Architect achieves four decades of “seeking higher” at Chicago-based design firm In the early 1980s, Casey Frankiewicz, a new employee at Legat Architects, placed his foot on a ladder’s bottom rung and looked up with concern—he had to inspect the roof, but he was afraid of heights. Fortunately, one of Frankiewicz’s coworkers was already up […]
Archives for June 2018
Police Station Architecture Design Tips: Part 3 (Respect the Budget)
Community-sensitive police station design strikes a careful balance between aesthetics and budget What’s it going to cost? This is one of the questions that architects get asked most often. It’s especially relevant to police stations, whose construction budgets face constant public scrutiny. The challenge for architects, therefore, is to design a station that is both […]
