Corgan Expands East Coast Reach With Cooper Robertson Buy

4 November 2025

Corgan is expanding its national reach with another East Coast acquisition.

The Dallas-based architecture heavyweight known for corporate campuses and data centers, acquired New York City’s Cooper Robertson, the Dallas Business Journal reported. The move strengthens Corgan’s foothold in the Northeast while adding cultural clout and urban design muscle to its roster.

The deal, signed Oct. 31, marks Corgan’s second East Coast acquisition this year, following its August purchase of Boston’s Dyer Brown & Associates. Financial terms weren’t disclosed, but the 20-person Cooper Robertson team will merge into Corgan’s 1,200-strong workforce while maintaining its office in New York’s Financial District.

Founded in Dallas in 1938, Corgan is best known for designing headquarters for Toyota, State Farm and 7-Eleven, and more recently, space for hospitals and data centers. It occupies about 110,000 square feet at The Luminary in downtown Dallas’ West End and reported $510.5 million in revenue last year, with roughly three-quarters generated locally, according to the outlet.

Cooper Robertson, meanwhile, has long been a fixture in New York’s cultural and urban landscape. Its credits include the New Museum and Studio Museum in Harlem, as well as the master plans for Battery Park City and Hudson Yards. The merger unites Corgan’s reputation for technical precision with Cooper Robertson’s pedigree in civic and cultural design.

Corgan CEO Scott Ruch said the acquisition reinforces the firm’s commitment to “design excellence across more typologies.” Cooper Robertson partner Mike Aziz called the merger “a powerful alignment of design values and vision,” pointing to Corgan’s research-driven approach and his firm’s experience with large-scale planning and public architecture.

With offices now spanning Dallas, Boston, New York and Washington, D.C., along with hubs in the U.K., Dublin and Singapore, Corgan’s latest move positions it as one of the most geographically diverse American design firms still privately held.

— Eric Weilbacher