History
Lawrence B. Perkins and Philip Will established the firm in 1935. They attracted national attention in 1940 with the Crow Island School in Winnetka, Illinois, designed in association with Eliel Saarinen and Eero Saarinen. In 1985, Perkins+Will was bought by Dar Al-Handasah, a Lebanese consulting firm.
Perkins+Will has offices all over the world, including various practices across the United States as well as a presence in Canada, Dubai, the UK, Shanghai, and Brazil. The firm has grown quickly in the past decade, largely through acquisition of existing firms, including the offices of Ai, CNI Design, Collins/Reisenbichler Architects, Eva Maddox Branded Environments, Fuller & Associates, MBT, Peter Busby & Associates, and more recently Envision Design, UK-based Pringle Brandon, and São Paulo–based Rocco,Vidal + arquitetos.
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