It is said that what goes around, comes around. It is with a deep sense of the binding power of this principle that we approach our practice: Accountability to clients and to end users is the strength of our practice and the heart of our design culture. Our 25-year practice is as diverse as the communities that we serve, and as focused as the personal commitment we make to each client.

DKA is committed to building community through comprehensive, responsive design—design based on the awareness that one does not build in a vacuum, but within a set of resources, cultures, practices, and values that radiate beyond the individual project. This is the sensibility that increasingly shapes the economy of social responsibility—the economy of the triple bottom line, dedicated as much to people and to the planet as to profitability.

With a keenness forged by a quarter century of remaining accountable in difficult environments, we seek to find harmony between needs, desires, and goals—and to build not only within them, but also upon them. This is an empowering set of design values that we at DKA look to bring to the table in the communities where we deliver services.