We chase big ideas
in the middle
of everywhere.
Established in 1996, El Dorado is an integrated architecture, urban design, curatorial, education and fabrication practice located in Kansas City, Missouri and Portland, Oregon. Read MoreLess

Our team works
purposefully across
scales and contexts.
Aubrey Moore
Designer
Baillie Wiebers
Marketing Coordinator
Ben Ebbesmeyer
Designer
Brock Traffas, R.A.
Project Architect
Chris Burk
Principal
Daniel Renner, R.A.
Director of Design Excellence
David Suttle, AIA
Principal
Derik Eckhardt, AIA
Project Architect
Elisandra Garcia
Project Designer / Engagement Director
Isaac Stanton
Staff Designer
John Renner, R.A.
Project Architect
Kyle Schleicher, R.A.
Project Architect
Nancy Woodfill
Principal
Sean Slattery, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Principal
Steve Salzer, AIA
Principal
Ted Arendes, R.A.
Associate
Thad Nobuhara
Project Designer
Jacob Peel
Project Designer
Madalyn Asker
Designer
Caitlyn Biffle
Designer
Sophie Hong, AIA
Project Architect
News
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2020 in Review
Dec 23rd, 2020 -
El Dorado to give "Dirty Hands" Presentation
AIA Iowa Central States Region (virtual) Convention
Sep 23rd, 2020 -
Albina Vision Community Investment Plan
Instagram
Jul 1st, 2020 -
The Middle of Everywhere
Places Journal
Nov 1st, 2019 -
Top 50 Architecture Firms in Design for 2019
ARCHITECT
Jun 1st, 2019 -
El Dorado is Pushing the Edges of Architecture and Public Art
Metropolis Magazine
Apr 2nd, 2019 -
A Guide to Kansas City, Missouri: Its History, Its Culture, and Why It's Worth a Closer Look
Vogue
Nov 23rd, 2018 -
Midwestern Residential Architecture Is the Country's Most Exciting
Architectural Digest
Jul 6th, 2017 -
Building Bridges
Metropolis Magazine
Jun 2nd, 2012 -
Highway Connector
Metropolis Magazine
Dec 1st, 2007 -
The Other Kansas
Metropolis Magazine
Jan 1st, 2005