The Flute House

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This structure acts as a live/work space located in downtown Royal Oak.  The addition is sits detached above an existing structure the client uses to house their sheet music business and retail flute sales. The Flute House approaches the expansion … Continue reading

Endeavour Fitness Center

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Proposed fitness center located in the City of Brighton, Michigan.  The intent of this environment is to provide a functional facility in an up-tempo atmosphere.

Restoration 1888

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A restoration/renovation for the City of Lansing, Michigan.  This structure was originally built in 1888 and has served many purposes.  The current building is to be renovated into 4 comfortable one-bedroom apartments with each unit provided a distinct entry.

Fabrication and Installation

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As architects and fabricators we are able to work and develop processes that are unique and continue to develop through experimentation.  We are always striving to achieve greater results and look at this as an opportunity to be able to … Continue reading

Bulls Bay Condominiums

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Conceived by formulating a new contextual fabric that allows for the redefinition of the Jamaican home.  By allowing walls to fold away leaving clear planes, which transfer from interior to exterior, provides the outside/in experience not typical of Jamaican architecture … Continue reading

Rustbelt Recording Studios

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The future home of Rustbelt Studios reflects the trace elements of the existing texture of the downtown Royal Oak attitude.  This renovation/addition will allow Rustbelt Studios to redefine its main studio to a mix room with expanded capabilities and a … Continue reading

Electrik Beach Tanning Salon

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As a design-build ideal, digital fabrication and the working with skilled trades is a viable option of the design committed world.  Process through the act of discovery becomes a way to direct the design approach by guiding one from the … Continue reading

Research and Development

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This cabinet door prototype was designed and developed by The THINK Shop Architects for a commercial project in Royal Oak, MI.  The prototype was developed to explore the relationship between light, surface, texture and finish. The orientation of the milled … Continue reading