Barone Design Group
Celebrates its 20th Anniversary
December 17, 2004

Barone Design Group, a solutions-driven architecture and interiors firm, announced today the celebration of its 20th anniversary. During the firm's two decades it has completed a wide range of projects on behalf of global leaders including Shell, Exxon, Amoco and
Veritas Software. Ranked as a top firm by the Houston Business Journal for nearly a decade, Barone Design Group's extensive capabilities include designing corporate workplace environments and highly technical, industrial, R &D and manufacturing facilities. Key to Barone Design Group's approach is considering closely the processes of an organization and its culture.

Recent projects include designing an internal business operation center overseas for a leading Global 100 company; creating a state of the art virtual reality room for viewing 3-dimensional seismic images of earth; and designing the interior and exterior of corporate jets. Having begun as a primarily Houston-based firm, Barone Design Group in the past several years has completed projects in Asia, South America and all across North America .

"Our 20th anniversary is more than about celebrating our history," Dean Barone, president and co-founder. "While focused on our mission to provide truly strategic workplace and facilities solutions for our clients, we are
dedicated to evolving our own innovative approach and implementing key advancements in technology."

Offering clients full project management capabilities on both national and international projects, the firm guides clients from inception to completion, managing every stage. The firm offers LEED program coordination
for the design of "green" environments and is certified as a Women-Owned Business Enterprise as well as being HUB certified, Historically Underutilized Business.

"A great deal has evolved in our business over the past twenty years and we are proud to still be on the leading edge as innovators on behalf of our clients. We are also very proud to be working with Shell, one of firm's first clients" stated Ann Wagner, CEO and co-founder, Barone Design Group. "For twenty years Shell has continued to include our firm in their projects and we've enjoyed the opportunity to continually exceed their expectations."

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