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I like/I wish/What if: Working with Clients to Apply Design Thinking
By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects “Design Thinking” is all the rage in Silicon Valley. People are...
Lorianna Kastrop
Nov 29, 20163 min read
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Case Study: 640 Maple Street, Part 2
Construction Progress By Marie Barron, Designer, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects In our last blog post we discussed the design process...
Lorianna Kastrop
Nov 2, 20161 min read
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Case Study: 640 Maple Street, Part 1
The Vision and Design Process By Marie Barron, Designer, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects The Kastrop Group prides itself on “designing...
Lorianna Kastrop
Oct 18, 20162 min read
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Subcontractors and skilled trades: we need young people to enter the construction industry!
By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects You want your son or daughter to go to college, get a degree and...
Lorianna Kastrop
Oct 4, 20162 min read
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Build it now or later? What are the considerations?
By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects So, you’ve missed the window for doing your construction project...
Lorianna Kastrop
Sep 20, 20162 min read
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Check out our updated website!
By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects As more and more people have become accustomed to finding what...
Lorianna Kastrop
Sep 6, 20162 min read
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The Importance of a Preliminary Construction Estimate
By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects One of the services we provide to our clients is to obtain a...
Lorianna Kastrop
Jul 13, 20162 min read
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Difficult Times for Small Projects: Contractor Bids per square foot way over average
By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects We are seeing a disturbing trend when getting contractor bids for...
Lorianna Kastrop
Jun 29, 20163 min read
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Should you get competitive bids for your project?
By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects We’ve seen an interesting phenomenon occurring lately, less...
Lorianna Kastrop
Jun 14, 20163 min read
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Take automated construction cost estimating tools with a grain of salt
By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects A new tool has become available to the public: automated...
Lorianna Kastrop
May 31, 20163 min read
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Project Steps: A Quick Overview
By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects We are often told by clients (and potential clients) that they...
Lorianna Kastrop
Feb 1, 20164 min read
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5 New Year’s Resolutions for Architects
By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects Resolve not to take on any projects that give you a sinking...
Lorianna Kastrop
Jan 7, 20162 min read
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Follow-up on a lost project lead: We told you so, but aren’t happy about it
By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects “Upside Down House,” in Bispingen, Germany. I would like to share...
Lorianna Kastrop
Dec 8, 20153 min read
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Thermal Comfort in Your Office and Home
By Marie Barron, Designer, The Kastrop Group, Inc., Architects Last week we finally got some rain, and the weather’s finally cooling from...
Lorianna Kastrop
Nov 30, 20154 min read
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Odds and Ends: Things to keep in mind as we approach the end of the year
By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc., Architects California, 3/98: El Nino storms flood the Russian River. Photo...
Lorianna Kastrop
Nov 2, 20152 min read
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Architectural Internship: My Experience
By David Perez Architectural Intern, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects “Budgets really do matter and the faster a project is completed...
Lorianna Kastrop
Sep 28, 20152 min read
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Just for fun: Different viewpoints on property value
By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc., Architects The point that I’d like to make with this joke is that as we all...
Lorianna Kastrop
Aug 11, 20152 min read
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The Impact of 3D Drafting on Estimated Architectural Fees
By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects To most folks who work outside of the construction industry,...
Lorianna Kastrop
Jul 21, 20154 min read
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Waste Disposal: Can good design help with recycling?
By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc., Architects This morning I realized that waste disposal is not ordinarily a...
Lorianna Kastrop
Jul 9, 20153 min read
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Caveat Emptor: Buying Property with Changes in Mind
By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects If you Google the phrase caveat emptor this is what appears at...
Lorianna Kastrop
Jun 9, 20154 min read
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