The Materials Analysis Laboratory of Fairchild's Advanced Research and Development Laboratory has recently been moved into new quarters. The new facility has been designed by Mr. Larry Dorshkind and his associate. Mr. Dorshkind's activities during the three phases of the project (definition, layout, and construction) were centered around the definition and layout phases. The product of Mr. Dorshkind's efforts was a design layout for a new R & D Materials Analysis Laboratory which consists of individual rooms for three scanning electron microscopes, one transmission electron microscope, Auger electron spectroscopy, a darkroom, metallagraphic lab, optical lab, x-ray lab and a room for auxiliary equipment like power supplies, wafer recirculators, roughing pumps, etc.

In just a few meetings, Mr. Dorshkind made himself familiar with the instrumentation and the complex requirements of the environment. In a very short time, he came up with a layout which took into account the constraints of an existing building, floor space, facilities, etc. In three subsequent meetings, during which he presented alternatives, the layout was discussed, modified and finalized so that it would incorporate all aspects of technical functionality and still be a pleasant working environment. The meetings with Mr. Dorshkind were highly synergistic, he communicates well and has a good sense of what is important.

I can highly recommend Mr. Dorshkind to anyone who wants competent architectural services for non-standard projects.

Dr. Stefan Justi
Supervisor, Materials Analysis Laboratory
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation

Mr. Larry Dorshkind and his associates have recently completed design work for one of Pacific Bell's work centers, the Loop Assignment Center (LAC).

Mr. Dorshkind and his staff were able to rapidly familiarize themselves with our current and immediate future requirements. They developed a plan that will be used by our Real Estate and Space Planning Departments to design future locations as our Company moves rapidly into a mechanized environment. Mr. Dorshkind was able to depict our transition mode in an efficient manner as well.

These plans exhibit and narrate the interface required while displaying the recommended paper flow. This is done in current, transitional and future mode.

Mr. Dorshkind's staff also designed model work stations for several of the particular functions, new and existing, in the center. These stations were developed to be space and function efficient.

Mr. Dorshkind worked closely with our Headquarters Staff to develop this model concept. I recommend Mr. Dorshkind and his staff to anyone who seeks this type of architectural services.

J. M. Halverson
District Staff Manager
Headquarters Staff
Distribution Services
Pacific Bell

Mr. Larry Dorshkind designed and prepared drawings for a new Repair and Assignment Bureau for the Northern Sector of the Pacific Bell.

As a result of Larry's informal discussions with many of our Repair and Assignment Bureau managers, he developed an extremely efficient floor plan for our Auburn Bureau.

Needless to say, we have Larry designing other bureaus for us using the concept he developed for Auburn.

Larry is a very perceptive person. He not only has the ability to ask the right questions, but makes sure he understands the answer before asking the next question. Through this process, he has become very familiar with our procedures, work operations and paper flow within our Repair and Assignment Bureaus. Larry's ability to communicate is outstanding. He has demonstrated flexibility in his dealings with us and at the same time developed designs within the concept, parameters and cost guide lines. He has developed a good working relationship with our people and I am sure made some lasting friendships.

I highly recommend Larry Dorshkind to any Company needing the services of an extremely competent architect. 

C. 0. Watson
Group Staff Manager
Northern Sector
Pacific Bell

The expansion of our professional staff required us to remodel our laboratory area to better utilize the space available. We contracted with Mr. Larry Dorshkind to design the  laboratory area.

Mr. Dorshkind and his staff were able to rapidly familiarize themselves with our requirements. He was able to develop plans that embodied all the constraints related to the existing building, our instrumentation, and bench space requirements. The layout provided a pleasant working environment for thirty-five scientists within a relatively small area. 

I can highly recommend Mr. Dorshkind and his staff.

Michael W. Burgett, Ph.D.
Manager, Immunochemistry R&D
In Vitro Diagnostics Division 
SmithKline Instruments Corporation

I would like to acknowledge the significant contributions Larry Dorshkind has made to SRI International's operations and particularly to the SRI Facilities Department. For three years now, Larry has provided architectural services with a strong emphasis on excellence. His insistence on high quality work has rubbed off on the rest of us and has certainly increased the degree of professionalism of this office. 

Larry's involvement in our projects went far beyond the scope of the contracts. He provided many bours of free architectural advice on ongoing projects and on general architectural work practices. He helped review construction documents produced by our office and by outside consultants. Always looking out for SRI's interests, Larry would volunteer to attend city official meetings on projects not under his contract.

Larry developed an excellent working relationship with the Menlo Park Building Deptartment and Fire Department. On many occasions, SRI was bailed out of costly code driven retrofits due to Larry's skillful negotiations. 

