El Dorado

 

Who:

 The designing + making concept behind El Dorado inc began in 1995, when architect Jamie Darnell began taking welding classes. By late 1995, it was time for the company to move out of the Kansas City Kansas Vocational Technical High School and decided to set up their own shop. El Dorado Public Architecture is an organization with a simple goal: to address public interest through architecture and solve problems of human interaction within the built environment.

 

Products & Services:

El Dorado is an architecture firm that provides interior or exterior architecture services for anyone from commercial businesses to private residences. In 2005 it launched its 1% program, a now nationally recognized portfolio of pro-bono work by architects and firms ready to donate 1% of their year’s billable hours to provide work for nonprofit organizations requesting a variety of services that strengthen their architectural identity and community impact.  There are 1100 firms registered with the 1% program.

 

Markets:

·         Commercial

·         Residential

·         Civic / Institutional

·         Public Art

·         Industrial

Due to a meeting with Tom over my final project, I was unable to be at El Dorado for the tour of the shop area.