It’s no AECOM and URS, but NAC Architecture, which has offices in Spokane, WA, Seattle, Denver, and Los Angeles has merged with Southern California firm Osborn, and are moving their LA operations into new offices in the city’s Chinatown neighborhood. NAC’s 13,000 square foot LA office, to be located on the third floor of a historic building at 837 North Spring Street, will consist of 40 people, including all of Osborn and NAC’s current LA staffs.
Unlike huge firms swallowing little ones, this deal is about a “partnership with a simpatico firm” and “leveraging common culture, design ethic, and purpose,” explained Osborn principal Michael Pinto. The merger widens both offices specialties to include architecture, landscape architecture, graphic design, environmental graphics, interior design, master planning, sustainability, engineering, historic restoration, and project delivery.