If the silver linings playbook were real, you'd likely find a section in it about our new architectural designer Casey Harris. Although she's been with REspace only since January 2023, she has been building community spirit—and, more recently, her own growing family, with husband, Josh, and two little girls—for a lifetime. Family is a never-ending [...]
Although 2022 surfaced many challenges to we who inhabit the architecture world, it brought home just as many benefits. For REspace Design in particular, 2022 carried with it the promise inspired by welcoming a new staff member, our new architectural designer and master's student Joud Bsata. In January 2023, REspace officially welcomed Bsata [...]
Electric vehicles (EVs) are finally having their moment, thanks to the raft of electric vehicle incentives embedded in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Signed into law by President Biden in August 2022, the IRA has powered up benefits for homeowners making energy improvements and for Missouri electric-vehicle (EV) drivers, business owners with amenities surrounding EV [...]
President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law on August 16, 2022, kicking off $9B in funding for States and Tribes tantamount to the Electric stovetops are covered under rebate programs housed in the IRA. Photo by RODNAE Productions, from pexels.com biggest investment in home-energy improvements (triggering likely homeowner benefits) and [...]
Happy anniversary to us! It has been an interesting and fulfilling first 5 years here at REspace. We have grown, our clients have increased, and our project types have steadily improved. Even more exciting is that we have recently begun to add staff! Quite the journey so far. Ryan and I, our families as well [...]
Brick abides! In fact, archaeological records trace fired or “baked” bricks of clay back to at least 2,600 BCE. Fired brick use continues to thrive today, of course, as it remains one of the most sustainable, fire- and insect-resistant, and strongest building materials available. Plus, as a homeowner or homeowner-to-be of a historic brick home [...]
Although we were relatively quiet in terms of blogging throughout 2021, we have a very good reason. As a southern Illinois architecture firm that is also fully virtual, we were busy managing a myriad of architecture and construction projects! This full slate included the final photographic documentation of the All Volleyball headquarters project, whose construction [...]
According to Moversville, finding the “right” home is the #1 challenge when moving to a rural or less populous area. But you're likely here on our page because you've already weighed all the pros and cons. You've checked all the angles—acute and obtuse—of living the rural life and you're all in for nature. Or you'd [...]
...And You Won't Believe What Happened Next! Watch that fourth year! It was a doozy. As of May 2nd REspace has been in business for four years, and this year the whole REspace family celebrated with Tacos and Baseball! After grabbing lunch at Mission Taco we headed downtown to watch the Cardinals play the Reds [...]
Microbes Weigh on Our Minds It's no wonder that homeowners and those in the market for a home are wondering if antimicrobials (essentially "germ-killers") are effective and safe. Although the number of vaccinated people continues to rise in the U.S. and globally, as of this writing, COVID-19 has killed close to 590,000 Americans and more [...]
