Fire Station Designs

IONIC is involved in preparation of some conceptual designs for a Fire and Rescue Station in North Carolina. The structure will contain offices, meeting rooms, bunk rooms, kitchen and of course the engine bay area with gear storage and maintenance all within the facility. This is early on within the design process but a good start on our work as the go to regional Public Safety Architect.

It is all important to generate timeless and sound architecture when working with firehouses, police stations and other municipal buildings. Critical in the life of a building is the application of proper solid materials for use in these high use areas. Equally important is the necessity to keep maintenance low. Now throw in the idea of creating the same project as a sustainable entity. The value and integrity of the work at IONIC establishes the efficiency of the structure while placing the resources where they matter the most. This is an important component of our practice serving our clients that use our buildings and serve our communities.

 

 

 

 

 

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D. Eugene Thompson, AIA

Wendy's - Independence Blvd

IONIC just finished the pre-construction meeting at the Wendy's on Independence Blvd in Virginia Beach. I know there are a few of them so for all you fans out there it is the one near Haygood Shopping.  Construction should begin on February 4th and last for six weeks. Another week for the managment and training and they will be back up and running. Quality Builders trong> out of Raleigh North Carolina
will be the general contractor on the project.  They have significant experience doing these additions and renovations for Wendy's.



This model will be the New Ultra Modern Tier Two style. The design has become so popular with their customers that more and more people are staying around longer meaning that they need more seats. So this one will have a 10 foot addition to the front to help accomphish a larger dining and seating area.

Look for our construction sign out front soon.

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Exotic Materials

Sustainable materials can be a lot of fun if you use them right. Here is one that we are currently working with on a project.  Can you guess how we are going to use it? This shoud be lots of fun!

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Residential - FDV Residence

Not everyone knows that we do quite a bit of residential work....not even myself sometimes. When asked a few years ago about our portfolio of work for custom residential work I had to honestly reply that we never seemed to make it back out to the houses to take pictures.  In most cases, the owner doesn't contract with us to do construction administration. Therefore we often don't see the finished product until much later.  That isn't the preferred method but just a reality. We have a significant number of homes of all types.  This post will begin a series of renders and some actual photos of our residential work.