Design

Merger Gives Architecture Firm CannonDesign a Global Footprint

The acquisition of New York’s Ennead Architects is the seventh and largest for CannonDesign, giving the firm a new office in Shanghai.

The David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, designed by Ennead Architects with Perkins Eastman.

Photographer: Jeff Goldberg/Esto

Two architecture firms that are leading designers in the increasingly costly and complex realms of health care and higher education facilities are joining together.

CannonDesign, one of the world’s largest employee-owned architecture and planning firms, is acquiring Ennead Architects, a leader in education, health care and civic projects. Ennead will continue its practice as a distinct unit within CannonDesign and retain the firm’s offices in New York, Los Angeles and Shanghai.