by John Kitchen | Jul 21, 2023 | Sixty Years
In 1988, we first attended the Hannover Messe (or Hannover Fair), located in Hannover, Germany. Hannover Messe is the world’s most important industrial tradeshow hosting approximately 6,500 exhibitors and 250,000 visitors each year. It was through Hannover Messe that...
by John Kitchen | Jul 21, 2023 | Sixty Years
In October of 1976, the team of Larson & Darby, Inc. and Orput Architects were selected to design a new city center in the heart of downtown Rockford, later named the MetroCentre and known today as the BMO Center. This $13M, 132,000-square-foot entertainment...
by John Kitchen | Jul 21, 2023 | Sixty Years
In summer of 1980, we began our first project for the then Woodward Governor Co. Today, Woodward, Inc. is recognized as the world’s largest independent designer, manufacturer, and service provider of energy control solutions for aircraft engines, industrial engines...
by John Kitchen | Jul 20, 2023 | Sixty Years
State-of-the-art when built in the 1960s, Starr Science Center at Rockford University needed a 21st-century update. We worked with RU on the renovation, transforming the mundane ‘60s-era corridors and classrooms into a vibrant and user-friendly environment. Using...
by Aaron | Jun 15, 2023 | Sixty Years
We like to kid around here that architecture is our superpower. Well, if that’s true then Larry Larson and Sam Darby were the original superheroes in our company’s saga. Their story began in 1955 when Larry joined the same firm, Gilbert Johnson Architects, where Sam...
by Aaron | Jun 1, 2023 | Sixty Years
Sixty years ago, two good friends – who were also brothers-in-law – architects who met when they both worked for the same firm, decided to take a chance and strike out on their own. Larry Larson and Sam Darby launched Larson & Darby with the knowledge that doing...
