Nichols Design Group

Building owners, no matter their political affiliation, blue, red or purple, would be outraged if a short term tenant at will, paying no rent tore their building down without permission. A hellscape of court orders and lawsuits would be unleashed. Survivors of even a small renovation project within an historic preservation zone know making changes to a protected building requires clearing many hurdles, and jumping through many tight hoops. Approval for trivial changes can be a logic defying, time consuming process we would all prefer to avoid or ignore. As architects and designers, we know there is a time honored and proven process to develop a coherent design for any building. Programming alone for a 90,000 square foot space would take many months with input from all stakeholders, followed by site surveys, multiple feasibility reviews and impact studies. We’d present the client (the owners) various schematic designs, absorb their feedback before a design can be developed or a bid set of construction documents created. So to witness the demolition of The White House, The People’s House - the most revered and symbolically important buildings in the world, at the whim of its current tenant is shocking and repugnant; and yet emblematic of his distruction of everything else we hold dear.

I’m in love with this Gabe rug we found at - it was perfect for the space. Thank you Cynthia First ❤️👍