancer Genomic, Rensselaer, NY
AIA Award for Design Excellence
9. GlaxoSmithKline Global Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, UK
1998 The British Supreme Award - 1999 British Building of the Year Award
ROSPA 1998 Gold Award - 1997 Silver Award
10. British Supreme Award, ROPA Gold and
Silver Awards, Building of the Year Award.
The largest project and the most sophisticate
facility in Europe in 1995 and 96
Project: GlaxoSmithKline, Global Medicines
Research Centre, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK
Size: Phase 1-2,800,000 sf. Phase 2-1 million sf.
Function: Master plan & design of Administrative
Headquarters & Global Integrated R&D, Bio-
technology, Vivarium & Pilot Plant facilities
GlaxoSmithKline Global Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, Herfordshitre, UK
11. The British Supreme Award
Building of the Year Award, ROPA Gold and ROPA Silver Awards
12. GlaxoSmithKline North America R&D Headquarters, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Master Planned 150 acres, Designed 2.5 million s.f. Administrative Hdqts., R&D, Drug Safety, Pilot Plant…
Award for Design Excellence
Triangle Development Award
Building Achievement Award
Best Mixed Use Building Award
Most Progressive Design Award
“…set a quality that few will meet, none can exceed”
13. Project: GlaxoSmithKline North America
Headquarters Campus Master Plan
Size: 650 acres, 7 million s.f., 15,000 people
Function: Planned as “Villages in the
Woods” to house Corporate Administrative
Headquarters, R&D Center, Biotechnology
Center, Research Application Center, Pilot
Plants, Administrations, Distribution Center,
Recreation Facility, Education & Training
Center and Site Support facilities
GlaxoSmithKline North America Headquarters Campus, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
14. Project: Glaxo France, Corporate
Administrative Headquarters,
Marly-le-Roi, France
Size: Phase 1: 1,000,000 s.f.
MP 40 acres, 2.6 million s.f.
Function: Master plan and design for the
company’s Administrative Headquarters and
corporate functions on a historical hill site
overlook the Versaille west of Paris, France.
Glaxo France Administrative Headquarters, Marly le Rois, France
15. AIA Design Excellence Award
Project: Syracuse University - Phase 1
Computer Science and Chemistry Department
Syracuse, NY
Size: Phase 1: 200,000 s.f.
Master Plan: 360,000 s.f. Campus Terminus
Function: Convergent of two departments Computer
Science and Chemistry. Initial phase of an Unified
Center of Science and Engineering Master Plan.
Syracuse University Computer Science and Chemistry Research, Syracuse, NY, USA
16. AIA Design Excellence Award
Excellence in School Design Award
Project: Drexel University - Science &
Engineering Center, Philadelphia, PA
Size: 180,000 s.f.
Functions: As a gateway and public interface to
the campus. Buildings house the Materials
Engineering Department, Computer Science and
Automation laboratories
Drexel University, Science & Engineering Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
AIA Design Excellence Award – Excellence in School Design Award
17. Tracy Gateway Technology Park, City of Tracy, CA, USA
700 acres, 7 million s.f. of high technology,
high performance & life sustaining new town
18. LEED Gold by USGBC
Project: US Food and Drug Administration Consolidation
Master Plan, White Oak, MD
Size: 100 acres, 2,350,000 s.f.
Function: Master plan on a historical site to
consolidate FDA administrative headquarters,
office and lab spaces, and create four
“neighborhoods” for FDA’s four divisions. Modular
design & planning for flexibility, adaptability and to
provides exit strategy in the future.
US Food and Drug Administration, New FDA Headquarters Campus, White Oak, MD, USA
LEED Gold
19. Binh Vinh’s Selected Design Awards
Nation’s First Double LEED Platinum CS & LEED CI US Green
Building Council
First Healthcare LEED Gold, and First University LEED Silver US
Green Building Council
The British Supreme Award British Design & Construction Industry, Arch. Journal, N. Civil Engineers and
TDT
Laboratory of the Year Honor Awards (2) Research and Development
Magazine
Building of the Year Awards (4) UK Architects’ Journal, New Civil Engineers & The Daily
Telegraphs
Excellent Planning, Design & Construction (2) - Gold and Silver Awards ROSPA Awards,
United Kingdom
Green Development of the Year Award, and The Best of the Best Award
NAIOP
Best Development of the Year Award
NFCRE
Renewable Energy & Sustainable Design in Building Award Colorado
Renewable Energy Society
Most Intelligent Facility of the Year Award Intelligent Community Forum
Awards
Most Progressive Design Award Progressive Architecture
Magazine
Top Award for Design Excellence (2) CO Commissioner Award, and Triangle Development
Awards
First Prize Building Achievement Award Executive
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Briefly share beliefs about adaptable design
Adaptable design provides a solution that goes beyond a mere product focus to also include:-
Non-prescriptive design that reflects the client’s aesthetic requirements
Integration with the design and construction process of interiors
Practical performance that supports the client’s work style
Optimized real estate that supports the client’s business
