From Greyhound Buses to Architect's Trusses
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 6:15PM We are excited to inform that the old greyhound bus station is officially on its way to being Kinney Franke Architecture's new home. It is exciting for us to inhabit a space that was once an essential staple in urban living and travel. As seen in the photo below, many travelers have left proof of their journey on a limestone ridge that likely once functioned as the smoker's alley.
Once we discovered this, we glanced at the plans for our office and were relieved to find out that this small piece of people's history is being preserved.
The construction workers are working hard! The building has now been framed.

As you can imagine, architects getting the opportunity to design and create their own work space is no chore. Working daily in a building is quick to teach one which spaces function and which do not. We get to tailor the building to our own firm's preferences, within certain boundaries of course. Some of the things we aim to accomplish in our new office space are:
- A layout that creates a sensible and natural flow for anyone who enters the building.
- To create an open central space, the conference room in this case, that is energizing, unique, and encourages dynamism and dialogue.
- A few offices that are separate, to allow for our expanding firm, but do not feel isolated or stuffy like cubicles.
- A sensible divide between our office and the retail space we have created at the front of the building that functions seamlessly. This retail space will hopefully be rented out by a chef with a vision in not too long!
- Signage and parking that is easy for the public to locate and access, but that isn't invasive.
- And... a functioning kitchenette of course.

Another benefit of moving our office to this location is that we will be across the street from the lovely artist doing lots of work for the river project, Julie Raymond's studio. We caught a few of San Angelo's trademark sheep, waiting to be painted and peeping at us on our way out.

We'll keep posting updates on the progress of our new office. What an opportunity.













