El Dorado is an integrated architecture, urban design, curatorial, education & fabrication practice based in Kansas City, MO and Portland, OR. The acclaimed firm cultivates an ethos born of the midwest, combining frugality & pragmatism with a commitment to support community through design. El Dorado has expanded widely, where projects and people take them, leading to its opening of the Portland studio and to new commissions and projects nationwide and overseas. Bringing a sense of accessibility and a penchant for big ideas to a new market, El Dorado is known for collaborations with artists to incorporate public art into architectural works, for material and fabrication innovation, and for solutions with civic and social impact.
510 Avenida Cesar E Chavez
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816) 474 3838
Principals
David Dowell, AIA