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Onyx Creative is an American architecture and design firm based in Cleveland, with offices in Tucson, Ventura, California, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Baltimore, and Portland, Maine. It was founded in 1974 by Jerry Herschman as Herschman Architects.

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Corporate history

Herschman specialized in designing interior spaces for commercial and retail clients, expanding its scope to complete buildings in the mid-1990s. [1] In 2018, the name was changed to Onyx Creative. [2]

Notable projects

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References

  1. "History". Onyx Creative. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  2. "Press release: Herschman Architects is excited to announce our new name: Onyx Creative" (Press release). Onyx Creative. July 1, 2018.