by spacestl | Jul 29, 2020 | Community, Insight
Sunny’s Cantina shows what a little TLC can do for a building. The owners of Dogtown’s popular Felix’s Pizza Pub purchased a former bar on Manchester to be the home for their new Mexican restaurant concept. After the design was complete, we got to work to make the...
by spacestl | Mar 3, 2020 | Community, Insight
Sometimes an old photograph can inspire the design of a space. That’s exactly what happened at High Low, a literary arts center from the team at the Kranzberg Arts Foundation. From its inception, High Low’s mission is “to offer a venue for freedom of expression...
by SPACE Architecture + Design | Oct 20, 2019 | Insight
Tom and Shelley were excited to travel to Columbia to accept a Merit Award from the Mid-Missouri chapter of the American Institute of Architects for the design of LeBao Asian Eatery. LeBao’s owner Jina Yoo joined them for the ceremony and celebratory bao and...
by SPACE Architecture + Design | Apr 22, 2019 | Concept Design, Insight
“What are those things on your ceiling?” is a regular comment we hear from guests. On Earth Day, we thought it would be fun to explain the mysterious metal plates on our ceiling. When we bought our building ten years ago (has it been that long?!), we...
by SPACE Architecture + Design | Feb 12, 2019 | Community, Insight
If you ever wanted to hear about hospitality design and the business of architecture, you can get the story straight from the horse’s mouth. Our friend Alexis Zotos interviewed Space Captain Tom Niemeier (not really a horse) for her Meet St. Louis Podcast, where...
by SPACE Architecture + Design | Oct 4, 2018 | Concept Design, Insight
In architecture and construction, there are good surprises and bad surprises. Good surprises: a glorious rendering of a meticulously detailed space that is within (or below!) budget. Bad surprises: the floor not looking the way you thought it would, or not having...