Perkins Eastman

Perkins Eastman traces its origin to Attia & Perkins, the practice Brad Perkins and Mary-Jean Eastman formed in New York in 1981 after meeting at Llewelyn-Davies International. From a two-floor office on Fifth Avenue the firm, still headquartered at 115 Fifth Avenue, has grown to roughly 1,000 employees in 26 studios, working in more than 60 countries and collecting over 800 awards.

Its method goes by the phrase “Human by Design”: a focus on the direct effect buildings have on people and the planet. Architecture, interior design, planning, landscape architecture and strategic consulting are applied to healthcare, K-12 and higher education, arts and culture, senior living, workplace and mixed-use work. Mary-Jean Eastman’s patient-centred healthcare portfolio, begun with Memorial Sloan Kettering, remains a signature.