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Dear Friends,For several months, we have discussed various services that ODA Architecture provides to complement our core design services. This month, we will discuss our services in obtaining Design Review Committee (DRC) approvals. These committees can be self-serving, but have goals to improve the built environment and their advice is often valuable to the local community. ODA Architecture works closely […]

ODA Architecture offers specialty services that complement our core architectural design and are beneficial to the project’s success. We value being part of a project’s site selection and rezoning process to capture the developer’s vision and create contextually appropriate buildings that will be successful for decades. One of the most important aspects of a successful project is the selection

The most important aspect of every project is the vision of a thoughtful Master Plan.  A well-conceived and efficient master plan of a development can save millions of dollars.  A sensitively designed master plan, whether one-half acre or 200 acres, should tell a meaningful “story”.   Architect Daniel Burnham summed it up best when he stated, “Make no little plans.  They have

ODA Architecture has been innovators in storage design for 40 years. I met Steve Benson, founder of Morningstar Storage, in 1983. Mr. Benson was one of the original innovators of the storage industry, a business that had been typified as a male-oriented “dirty” use. In 1979, Steve Benson moved south to Charlotte the same year that I moved north

  Dear Friends, ODA Architecture wishes everyone a FUNomenal Holiday Season. We hope that you had a wonderful 2022. ODA Architecture had an inspiring year that could be termed as one of the best in our 38-year history. Let’s look ahead into 2023 at some of the challenges and opportunities for the Construction Industry. One

Dear Friends,   Thanksgiving Week is always an appropriate time to reflect on the current year. 2022 has been an exciting year for ODA Architecture as it has been for most American businesses. It seems like this was the year that we finally quit talking about the “p” word and decided to get on with business as usual,

Tool or Crutch for the Construction Industry? Dear Friends,   I started my architectural career in 1979 and every building was hand drawn. While tedious, every pencil stroke was a deliberate design decision that was carefully considered. Architects understood what each stroke represented in how the building was constructed and relayed the design intent to the contractor. During construction, if there