NEWS
California Education: Prop 51
The Kindergarten Through Community College Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2016, or Proposition 51, is a really big name for, “Let’s help better educate our kids”! On November 8, 2016, California voters will be faced with the decision to…
Core Values Series: Deliver Excellence
Last month, we started the “Core Values Series” where our staff shared what designing thoughtfully means to them. This month we hope to inspire you to go beyond good quality and acceptable products, into delivering excellence in everything you do….
Exciting Changes on Our Horizon
Nacht & Lewis has always taken great pride in the work we have done, valued the many clients we have had the pleasure to serve, appreciated the contributions of those who have worked here and will continue to do our…
Designing for America’s Finest
Whether we were at a football game or watching a political rally on television, my father used to tell me, “I still get a tear in my eye every time I hear the national anthem.” Now, 50 years later, the…
Core Values Series: Design Thoughtfully
Nacht & Lewis always strives to embody our core values: design thoughtfully, empower the team, deliver excellence, guided by integrity and cultivate optimism. There are many interpretations to these expressions, so we asked our staff what our first value, design…
Staff Spotlight: Eric Sifuentes
Say hello to Eric Sifuentes, Senior Project Coordinator and Nacht & Lewis’ accessibility expert! 1. What is your job at Nacht & Lewis and how long have you been doing it? I am a Senior Project Coordinator at Nacht &…
Program Focused Transitional Housing
Napa County has entered an era of significant change relative to the incarceration of inmates in their justice system. They, like many other Counties throughout the State of California, were forced to reevaluate their programs and processes with the implementation…
An Idea Before It’s Time? The First Rodome
This year, Nacht & Lewis is celebrating 94 years in business. With this many years of experience, it is valuable to occasionally look back at the past to put our present in perspective. Our founder, Leonard Starks, briefly partnered with…
St. Joseph’s Stockton Gets A New Hybrid Operating Room
St. Joseph’s Medical Center (St. Joseph’s) in Stockton, California will soon provide improved imaging services to their patients in the San Joaquin Valley. As a replacement of the existing and aged Catherization Laboratory #1, Nacht & Lewis worked with St. Joseph’s to place…
Project JOE (Jump on Education)
Frustrated by the limitations of manufactured modular construction, the San Juan Unified School District in Sacramento, California turned to Nacht & Lewis for help. Following years of struggling with a lack of flexibility in products from the traditional modular construction…
Nacht & Lewis Continues to Grow
We are pleased to introduce you to the three newest additions to Nacht & Lewis! George Hubert Senior Project Coordinator George came to Nacht & Lewis from Indigo Architects in Davis where he was responsible for construction administration on local government projects,…
What’s On the Boards?
We are excited to share with you a new section of our website where we will feature projects in progress and highlight various milestone developments on those projects. So much goes into a large scale project far before it is complete and the doors…
Staff Spotlight: Yesenia Taylor
This month’s Staff Spotlight is a feature of one of our newest team members, Yesenia Taylor, a recent graduate of Woodbury University in San Diego. Yesenia joined Nacht & Lewis in November 2015 and we couldn’t be happier to have her as part…
VA Mather Gets a New Emergency Department
Have you heard the news!? The brand new Emergency Department at the Sacramento VA Medical Center opened this past Tuesday with a lot of excitement. To celebrate the opening of this new, and much needed resource, the VA used the 50th anniversary commemoration of…
Staff Spotlight: Eric Fadness
We are back on track with our monthly Staff Spotlight features! This month we are sharing a little more about Eric Fadness, a firm Principal and market leader for Nacht & Lewis Justice-focused projects. 1. What is your job at…
Perspectives from A “New” Working Mom
My name is Megan Garon, Marketing Coordinator, and I have been working at Nacht & Lewis for seven years. In the past two years, I have been blessed with my two children while working for the firm, just recently returning…
Cruising into Jail Construction
In November of last year, I had the pleasure of taking a vacation on a cruise ship to the Caribbean. It was a wonderful experience and I had a great time! With all of that free time and a rested…
A Warm Welcome to Nacht & Lewis
As we ring in the new year, we warmly welcome a group of new faces to the team at Nacht & Lewis. In the coming months, we hope you have an opportunity to meet our newest staff members because we think they…
Staff Spotlight: Chris Flatt
This month, we would like to introduce you to Chris Flatt, a Senior Project Architect at Nacht & Lewis! 1. What is your job at Nacht & Lewis and how long have you been doing it? I am Senior Project Architect…
2015 AIA Emerging Professionals Awards
Each year the American Institute of Architects California Chapter’s (AIACC) Academy for Emerging Professionals (AEP) hosts a program to honor those who contribute in assisting Emerging Professionals and their colleagues in pursuing their personal and professional goals through presenting awards to deserving…
The New Benchmark in Sustainable Design
In college, we referred to sustainable design strategies as “passive solar”- a means of “living lightly with the earth.” In 1993, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) was founded. The USGBC introduced the LEED program, which stands for Leadership in…
Buildings for Change
In our 93 year history, the tools have changed but our commitment to advancing the practice has remained. “At Nacht & Lewis, the doorway to the main floor is framed by two distinct pieces of art. One was a drawing…
Learning to Learn
With firms once again hiring, the landscape for architectural firms emerging from the recession is reminiscent of that following the recession in the early 2000’s. There has been an exodus of experienced professionals due to layoffs or by choice, many…
Celebrating 25 Years at Nacht & Lewis
Nacht & Lewis is proud to recognize Andy McPherson, our Director of Design, for his 25 years of service to the firm. Andy joins an elite membership that includes among it Leonard Starks, Dan Nacht and Dick Lewis. Among Andy’s…