January 25, 2008
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Mike Treanor and Dale Glenn discuss the acquisition
Mike Treanor, principal for Treanor Architects, and Dale Glenn, longtime principal for GLPM Architects and now a principal at Treanor, discuss how their firms came to combine. Watch
Mike Treanor, principal of Treanor Architects, at left, and Dale Glenn, a principal at GLPM Architects, have agreed to Treanor Architects’ acquisition of GLPM. The combined company’s personnel in Lawrence plan to move downtown next year.
Treanor Architects is doing more than expanding its standing as Lawrence’s largest design firm.
It’s also expanding its reach.
Treanor, 110 McDonald Drive, this month acquired GLPM Architects, another Lawrence-based firm. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The acquisition gives Treanor — which already has offices in Topeka, St. Louis and Kansas City, Mo. — another 24 architects, designers and office personnel, leaving the combined firm with 93 professionals ready to tackle any project, no matter how large.
Or where it might be.
“It allows us to get in front of a lot of people,” said Mike Treanor, principal, who noted that the firm had been attracting interest on projects in South Korea, elsewhere in southeast Asia and in Kazakhstan. “It allows us to stand up in front of people and say, ‘We have this experience, and this is all these people do, in our firm.’
“And that’s a powerful statement.”
Part of that statement: The GLPM acquisition now gives the firm a new design specialty — life sciences and research laboratories — to go along with existing divisions that focus on projects involving student life (greek houses, residence halls and others), justice (jails and courthouses) and historic preservation (such as renovation of the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka).
David Livingood, a GLPM principal, will serve as Treanor’s director of operations, freeing up Dale Glenn, GLPM’s other principal, to focus on designing and managing projects in the world’s growing bioscience and academic-research markets.
“The work is out there,” said Glenn, whose experience includes the Kansas Life Sciences Innovation Center at the Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. “Now, with the combined forces that we have … the size of the project becomes a little less problematic.”
The combination also will trigger some twists in Lawrence’s real-estate market:
• Treanor Architects already has leased space in Scotch Plaza, at 1501 W. Sixth St. — the former home of Movie Gallery — to serve as temporary accommodations for GLPM employees and a handful of Treanor personnel. Renovations are ongoing.
• The GLPM operation — now known as Treanor’s “New Hampshire” group — will relocate from 1001 N.H. at the end of February. Glenn said that the former GLPM space would be occupied by GPW & Associates, now at 10 E. Ninth St.
• All of Treanor’s personnel in Lawrence will relocate next year to a new home: 1040 Vt., the former home of Strong’s Office Systems, onetime home to Wild Oats and early home to Dale Willey Automotive.
The office on Vermont Street will be renovated to include a number of energy-efficient features, Glenn said.
“I think we’re going to do something that’s really dynamite for downtown, and for us,” he said.
Firm ownership
Partners in Lawrence-based Treanor Architects, which acquired GLPM Architects this month: Mike Treanor, Nadia Zhiri, Daniel Rowe, Steven Malin, Vance Kelley, Andrew Pitts, Sharon Schmitz, Joseph Stramberg and, from GLPM, Dale Glenn and David Livingood.
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25 January 2008 at 1:58 p.m.
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rumor_man (Anonymous) says…
Two bad firms don't make a good firm.
25 January 2008 at 2:09 p.m.
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hawkperchedatriverfront (Anonymous) says…
So now, they both can get in on the projects that the taxpayers fund, like city projects, USD 497, county and state. So they are moving into the vacant building and leaving other space. So no new facility is created. Just what I have said all along. No new business is coming.
Merger of real estate firms, merger of architects, what's next? merger of the city and county?
25 January 2008 at 4:15 p.m.
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cool (Anonymous) says…
not a really great thing.
good for Treanor in a business sense.
Treanor is already too market dominant in Lawrence.
and Gould Evans is much better at green/eco work
and with much more visual flair and style.
It will be good for downtown however. old treanor location was kind of weird off to the north of holiday inn.
Treanor has been able to afford at least 5 marketing staff since 2002. it paid off. marketing is everything in the bush era.
GLPMA well - they didn't market enough.
25 January 2008 at 4:28 p.m.
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cool (Anonymous) says…
Dale Glenn
other than KUstadiumexpansion never really impressed with the firm
25 January 2008 at 6:53 p.m.
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cool (Anonymous) says…
real quick
which great designs has Treanor done ?
25 January 2008 at 8:02 p.m.
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Marion (Marion Lynn) says…
re: this article:
Well, whooptie-freakin-doo!
25 January 2008 at 8:05 p.m.
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hawkperchedatriverfront (Anonymous) says…
Isn't Dunfield with one of them and who designed the crappy public parking garage on NHamshire, the one that the city hasn't figured out what to do with top spaces, like maybe put city vehicles up there, duh? Loss of revenue, letting city vehicles park on lower levels..these two firms want to be the on the gravy train when a new library is built..just watch.
