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Growth in business prompts EE&K Architects to further expand.


Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects (EE&K Architects) announced that it will be relocating and expanding its Washington DC office to accommodate a rapidly expanding roster of projects and a growing number of employees.

EE&K Architects is an internationally-renowned firm with offices in New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Washington DC and Shanghai. The firm has proven expertise in a variety of project types, including large-scale mixed-use developments Mixed-use development refers to the practice of allowing more than one type of use in a building or set of buildings. In planning zone terms, this can mean some combination of residential, commercial, industrial, office, institutional, or other land uses. , university buildings and plans, elementary and secondary schools, transit systems, office buildings, waterfronts, and preservation and adaptive reuse Adaptive reuse is the process of adapting old structures for new purposes.

When the original use of a structure changes or is no longer required, as with older buildings from the industrial revolution, architects have the opportunity to change the primary function of the
.

The firm will be relocating its Washington DC staff of 40 from its current 6,000 s/f office at 888 16th Street, NW, to a new headquarters in a 10,000 s/f office located at 2121 Ward Place, NW. The move is expected to take place in February of 2007.

"The new headquarters will provide our team of architects and designers with state-of-the-art office space in the heart of Washington DC," said R. Douglas Smith Men called Douglas Smith include:
  • Douglas Smith (broadcaster) ????-1972, British radio broadcaster
  • Douglas Smith (actor), born 1985, Canadian-American actor
  • Douglas C.
, AIA AIA - Application Integration Architecture , a Principal of EE&K Architects. "With our growing list of high-profile projects and clients, it was important that our staff have a top-notch work environment that facilitates collaboration, innovation and creative thinking. The new headquarters also provides us with room to grow in anticipation of future hires."

EE&K Architects has sustained substantial growth in recent years, having doubled in size to meet increased client demand.
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