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DocuSign Envelope ID:4C996037-012A-4978-866D-FBEA2F02CC51 <br /> Robert Winston Carr, Inc. / Associated Architects <br /> PO Box 1692, Durham, North Carolina 27702 <br /> 919-688-6308 o.919-906-2496 c. 919-682-007 f. <br /> rwc.architects@frontier.com <br /> Firm History 1926-2015 <br /> Established in 1926 as George Watts Carr/Architects, the firm <br /> has now operated continuously for more than 88 years. Early <br /> commissions were primarily residential structures which to this <br /> day continue to anchor an enhance the older premier Durham, <br /> North Carolina neighborhoods of Forest Hills and Hope Valley. <br /> With the 1937 completion of the 18 storied Hill Building the firm <br /> was able to secure larger undertakings. In 1940 George Watts <br /> Carr w/J.E. Greiner Engineers was awarded the commission to <br /> Master Plan and initiate what now has become one of the largest <br /> Marine Corps Military Bases in the world. (Camp Lejeune & <br /> Cherry Point) Some 3,000 buildings were designed and <br /> construction supervised by Carr/Greiner Architects&Engineers <br /> including the 2,000 bed Naval Hospital sited on the New River at <br /> Hadnot Point,Onslow County. <br /> With the end of World War II, a great demand developed for <br /> county hospitals. From 1940 through 1960 fifteen new medical <br /> facilities were completed under the firm's direction including the <br /> 500 Bed Veteran's Hospital, Durham, N.C. A 35 million dollar <br /> addition and renovation project was completed at the Durham VA <br /> Medical Center in 1993.Re:Project included a fourstoried dining <br /> atrium, a new out-patient clinic, new expanded laboratory, 17 <br /> newly located departments, a Magnetic Resonance Image(MRI) <br /> Scan facility and 28 Intensive Care beds(medical, surgical and <br /> cardiac) housed on three floors of a planned eight storied ICU <br /> tower. <br /> A profile of work during the 1960's and 70's included increases <br /> in institutional work with numerous commissions at Duke <br /> University, North Carolina Central University, Coastal Carolina <br /> Community College and Durham City /County Primary (K-12) <br /> school projects. The decades 1980 thru the 1990's saw primary <br /> involvement w/work funded and overseen by the State of NC.Re: <br /> NC School of Science &Mathematics;NC Dept. of Agriculture; <br /> NC Dept. of Archives & History; NC Dept. of Environment & <br /> Natural Resources and the NC Dept. of Administration. <br /> The present day proiect profile contains a wide diversity of <br /> project types. This conscious aim assures a fresh look at <br /> each challenge, requiring current research for developing Present / Former Parent Company Names <br /> quality and balanced solutions to client desires. (Year Established) <br /> Ownership and firm direction has transferred from Robert Robert Winston Carr,Inc.I Architects <br /> Winston Carr(founder's son)to Edgar Toms Carr(founder's (1981) <br /> grandson).Consultants compliment the permanent staff and Carr, Harrison, Pruden, Inc./Architects <br /> are selected for their particular area of specialty. These (1979) <br /> include:environmental,geo-technical,surveying;landscape Carr, Harrison, Pruden&DePasquale, <br /> architecture; civil I structural / mechanical & electrical Associated Architects <br /> engineering; energy & sustainability (SEED); acoustical, (1962) <br /> audio/video/data, lighting, kitchen/food service; liturgical; George Watts Carr/Architects <br /> signage & exhibition; building code / life safety / ADA & (1926) <br /> construction cost consultants. <br />