Frontenac Engineering Group

CannonDesign is an integrated design solutions firm focused on helping people continuously flourish. Whether designing for innovations in health, new scientific discoveries, equity in education or the next big idea in business, we use our Living-Centered Design approach to help organizations realize widespread change. Our ability to design transformational places, plans and strategies is why Fast Company named us a World Changing Company and one of the most innovative design firms in the world.

HistoryFounded in 1953 by Donald Ross, an electrical engineer from MIT who also received his doctorate in industrial engineering, the firm welcomed Joseph Baruzzini as the mechanical principal in 1961. Together, they provided high quality, non-commodity engineering to a small group of blue-chip clients that valued the smart design and personal service that they delivered. In the 1980s, Ross & Baruzzini began to export specialized services outside our home base in St. Louis, Missouri, propelling an expansion that has led to new office locations in Miami, Indianapolis, New York, Los Angeles, Hamden (CT), Philadelphia, and Columbia (IL). Today, Ross & Baruzzini is a fully integrated E/A firm that serves clients directly or in collaboration with other architectural, engineering, program management or design/build teams for large building and enterprise infrastructure projects that require specialized design and consulting.SpecialtiesA global design, engineering, architecture, and consulting firm providing innovative and sustainable solutions.