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How Napa’s Alleys could help its Housing Crisis
We love walking Napa Old Town. On any Saturday or Sunday morning, you’ll find us walking up and down, back-and-forth on the historic...
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Nov 15, 20213 min read
Congressional Relief Package Includes Big Renewable Energy Enhancements
The latest battle to cut California’s addiction to natural gas will not be easy but there may have some alternative solutions. Congress...
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Nov 15, 20214 min read
Rethinking Your Next Kitchen
An Architect’s Nuts and Bolts for a successful Design Creating a new kitchen, either a renovation or a totally new construction, is...
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Nov 12, 20214 min read
Notre-Dame Cathedral Revisited
What’s Been Done Two Years After Fire Destroyed the Spire On April 15, 2019 while most of us were paying our taxes and dreaming about...
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Nov 12, 20216 min read
ADUs and Multi-family
AB 68 Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) conjure up images of single-family homeowners with an underused back yard or aging Baby Boomers who...
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Nov 12, 20213 min read
New State Law Allows Existing Multi-family to Expand
As we face the new COVID-19 Crisis, other statewide emergencies have not gone away. Our acute housing shortage has not been reduced and...
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Nov 4, 20202 min read
Want a Building Permit? Get in Line!
As a Napa Valley practicing architect for over 25 years, obtaining building permits has always been a challenge. Napa City loves to add...
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Nov 4, 20202 min read
Napa’s Unrealistic Inclusionary Housing Ordinance: Part 2
Providing affordable housing is a huge challenge, especially in Napa. Between the Pandemic, economic uncertainties and relentless fires,...
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Nov 4, 20202 min read
Napa’s Unrealistic Inclusionary Housing Ordinance: Part 1
There is little disagreement that Napa and the North Bay region needs more housing. All kinds of housing. We need affordable, workforce,...
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Nov 4, 20202 min read
Could RVs Help Solve Our Housing Crisis?
During the Glass Fire whereas of today 67,484 acres and 1,555 homes and structures have been destroyed, many victims took to recreational...
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Nov 4, 20202 min read
What to do if Your Home is Fire Damaged
The catastrophic Wine Country fires are affecting us all. Whether we sustained personal loss or just live nearby, we're living with “Fire...
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Nov 4, 20202 min read
Murray Plaza & The Clock Tower Revisited
Who remembers the Downtown Clock Tower? The Clock Tower Plaza, as it was known locally, was the center of Napa. There wasn’t much else...
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Nov 4, 20202 min read
How higher education could survive this pandemic
As summer ends and fall school enrollment looms, the question of how higher education will endure. For years, remote learning has slowly...
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Nov 4, 20202 min read
Saving the Post Office
Our postal system has made the news recently, but let’s digress from the political discussions and look at the bricks and mortar, the...
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Nov 4, 20202 min read
Reimaging Theme Parks- Part 1
When I was a young intern architect working with WED, Walt Disney’s design and construction arm, I built models of Cal Art’s campus,...
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Nov 4, 20202 min read
How Will Napa Respond to the Next Disaster?
Today, we are consumed with the COVID-19 Pandemic ravishing our Nation. However, we cannot forget that we are subject to other natural...
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Nov 4, 20202 min read
Rethinking Napa City Hall
One additional Pandemic casualty is Napa City’s ambitious plan to build a new Civic Center. Since March, the virus’s economic impact on...
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Oct 27, 20203 min read
Napa County still slowly recovering from the 2017 wildfires
Dan and Naoko Mufson marked the third anniversary of the Atlas Fire that destroyed their home by moving into their rebuilt home, putting...
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Jul 10, 20202 min read
How Restaurants Might Survive
Everybody loves to visit a restaurant. Whether it’s a basic tavern, or a high-end brasserie’, our fondest memories reside in them.
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Jul 10, 20202 min read
Repurposing Cruise Ships for Housing
One especially hard-hit victim of the COVID-19 pandemic is the cruise ship industry. From their 2020 projected 32 million passengers to...
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