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Drawing: Perfect Posts of Architecture
On the evening of November 12, 2021, our design director, Jonathan Novak, received an AIA Cleveland award citation for his personal architectural design studies on Instagram (@jonathan.b.novak). The following is his journey, told in his own words; his mindset and story behind growing to micro-influencer status in less than a year.
Venturing Down Unfamiliar Roads: From Architect to Chief Building Official
Words by Todd Nagy, Principal, Architect. In the architectural profession, there are two types of architects: design-oriented architects and technical-oriented architects. Throughout college and nearly twenty years of working in the profession, I’ve always gravitated towards the technical side.
6 Factors To Be Aware of When Rebranding Retail Centers
The following six factors that should be considered when rebranding a retail center, including the naming process, appealing to the area’s local demographic, and finding ways to be creative.
The Power of Emotion in Architectural Rendering
Architectural renderings have always been an important part of the design process. At face value, they are an efficient tool to convey a design long before a project becomes reality. They facilitate communication and allow for an easy understanding of a project during its earliest phases. They answer questions about the physical properties of a place. Is it big or is it small? Is it brick or is it stone? Is that window here or there?
Creating an Authentic In-line Shopping Center
In-line shopping centers have entered a new, third generation of design that reinvents their modern roots while creating humane architecture. The first generation of in-line shopping centers was the strip mall. Based on late 1960s modernist ideas of flexibility, it sought the ability to put tenants in any location. It had a pure, raw functionalism that made it a successful retail prototype. The second generation began in the 1990s with a post-modernization of the strip mall.