8.18.08 | Succeeding at succession: Earlier this year, Young + Wright Architects, a 125-person Toronto-based firm, joined forces in a merger/acquisition with cross-town giant IBI Group. Their combined firm has a new handle, Young + Wright/IBI Group Architects.

7.14.08 | The headline may suggest that we are chasing our tail, but were not. The 103 years of W.B. Wood's existence, however, shows that, in some cases, things tend to come full circle. W.B. Wood, NY has acquired W.B. Wood N.J. and, now operating under the name W.B. Wood, has become whole once again.

 
7.14.08 | Last week A/R Environetics, NYC architecture and design firm founded 60 years ago, notified clients and others that it had merged with Boston-based Cubellis; the merger was completed three weeks ago.

7.7.08 | Last Wednesday Perkins+Will/Eva Maddox Branded Environments acquired The Environments Group, Chicago, boosting the Perkins+Will Chicago practice to the largest in the firm, in both architecture and interior design.

4.7.08 | Knoll has formed a new high-end textile brand called Knoll Luxe. Designed by creative director Dorothy Cosonas, the line incorporates the modern, minimalist style of Florence Knoll, who started the industry's first commercial textile program in 1947.

3.31.08 | Herman Miller said last week that it settled anti-trust allegations made by the Attorneys General of New York, Illinois and Michigan against Herman Miller for the Home for HMH’s Minimum Advertised Price Program. Not to keep you in suspense, the case resulted in a stand-off, with all parties acknowledging that the agreement does not constitute either an admission or denial of liability or wrongdoing – and, independent of the settlement document, Herman Miller categorically denied any wrongdoing.