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Del Mar Highlands Town Center Wins Silver at ICSC
ICSC Global Design & Development Awards has awarded the Del Mar Highlands Town Center a Silver Award in the Renovations and Expansions category. As part of the renovation and expansion, diverse spaces were created so that community members can shop, dine, and gather. Several improvements were made to existing areas to bring a fresh look to...
Erewhon Silver Lake Wins Silver Award at ICSC Global Design & Development Awards
A Silver Award has been awarded to Erewhon Silver Lake in the Retail Store Design category for this year's ICSC Global Design and Development Awards. RDC served as architect for Erewhon Market’s sixth location in the Los Angeles metro area. Erewhon Silver Lake offers an exhibition kitchen, a pizza oven, and prepared foods in addition to fine...
Equinox on Beale Street Wins Gold Award and Sustainable Commendation at the ICSC Awards
Last night, Equinox on Beale Street was awarded a Gold Award and a Sustainable Commendation at the ICSC Global Design and Development Awards. A special thank you to ICSC for this special recognition and a wonderful ceremony. Located between the Financial District and the burgeoning SOMA region of San Francisco, this 35,600 SF luxe fitness club...
Sean Unsell Hosts Roundtable at ICSC CenterBuild
We are excited to be attending the ICSC CenterBuild Conference this week! Sean Unsell, Senior Studio Director and Associate Principal at RDC, will host a Roundtable on Wednesday, November 30, from 1:30-3:00 PM. His presentation will emphasize the importance of adaptive reuse in today’s market through successful execution, leveraging of...
Sean Slater, aia promoted to senior principal
RDC is excited to share the promotion of Sean Slater, AIA, to the position of Senior Principal, announced Mitra Esfandiari, AIA, partner with RDC. Slater is the principal-in-charge of RDC’s San Diego office. “Sean collaborates as a placemaking and mixed-use leader, exemplifying RDC’s firmwide values of great work and cultivating growth, while...
Derek Heeb Hosts Roundtable at ICSC Center Build
Join RDC Studio Director and Associate Principal Derek Heeb for a roundtable discussion at the ICSC Center Build Conference on Thursday, Dec. 1, from 8:15- 9:15 AM. The presentation will examine how prefabricated building envelope panels were used at Horton Plaza to solve budget and schedule challenges as well as achieve creative design and...
RDC Senior Principal Jackson Thilenius Featured in InspiredDesign
InspireDesign featured RDC Senior Principal Jackson Thilenius, AIA, who was recognized for his promotion to Senior Principal, Hospitality and Interiors. “Our team excels in creating memorable destinations, utilizing the tools of creativity and storytelling to personalize and differentiate the user experience,” Thilenius said. “We have the...
NECANN New York Recap: How to Set Your Dispensary Apart from Competition in a Saturated Market
Although New York only recently legalized recreational cannabis, the market is already becoming competitive. Recently, over 900 prospective operators applied for a Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary License, of which only 150 applicants will be selected to open the state’s first dispensaries. With an established black market and additional...
Blog: Adaptive Reuse in Grocery Store Design
Grocery Specialists Sean Unsell and Terry Todd explore how grocery stores benefit from adaptive reuse environments. “Aldi is another example where they have been actively pursuing opportunities to repurpose larger anchor buildings in desirable locations, such as a former Sears space attached to a mall,” said Sean Unsell. Read the full blog...
RDC Adapts Former Bowling Alley, OSH Store into Aldi Grocery Store
RDC adapts former bowling alley, OSH store into an Aldi grocery store. Samantha Gowen reported on the opening for the Orange County Register. The discount grocer Aldi has opened in the former Tustin Lanes bowling alley and most recently an Orchard Supply Hardware store on Old Irvine Boulevard in Tustin. The grocery store, which carries a store...
Jackson Thilenius, AIA, Promoted to Senior Principal, Leading RDC’s Hospitality and Interiors Practice
Architecture, planning, and interiors firm, RDC has promoted Jackson Thilenius, AIA, to the position of Senior Principal, Hospitality and Interiors. Thilenius runs an international practice that provides integrated services of Interior Design, Branding, and Procurement services. RDC’s Interior Design team delivers award-winning work to prominent...
