Kirksey

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Founded in 1971, Kirksey began as a small commercial architecture firm and today has evolved into a diverse organization of 10 specialized practice groups, each focusing on a particular business segment. Having rapidly expanded in the national and global marketplaces, Kirksey is headquartered in Houston, Texas on their own LEED certified corporate campus.

Committed to the community and the environment, Kirksey designs high-performance, healthy buildings for all clients. This was formalized through the creation of The Kirksey Center for Sustainable ArchitectureSM, a private think-tank and consulting group whose focus is to mainstream environmentally-friendly building practices. The Center educates other firm members and the community on green building practices. A basicGREEN program was developed that prescribes sustainable design measures to be implemented on every project, regardless of LEED Certification and at no added cost to the project. Kirksey currently has over 4 million sf of LEED projects certified or underway, and has designed many of Houston's first LEED buildings including:

1st LEED certified building in Houston (Silver, New Construction)
1st LEED CI in Houston (Silver, Commercial Interiors)
1st LEED EB in Texas (Existing Building, our own corporate headquarters)
1st LEED CS (Core and Shell), which is also the 1st Gold certified building, in Houston

Kirksey retrofitted their building to become the first LEED EB (existing building) certified in Texas. Additionally, they have been operating internally as a green company for many years through recycling efforts, green cleaning programs, alternative transportation incentives for employees.

[edit] Awards

TSA Design Award, Commercial New Construction, 2007
IIDA Design Excellence Award - Institutional/Education, 2007
AIA Houston Chapter, Award: Interiors, 2007
AIA Houston Chapter, Honor Award: Architecture, 2007
American Subcontractor’s Association, Houston Chapter, A/E Firm of the Year, 2007
USGBC, Greater Houston Area Chapter, Outstanding Environmental Building Award, 2006
IIDA Texas/Oklahoma Chapter Interior Design Excellence Award: Sustainable Design, 2006
USGBC, Greater Houston Area Chapter, Outstanding Environmental Team Award, 2006
AIA Building Information Modeling (BIM) Award: Inspirational Pilot Projects Award, 2006