a:26:{s:9:"weblog_id";s:1:"4";s:8:"entry_id";s:0:"";s:6:"sticky";s:0:"";s:14:"allow_comments";s:1:"n";s:16:"allow_trackbacks";s:1:"n";s:10:"entry_date";s:19:"2009-05-15 05:16 AM";s:15:"expiration_date";s:0:"";s:23:"comment_expiration_date";s:0:"";s:8:"category";a:2:{i:0;s:1:"4";i:1;s:2:"55";}s:9:"author_id";s:1:"2";s:6:"status";s:4:"open";s:14:"trackback_urls";s:0:"";s:18:"versioning_enabled";s:1:"y";s:5:"title";s:24:"HDA Looks Past Downturn ";s:9:"url_title";s:23:"hda_looks_past_downturn";s:6:"submit";s:6:"Submit";s:11:"field_id_26";s:23:"HDA Looks Past Downturn";s:11:"field_ft_26";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_31";s:0:"";s:11:"field_id_44";s:77:"Despite the down economy, one St. Louis area design firm is figuring to grow.";s:11:"field_ft_44";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_28";s:15:"HDA, architects";s:11:"field_ft_28";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_29";s:1466:"<p>Despite the down economy, one St. Louis area design firm is figuring to grow. St. Louis-based HDA Architects moved to larger quarters in January.<br />&ldquo;Our goal was to prepare for future growth,&rdquo; said Kim Herbeck, interior designer at HDA and the person responsible for the interior design of the<br />firm&rsquo;s new office suite.<br /><br />HDA&rsquo;s new offices in Central Park Square One in Chesterfield have 7,600 square feet, or 26 percent more space than their old offices in Maryville.<br />&ldquo;We have two more private offices and room for six more work stations,&rdquo; said Patrick Holleran, director of marketing.<br /><br />&ldquo;As a bonus, we have more natural light and it is quieter and more peaceful,&rdquo; he said.<br /><br />Herbeck&rsquo;s design emphasizes teamwork. &ldquo;The private offices don&rsquo;t have doors and we brought them into proximity with the open office space,&rdquo; she said,<br />&ldquo;and we have lower partitions between work stations than in the old office to make teamwork easier.&rdquo; She also deepened the work stations so that people would have room to roll-out a full set of plans at their desks. Herbeck also added an extra conference room, since the conference room in the old office space was always in great demand as a space where people could work together.<br /><br />The new space also serves as a marketing tool&mdash; the artwork on the walls now depicts HDA projects.<br /></p>";s:10:"category_0";s:1:"4";s:10:"category_1";s:2:"55";}