Adaptive Reuse Architects San Diego – Campus at Horton Selected as Finalist by ICSC in the Evolving Innovation & Aspiration Category
ICSC's Global Design & Development Awards has named Campus at Horton as a finalist in the Evolving Innovation & Aspiration category. Horton Plaza seeks to take advantage of its downtown location and adjacency to San Diego’s famous Gaslamp District by re-imagining the campus as a one million SF mixed-use office and retail development that...
ICSC Selects Equinox on Beale Street as Finalist
For its Global Design and Development Awards, ICSC has nominated Equinox on Beale Street as a finalist. Located between the Financial District and the burgeoning SOMA region of San Francisco, this 35,600 SF luxe fitness club is a health and wellness destination amenity for the city. The design prioritized the articulation of the club’s ‘social...
Erewhon Silver Lake Selected as Finalist in this Year’s ICSC Global Design & Development Awards
The Retail Store Design Category for this year's ICSC Global Design & Development Awards has recognized Erewhon Silver Lake as a finalist. RDC served as Architect for Erewhon Market’s sixth location in the Los Angeles metro area. Erewhon Silver Lake offers an exhibition kitchen, a pizza oven, and prepared foods in addition to fine groceries....
Del Mar Highlands Town Center Named Finalist for ICSC’S Global Design & Development Awards
We are honored to share that our Del Mar Highlands Town Center project has been selected as a finalist in this year’s ICSC Global Design & Development Awards in the Renovations and Expansions category. During the renovation and expansion diverse spaces were created to allow the community to shop, dine, and gather. Improvements in existing...
RDC Collaborating with AIA NOVA WIA for Purses for a Purpose Drive
This holiday season, we are teaming up with AIA Northern Virginia Women in Architect to collect donations of gently used purses, handbags, and backpacks for the Purses for a Purpose Drive! As part of this program, donations will be filled with essential toiletries that will be delivered to homeless women across the country.Donations can be...
RDC Procurement Helps Bring the Tin Building to Life
We are delighted to highlight our Procurement Studio’s work with CADA Design and The Howard Hughes Corporation at the iconic Tin Building by Jean-Georges. With its 53,000 square feet of market space and 12 separate culinary concepts, the Tin Building offers a stunning experience accompanied by a unique ambiance that makes the...
Confluence Park at Valencia Wins AIA OC Citation Award
Confluence Park at Valencia is the recipient of a Citation Award from AIA OC. Congrats to our Interiors and Procurement Studios for a project well done! Confluence Park is the central park of a visionary master planned network of 4,000 new homes connected by trails and hallmarked by state-of-the art amenities. The interiors and procurement team...
Jenni Kayne Opens New Location in Atlanta
RDC is proud to have been the architect for Jenni Kayne's newest location in Atlanta. This is Jenni Kayne’s first store in the southeast and it is located in the Buckhead Village District. The newly opened shop provides a unique shopping experience with inviting neutrals and a wide range of timeless home and wardrobe pieces, key to the brand's...
RDC Brings Moroccan Inspired Design to Irvine
Our team installed Solis Park 3 for Great Park Neighborhoods located in Irvine, California. This project consists of a community building and two open pool shade structures. It is a Moroccan inspired design that encapsulates the experience of resting under a tent canopy with its dramatic arches, shadow play as well as its color and material...
Horton Plaza Redevelopment – ABC News Update
We are pleased to share ABC10 San Diego’s update on the Horton Plaza redevelopment, currently the nation’s largest adaptive reuse project under construction. In this tour of the construction site, Adam Racusin, Stockdale Capital Partners Jimmy Parker and RDC Principal Sean Slater show off highlights of the construction progress and the new views...
REDI Speaker Series: A Conversation with Eric Solis
Last week as part of our REDI speaker series and in celebration of #HispanicHeritageMonth, RDC was joined by Eric Solis. Eric highlighted his work in architecture, art, and design, along with his most recent endeavors in fashion. As one of the project partners on the newly constructed 6th street bridge in Los Angeles, Eric shared how...
