What Does It Take to Get to the Ribbon Cutting?

Brand & Identity, Educational, Insights, Return On Design Investment

The Grand Opening of Fidelity Bank’s new Corporate Center in the historic Scranton Electric Building Insights from Layer X Principal, Michele Dempsey, AIA | LEED AP Last Friday, Governor Josh Shapiro joined Fidelity Bank leadership, state and local officials and...

Does Your Environment Tell the Right Story?

Brand & Identity, Educational, Insights, Return On Design Investment

The problem we see most across corporations, non-profits, institutions and communities is surprisingly simple. Their environment is telling the wrong story. Not because they don’t know who they are, but because their environment has not caught up to who...

Great Design Begins Before the First Line Is Drawn

Brand & Identity, Educational, Insights, Return On Design Investment

Most people think architecture begins with drawings.  Floor plans. Renderings. The “pretty pictures.” In reality, the most important architectural work happens long before anything is drawn. It happens in the decisions that shape a project while options are still open...

Downsize, Expand, Move, or Build New: How to Strategically Plan Your Next Steps

Educational, Insights

Your lease is about to expire. You’re bursting at the seams in your current space. Or maybe you have too much room and too little use for it. Or perhaps your team has shifted to a hybrid work model, leaving certain areas underutilized. What do you do next? Where do...