Tag Archive for ‘Retail’
Accessible Fitting Room Requirements
When designing an accessible fitting room, remember to provide the required clear floor space along with a code compliant bench. According to ANSI 803.4 and ADA 4.35.4, a bench is required in all accessible fitting rooms. Benches must be 42 inches long, between 20 and 24 inches deep, and 17 to 19 inches high. If the [...]
Important Factors in Retail Jewelry Store Design
We recently completed the Daniel Diamonds Jewelry Store in Bergen Park, and were able to study the important design features that make Retail, and in particular, Jewelry Stores unique among other tenant finish types of projects. First and foremost, for all retail storea, and especially for a jewelry store, the quantity and quality of direct lighting [...]
The Diamond Retail and Office Building Complete
The Diamond Retail and Office Building in Bergen Park is finally complete. Below are some photos of the finished product from the outside. The building is 12,184 square feet across three stories with full elevator access. The timbers, posts, doors and windows are Honka product from Finland. EVstudio took the project from the very beginning with the site [...]
Evergreen Mercantile Retail & Office Building Completed
The transformation of the Evergreen Mercantile building (formerly the BMC Building) in Bergen Park is now complete. EV Studio completed plans for the exterior facelift of the building which included the addition of new siding, an upgraded parapet wall, new storefront openings and the covered walkway in front of the building. The design for the [...]
Waste Farmers Event Hosted by E.A.S.+Y
Elicia Ratajczyk of EVstudio is proud to invite everyone to attend a free presentation on April 15th (next Thursday) at 8am at the Bergen Park Fire House for Evergreen Businesses and community by the founder of Waste Farmers, hosted by Evergreen’s Alliance for Sustainability (EAS+Y). EAS+Y aims to facilitate a discussion between Waste Farmers, EDS [...]
Retail Buildings on Clear Creek Road in Killeen Texas
We recently completed the construction documents for the Retail Buildings on Clear Creek Road in Killeen, Texas. The complex currently contains two medical office buildings and has spaces for several future medical office buildings and a daycare. Our challenge was to create a series of buildings that reflected the best aspects of the buildings on [...]
Does IBC Allow Stairway Exception on Private Stairways
Does the IBC allow the old UBC 3306 (c) Exception of 8″ max rise & 9″ min run, for “private stairways serving an occupancy load of less than 10?The design situation is a small retail store (Lubbock, Texas), owner access only, to a second story storage loft…Would appreciate your wisdom – Richard Richard, unfortunately, the answer [...]
Clear Creek Road Project Reaches Milestone
The Clear Creek Road Mixed-Use Development project in Killeen, Texas has reached a significant milestone this week. After almost two years of planning, re-zoning, utility infrastructure realignment, and design revisions, this project is ready for the construction of Phase I to begin. Application for construction permits will be made by the end of this week. [...]
Grand Opening of Habitat for Humanity ReStore
We are proud to announce the Grand Opening of the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Evergreen this coming Friday, January 22nd. EVstudio was the Architect and Engineer of record for the Evergreen Mercantile building as well as the TI for the ReStore itself. Come on out for the ribbon cutting and help support this important local [...]
Evergreen Mercantile Openings Cut Through Double T’s and Framed Out
The Evergreen Mercantile Building is a conversion of the former BMC building in Evergreen, Colorado. The main level and upper floor deck are precast concrete T’s. In order to make the building work for retail applications, we have cut openings through the majority of the T’s and run the structural calculations in order to continue [...]
Entries(RSS)