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Get Through Your Commercial Building Project Without Losing Your Mind

A commercial building project is complex. It often involves a large team of people with different skills, time pressures and communication styles. When you add the worries any entrepreneur has when building a new business or revamping an old one – local competition, market changes, permitting issues and environmental requirements, to name just a few

Design Ideas to Make Your Cannabis Dispensary Stand Out

Last week, I wrote about the essentials of cannabis dispensary design. Today, I want to dig a little deeper into how you can use design-based branding strategies to differentiate your business from the competition in this growing industry. Design for the Clients You Want In any retail business, it’s important to understand your client base

Cannabis Dispensary Design Essentials

Since California voters passed Proposition 64 in 2016, running a state-licensed cannabis dispensary has become a legal business. Dispensaries are burgeoning in areas that permit them, including Santa Rosa and San Francisco. Marijuana Business Daily estimates that there were 358 licensed retail cannabis dispensaries dotting the state as of August 22, 2018. If you currently

Women in Architecture Award-Winners for 2019

I was delighted to hear that two of my role models, architect Elizabeth (Liz) Diller and architectural photographer Hélène Binet, have won prestigious 2019 Women in Architecture awards. Women in Architecture Campaign The awards are part of a project that is near to my heart: The Women in Architecture campaign, a joint project of two

Church Design: Ideas for Creating Flexible Worship Spaces

Church design presents challenges and opportunities that both stretch the imagination and test an architect’s skills. The modern church is much more than a place of worship. It's a place for community, for education, for entertainment, for public service – so church design must be flexible enough to accommodate all these and more. A good