KKE Architects
former architecture firm in the United States
KKE Architects, Inc. (formerly Korsunsky Krank Erickson Architects) was an architecture firm that serves in the fields of architecture, interior design and architectural planning. KKE was ranked one of the top 50 architectural firms in the United States by Building Design & Construction and a Top 500 Design Firm by Engineering News-Record. They had offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Pasadena, California, Irvine, California, Phoenix, Arizona, Tucson, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada. KKE had licensure in every state of the United States. Staff architects are members of the American Institute of Architects and several hold National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) certification and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) accreditation.
In July 2010, KKE Architects announced it was joining national design firm DLR Group. KKE offices in Minneapolis; Las Vegas; Tucson; and Pasadena and Irvine, California were merged into DLR Group and operate today as DLR Group.
History
Jerry Korsunsky and Ron Krank met at the University of Minnesota in 1956. Korsunsky was a registered architect with the physical plant department, and Krank was a student worker.
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