25 January 2008 at 8:22 p.m.
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Newell_Post (Anonymous) says…
These guys are not gay.
25 January 2008 at 9:29 p.m.
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cool (Anonymous) says…
treanor does stuff like Peoples Bank, yawn.
25 January 2008 at 10:29 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
cool=envious of having clients
26 January 2008 at 3:36 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
Cool has established multiple times on other threads his right to quote from private emails sent to him.
And here he sneers on a public web site at a professional colleague. But he seems to be a little thin-skinned himself:
Hello,
The user cool sent the following message to you via LJWorld.com:
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look / you are appearing to be a real jerk.
i have clients and don't play in the same biz
world as the bland treanor so butt out jerk off
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26 January 2008 at 3:37 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
Another communication from Cool:
Hello,
The user cool sent the following message to you via LJWorld.com:
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just emailing a harvard educated doctor and spouse a new house plan ///
buzz off
and go drink yourself to death or whatever in garden city
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26 January 2008 at 3:38 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
So I will apologize for my 10:29 post yesterday to Cool. Evidently he does have at least ONE client.
26 January 2008 at 3:43 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
I wonder what the CO2 footprint will be for his new house plan.
26 January 2008 at 3:50 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
Of course, it is cool who taught me that by making multiple posts of minor consequence you can keep an article high in the 'most read' queue.
26 January 2008 at 3:51 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
It is another irritating habit of his.
26 January 2008 at 3:59 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
Cool, do you still approve of posting the private posts from others?
26 January 2008 at 5:10 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
And how can you criticize the “style” of a research laboratory, anyway.
26 January 2008 at 7:40 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
93 professionals…..pretty big payroll…. Guess they must do something right and meet some market need, eh Cool?
26 January 2008 at 9:18 p.m.
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just_another_bozo_on_this_bus (Anonymous) says…
Obsess much about cool, warmer?
26 January 2008 at 9:59 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
Just giving him some of his own medicine, Bozo.
26 January 2008 at 10:57 p.m.
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not_dolph (Anonymous) says…
Well, cool. What do you have to say for yourself? cool? *crickets*
27 January 2008 at 8:35 a.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
Maybe he is done doing trash-talk on his professional colleagues.
27 January 2008 at 9:16 a.m.
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Moderateguy (Anonymous) says…
GLPM has over 50 years worth of history in both buildings for this community as well as other contributions “mr. cool” could only dream to acheive in 10 lifetimes. This new combination with Treanor creates the ability to do even more important work in this and other communities across the country. And for those of you complaining about about monies earned by local design firms on public contracts, would you prefer those dollars go to Kansas City and across the border to Missouri? I personally am thankful we have the ability to keep that money locally. Seventy plus employees in Lawrence means seventy plus families paying taxes and buying groceries etc. right next to you. Now that they can pursue larger national contracts, it can only create more benefits for the Lawrence community. Alright, I'm stepping down from my soapbox.
27 January 2008 at 10:04 a.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
Cool, do you still approve of posting the private posts of others?
27 January 2008 at 10:09 a.m.
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ModSquadGal (Anonymous) says…
Nice comments guys. Way to slam honest business people who are doing a great job in your city. If you are so high and mighty, tell us how YOU are contributing to the eco/green, profitable, benefits of the people in Lawrence through YOUR job.
Whatever.
27 January 2008 at 12:33 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
Traenor's brother does good work too, in the advertising/design/signage world.
But since he did the signs for Peoples Bank, Cool probably would diss him too.
27 January 2008 at 12:36 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
And as I write this, Cool is over on other threads (article on Lawrence homebuilding) soliciting for clients.
And yet he calls me the jerk.
27 January 2008 at 12:45 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
And fyi, I am not even remotely involved in Lawrence building industry. But the Traenors (both families) have always struck me as very nice people doing high quality work in their firms.
They certainly don't go posting other people's private emails online, nor do they diss peoples professional work on public blogs.
Or advertise through public blogs.
Like Cool/Sven does.
27 January 2008 at 12:52 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
Cool writes: “GLPMA well - they didn't market enough”
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Maybe the new firm will take some hints from you and look for work by posting on these boards:
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/jan/27…
27 January 2008 at 4:16 p.m.
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cool (Anonymous) says…
Dear warmer garden city person ?
Treanor's brother sold the biz over 5 years ago.
and no one said Treanor is not a nice guy.
27 January 2008 at 4:16 p.m.
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cool (Anonymous) says…
Dear warmer garden city person ?
Treanor's brother sold the biz over 5 years ago.
and no one said Treanor is not a nice guy.
