Thinking of Redesigning the Façade of Your Long Beach Home? Here Are Some Things to Think About
Trends come and go rather rapidly these days. Fads in clothing and hairstyles tend to only last a season or two. That popular dance move that all the teenagers were doing just a few months ago became suddenly uncool once all their parents started mimicking it. One area in which trends tend to hang on […]
Architectural Design for Small Interior Remodels: Not as Straightforward as You May Think
Here at Grisafe Architecture, we love a good home renovation television show as much as anyone else, but they definitely haven’t done a lot of favors for those of us working in architecture. In a half hour television show, viewers can see house flippers, interior designers, and even DIYers tearing down walls to create an […]
Grisafe Architecture Featured in Case Study by Local Screen Mesh Manufacturer
As architects, we are often tasked with coming up with creative solutions that solve multiple problems for our clients. A homeowner may want to add square footage to their home, while at the same time, changing the look of their home’s exterior. Or the owner of a commercial building will ask us to modernize their […]
A Long Beach Architect’s View on ADUs: AKA “Granny Flats” or “Mother-in-Law Units”
When you live in a high-cost-of-living area, such as Long Beach (or almost anywhere in California, for that matter), there’s always talk about how to provide more “affordable housing.” The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) defines affordable housing as a dwelling that a household can obtain for 30% or less of its […]
Grisafe Architecture Owner Mark Grisafe Named to the Long Beach Cultural Heritage Commission
As Long Beach architects, we have a special affinity for the buildings in our community—especially the historic ones. Long Beach has such a rich architectural history, dating all the way back to the 1880s. Throughout the City, you’ll see everything from Spanish Colonial Revival buildings and homes, to Art Deco structures, to Craftsman Bungalows, and […]
Long Beach Architecture Firm with Old-Fashioned Service
As a Long Beach architecture firm, we have completed many, many successful projects over the years. We believe our firm stands out in several ways, such as our design abilities, our customer service, and our attention to detail. But according to some of our recent customers, we stand out in another way: we actually return […]
How to Keep Fees Under Control on Your Long Beach Home Remodel
When it comes to home remodels, most of our clients come to our Long Beach architecture firm with a general idea and a budget in mind. For example, they want to add a new master suite to their existing home, and they have X amount of dollars for the whole project. We occasionally work with […]
Why Our Long Beach Architecture Firm Chooses Local Contractors Over Online Contractors
Over the past several decades, many industries have made the decision to outsource work overseas to save costs. Factories have been built in other countries to supply US-based companies with parts and materials; remote call centers have been established for all types of companies requiring customer support; and yes, even architecture firms have started to […]
Find Experts You Trust, and Then Actually Trust Them
Way back in 2013, we wrote about a client our Long Beach architecture firm was doing some work for—a community center in Long Beach. They were looking to update the locker rooms used by their members. Our architecture firm presented them with a design, which included material suggestions for things like flooring. The facilities committee […]
Our Long Beach Architecture Firm’s Response to COVID-19
You may be wondering why our Long Beach architecture firm is just now posting about our response to COVID-19. Up until now, we’ve just been communicating with our current clients on a case-by-case basis, assuring them that their projects are still moving forward while our staff works from home or at safe social distances from […]