LA Courthouse Competition Responsive Facade
This past fall, the Yazdani Studio, along with Gruen Associates and builders Hensel Phelps participated in an invited competition to design…
Paul Gonzales
Principal Our studio design manager brings extensive experience across all phases of architectural practice and consistently executes…
Craig Booth
Principal Craig offers more than 20 years of architectural experience and has helped establish the Yazdani Studio’s design vision. He is…
Yan Krymsky
Associate Vice President A senior designer in the Studio, Yan works with cutting-edge technology to explore multiple design iterations and…
Nadine Quirmbach
Associate Vice President Nadine is uniquely gifted with the ability to develop interior spaces that blend harmoniously with exterior…
David Rindlaub
Associate Vice President Nearly two decades of experience have helped David become an expert in quality detailing and interdisciplinary…
Jessica Yi
Vice President As CAD and technical leader, Jessica excels across the full range of planning, design, construction and quality control. Her…
Mimi Lam
Associate Vice President Standing at the intersection of art and design, Mimi roots her design work in exploration, technical rigor and…
Headwall
SOLID SURFACE HEADWALL JACOBS MEDICAL CENTER UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 2016 The innovative headwall design…
eVap 1500
eVap 1500 CANNONDESIGN Product Group 2013 The eVap1500 Heat Exchanging Water Cooling Unit offers an efficient means to cool laboratory…
Wearable
WEARABLE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN MUSEUM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 2012 We set out to create a garment that would explore the variable…
Traveler’s Cocoon
Traveler’s Cocoon. Inspired by the seductive forms of nature, we set out to create a piece of luggage that would explore the variable…
Lassonde Studios named one of 9 best New University Buildings by Architectural Digest
"...Lassonde Studios is part of the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, a division of the David Eccles School of Business, and its innovative…
Lassonde Studios Named One of Nine Best New University Buildings Around the World
Lassonde Studios of the University of Utah Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute made Architectural Digest’s list of the best new university…
Architect Magazine Features CJ Blossom Park
CJ Blossom Park is featured extensively in Architect magazine’s June issue focused on the future of the workplace. A new world-class…
CNN Features Jacobs Medical Center and Kaiser Permanente Radiation Oncology Center
Both UC San Diego Health Jacobs Medical Center and Kaiser Permanente Radiation Oncology Center have been featured in an article from CNN…
Lassonde Studios Featured in Student Housing Business Magazine
Student Housing Magazine wrote an in-depth Q&A about Lassonde Studios and how the facility has created a buzz both within the campus and…
Jacobs Medical Center Wins AIA/AAH National Healthcare Design Award
We are thrilled to share that UC San Diego Health’s Jacobs Medical Center has been awarded a National Healthcare Design Award from the…
Lassonde Studios Featured in Business Insider
Business Insider recently posted an extensive photo feature of Lassonde Studios with insights from Mehrdad Yazdani, Lynne Deninger and Troy…
Jacobs Medical Center Profiled in Contract Magazine
UC San Diego (UCSD) Health’s Jacobs Medical Center is profiled in the November Issue of Contract Magazine. The article highlights UCSD’s…
Mehrdad Yazdani Named Semifinalist in Curbed Groundbreakers
Mehrdad Yazdani has been selected as a semifinalist in Curbed’s 2017 Groundbreakers awards, a competition that honors architects “who are…
Dezeen Features Jacobs Medical Center
A new article from Dezeen features the innovative design of UC San Diego Health’s Jacobs Medical Center. Titled “CannonDesign creates…
Jacobs Medical Center Profiled by Architect’s Newspaper
The Architect’s Newspaper has profiled Jacobs Medical Center in an article titled “Three in One: Curvilinear hospital complex designed for…
Curbed Features Yazdani Studio
An extensive new article from Curbed documents, “How Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign Creates Buildings that Shape Culture.” A laboratory for…
CJ Blossom Park Named the Best New Laboratory in the World
CJ Blossom Park in Suwon, South Korea has won R&D Magazine’s prestigious Lab of the Year Award. The award is the world’s most prestigious…
CLAD Global Interviews Mehrdad Yazdani on Design Creativity and a Wonderful Renaissance of Public Space
CLAD Global has published an extensive interview with Mehrdad Yazdani focused on Design creativity, a wonderful renaissance of the public…
Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign Offers New Model for How Architects Work
A new profile from Architect’s Newspaper highlights the Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign’s unique place in the design profession – at the…
Nadine Quirmbach Takes Part in Metropolis Event on Workplace Wellness
Nadine Quirmbach, a key leader in the Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign, is set to take part in a Metropolis panel discussion titled, “A…
Contract Publishes Lassonde Studios
Contract has published University of Utah’s Lassonde Studios in its new education issue. The breakthrough entrepreneurial education…
Mehrdad Yazdani Keynoted Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture Conference
Mehrdad Yazdani delivered the keynote presentation at the 2018 Academy for Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA) conference at the Salk…
The Principal Profiles Mehrdad Yazdani
The Principal – an emerging architecture design publication – has profiled Mehrdad Yazdani and the Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign in a new…
Ben Juckes: Pushing Boundaries Through Computational Design
It wasn’t until Ben Juckes moved from Australia to Los Angeles and began working at Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign that his interest in…
U of Utah Interviews Mehrdad Yazdani
The University of Utah has published a new Q+A interview with Mehrdad Yazdani about the design and success of Lassonde Studios, the…
Museum of Tolerance’s Anne Frank Exhibit Published by Signs of the Times
Signs of the Times, a leading publication for the signage and environmental graphics industry, has published a new story about…
EdSurge: How Lassonde Studios Ignites Campus Innovation
EdSurge celebrates the University of Utah’s Lassonde Studios in a new piece titled, “Live, Learn, Launch: How a Radical Live-Work Space is…
Design Unveiled for Santa Monica College’s Math and Science Addition
To accommodate a heightened demand for STEM education space, Santa Monica College is building a new 110,000-sf Math and Science Building.…
Mehrdad Yazdani Presents at AIA New York Cocktails and Conversations
Mehrdad Yazdani recently presented as part of AIA New York’s Cocktails & Conversations series at the Center for Architecture in New York…
Urban Land Magazine: Lassonde Studios a Model for Student Housing
Urban Land, the official magazine of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), features our Lassonde Studios in a piece on leading student housing…
On Display: Mimi Lam Talks Exhibit Design
Working alongside Mehrdad Yazdani, Mimi Lam, a senior designer in our Yazdani Studio, led the design of the Anne Frank exhibit at the…
The Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign Celebrates 20th Anniversary
A proud and exciting moment for our team, this past weekend marked the 20th anniversary of the Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign. Rooted in…
Signature Projects From Yazdani Studio’s First 20 Years
As our studio celebrates its 20th anniversary, Mehrdad Yazdani reflects on a series of iconic and transformative projects we’ve been…
Mehrdad Yazdani on Equality, Technology and the Future of Design
An ability to design for unknown futures is embedded in the DNA of the Studio, so we sat down with Mehrdad to hear his thoughts on…
Caltech Selects Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign for Resnick Sustainability Resource Center
We are proud to share that the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has selected our team to design its new Resnick Sustainability…
A Mobile Education Hub for Peace and Human Dignity
The highly visible Mobile Museum of Tolerance (MMOT) serves as the Simon Wiesenthal Center Illinois’ flagship educational initiative and…
A Redefined Hub for the Next Generation of Leaders in Medicine
As one of the leading healthcare providers in the country, Kaiser Permanente has created a new School of Medicine to train the next…
Design Wanted Profiles How Yazdani Studio Designs Without Limits
Design Wanted has published a new article on how the Yazdani Studio exists at the nexus of small design studio and large global practice,…
Urbanize LA Publishes Caltech Resnick Sustainability Resource Center
Urbanize Los Angeles has published an update on the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Resnick Sustainability Resource Center.
Woodrow Wilson Visual and Performing Arts Center Secures AIA San Fernando Valley Design Award
Urbanize Los Angeles has published an update on the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Resnick Sustainability Resource Center.
The Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine Receives SCDF Honor Award
The Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine received a 2020 Southern California Development Forum design award. The annual…
Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine Named Top Institutional Project in Rethinking the Future Design Awards
Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine Named Top Institutional Project in Rethinking the Future Design Awards
Architect’s Newspaper Unveils Design for Caltech’s Resnick Sustainability Resource Center
Architect’s Newspaper has published a new article unveiling the latest design and renderings for the California Institute for Technology…
Architect’s Newspaper Publishes Our Mobile Museum of Tolerance
Architect’s Newspaper has published a deeper look at the Mobile Museum of Tolerance (MMOT), an exciting new project we designed in…
Metropolis Publishes Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine
We are thrilled to share that Metropolis magazine has published a thorough feature piece on the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School…
Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Mobile Museum of Tolerance Receives Multiple Fast Company Innovation by Design Honors
We are thrilled to share the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s (SWC) Mobile Museum of Tolerance (MMOT) is recognized in multiple categories of Fast…
TODAY: Virtual Event: DCA International Conference 2021
DCA International Conference 2021 – Keynotes Department of Architecture | Kennesaw State University | Oct 20-23, 2021 | Atlanta, Georgia…
Caltech Resnick Sustainability Resource Center Receives AIA LA Honor Award
We are thrilled to share the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Resnick Sustainability Resource Center has been recognized with a…
The Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine is a Los Angeles Business Council Award Winner
We are pleased to announce the Los Angeles Business Council has presented The Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine with a…
The Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine Honored with Chicago Athenaeum Architecture Awards
We’re proud to share the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design has selected The Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of…
Archello Recognizes Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign as One of LA’s Premier Design Studios
We are excited to share Archello has named us one of the premier design studios in Los Angeles per its newly released report.
Interior Design Recognizes Museum of Tolerance LA’s Social Lab as Best of Year Winner
We are proud to share Interior Design magazine officially named the Museum of Tolerance Los Angeles Claudia and Nelson Peltz Social Lab as…
ArchDaily Building of the Year Finalists: Vote before February 9th
We are thrilled to share both the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine is a finalists in the 2022 ArchDaily Building of…
Museum of Tolerance Claudia and Nelson Peltz Social Lab Receives Architect’s Culture Design Honor Award
Museum of Tolerance Claudia and Nelson Peltz Social Lab Receives Architect's Culture Design Honor Award. Architect magazine has announced…
Selected to Design University of Chicago Medicine New Breakthrough Cancer Center
We are thrilled to share the University of Chicago Medicine has selected CannonDesign, Blue Cottage of CannonDesign and our Yazdani Studio…
Michael J. Smith Elevated to AIA’s 2022 College of Fellows
We are proud to announce that our very own Michael J. Smith has been elevated to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) College of…
Caltech Breaks Ground on Bold Resnick Sustainability Resource Center
The California Institute of Technology proudly celebrated the groundbreaking of its remarkable Resnick Sustainability Resource Center…
Dezeen Article: Yazdani Studio Designs Mass-timber Sustainability Research Centre for Caltech
Dezeen profiles California Institute of Technology Resnick Sustainability Resource Center
Nadine Quirmbach Named Interior Design 2022 HiP Health + Wellness Leader
We are excited to share that our Nadine Quirmbach has been named Interior Design magazine’s 2022 HiP Health + Wellness Leader.
Honored with Two Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards
We are please to announce that Fast Company has honored two of our projects with Innovation by Design Awards. Caltech Resnick…
Two of our leaders spoke at the The Architect’s Newspaper Facades Conference
Joe O’Neill and Craig Booth from our Yazdani Studio of CannonDesign spoke at the The Architect’s Newspaper Facades Conference last Thursday…
AIA Los Angeles recognizes Philadelphia Neurologic Institute with 2022 NEXT LA Design Award
AIALA announced the recipients of their 2022 Design Awards and we are proud to announce our Philadelphia Neurological Institute received a…
Community Impact Award from the Los Angeles Business Journal
The Los Angeles Business Journal announced and celebrated its 28th annual Commercial Real Estate Award winners, and the Yazdani Studio took…
International Architecture Awards 2023 Winners
The Caltech Resnick Sustainability Institute was recently awarded an International Architecture Award in the Schools and Universities…
Los Angeles Business Council Award Winner
Museum of Tolerance Los Angeles was honored at the 53rd Annual Los Angeles Architectural Awards, winning the Interiors award in recognition…