The Architect’s Blog

Every industry has their own lingo, and the architecture industry is no exception. We throw around words, phrases, terms, and acronyms that might not mean much to the average bystander. One such word is “variance.” For most people, this word simply means “a difference or deviation for the standard or typical,” but in architecture, this . . . Read more...

Pretty much everyone knows that if you are building a new home or commercial building in Long Beach from the ground up, you need a Long Beach architect to design it. There may have been a time—long ago—when you could draw up plans yourself and present them to the city for approval, but those days are long gone. The requirements to get plans . . . Read more...

People in Long Beach who are about to take on a major residential or commercial building project often wonder if they should go with one of the architecture firms in Long Beach, CA that describe themselves as “design-build” firms. As the name implies, a design-build firm is a company that provides both architectural design and building . . . Read more...

“It’s the people and businesses that define the culture and breathe life into the best cities around the world.” This is the sentence that precedes every episode of Destination LA, a television series dedicated to showcasing “hidden gems” in the Los Angeles area that are making the region a better place to live and work. A few months . . . Read more...

At our Long Beach architecture firm, we are always looking for ways to provide the highest levels of quality and service for our clients. As a team, we are continually working to hone our crafts and make strategic improvements that will benefit our clients, and recently, we invested in some new technology in our office. In just a short amount of . . . Read more...