Category: Design

Design Interior of modern beige armchair, small wooden modern table, planter with green bushes, and contemporary tall glass chandelier, in a hall with decorated wood cladding wall, and white marble floor
Grey is Gone in '24

A new year always comes with reports of new trends in everything, be it fashion, food…or lobby and common area design in residential communities. Furnishings and design, like clothes, are the subject of style and vogue that morph and change…

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2024 January Lobby Décor

The lobby of your building is more than just a transitional space between outdoors and in; it’s an important component in the life of your co-op or condo community.  It’s where you enter your home. It’s where your visitors (and potential bu…

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Maintaining Your Hallways

Your building’s lobby and hallways are the first things residents, guests, and potential buyers see - and as the old saying goes, first impressions matter. In a multifamily residential setting, be it co-op, condo, HOA, or rental, cleanlines…

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Design Meeting area in a modern creative coworking space with couch, sofa, bar stools, leaner tables, carpet. No people, modern building interior.
2023 May Pandemic Design

It’s become a mantra (or maybe a cliche): The Pandemic Changed Everything. The way we work, the way we play—the way we live. While the health crisis may be waning, it’s likely that many of these changes will be permanent. The pandemic has a…

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2023 May Functional Designs for Common Space

Like people, buildings come in all shapes and sizes. They can range from single-story garden apartments to multi-story high-rise complexes larger than many small towns. What they have in common is some amount of community space, known as co…

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Design Large hall hallway in classic style with wooden walls and columns with arches and white tiles on the floor
Lobby Renovations

To the untrained eye, renovating a lobby might appear to be a relatively straightforward project. It’s not a huge amount of space, there’s usually no plumbing to contend with, and it serves a fairly narrow purpose: to provide passage from t…

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Design Color Commentary
2023 March Color Commentary

Color affects human behavior—for better, or worse. Research indicates that practical and aesthetic applications of color in both public and private spaces can manipulate the mood and perception of the people using those spaces. A board plan…

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2022 May Capital Design Projects

There’s a riddle in a popular children’s book that asks, ‘What’s the largest room in the world?’ After much consideration and many incorrect guesses, one of the characters in the book has the answer: “Why, the largest room in the world is r…

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Design Loud noisy neighbour disturbing baby sleep. Problems in neighbouring apartments at home vector illustration. Young guy playing music on guitar, annoyed mother with little child in bed.
2022 May Soundproofing

Do you remember when you were a kid and the closest thing you had to a cell phone at the time was two cups with a string attached between them? You pulled the string taut, spoke into one cup, and hoped your friend holding the other would he…

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Budgeting For Design

As Budgeting Season approaches for co-op and condo communities, it’s time for the boards of associations and corporations to consider how they will cover expenses and fund projects in the coming year and beyond. While recurring operating ex…

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