"Everything that rises must converge." Flannery O'Connor
At Convergence Design, we desire to improve the quality of the built environment through excellent architecture, great design and sound planning.
Convergence Design is about bringing work, family and community together into a seamless whole. It’s about connecting people in every aspect of their lives, and bringing them together in positive spaces. Convergence Design values people more than design awards and values the communities where buildings exist as much as the buildings themselves. We’re about finding design solutions that are as right for a particular place as they are for a particular time.
Welcome to Convergence Design.
Recent Blog Posts
- How to Rebuild Architecture—12/22/2014
- Please click on the link to this wonderful New York Times op-ed on architecture. The authors, Steven Bingler and Martin Pedersen, have succinctly stated a view that we have long held--that the architectural tastes and fashions popular among magazine editors, college faculty and superstar practitioners don't connect with the average citizen, and that this disconnect is a problem that our profession needs to address. Highly recommended. read more...
- Humor linked to creativity—03/24/2014
- All those years you've been wondering why in the world Convergence Design's founder was wasting time being in a radio comedy group. Now it can be told: comedy makes David Greusel a better designer. read more...
- Just what we did not need—03/04/2014
- Lord Foster's idea for a network of elevated bike lanes is the worst mashup of postwar hubris and postcrash sustainability we've ever seen. read more...
- Saving The Banks—01/07/2014
- An article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution highlights the drain on public funds of mixed-use development near the new stadiums in Cincinnati. But perhaps in an effort to tell a cautionary tale, the AJC missed a couple much more encouraging stories from other cities that have combined publicly-funded stadiums with new development. read more...
- Like your work, love your clients—11/06/2013
- Having worked, at one point, in a firm that took the opposite view, it is hard to overstate the importance of this attitude. Please read the linked post at Bob Borson's excellent blog for a look into the mind of an architect we wouldn't mind getting to know. read more...
Convergence Design values the communities where buildings exist as much as the buildings themselves.
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Bicentennial Center renovation breaks ground
December 11, 2014
The project to renovate Salina, Kansas' Bicentennial Center is officially under way, with groundbreaking ceremonies taking place in the building's lobby. read more...
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Consulting firm suggesting Bismarck renovate event center as city wraps up expansion
November 08, 2014
Bismarck hired Crossroads Consulting Services and Convergence Design to look at how the city should move forward with its event center, which is nearing completion on a $27 million expansion that the city hoped would boost business and allow the center to host the international oil expo that came to town this spring. read more...
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Consultants recommend center upgrades
November 06, 2014
Convergence Design in part of a consulting team studying public facilities in Bismarck, North Dakota. The team met with the public in Bismarck on November 5, and briefed those in attendance about their findings to date. read more...
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Deadline nears for contractors on Show Me Center renovations
November 03, 2014
Requests for qualifications are being solicited from contractors and specialty subcontractors for renovations to the Show Me Center, an arena on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Convergence Design is leading the design of the renovation. read more...
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Enid Center Wins Award
May 08, 2014
Enid Event Center was awarded "Best Public Improvement Project" at the 2014 Oklahoma Main Street Awards. The award recognizes the Event Center's role in the positive transformation of downtown Enid, Oklahoma. read more...