27 January 2008 at 4:19 p.m.
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cool (Anonymous) says…
dear warmer from garden city & authority on Lawrence ?
the this article is about business. are you sure that it is not somewhat of an infomercial ? both firms are respected in their realms of endeavor - but the range of architectural skills & talents available are much wider than these two - Gould Evans for example is generally considered to have a wider reach of talent.
27 January 2008 at 4:24 p.m.
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cool (Anonymous) says…
i did not say that these were 'bad firms'
Moderateguy (Anonymous) says…
GLPM has over 50 years worth of history in both buildings for this community as well as other contributions “mr. cool” could only dream to acheive in 10 lifetimes. This new combination with Treanor creates the ability to do even more important work in this and other communities across the country. And for those of you complaining about about monies earned by local design firms on public contracts, would you prefer those dollars go to Kansas City and across the border to Missouri? I personally am thankful we have the ability to keep that money locally. Seventy plus employees in Lawrence means seventy plus families paying taxes and buying groceries etc. right next to you. Now that they can pursue larger national contracts, it can only create more benefits for the Lawrence community. Alright, I'm stepping down from my soapbox.
but i can honestly say that i have worked for firms that probably would not hire or interview some of the main owners of this merger. remember - they are both going to do 'better' after this merger - that's the idea.
no one slammed the merger idea or their contributions to lawrence. i did not however say that either one is the best architect in lawrence.
27 January 2008 at 4:36 p.m.
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cool (Anonymous) says…
i did not say that Treanor was a bad architect and i did not say that about GLPM either !
where are you getting your diatribes at ?
Mike Treanor is a good architect and so is GLPM that doesn't mean they are expert in all areas - few architects perfect for every project.
what is your area of expertise ?
27 January 2008 at 5:10 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
Cool says: Treanor's brother sold the biz over 5 years ago.
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You really ought to get around more Sven, and drop by brother Treanors office downtown @ 9th & Ky. Get some financial advice from Doni and talk to your Congressman at the same time on the same floor.
And don't try to put words into other people's mouths as you try to dig your way out Cool. I used the words of 'dissing a professional colleaguel' I stand by them. Others can read your comments and decide for themselves.
As for your penchant for posting private emails…. It is hard to swallow your own medicine, isn't it.
27 January 2008 at 8:22 p.m.
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rumor_man (Anonymous) says…
It's too bad that Sven aka Cool never graduated from architecture school.
27 January 2008 at 8:38 p.m.
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cool (Anonymous) says…
hey rumor man,
i happen to like vintage Treanor like the liquor store building at 6th & Lawrence by Mike.
and as for whether i am a real architect ?
i am a licensed architect in ca,co,ks,mo,nc,nm
and have National Reciprocity and passed the licensing exam the first time that i took it. OK ?
meanwhile some architecture professors known widely as 'architects' are not licensed and have only their college degrees - as do some design / build so called
'architects' and possibly rumor man himself ?
27 January 2008 at 8:44 p.m.
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cool (Anonymous) says…
evidently
its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) has some kind of problem being from Garden City and a consequent
'complex'. not sure why since one of my Great Uncles liked it there - his famous quip, “you can smell the money”.
anyway, warmer doesn't like my opposition to coal plants so he chases me around ljworld like a fiend.
Robert Treanor i believe sold the biz to Luminous Neon from 'Hutch' about 5 years ago. i like the company and they recently made a job sign for me for a project in Colorado. i like their work.
27 January 2008 at 9:02 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
watch out rumorman. Cool defends his architecture profession. He is known in Colorado as a kind of guy who would take you to architecture-license court if you are doing something in his turf without a license. He wants his dime, that's for sure.
Cool for some reason thinks I am from Garden City, although I am not and never have been.
Cool, drop by brother Bob T's office and see if you could benefit from his design/advertising/pr services. He may give you some sign design tips for free. Because he and his wife are polite professionals, who do excellent work.
27 January 2008 at 9:06 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
rumor man did pose an interesting question.
Degree from what school, Cool? Why did you choose to evade a rather simple question?
27 January 2008 at 9:12 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
Cool: “some architecture professors known widely as 'architects' are not licensed and have only their college degrees - as do some design / build. . .”
Watch out everyone. Cool likes to take people to architecture-license court and slap people around if you invade his turf. He has a record in Colorado of such.
27 January 2008 at 9:13 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
Colorado architecture-court records are public records and available online.
27 January 2008 at 9:20 p.m.
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cool (Anonymous) says…
warmer is really kind of warped ?
court records ?
how about state board of architects ? is that not more
the 'prevailing concern', having no litigation record in Colorado i don't know how 'court records' is a topic ?
except for a divorce ?
