Inventure Design

The first firm established, which would eventually become Inventure Design, was founded on April 1, 1997. Principal Jim O'Neill created a firm to offer interior architecture and design services with the skills of a large, well-established firm while maintaining personalized attention. Utilizing knowledge gained from years of association with larger firms, the new firm would offer cutting edge innovation with an unusually focused attention to detail. This firm's quality of service descriptor would soon become "attention to detail", its identifying tag line. The emergence of an interior architecture firm with corporate design talent was ideal for the growing corporate Houston businesses, each looking for the personal attention that this new firm would provide. The creative success of each project led to frequent referrals and the firm quickly grew. In 1998, the firm opened a new office designed by its three employees to function as a showcase of their talents. That year a relationship was established with FKP Architects. The two firms began working on Texas Children's Hospital, leading the previously corporate focused firm into healthcare design. 1999 brought the incorporation of five new employees, an additional principal and an office expansion of 2,500 sq. ft. that included a large library and multiple conference rooms. In 2001, the firm was presented with the Business Week/Architectural Record "Architecture is Good Business" Design Award for their work on the TCH project, the first awarded to a healthcare project. Though corporate interiors still represented 90% of their work, the TCH success led to a project with M. D. Anderson's Cancer Center. As a result, the size of the firm and the amount of work continued to grow. By 2004, the firm had grown to 18 employees and began working outside of Houston on the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital with Smith Group Architects. The firm's continued success led to a joint venture/merger with the interiors department of FKP Architects in 2005. With this merger, the firm changed names to O'Neill Hill and Associates (OHA). In 2009, OHA re-launched the firm as Inventure Design, complete with a new logo, website and an infusion of enthusiasm. Inventure Design retained all of OHA's associates and continued to add talent to their high-profile team. Today, Inventure Design can boast a 86% return rate on clientele, which includes 10 of Houston's top 100 financially ranked companies. The team has also expanded to include three additional principals and has established itself in the industry as the 'go-to' interior design firm in the region.