Visit Us At The ICSC Western Conference
We are excited to attend the ICSC Western States Conference in San Diego this week, Sept 28-30. If you will also be there, please stop by and see us at our booth #1148. We would love to see you! For more information visit:ICSC@WESTERN | ICSC: Innovating Commerce Serving Communities
RDC Architects Help James Perse Bring Malibu House to Life
James Perse’s Malibu House is his newest flagship location dedicated to showcasing his home décor product offering. Located in the historic Malibu Lumber Yard, the store is set within the stunning retail and dining destination that reflects Malibu’s effortless and unique lifestyle. This shopping destination captures Malibu’s casual coastal...
Erewhon Opens New Location in Beverly Hills
Erewhon celebrated the opening of its new location in Beverly Hills. The RDC team enjoyed the grand opening, together with our client and friends. This beautiful new store is located at 339 N. Beverly Drive. We look forward to seeing you there!
Advanced Technologies for Dispensary Design
As the cannabis industry matures, advanced technologies are reshaping the way dispensaries are designed in both medical and adult-use markets. Modern dispensary design is adapting to incorporate digitally integrated features and automated cannabis retail sales in the interior and to facilitate new dispensing options through drone deliveries and...
Cannabis Conference Recap: Retail Facility Design & Buildout For Optimal User Experience & Aesthetic
Since the dispensary’s design is often a company’s first impression, it must be impressive. Not only is it important to attract patients and customers to the store, but it can evoke emotions, engage and direct shoppers through product options, facilitate expedited customer service, and even increase sales. In a panel titled, “Retail Facility...
RDC Principal Virginia Maggiore, AIA’s Speaking Engagement at NECANN New York
We are headed to NECANN New York this year! RDC Principal Virginia Maggiore, AIA will take part in a conversation about establishing a successful dispensary alongside Katharine Baxter, Tony Gallo, Sapphire Risk Advisory Group, and Katelyn Coskey. Follow them:Virginia Maggiore, AIAKatherine BaxterTony GalloPoint Seven GroupSapphire Risk Advisory...
RDC Provides Architecture Services for New Jenni Kayne Home Store in Santa Monica
RDC is proud to continue our relationship with Jenni Kayne, providing architecture services for the brand’s rollout, including the new Brentwood Country Mart Jenni Kayne Home store that opened in May 2022 on 26th Street in the City of Santa Monica. The Jenni Kayne Home Store is an additional location to the original Jenni Kayne store at the...
Premises Diagrams for Dispensary Licensing in California
Designing the layout of the property and business floor plan for your dispensary is an important step in planning your store and is often required as part of cannabis business licensure. In California, this ‘premises diagram’ is mandated during the state application process by the Department of Cannabis Control and is sometimes required on the...
Dispensary Brand Rollouts: Why Snowflakes Don’t Work in Cannabis
See the full-article here. By Virginia Maggiore, AIA “Although there are more dispensaries now than ever before, most carry similar products, so it can be challenging to create that unique brand experience. In an effort to combat this cannabis product commoditization, dispensaries often try to differentiate their brand from competitors and make...
Designing a Cannabis Dispensary that Deters Crime
Designing a successful dispensary can be challenging in any location, but when the retailer is located in a high-crime area this task becomes even more difficult. Since it is not always possible to obtain property in a low-crime area due to competitive markets, zoning laws, and other factors, dispensary owners must mitigate the additional risks...
RDC Celebrates San Diego Pride
RDC’s Principal Sean Slater is participating in the San Diego Pride Parade with The San Diego LGBT Community Center. Theme: Justice with Joy!When: July 16, 2022 @ 10:00 AMLocations: The parade begins at the Hillcrest Pride Flag at University Ave. and Normal St., proceeds west on University Ave., turns south on 6th Ave., turns left onto Balboa Dr....
Another Wave of Shipping and Supply Chain Challenges is On the Way
Chris Gorney, Director of Creative Sourcing and Procurement at architecture firm RDC, tells GlobeSt.com, “Port access, slowdowns, and widespread price increases continue to affect every part of our profession even though things have begun to improve.” “How the supply-chain crisis affects our clients wholly depends on project typology. For F&B...
RDC’s Interior Design Group Honored at Gold Nugget Awards
At the 2022 PCBC Gold Nugget Awards, Confluence at Valencia took home the Grand Award in two categories: Best Community Amenity and Best Design for Energy Efficiency. Congratulations to the entire team! Builder: FivePoint Holdings, LLCDeveloper: FivePoint and Newhall Land & Farming groupArchitect/Designer: AOPlanner: FivePoint; BrightView...
