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BUSINESS NEWS BERGMEYER ESTABLISHES WEST COAST BASE IN LOS ANGELES Bergmeyer brings its philosophy of creating distinctive user experiences to the West Coast, establishing its official presence in downtown Los Angeles. “Our company culture is founded on innovation, entrepreneurship and an open-minded approach; principles that cutting-edge West Coast cities, like Los Angeles, embody,” notes President Mike Davis, FAIA, LEED AP. “Putting down roots in downtown LA allows us to formally expand our service area within a region that is a hotbed of creativity.” Themore than 90 person architecture, interiors, graphics, and brand strategy design firmworks with national and international clients across a variety of market sectors, including retail, workplace, commercial, education, restaurant, hospitality and residential, in addition to serving notable California corporations. Recently for California Closets, Bergmeyer created a uniquely branded showroom experience, designing both its Richmond headquarters, and its current San Francisco flagship, while also establishing prototype standards for implementation across the U.S. Bergmeyer also designed the flagship for the San Francisco 49ers Team Store at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. “Design is about people – our clients and their clients, customers and constituencies,” says vice president Rachel Zsembery, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, an expert in experiential retail design. She adds, “From our new base in downtown Los Angeles, we can even more effectively, efficiently and meaningfully interface with clients in the western U.S. and Canada.”
Bergmeyer’s portfolio creates emotional connections through environmental experiences and an integrated, multi- disciplinary approach to strategy and design. ❚ ❚ Shop: From brand strategy and concept development to developing prototypes and designing concept stores, pop-ups, and flagships, Bergmeyer delivers compelling on-brand experiences that achieve measurable results. ❚ ❚ Eat: From fast casual to fine dining and destination restaurants, Bergmeyer works with brands to create memorable experiences. ❚ ❚ Work: By designing and implementing programmatically-complex workspaces and integrating flexible multi-use spaces, Bergmeyer balances aesthetics with function for a diverse clientele. ❚ ❚ Live + Stay: From authoring the next chapter for historic landmarks through creative adaptation to bringing new communities to life in residential, university and hotel environments, Bergmeyer works with builders, developers and planners to deliver distinctive projects. Bergmeyer designs for its clients’ clients, the people whose lives are most impacted by the firm’s work. Through an open and engaging design approach Bergmeyer turns brand values into physical experiences. NEW TWISTED TUNA RESTAURANT IN JUPITER FLORIDA RELOCATES UP TO 50,000 BEES DURING REMODEL In May, The Twisted Tuna founders, Kenny and Rachelle Gibbs and their son Billy Forbes, closed on their newest location at 353
S US Highway 1 in Jupiter Florida. Demolition work of the previous restaurant’s interior build out began soon after. Months later while inspecting the exterior of the building for new paint, Forbes noticed some bees near the roof on the front of the building. “I saw a lot of bees along the wall and thought there must be a pretty big hive up there,” said Forbes. Local exterminators offered to get rid of the bees but Rachelle Gibbs had another idea. “We contacted a local beekeeper and asked if it was possible to relocate the bees. Al ‘The Bee Guy’ from CWM came to inspect the bees and said if we rented the lift he would relocate them to a nearby farm. So that’s what we did,” said Rachelle Gibbs. The weather was warm and sunny in September when Al started carefully removing the hive. By mid day more than 75 pounds of honeycomb had been collected. A beehive like this one could have as many as 50,000 bees or more. “I’m glad we were able to save the bees and relocate them. Bees are such an important part of our lives and the food that we eat,” said Kenny Gibbs. The Twisted Tuna anticipates opening their new Jupiter location in this month and continues to look for ideal locations to expand their brand. The remodel work is being done by Mel-Ry Construction , interior design by Carey Design Group and architecture services provided by Metro Architectural Group .
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2)Read or watch. There are so many periodicals, like this one, which contain the collective wisdom accumulated by many people over many years. Find something you are interested in and make it your specialty. Find a niche. Become the go to person in the office for that specific thing. Maybe it’s ADA requirements, maybe its city codes. Be the best person at your office at something. You may not have the sharpest sword overall, but you can develop a sword that is sharpest for certain tasks. 3)Challenge yourself. If there is no one in your place of employment who challenges you, and you have looked for all other ways to help make yourself a better professional, you should possibly look for a challenge in another location. Maybe something new is what it takes to keep you interested and build your career and make you become a better professional. Whatever it takes, just like any warrior, your sword is what you take into battle every day. Make sure you keep it as sharp and strong as possible. Your team and the profession needs you. HANK THOMAS is a landscape architect at SWA Group. He can be reached at hthomas@swagroup.com.
professionalism grows. You become a better designer. Always sharpening, always learning, doing your best to surround yourself with the best people that you can; helping yourself become the best designer and professional that you can be. “Whatever it takes, just like any warrior, your sword is what you take into battle every day. Make sure you keep it as sharp and strong as possible. Your team and the profession needs you.” In order to become the best professional that you can, you have to surround yourself with the best people. You can do this in a couple of ways: 1)Ask to work with different people in your office. If you look around and see people who are respected and proficient at what they do, be sure to ask them questions. See if you can get on projects with them. Watch them. They are respected for a reason; they have sharp swords.
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