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When Your Career Path Is On the Rails

I got into architecture because of my lifelong hobby: model railroading. I was in the ninth grade when I learned about the career of architecture, and thereafter aimed at making it my eventual profession. What is it about model railroading that led me there? I suppose at its core, the hobby breaks down to “playing..

Design Process, Projects, Single Family, Upgrades Worth the Investment

Renovation Basics

Imagine that you are looking at 140 square feet of kitchen that you’d like to update. It might seem sensible to just hire a Design/Build kitchen specialist and let them guide the renovation. This can result in a lack of competition among trades and vendors; a better approach is to invite an architect who takes..

Architecture, Commercial, News, Religious

Spaces for Practice

Recently, happenstance found me talking with two experienced yoga instructors in a room with soaring ceiling vaults and booming expanses. We were standing in the historic St. Patrick’s church in the Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati. The lower level has been converted by C/C into Urban Artifact – a taproom, music venue, and event space. After..

Single Family, Upgrades Worth the Investment

Upgrades Worth the Investment – Tip No.4

Adding onto, or updating a postwar 20th century home? Here’s an upgrade that was worth the investment. Front Elevation: 20th century postwar homes often have trouble competing with their newer counterparts in the marketplace, because of the relative lack of interest often found in their front elevations. Most often, additions are placed on the rear..

Architecture, Design Process, Interviews, Projects, Reasons to Select Childress & Cunningham, Architects, Religious

Childress & Cunningham Video Testimonials

We asked some of our clients what they liked best about their projects.

Commercial, News, Reasons to Select Childress & Cunningham, Architects

Outside In

.....we emphasized the beach, sun, water, and wood elements to bring out a seaside atmosphere.

Projects, Religious

Clearing the Hurdles for Church and School Program Growth

Operating as both a church and an elementary school, Beautiful Savior Lutheran found itself struggling to meet both entities’ program needs within a facility that had been steadily added onto over the years. Previous building additions had served to create a number of problems; C&C was hired to design and construct building additions and renovations..

Elder Care, Multi-Family

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