EE&K a Perkins Eastman company is an architecture firm internationally recognized for integrating the design of buildings and open spaces to turn projects into places. Founded in 1959, EE&K’s record of bringing creative thinking and big picture perspective to design problems of all scales has created buildings of enduring memory, economic resilience and lasting value. Our design philosophy is based on the concept that when buildings are designed together with the larger environment, the whole can be greater than the sum of the parts. EE&K merged its practice with Perkins Eastman in 2011, creating enhanced capabilities, expanded global reach, and client value. Both firms believe that the design of the built environment is critical to the quality of life and that skilled architects play a critical role. Both have a portfolio of large-scale developments that share a set of common values: the objective of creating new urban places that foster vibrant public communities. Projects are designed to become authentic parts of the larger whole of their encompassing communities–aesthetically, culturally, and historically–true places that enrich the urban fabric. Together, the firm’s expertise encompasses everything from large–scale urban redevelopment to signature campus buildings; urban waterfronts to transportation hubs; primary schools to complex mixed-use development; and major hospitals to destination hotels.