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Dear Friends … There are rooms we leave behind without ever really leaving. Years can pass. The furniture changes. The paint fades. Someone else lives there now. Yet when we return, something curious happens. Before we consciously remember anything, our body does. We know which direction the afternoon light will fall. We expect the floor […]
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Dear Friends … Modern life is built around motion. We move from meeting to meeting, task to task, destination to destination. We measure progress in miles traveled, projects completed, and boxes checked. Technology has made nearly everything faster. Information arrives instantly. Deliveries appear at our doorsteps within hours. Navigation systems calculate the quickest route before
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Dear Friends … When we think about places that have left a lasting impression on us, we often remember the destination. A favorite hotel. A childhood home. A restaurant where an important conversation took place. A park bench overlooking a memorable view. Yet when I reflect on some of the most meaningful places I have
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Dear Friends … Commercial developments are often planned from an aerial perspective, focusing on site acreage, leasable square footage, unit mix, and parking counts. While these metrics shape the overall structure of a project, the everyday experience of that place unfolds much closer to the ground – within the first thirty feet. This point of
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Dear Friends … Everyone has walked into a space and immediately felt something—calm, tension, comfort, unease. Whether they notice it or not, these reactions reveal the powerful influence the built environment has on the human subconscious. Architecture consistently shapes emotional responses through form, light, color, and material. Long before we’ve consciously registered a space, it
Dear Friends … January is a good month to look forward and to anticipate exciting future advancements. As I enter my 46th year practicing architecture, I reflect backward and project forward to where the architectural and construction industries will be in 46 years. It is important to anticipate change to prepare for future trends. When
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December 2025 the FUNOMENAL CHRONICLE A NEWSLETTER FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT ODA ARCHITECTURE VOLUME 71 A YEAR IN CELEBRATION HAPPY HOLIDAYS Dear Friends … As the end of the year approaches, the ODA team has taken a moment to reflect on 2025, not just on the buildings we have designed, but at the Magic that
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Dear Friends… Value engineering has become one of the most defining, and often misunderstood, phases of a project’s life. For Owners, it marks the point where ambition meets attainability — when the design they fell in love with must be pared back to fit within the constraints of a budget or project schedule. Traditional project
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Nashville Dual Brand Canopy Homewood Suites Nashville, TennesseeOwner: Chartwell HospitalityCivil: Barge DesignLandscape: Lose Design & DevelopmentStructural: I.C. Thomasson AssociatesMEP: PNE (Perry, Netherland & Engineers) Dear Friends… Have you ever noticed how some spaces feel alive, while others feel contained? Initially, a leaf of food feeds us, a garden nurtures us, but how do buildings feed
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