Adaptive Reuse: The Barracks at Chaffee
Block Street & Building offers a glimpse into the Chaffee Crossing Historic District redevelopment. With our client Rival CRE, RDC’s NW Arkansas Office is serving as architect for the adaptive re-use of the Barracks at Chaffee, the historic structures that will become mixed-use spaces with retail at the pedestrian level and apartments above....
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Virginia Maggiore, AIA, Named Principal of RDC
Virginia Maggiore, AIA, has been named to the position of Principal of RDC. Since joining RDC in 2019, Virginia has built the firm’s practice of Retail Store Rollout and Planning, adding notable clients to the firm’s roster and garnering accolades for her work from colleagues and clients. “Virginia is constantly striving for excellence and has...
RDC Honored by AIA San Diego with Interior Architecture Merit Award for Sky Deck at Del Mar Highlands Town Center
The American Institute of Architects, San Diego Chapter, proudly announced The Sky Deck at Del Mar Highlands Town Center as a 2022 Merit Award Winner in the Category of Interior Architecture. The prestigious award honors innovative design, with an emphasis on sustainability over a broad range of categories. This year had a particular focus on...
New York Regulatory Update
Though medical marijuana has been legal in the state since 2014, recreational cannabis was only recently legalized in New York in 2021. The rollout of recreational cannabis has been slow in New York, but draft regulations were recently released and now the industry is gearing up for licensing. It is projected that the New York cannabis market...
RDC Ranks #14 Among VMSD’s 2022 Top Retail Design Firms From Around the Globe!
RDC ranks #14 among VMSD’s 2022 Top Retail Design Firms from around the globe! We are pleased to be part of this fine cohort! Click here to see the full list!Store: Erewhon Photo by: Carlos Hernandez, AIA, NOMA, LEED AP, CDT, ICC Member
New Laserfiche Global Headquarters Welcomes Employees with an Iconic Modern Workplace
The interior architecture by RDC reimagines creative office design at this 100,000-sf tech-forward environment that facilitates both in-office collaboration and a new hybrid working model. The sustainable, high-performance building was designed by Studio One Eleven. To execute the Laserfiche’s desired environmental brand, RDC Interiors...
Players Café USA Debuts Experiential Convenience Store
RDC designed the prototype for a nationwide rollout of Players Café, an experiential convenience store powered by Lotto USA. The retail space features a cashless lottery, coffee on tap, games, a scratch-off bar, lotto machine wall, and playful displays of gifts and snacks.
Cannabis Business Applications – Quick and Compliant: 3 Ways to Ensure Quality Floor Plans for Short Deadline NY, NJ, CA
While any architect, consultant, or prospective business owner would prefer to plan out and design a business over the course of months, individuals who seek to open a cannabis business do not always have this luxury. Since there is no federal cannabis business application or standard, prospective cannabis business owners must comply with...
New Jersey Cannabis Business Regulations
New Jersey’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) is in the process of cannabis business licensing, with cultivation and manufacturing applications accepted as of December 2021 and the acceptance of cannabis retail applications starting on starting on March 15. Despite delays, personal use sales are still expected to begin within the first half...
RDC’s Hospitality + Interiors Team Honors WISEplace
We reflect on 2021 with gratitude for our ability to contribute to our communities. A few years ago, RDC’s Hospitality + Interiors work group was awarded the opportunity to create a safe and supportive space to facilitate the mission of WISEplace. Since its foundation in 1924, WISEplace has helped more than 8,400 unhoused women to rebuild their...
Carina Mills Elected as Vice President of Professional Practice for AIA California
Carina Mills, AIA, RDC’s Talent Director, has been elected as Vice President of Professional Practice for AIA California. She is a graduate of Cal Poly Pomona’s BArch program and began her service to AIA as soon as she moved to Long Beach and joined the local chapter. Carina began her career dedicated to developing her skills as a...
Erewhon at the Shops at Sportsmen’s Lodge Studio City, CA
Erewhon is a boutique grocery store with a big mission to make healthy, pure, nutrient-rich foods and products available to all and to inspire the community to eat better, eat less and live longer. The Studio City location opened in December 2021 at 12833 Ventura Boulevard as part of a $100 million redevelopment of the Sportsmen’s Lodge site, at...
