Oakland, California-based VDK Architects, an architecture firm specializing in the Science & Technology market sector, has merged with Harley Ellis Devereaux, a nationally acclaimed Architecture and Engineering practice.
Harley Ellis Devereaux will relocate the employees in its current Berkeley, Calif., office to the new Oakland office location effective January 3, 2012.
“The merger enhances Harley Ellis Devereaux’s strong credentials in the Science & Technology market and the increased staff size in the Bay Area will improve the firm’s capabilities in the Education market sector which it has traditionally served in Northern California,” reports Gary Skog, Chairman & CEO of Harley Ellis Devereaux. BD+C
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