The warehouse-to-office conversion, currently underway, promises to be one of the year’s most talked about Twin Cities commercial architecture projects.
While every building and workspace is tied to the era in which it was designed, following trends too closely can make a project look dated. We polled the PlanForce staff of Minneapolis architects and interior designers to see which design trends they will be all too happy to see die. Here’s what they had to say:
Come tour the Case Building in St. Paul to get a firsthand glimpse of the historic warehouse before the transformation begins.
What should building owners be aware of, either before they get an ADA-related lawsuit, or in the unfortunate case where they do?
Steve Jobs famously said that design is “not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” I was reminded of that quote recently when faced with a sticky tenant improvement challenge in an office build-out. The big challenge was that the current classification of the building would make it prohibitively…
Over the past several years, the architecture and commercial interiors industry has been making a shift from using traditional, two-dimensional CAD systems to three-dimensional Building Information Management (BIM) systems like Revit. Most clients view the major benefit of this change in the ability to really start seeing the space and how it’s developing. With a…
With more than 30 years in the commercial architecture and interiors business, we’ve pretty much done it all at PlanForce. From healthcare and restaurants to hospitality, retail, and corporate offices, we have a depth of experience that can’t be ignored. But which projects are our favorites, and what makes them so special? Hint: it…
The bakery behind the hit TLC show Cake Boss has come to Mall of America — thanks in part to PlanForce. Established in 1910, Carlo’s Bakery was catapulted from a Hoboken, NJ-based neighborhood bakery to a household name through the public’s fascination with the recipes produced by master baker Buddy Valastro and his famiglia…
We are delighted to announce the launch of our new website! Our new website provides our existing and prospective clients a beautiful, eye-catching view of our architecture and interior design work and the services we offer. Browse our new and improved projects section (big photos!) to see our latest work and read about the value…
Construction documents require lots of details, but this one secret will help make sure that your project is completed on time and in budget.