Denver-based architectural firm, RNL Design, has acquired the Costa Mesa-based Klages Carter Vail & Partners, another architectural firm. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. KCV will operate as RNL design in the United States and as KCV+RNL abroad.
By acquiring KCV, RNL, the Rocky Mountain Region’s largest architectural design, planning and engineering firm, hopes to gain access to KVC’s relationships in the Pacific Rim, Europe and the Middle East.
“KVC will give us opportunities into markets that we have not had before,” said Phil Goedert, president RNL Design. “We felt that KVC’s philosophy and experience in a wide variety of markets presented us with a great opportunity to expand.”
The acquisition will provide KVC with the resources expand in the domestic market. RNL, with offices in Los Angeles and Phoenix, plans to double the number of employees in the Costa-Mesa office within the next two years.
“The increased resources will allow us to reintroduce ourselves to Orange County,” said David Klages, principal and co-founder of KVC, and now principal at RNL. “We will now be able to offer interior design to domestic clients, and hopefully no longer remain a mystery to Orange County.”
KVC, founded in 1969, specializes in urban planning, resort design, entertainment venue design and residential community design, with projects totaling more than $750 million in construction costs.
