eldo hires
El dorado is looking for a project manager to join our ranks. The position offers a great deal of autonomy and ownership. We are seeking individuals for this position with approximately 12 or more...
View ArticleUpdate on Triangle Park
Recently we’ve come back to Triangle Park, the stretch of land just east of the I-35 overpass, between Southwest Boulevard, Avenida Cesar E Chavez and West Pennway. After approved funding produced a...
View ArticleMission Gateway
In 2005, Syracuse-based Cameron Group and New York-based GFI Development acquired the old Mission Center Mall site at the intersections of Johnson Drive, Roe Avenue, Roeland Drive and Shawnee Mission...
View ArticleAIA Central States Design Awards 2015
A team from el dorado travelled to Des Moines, Iowa two weeks ago to attend the AIA Central States Design Awards Ceremony. We were delighted to accept awards for three projects we recently completed:...
View Articleel dorado recognized nationally by CURBED
Earlier this week, American real estate blog Curbed included el dorado in its inaugural class of “Groundbreakers.” This national awards program celebrates the work of architects, seasoned and new, who...
View ArticleEarly November at the Shelton Residence
Photographer Mike Sinclair recently visited the Shelton Residence in the Westside neighborhood of Kansas City and captured the last fleeting days of fall. The Shelton Residence was completed nearly two...
View Articleeldo hires
We’re on the lookout for two new eldos. If you’re passionate about architecture and interested in a rigorous, rewarding office culture, you might be a good fit for el dorado inc. Interested candidates...
View Article7540 Washington Street
In close collaboration with reStart inc., Botwin Commercial Development and A.L. Huber Construction, el dorado recently completed a new multi-unit housing development in Waldo, a historically diverse...
View ArticleFirst Annual eldo Prize
To celebrate 20 years of creating transformative architecture, last week we announced that we will be instituting an annual el dorado Prize, a unique paid summer internship for architecture students...
View Article1996
1996 marks a significant moment in time. And we’re not talking about Julia & Noah’s wedding on “All My Children” (June 7) or the debut of Betty Rubble as a Flintstone vitamin (January 1), the birth...
View ArticleWelcome to the Big League of Cities, KC!!
We are absolutely gob-smacked by our latest civic asset — the Kansas City Streetcar. We just can’t stop fawning over these sweet people-moving machines, these signifiers of urban intelligence. For...
View Article31 Levy
Two weeks ago we held a successful community meeting at one of our midtown Kansas City projects, 31 Levy, in the old Velvet Freeze/Levy Building at the northeast corner of 31st and Gillham a block east...
View ArticleDesigning and Making
Since el dorado opened it’s doors in 1996, we have been exploring the relationship between designing and making as a studio. For us, the shop continues to play an important role in the creation of...
View ArticleShelton Residence: final photography
Last weekend, our trusted photographer Mike Sinclair paid a final visit to the Shelton Residence to capture a robust late May landscape and to document the interior of the house. These spring...
View Articleeldo wins national AIA Award
We are thrilled to share the news that the Girl Scouts Camp Prairie Schooner was named a 2016 national AIA Small Projects award winner. This year’s theme was “Small Gesture, Big Impact,” and intended...
View Articleeldo joins Facades+ Conference
In September, Josh will speak at The Facades+ Conference hosted by New York based Architect’s Newspaper here in Kansas City. The two-day conference is intended to “cover issues unique to the region...
View Articleeldo ranks #11 nationally in Arch 50 survey
Each year, Architect Magazine sets out to review firms from all over the country and determine who ranks highest in the categories of business, design and sustainability. Last week we were notified...
View ArticleGrand Boulevard Redux
In 2006 artist James Woodfill and el dorado inc worked with the Missouri Department of Transportation, KCMO Public Works and a group of bridge engineers to create a major public/private set of artworks...
View Articleeldo wins 6 AIA CSR and KS Design Awards
Last week, el dorado was recognized with four AIA Kansas Design Excellence awards and two AIA Central States Design Excellence awards at the annual Central States conference in Manhattan, Kan. Both...
View Articlea summer at el dorado
A guest blog post by our first eldo prize winner, aka EP1, Zach Grewe. When I moved to Kansas City in June this year, I was a little unsure of what my summer would be like. I knew a few people that...
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