Milwaukee firm acquires Burkettdesign

Milwaukee-based Eppstein Uhen Architects (EUA) has expanded into the Rocky Mountain region with the acquisition of Denver-based architecture and interior design firm Burkettdesign.

Burkettdesign will change its name to BurkettEUA, and its entire 27-person staff will join EUA. Burkettdesign’s leadership team, including owner Rick Burkett and principals Catherine Quintero, Michele Pinicsan, Gillian Hallock Johnson and Kitty Yuen, will become shareholders in EUA. AssociatePrincipal Ben Niamthet also will join the other principals as a member of the core leadership team of BurkettEUA.

“Burkettdesign was founded in 1990 and has established itself as one of the region’s most accomplished and recognized firms by focusing on client service and delivering high-quality, personalized services,” says Burkett says. “Those core values and the team providing them will not change, but what will change is our ability to offer our clients even more specialized services with the added resources, expertise and support that comes from combining with EUA.”

EUA has more than 180 employees in three offices in Wisconsin and Iowa. Its clients include a range of private and public organizations, including GE Healthcare, Ascension, Baird, Northwestern Mutual and Johnson Controls.

Burkettdesign clients include Charter Communications, Vail Resorts, Holland & Hart, TIAA, Comcast, Janus Capital Group, Lockheed Martin, Children’s Hospital Colorado and Sierra Nevada Corp.

“I see this union with Eppstein Uhen Architects as a merger of like-minded firms,” Burkett says. “Our cultures, our high design standards and our service-first mentalities echo each other. We are now a bigger, stronger firm that still puts our clients’ needs first.”