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Wild Ivories Fund Raiser for National Sports Center for the Disabled

Sean O'Hara — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:27:59 +0000

The Wild Ivories Dueling Piano Saloon that we designed is opening. Wednesday, June 2 is a fundraiser for the National Sports Center for the Disabled. It'll be a great time at 14th and Market and they're open full time starting June 4, 2010.

Denver Piano Bar and Restaurant Demolition Update

Sean O'Hara — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:01:18 +0000

We are currently wrapping up plans for the Wild Ivories Piano Bar at 1400 Market in Denver. We put together their demolition permit several weeks ago and they've been doing that work while we prepare the architecture, structure, mechanical and electrical design. The schedule is very accelerated which frequently occurs with tenant finish projects.

Our drawings for the liquor license were accepted and that's all set. Opening is expected mid-May 2010.

Giovanni Italian Restaurant Floor Plans

Gene Dane — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:01:15 +0000

One of EVstudio's current projects is Giovanni's Italian Restaurant in Copperas Cove, Texas. The restaurant design has a classical Italian theme and atmosphere. There are several distinctly different areas within the building representing various regions of Italy. There are also several exterior spaces dedicated to gardens and landscaped areas that will visually accessible from inside the facility. The restaurant is designed to seat 187 guests inside and 28 outside and includes both indoor and outdoor spaces along with a full bar and wood fired pizza oven. The design is roughly 6,400 square feet.

EVstudio has been involved with a number of restaurants, there are more articles with more restaurant floor plans and helpful information.

Free Consultation on Restaurant Floor Plans, Bars, Seating and Kitchens

Sean O'Hara — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:50:32 +0000

EVstudio provides an initial free consultation for restaurant and bar owners who need some insight on their plans. We're experts at evaluating the code requirements, the flow and the capacity of the space that you are considering. Our team of architects and engineers has worked on fast food places, bars, ethnic food, specialty food, catering and fine dining. Our designs include ground up new construction, tenant finish and remodels.

Whether you're looking to start from scratch or you have a plan worked out, give us a call or drop us an email and we'll take a look at what you have and give you our thoughts, free!

While you're on our site, here are a few other articles that you might like:

Designing a Commercial Kitchen

Acapulco Mexican Restaurant New Construction Plan

Taste of Himalaya Tenant Finish Restaurant Plan

Top Ten Reasons to Choose EVstudio

Assembly Occupancy Groups as Defined in the International Building Code

Sean O'Hara — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:36:58 +0000

One of the first steps in any building project is evaluation of the appropriate occupancy group. This drives building size, building height, construction type, exiting and fire separations.

One of the groups with the largest numbers of occupants is Assembly. Assembly is the occupancy for gatherings of groups of people for meeting spaces, eating establishments, performance spaces, etc. Section 303 of the International Building Code defines the 5 types of assembly occupancies.

First, the exceptions. A building or space with less than 50 occupants is a B occupancy (Business). Also, a space with less than 750 sf that is an accessory space is Group B.

A-1 is the group for viewing of performing arts. These spaces frequently have fixed seating and include movie theaters, concert halls and traditional theaters.

A-2 is the group that applies to eating establishments. It includes restaurants, bars, banquet halls and night clubs.

A-3 is the group for worship, recreation and amusement uses. It is also the catch-all for other uses not specifically called out. The uses include galleries, religious worship spaces, courtrooms, sports spaces without seating, lecture halls, libraries, museums, pool halls, bowling alleys, transportation waiting areas and funeral parlors.

A-4 is the group used for indoor sporting events that have spectator seating. That means arenas, pools, tennis courts, skating rinks, indoor soccer fields and so on.

A-5 is the group used for outdoor sporting events. This includes stadiums, bleachers and grandstands along with amusement park structures.

Of course if you're looking at assembly occupancies there are quite a number of additional code sections that you should review. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.