27 January 2008 at 9:22 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
http://www.dora.state.co.us/aes/board/07…
27 January 2008 at 9:31 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
What degree from where Sven?
27 January 2008 at 9:34 p.m.
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jayharchitect (Anonymous) says…
I would like to point out that most of my former professors (Columbia GSAPP) were not registered. Yet they had more published buildings than any of the firms in the Kansas City. *shrug* That's what architects of record are for.
On the flip side, the United States architecture licensure I consider a good thing: It is like a residency for a doctor.
One final note, I plan on getting registered, then becoming a professor (students take you more serious in most undergrads)
27 January 2008 at 10:07 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
Must you have a college degree to be licensed to practice architecture in this state?
27 January 2008 at 10:25 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
http://www.aiakc.org/doc6.pdf
http://www.aiakc.org/content/Use_of_the_…
If I am reading this correctly, the answer is you do not have to have a bachelors degree in anything in Kansas. Just 96 hours total with 32 hours of architecture school.
Am I misreading this, anyone?
27 January 2008 at 10:27 p.m.
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cool (Anonymous) says…
yes you are misreading warmer.
i was later readmitted — just shut up OK ?
27 January 2008 at 10:34 p.m.
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cool (Anonymous) says…
also FYI
many states now allow the exam with a 'professional degree' being a 2 year masters with no related undergraduate education. for example i have known people with an undergrad in piano and a masters in architecture. Colorado is one of those states not sure about KS.
27 January 2008 at 10:37 p.m.
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cool (Anonymous) says…
i suppose warmer next wants to ask if Professor Dan Rockhill of KU is a licensed architect ?
27 January 2008 at 10:38 p.m.
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cool (Anonymous) says…
i suppose warmer next wants to ask if Frank Lloyd Wright or Marcel Breuer were licensed architects ?
27 January 2008 at 10:39 p.m.
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Newell_Post (Anonymous) says…
There are other formulas. Kansas used to allow sitting for the architectural license exam based 8 years of apprenticeship or something like that. You still had to pass the exam.
27 January 2008 at 10:39 p.m.
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cool (Anonymous) says…
warmer ?
sorry but web info is not 100% perfect something to keep in mind.
27 January 2008 at 10:48 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
Cool: “just shut up OK ?”
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Cool, cool, cool. Being rude is not becoming of you. Which was the main point I was trying to make to you today.
You just shouldn't be dissing your professional colleagues on public boards. It is not professional. And it is not polite. And yes, you were dissing.
You should not post private emails to you. It is not professional. And it is not polite. And you do it frequently.
You shouldn't post about things you do not understand. It is not professional. And it is not polite.
You get treated with the courtesy with which you treat others.
You should practice your Zen much more frequently. It might help.
27 January 2008 at 10:54 p.m.
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jayharchitect (Anonymous) says…
I think in 1996, they stopped allowing apprenticeship to architects. You must graduate with a NAAB accredited degree now. Yes it could be a professional masters, but they have to be accredited. Also, the profession is shifting entirely where by 2012 I believe, every school will be masters only.
As it stands now, there are two methods, the 5 year Bach (soon to be only 5 yr Masters) or a 3 yr (though sometimes compressed into 2 years plus summers) Professesional Masters. They are sometimes referred to as MArch I and MArch II.
Many architects, such as Europeans or some schools in Canada, cannot become registered without jumping through a ton of hoops. So, they just hire a local architect to sign of on the drawings. Rockhill does this (though not foreign) so does Peter Pran and Wojciech Lesnikowski.
27 January 2008 at 11:15 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
Thanks jayharchitect. That was very helpful.
27 January 2008 at 11:28 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
Sven, implying a comparison of his professional practice credentials to those of Frank Lloyd Wright and Marcel Breuer.
Wow.
27 January 2008 at 11:39 p.m.
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its_getting_warmer (Anonymous) says…
Although I understand Kansas licensing much better, Sven never did reveal his actual degree or school.
28 January 2008 at 12:21 a.m.
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Newell_Post (Anonymous) says…
Guys:
Your OCD is showing. Knock it off.
The original point of this article was the merger of Treanor and GLPM. They're both good architects and good guys. The general public may think an article about two design firms merging is no big deal. But everybody who lives or works in Lawrence spends far more time in builidngs designed by these guys than they ever realize.
28 January 2008 at 11:26 a.m.
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rumor_man (Anonymous) says…
Sven aka Cool,
It says here that you graduated from KU in 1975.
http://www.dreamgreenhomes.com/aboutus/p…
Is this true? Yes or no.
Thanks,
Rumor_Man
28 January 2008 at 6:58 p.m.
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oldgoof (Anonymous) says…
Congratulations to the firms. A lot of talent here, and I wish them the best. I think the niche of biological labs is a good idea.