A podium apartment building is really two buildings stacked on top of each other. The concrete parking structure below follows one set of rules, and the wood or light-gauge framing above follows another. Where those two meet, a small layout … Continue reading →
Campuses that grow one block at a time often end up with a stack of surveys that don’t agree. One parcel was mapped from an old plat, another on a different datum, and a third by a firm that closed … Continue reading →
A shopping center parking lot often has a corner nobody uses. That strip near the road could hold a bank, a coffee shop, or a quick-service restaurant. Before it can be sold, leased, or financed on its own, though, it … Continue reading →