Helping Long Beach Homeowners After Disaster Strikes
On June 29th, 2015, some children in a Long Beach neighborhood decided to get an early start on their Independence Day celebration by shooting off some fireworks into the sky. One of these fireworks landed on the roof of a nearby neighborhood’s home—a home that was built at a time when wood shingle roofs were a popular feature. The smoldering . . . Read more...
M. Grisafe Architects Team Growing and Embracing New Technology
We’d like to publicly welcome Rachel Fuller to the team at M. Grisafe Architects (read the official press release). Rachel is a recent graduate of Mt. San Antonio College’s interior design program, earning two Associates of Science degrees, one in Interior Design and the other in Interior Design Kitchen and Bath. Mt. San Antonio’s interior . . . Read more...
Interview with Mark Grisafe Featured on Businessing Magazine
I was recently contacted by Businessing Magazine, an online publication dedicated to small business ownership, about a feature in a new series of articles they have launched called “5 Questions With.” As the name implies, “5 Questions With” asks the same five questions of multiple small business owners in various fields to get their . . . Read more...
Complex Tenant Improvement in Long Beach Completed with Rewarding Results
It’s always very rewarding when we get to be involved in projects that benefit the community in a positive way. Several months ago, we featured the opening of Suite Beauty Salon in the city of Orange that we had just completed. This well-crafted salon is unique in that it gives stylists an opportunity to try out their entrepreneurial skills by . . . Read more...
New Building Technology and Solar Panels, From an Architect’s Perspective
Update: This blog post was featured on the Solar Panel World website in an article titled, "What Do Architects Think About Solar Panels?" During the late 1990s, when I was just beginning my career in the field of architecture, I worked on an information counter for a local airport. As part of this project, the counter featured a pair of . . . Read more...