Larry's most impressive success was demonstrated in the space planning for the proposed Microfabrication Building. This complex and user specific design is equipment driven. The challenges of this design process were further compounded by an overworked and understaffed user group who had little time to produce the necessary equipment data or a cohesive programming layout. With much patience and skill, Larry was able to construct a comprehensive equipment data base, arrive at a laboratory building floor plan that met the needs of a diverse user group, and he fit all this within the extremely tight physical dimensions of the site. The resultant plan is deceptively simple, clean and efficient. This is the sure sign of a seasoned architect.

We at SRI Facilities Engineering greatly appreciate Larry Dorshkind's service to SRI International.

Eli Margalit
Senior Facilities Engineer
Facilities Engineering Department
SRI International

Mr. Larry Dorshkind, of Larry Ian Dorshkind, Inc., Redwood City, California, has developed plans for the remodeling of the Microbial Diseases Laboratory at the State Department of Health,
Berkeley, California.

In the months that our laboratory staff has worked with Mr. Dorshkind, we have found him and his associates to be most cooperative and skilled in translating the varied needs of the units of the laboratory onto the plans.

Mr. Dorshkind has been exceptionally helpful in meeting our remodeling requirements, while remaining within the allocated budget. He communicates well, is resourceful, ingenious, and is uniquely aware of the problems and needs of laboratory operations.

John M. Heslep, Ph.D.
Chief, Laboratory Services Branch
Department of Health
State of California

Mr. Larry Dorshkind has been under contract with the State of California to design and prepare working drawings for the remodeling of medical/research laboratories of the California Department of Health.

Mr. Dorshkind and his associates have approached this task in a very professional and satisfactory manner. They have made an extraordinary effort through meetings and informal discussion to become familiar with the needs and desires of laboratory professional staff. Mr. Dorshkind and his staff have made a number of excellent suggestions concerning work flow and functional layout of laboratories. They have been most helpful in understanding the requirements of the job and have developed a most cordial relationship with all state personnel with whom they have had a working relationship.

Mr. Dorshkind has demonstrated exceptional flexibility in producing the best possible design while adhering to the scope of work and budgetary constraints imposed.

We are highly impressed with the professional expertise displayed by Mr. Dorshkind  and his staff and would recommend his firm without hesitation. 

Walter E. Laymance
Chief, Regional Operations Section
Department of Health
State of California

Larry Dorshkind has recently completed the design of an electron microscope facility in the Division of Natural Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Unlike most such facilities which are confined to one discipline or one function, this facility will be used for all the ultrastructural research and teaching in biology, earth sciences, chemistry, and physics. It will consist of 4 electron microscope rooms, a darkroom, a sample and micrograph preparation and teaching lab, ultramicrotomy room, a room for microanalytical equipment, an office, and a utility corridor for ancillary microscope, vacuum, air-conditioning, and other equipment. We envision that up to 30 people wi11 be working on different phases of a variety of projects or courses at any one time.

Taking our initial concept of a multi-user and multi-disciplinary facility which would be functional, convenient, and safe for all users, Mr. Dorshkind visited other electron microscope facilities, talked with a great many people who are expert in a particular phase of sample preparation, instrumentation, and micrography, read several publications on the construction of such  facilities, and had several conversations with the users of the existing facility. With a predetermined but undeveloped basement site, which has concrete walls, ceiling, and floor, Mr. Dorshkind incorporated the specific requirements into a design which we believe will fulfill all our potential functions for the next several years. I have no hesitation in recommending him highly to anyone contemplating building a research and/or teaching facility in which inter-instrument and instrument-environment compatibility are of paramount importance.

Throughout the design phase of the project, Mr. Dorshkind worked closely with the facility coordinator and with the campus architect and engineers. The resultant facility will not only be extremely functional, it should also be a pleasant and convenient working environment.

William T. Doyle
Dean, Natural Sciences Division
University of California, Santa Cruz

Mr. Larry Dorshkind recently completed an assignment for us which involved the consolidation and integration of two manufacturing, administrative, marketing and research facilities several miles apart. It further involved the personnel of two separate companies and their equipment and material. In view of the fact that one company had recently been acquired and certain legal limitations restricted the unimpeded and normal flow of information between the two entities, this move and its concurrent planning was a very real challenge to overcome.

Mr. Dorshkind did a truly fine job for us. His layouts and other plans were exceptionally professional and well done. His concern for the welfare and future of the employees of both facilities was marked. He quickly overcame the natural reluctance of most to make such a dramatic shift. His assistants, Barbara Burns and Bill Conaway, were able, professional, and concerned, also making a fine team.

We are delighted with the results of Mr. Dorshkind's work and unhesitatingly commend him to further assignments of this nature. 

George Grove
Director of Facilities
Xebec Corporation