By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects Many Silicon Valley technology firms are creating new office...

By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects The Better Business Bureau is an organization that I admire and...

By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects We are currently experiencing a hot real estate market in the Bay...

By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects For telecommuters, the home office must be established at the...

By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects Lately we received calls from potential clients who want us to...

By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects I admit it, I dislike gardening. I’ve tried, really tried, but...

By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects The Wall Street Journal reports that “Construction of religious...

By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects Ice Sculptures at Hometown Holidays in downtown Redwood City As a...

Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday, with not much effort required for gifts or decorating, and extra time to enjoy togetherness with...

By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc. Architects Our design team got a laugh out of the news story from a press...

By Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc., Architects Lately we have heard that some jurisdictions (cities or...

By Marie Barron, Designer & Lorianna Kastrop, Vice President, The Kastrop Group, Inc., Architects The October 17th anniversary of the...

Carpeting used to be thought of as the “anti-green” flooring material. The industry used VOC’s (volatile organic chemicals) that...

Many folks mistakenly think that architecture and design are basically the same thing. Architecture can only be performed by a licensed...

Unforeseen conditions can sometimes cause a construction project to grow from what was originally planned into a bigger project. When...

Water is precious in California, and we are currently experiencing a severe drought. We must integrate water saving features into the...

When a building owner or developer assesses the feasibility of building out a property, the limiting factor might not be construction...

For someone who doesn’t really like to cook, I LOVE my new kitchen. You’ve heard the old expression, “The cobbler’s children have no...

This is a common refrain in the construction industry. An ironic related issue is that potential clients take months (sometimes years)...

If you bought an artist’s painting, it would probably never occur to you to paint over it or alter it in any way. If you have the...