Tips and Stories
Many restaurants and bars have outdoor spaces where customers can enjoy a meal or drink al fresco. When the weather is sunny and warm, outdoor spaces can provide a wonderful atmosphere where you can enjoy nature as well as eat and socialize with friends. Owners also benefit from the outdoor area. Offering additional seating to […]
When you must make a choice between electricity or natural gas, it’s clear that electricity is better for the environment and maybe for your checkbook, too. Maybe you’ve heard the rumblings coming out of the environmental and building science crowd. Maybe not. But it’s getting louder lately. The rumbling I’m alluding to is the move […]
No two projects are ever the same. At JL Architects, we have the privilege of repeat business with many of our clients, with some of that business being multiple locations of a similar project type or prototype. Even though the type of use and function are the same, there are always differences to each project […]
Industry meetings are a wonderful way to become familiar with and immersed in the organization’s mission. There are also presentations to increase awareness of new products and research. These are 4 of my takeaways from the Green Building Initiative User Summit held Atlanta this year. Everything is Iterative Iterations and revisions lead to better solutions. […]
January 24, 2019, I was in my last semester of architecture school at Penn State, and enjoying a band in downtown State College when my friend got an eerie text. “There’s a shooter downtown, please be safe.” At first, we didn’t know if the warning was real, as we did not receive a University phone […]
With the coming of the holiday season it is important to look at gathering space. In restaurants, there is always a need for tables to seat eight or more people. Communal tables are long, shared tables where people are typically sitting near someone they do not know. They can be used for high-turn around seating […]
Building permits! Are they just a piece of paper stating you can build a specific design? Some may feel this way, but they are designed to ensure your project’s plans comply with local standards for land use, zoning and construction. In Philadelphia a building permit is required before beginning projects to enlarge, repair, change, add […]
Clients love glass buildings and high skyscrapers because glass provides more natural light and prestige. Architects have a growing affinity for glass too. However, this building with glass creates problems with bird mortality. US Fish and Wildlife has estimated 750 million birds perish annually from flying into glass. (1) Other statistics dispute that staggering number […]
The environment and climate change are big topics in today’s world. These topics are important to architects who are designing new homes and buildings every day. As more and more people commit to environmental and energy conservation, they are looking for more sustainable options when it comes to building their homes and renovating their offices. […]
“Escape rooms” are popping up everywhere and have become the thing to do with friends and workplace colleagues. These are not rooms for affluent homeowners to retreat to in the event of a home invasion. For a fee, these attractions are designed to challenge people to escape from a locked room — using puzzles, clues […]