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skyway – southbank trip
April 30, 2012 – 9:20 am | One Comment
skyway – southbank trip

Okay, confession time.  As huge of a proponent as I am for mass transit and the screaming and kicking that I do for Jacksonville to get on the fixed rail bandwagon (especially streetcars), I have …

coa approved by historic preservation commission for julie’s urban grocery
April 2, 2012 – 2:29 pm | No Comment
coa approved by historic preservation commission for julie’s urban grocery

We’re thrilled to both share some of the images that we presented in the Certificate of Appropriateness application for Julie’s Urban Grocery, our adaptive reuse (although it was originally a grocery when it was first …

JAX Chamber: Downtown’s New Front Door
January 20, 2012 – 11:06 am | No Comment
JAX Chamber: Downtown’s New Front Door

In the spring of 2011 we responded to a request for proposals from the JAX Chamber, titled Downtown’s New Front Door, a Project to Inspire Revitalization.  The Chamber knew that numerous building systems in their …

the urban facelift project #14 (405 w beaver street) and the friday video
June 4, 2010 – 2:21 pm | 3 Comments
the urban facelift project #14 (405 w beaver street) and the friday video

For this facelift we asked our Urban Facelift Project fans on facebook what they would like to see 405 W Beaver Street become.  (click here for a map of 405 Beaver Street)  If you would …

Pod Dwellings: Sustainable Habitats and Suburban Ecosystems
June 2, 2010 – 1:52 pm | 2 Comments
Pod Dwellings: Sustainable Habitats and Suburban Ecosystems

We stopped into the Art Center while walking between a DVI Downtown Stakeholders meeting and lunch at the Burrito Gallery here in Jacksonville a few weeks ago and was really impressed with the Pod …

This is why street cars are better than cars and buses
January 27, 2010 – 1:20 pm | No Comment
This is why street cars are better than cars and buses

Jacksonville keeps trying to decide how it is going to spur development in the Urban Core. Our question would be, why are we so hesitant to look at what has been successful for other cities …

urban facelift project #13 revisted, nighttime
December 10, 2009 – 5:19 pm | No Comment
urban facelift project #13 revisted, nighttime

We recently began experimenting with using lighting in our renderings.  We’ve done it a few times in interior settings, but this is our first go at it in an exterior setting.  So we decided, as …

the urban facelift project #13 (324 broad street)
December 9, 2009 – 1:23 pm | 4 Comments
the urban facelift project #13 (324 broad street)

Wow, it’s been almost two months since our last facelift project and on the heels of the great emerging design professionals’ urban facelift competition (check out the Times Union article on the competition), we decided …

images from the urban facelift competition
December 3, 2009 – 2:22 pm | 2 Comments
images from the urban facelift competition

We just wanted to post a quick update on the outcome of last night’s Urban Facelift Competition that was hosted by the EDP (Emerging Design Professionals) and sponsored by content design group and Quality Sign …

the urban facelift project: edp’s urban facelift competition
November 12, 2009 – 10:28 am | 5 Comments
the urban facelift project: edp’s urban facelift competition

Last Thursday night we, along with AIA Jacksonville’s Emerging Design Professionals, launched the Urban Facelift Competition:
For our last competition of the year, we’ve partnered with Content Design Group to host the Urban Facelift Competition. …