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By William Gati Here are steps for designing and building an architectural project: 1) Create a plan After choosing a design firm, it’s time to start creating a plan. There are usually several good ways to reach your design goals.  The plans are called schematic designs; they usually involve a rough layout of the floor […]

By William Gati Name & Title: William Gati, AIA Architect Company Name: Architecture Studio This interview covers some of Gati’s most notable professional achievements in 2016, along with his thoughts on market trends, productivity and what will drive investment and development in the coming year.

By William Gati Queens, NY Every year AIA Queens celebrates and honors recipients that contribute, promote, sponsor and volunteer their services to their chapter, their members, the design profession and community abroad. Each honoree contributes in their own respective ways, whether through their services while working at a city agency, continuing sponsoring events that help all our programs, providing

By William Gati The New York City Building Department’s main role is to regulate and standardize construction throughout the city. To that end, they have created the Certificate of Occupancy, which is a document that “certifies that the premises described herein conforms substantially to the approved plans and specifications and to the requirements of all

By William Gati My clients often want to know how much they can add to their existing buildings to maximize the square footage. They also want to know how much that would cost. There are hundreds of factors that affect expandability: Zoning regulations, landmark laws and site restrictions are but a few of these. It

By William Gati How is the architecture business doing in NYC? Things are getting busy: there is quite a bit of work and not that many architects to work on them. I notice that the number of inquiries has risen substantially in the last few months and the rate of retention has been excellent. One

By William Gati We won the people’s choice award, Sole Architect in a Local Firm, for our Kamil House addition.

By William Gati For as long as he can remember, William Gati loved to build things. As a child, his play was focused on building blocks, Legos, Erector sets, model airplanes—anything that would feed his unceasing curiosity about how things were built. His curiosity and natural ability to put things together led him to discover,

By William Gati Did you ever wonder why the city is giving floor area incentives for community facilities? City planning decided to encourage medical facilities to move into undeserved areas, thereby taking a load off of over-burdened hospitals and clinics. They created zoning laws that give developers extra floor area if they provide a community

By William Gati Gantry Plaza State Park Walking Tour AIA Queens Saturday, October 14 1:00-4:00PM We will explore the rich historic architecture of Gantry Plaza State Park Flushing Meadows Corona Park Walking Tour AIA Queens Saturday, October 28 1:00PM-4:00PM We will explore the rich historic architecture of two of the World’s Fairs.