Jenni Kayne Opens SoHo Flagship Home Store
Jenni Kayne, the California lifestyle brand known for minimalist, elevated, and timeless wardrobe staples, in addition to home classics and furniture, opens its flagship Jenni Kayne Home store in New York City. Located in the heart of New York’s SoHo, the store features all the architectural details suited to the city, including lofty ceilings,...
Equinox Beale Street Honored as Best of the Year
Thank you, Interior Design, for recognizing RDC with the 2021 "Best of Year" Award for Equinox Beale Street for fitness. Interior Design's Best of Year is the design industry's premiere design awards program, honoring the most significant work of the year as well as recognizing designers, architects, and manufacturers from around the globe. We...
Carlos Hernandez, AIA, Named to AIA South Bay/Long Beach Chapter Board of Directors
Congratulations to Carlos Hernandez, AIA, RDC’s Director of Technical Management, on becoming a member of Board of Directors of the AIA South Bay/Long Beach Chapter. In this role, Carlos will participate in sub-committees including DEI, Scholarship Programs, and will lead the AIA LB/SB 2022’s Photography Competition. The AIA LB/SB Board Retreat...
Rhone Opens First California Store at Fashion Island, Newport Beach, Orange County
Rhone’s first location outside of the Northeast is now open at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, California. RDC is proud to be part of Rhone’s retail expansion. This new store environment defines Rhone’s brand and culture. The concept features and inviting floor plan, hospitality area, furniture, and décor, engaging customers to browse, and...
Erewhon Opens at The Shops at Sportsmen’s Lodge
Erewhon has opened its store and café at in Studio City at the Shops at Sportsmen’s Lodge. RDC recently completed the complex interiors and as with other Erewhon markets, the design includes adapting to a tight urban footprint. RDC’s solutions entailed routing plumbing and other infrastructure to serve combination café and market. Erewhon Studio...
Equinox Culver City Earns AIA OC Honors
Congratulations to our Equinox Culver City team for the recent recognition of a 2021 AIA Orange County Design Award! The jurors applauded RDC for the Equinox Culver City location that breathes new life into an existing office building. They celebrated the reuse of a tired existing building as an example of a successful embodied carbon story. The...
Rivian in Venice, California
RDC celebrates Rivian’s first Hub – a physical location designed to encourage exchange with the local community and for Rivian fans to gather and connect. Because purchasing a Rivian can be done digitally, Rivian is untethered from the traditional car-buying experience, and free to define what they wanted a Rivian space to be. RDC is proud to...
Senior Principal Mitra Esfandiari, AIA, Invited to Guest Lecture at UCLA
Senior Principal Mitra Esfandiari, AIA, was invited to guest lecture at UCLA. She shared stories of her professional life as an architect and of the places that RDC has designed both near and far. The students enjoyed the conversation about career path and about working both locally and internationally.
RDC Celebrates Two Years of WELL Certification
It’s been a busy two years since we achieved our WELL Gold Certification in 2017. The standard has proven to be a useful tool to support healthy outcomes both across our company and project portfolio. Since our relocation, we’ve tested multiple air quality monitors which have helps us to prove the quality our space, especially during poor air...
Construction Panel Technology at Horton Plaza San Diego
The first of what will be more than 500 panels were lifted into place on the busy construction site at the reimagining of Downtown San Diego’s Horton Plaza. At the corner of 1st Street and G Street owner Stockdale Capital Partners is adding five floors to the existing five-story department store to transform it into a 10-story office tower....
Sky Deck Named One of Fodor’s Best New Food Halls in the United States
Sky Deck at Del Mar Highlands is named as one of Fodor's 10 Best New Food Halls across the US! Congratulations to our client and collaborator, Donahue Schriber Realty Group! Inspired by Barcelona’s stylish El Nacional, Sky Deck boasts more high-end restaurants (nine) than its Spanish counterpart (four), closes earlier (9:30 p.m. weekdays and...
RDC Unveils Design of Latest Erewhon Market in Silver Lake
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Full-service design firm RDC has unveiled its designs for Erewhon, Silver Lake, the latest in a series from the organic grocer and café in the Los Angeles region. RDC is architect of record for the new Silver Lake location, designing its interior space plan and adapting the building for Erewhon’s expanded footprint (12,000...