<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>