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Quake Architecture
11/18/2011
If Oklahoma continues to reinvent itself as quake country, will the building codes here need to change?
Debut of Project Documentaries
09/30/2011
Have you ever seen an image of an architect's design but were left wanting for more? With our short project documentaries, we hope to give you just that. Check out our first in the series about the Bricktown Police Substation project.
Happy Earth Day!
04/22/2011
The first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970. Though it would be thirty more years until The Small Group - Architects was formed, the idea of Earth-friendly design has been at the core of our firm since its inception.
Architecture + Apparel: Parallel Designers
04/20/2011
Architects and Apparel Designers share more than just the label “designer.” You may never have thought of them as closely related professions; however, in terms of the creative process, the designers are quite similar.
The Design Process
01/25/2011
Those who are not familiar with the architectural profession may incorrectly assume that the design of a project is a fairly simple thing, created almost immediately from the Architect’s vast ability to envision the completed creation (since everyone knows that Architects, after all, have vast mental and creative capacities…). All that needs to be done is transferring that vision onto paper in the form of the construction drawings. Well, it doesn’t really work that way.
Key Ingredients to a Successful Project
01/05/2011
A truly successful project addresses the client's problem through the creativity of the architect's solution, while also addressing all of the other issues that will affect the client and others who experience the building over time.