Late in the night on January 26, 2013, a fire roared through a nightclub in Southern Brazil, killing over 230 people. Something as horrific as this could never happen again, right? Unfortunately, this was a question many people were asking themselves nearly ten years ago.
I had just arrived on a red-eye flight and was scrambling towards the exit; a traditional Irish breakfast and my hotel room bed were calling my name.
Being able to sit and sketch a mix of old and new architecturally symbolic buildings has become an important learning tool for me. Putting pen to paper helps to really get to know and understand these landmarks and the city they form.
Our environment influences the way we act, move, talk, and relate with one another. This image by Bernard Tschumi speaks rather loudly to this point. Think about it, if the window was not there maybe that person might not be falling. Whether we want to admit it or not architecture, the built environment, plays a rather large role in everyone’s life.
We recently went on an exploration on what our firm values, mission and purpose are. We are very conscious of building a great company culture and believe that business is a great platform for creating an ideal world. We drew inspiration from Tony Hsieh’s book Delivering Happiness in finding our set of values.
NIKA specializes in the areas of 3D AutoCAD and Building Information Modeling (BIM). All NIKA design professionals have completed extensive training on REVIT for both the architecture and MEP suites.
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Late in the night on January 26, 2013, a fire roared through a nightclub in Southern Brazil, killing over 230 people. Something as horrific as this could never happen again, right? Unfortunately, this was a question many people were asking themselves nearly ten years ago.
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