{"id":1004145093,"date":"2016-05-31T08:15:15","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T16:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004145093"},"modified":"2020-05-14T03:20:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T11:20:57","slug":"merriman-associatesarchitects-celebrates-30th-anniversary-changes-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/merriman-associatesarchitects-celebrates-30th-anniversary-changes-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Merriman Associates\/Architects Celebrates 30th Anniversary, Changes Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dallas<\/strong>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/dallas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas-based<\/a> architecture firm <a href=\"https:\/\/merriman-maa.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Merriman Associates\/Architects<\/a> recently announced, along with celebrating their 30th anniversary, the decision to change their name to Merriman Anderson\/Architects (maa). Jerry Merriman and wife, Deby, founded their namesake firm in 1987 based on the principles of integrity, ingenuity, respect and customer service. Milton Anderson, maa\u2019s director of design &amp; partner since 1997, espouses the firm\u2019s commitment to design excellence through assembling and maintaining an exceptional staff.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004145095\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/05\/Milton-Anderson-maa---s-director-of-design-partner.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004145095\" data-attachment-id=\"1004145095\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/merriman-associatesarchitects-celebrates-30th-anniversary-changes-name\/milton-anderson-maas-director-of-design-partner\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/05\/Milton-Anderson-maa---s-director-of-design-partner.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1497,867\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Adelina Osan&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1464687755&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Milton Anderson, maa\u2019s director of design &#038; partner\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Milton Anderson, maa\u2019s director of design &#038; partner&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Milton Anderson, maa\u2019s director of design &#038; partner&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/05\/Milton-Anderson-maa---s-director-of-design-partner.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"wp-image-1004145095 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/05\/Milton-Anderson-maa---s-director-of-design-partner.jpg\" alt=\"Milton Anderson, maa\u2019s director of design &amp; partner\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/05\/Milton-Anderson-maa---s-director-of-design-partner.jpg 1497w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/05\/Milton-Anderson-maa---s-director-of-design-partner.jpg?resize=300,174 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/05\/Milton-Anderson-maa---s-director-of-design-partner.jpg?resize=768,445 768w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/05\/Milton-Anderson-maa---s-director-of-design-partner.jpg?resize=1024,593 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004145095\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Milton Anderson, maa\u2019s director of design &amp; partner<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSuccessful architecture firms are cultivated by attracting and managing the best talent and resources in our industry,\u201d Merriman said in prepared remarks. \u201cIt is a great pleasure to add Milton\u2019s name to our firm\u2019s banner. He embodies all of the key elements that have built our reputation in our industry. Merriman Anderson\/Architects is a family of creative, intelligent and proficient design professionals all working toward the same goal \u2013 excellence. Our portfolio of projects is due to a group of talented professionals delivering exceptional design solutions for our clients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be included in the name of the firm,\u201d added Anderson. \u201cJerry Merriman personifies the best in architectural design and technical detailing along with a strong business acumen. As I tell our clients, maa has the in-house talent for innovative design as well as the technical expertise to back up those creations. We won\u2019t design a wonderful building or space and then tell you it\u2019s out of your budget. We work painstakingly from the beginning to insure our projects are a synthesis of design, function and affordability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>maa is responsible for urban planning projects such as Entrada Town Center in Westlake, multiple components of the Southlake Town Center and the River Walk Town Center in Flower Mound. Hospitality projects include Dallas\u2019 Hilton Curio at the Statler and the Marriott Autograph at the Sinclair Building in Fort Worth, whereas urban housing projects include 21 Rio in Austin, as well as the Lone Star Gas Lofts and 1401 Elm in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of maa<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 30th anniversary of Merriman Associates\/Architects comes with a name change into Merriman Anderson\/Architects. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1269,"featured_media":1004145095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1586,21751,21742,21744,21749],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004145093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dallas","category-hotel","category-latest","category-people","category-retail"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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