The long-awaited sequel. After months of coordination, gallons of coffee, and hours of meetings, our home for 2015 is finished and looking shiny-new! Day One – Prepping the Home This was the make-it or break-it day. There was so much to get done and everything needed to happen in the right sequence to ensure we finished on time. […]
Groundbreaking Kicks Off New Plano Project
The groundbreaking ceremony was held on September 19, 2015, at which time the rendering of APCON’s new building was unveiled to the employees. The new three story building features 58,000 square feet of Class A office space. Building amenities include a gym, elevated terrace, and a ground level outdoor patio. The building was designed using […]
Growing Rockwall Co-Op Expands Headquarters
Due to their substantial growth, Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative (RCEC), a General and Transmission Electric Cooperative needed additional space for current employee needs and the future development of their operations. After occupying their current facility for 26 years, it was time to expand. We provided them with a new home, adjacent to their old facility. […]
Southfield Park 35
Located in USAA Real Estate Company’s 157-acre Southfield Park 35 in DeSoto, Texas, Building #1 totals 1,128,277 square feet and is being developed by Seefried Properties. Alliance Architects designed the 157-acre master plan for Seefried Properties which features Class A building designs with build-to-suit flexibility and direct access to I-20 and I-35 in South Dallas. […]
Thinking Inside The Box
What better to do with a tired, old cliché than to re-purpose it? Large, speculative light industrial, manufacturing, distribution, warehouse and e-commerce buildings are commonly referred to as “boxes”, for obvious reasons. They range from tiny to over one million square feet, termed front park/front load; front park/rear load, cross dock, tech/flex…all boxes. Unless of course, […]
Alliance Architects Wraps Up Lakeside Ranch Buildings 1 & 2 for Exeter Property Group
These two projects hit the 2 million square feet mark for industrial buildings we have designed over the last 10 years in Lakeside Ranch Business Park. Building 1 totals approximately 231,754 square feet and Building 2 totals 351,832 square feet. Originally Master Planned by Alliance Architects in 2003, Lakeside Ranch Business Park is a 230-acre […]
Hearts & Hammers 2015 Part 1
Hearts and Hammers has been a key volunteering activity at Alliance Architects for many years. It speaks to our team and who we are. Making Dallas even more beautiful aligns with our goals pretty well. Building Our Team This year’s Hearts & Hammers project is turning out to be a blast again. I am Co-Captain with this year’s lead, […]
That Thing We Do
Change. Architects are agents of change. Never has a client come to an architect asking to have a building designed because everything needed to stay the same. And we are happy to do it. Relocations, consolidations, expansion, contraction, or best of all, multi-phased renovations while clients stay productive amidst the rubble of change. Happy to […]
Health, Fitness and Wellness Month
April was Alliance Architects’ Health, Fitness and Wellness Month. It was great to do a healthy living month early in the year. I’ll be carrying my good habits over for the next few months, but will probably need a refresher course come the holiday season. It’s hard to think healthy with homemade pecan pie in the oven. […]