Welcome to 2021! We made it through 2020! Shortly, we will offer you a peek into what we're working on now. In a previous post about our residential architecture projects we mentioned that the pandemic hadn't affected our operation as a virtual firm. But how we coordinate with contractors, consultants, and jurisdictions has changed somewhat. [...]
If you are still looking for that unique last-minute gift idea for the holidays, one we might suggest for children is author Lora Teagarden's The Little Architect's Alphabet: Learning Your Letters through Design. The book was published in October 2020. My children and I recently finished reading this primer on architecture and design, and it [...]
Hello, and welcome to our new series on Architectural Services. This series serves as a response to the numerous questions we get from new clients who have not experienced the architectural process of design and construction. So, if you have ever wondered what is zoning in architecture or what services an architect provides, look no farther. [...]
Thanks largely to a global health emergency, drama reigns in 2020. But could ongoing market drama mean a residential rebound? This situation prevails in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) fields, too, although construction has been pummeled less than, say, in-person service fields such as hospitality and travel or even education. Take, for example, projected [...]
It has been an interesting start to the new year for our young company to say the least. As changes continue to emerge from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we have found that the flexibility of being a virtual firm has proven itself invaluable. Even though ours has been deemed an essential industry, our work methodology [...]
Recently I returned to our first project, a duplex to single family conversion in Tower Grove South on Grace Avenue, and got to take my camera! Hopefully you’ll enjoy the photos as much as I did taking them. Curb Appeal Photo by Ryan Suess If you don’t recall, Grace Avenue is a collaboration [...]
If cannabis is your business and you're in Illinois, chances are that your "cannabusiness" in early 2020 is good. Very good. Just five days in from when cannabis became legal for adult recreational use, some 270,000 cannabis sales have occurred in Illinois, to the tune of $10.8M according to local reports. As small-business owners ourselves, [...]
How do you select a building site for your pet business that fits just right? Finding the best existing "spot"—and building on or remodeling it—is a multi-step process. Building a successful pet business means taking into account your client demographics, the subtype of pet business (e.g., veterinary, boarding), your business plan, and architectural programming. Of [...]
We're approaching 2 1/2 years! Remember, when you're two, that half was a big deal to you as well. Possibly so much so that you started saying half once you reached 1/3. Marketing . . . we're always tweaking our social media presence and we recently had a poll regarding our Facebook offerings. Our goal [...]
When REspace's own Eric Bratzler isn't architecting, he's probably guitarifying his world as a founding member of the progressive rock band Sense Datum. Eric plays guitars on their studio album, Negative Space, and the single “Ad Astra,” which are now on Spotify, iTunes, and most streaming platforms. “Ad Astra” arose from a NASA song-writing competition [...]
