If you are just starting your search for an architect in Long Beach, CA, you may not yet be familiar with the term “design-build firm,” but you probably should be! As the name implies, a design-build firm is one that has the internal capabilities to both design a building and construct it. On staff, …
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What Long Beach City Plan Checkers Are Thinking
I’m an architect, and by no means a mind reader, but having been in this business for 20+ years and working with city plan checkers in Long Beach and all of the surrounding cities during that time, I’ve learned a thing or two about what plan checkers are thinking when they review architectural …
Residential Architects in Long Beach, CA and Building Permits
Let’s talk about permits for residential projects. As an architect in Long Beach who completes a lot of residential projects, I get asked, on occasion, by my clients if it’s really necessary that they obtain permits for their project. It’s typically my home remodeling clients who ask this, since …