Top Five of 2012
5. MoDiv: Our project with Rockford Construction for a retail incubator downtown opened it's doors in January and finished off the year by winning the Ideation award from the ABC Construction Awards for Innovation. It was a pleasure to be a part of such an innovative retail design in the heart of our hometown.
MoDiv's grand opening - http://visbeen-associates-architects.blogspot.com/2012/01/modiv-grand-opening.html
MoDiv is a hit! - http://visbeen-associates-architects.blogspot.com/2012/01/modiv-is-hit.html
Ideation Award - http://visbeen-associates-architects.blogspot.com/2012/11/modiv-wins-2012-ideation-award-from.html
4. The Parades: This past Spring and Fall Parades proved to be shining moments for our business. We had six stellar projects in the Parades here in the Greater Grand Rapids and in Kalamazoo. Between the six projects, we took home 14 awards of excellence from the HBA! What an honor!
Grand Rapids Spring Parade of Homes -
http://visbeen-associates-architects.blogspot.com/2012/05/gr-spring-parade-of-homes-domenico.html
http://visbeen-associates-architects.blogspot.com/2012/05/gr-spring-parade-of-homes-pine-valley.html
http://visbeen-associates-architects.blogspot.com/2012/05/gr-spring-parade-of-homes-warren.html
Kalamazoo Spring Parade of Homes - http://visbeen-associates-architects.blogspot.com/2012/06/kalamazoo-spring-parade-of-homes.html
Spring Award Winners -
http://visbeen-associates-architects.blogspot.com/2012/06/spring-parade-of-homes-award-of.html
http://visbeen-associates-architects.blogspot.com/2012/06/highfield-brings-home-four-awards.html
Fall Parade of Homes - http://visbeen-associates-architects.blogspot.com/2012/10/fall-parade-of-homes.html
Fall Parade Winners - http://visbeen-associates-architects.blogspot.com/2012/10/awards-of-excellence-winners.html
3. AK Rikks: Visbeen Architects had the great pleasure of designing one of the most significant projects of our company history this year - AK Rikks. This retail powerhouse was really a dream job for us and when we were able to see our vision come to life, with it's doors opening in August, it really doesn't get much better than that!
The Project Announced - http://visbeen-associates-architects.blogspot.com/2012/05/big-news-for-grand-rapids.html
Fashion's Night Out - http://visbeen-associates-architects.blogspot.com/2012/09/fashions-night-out.html
2. Happy Anniversary to us!: We celebrated twenty years of business this past June. For twenty years, we have had the pleasure of doing what we love to do, creating beautiful, functional, impactful architecture for the clients that have kept us in business. Thank you again to everyone who has impacted our business!
1. VAI + GMB = VA: The biggest news of 2012 by far has been the merger of our company with GMB Architecture + Engineering. In July, the two became one and Visbeen Associates, Inc. became Visbeen Architects. We could not be happier to become a part of such a great company and look forward to the great things we can do together as an integrated team.
Read more here:
Visbeen and GMBae Join Forces - http://visbeen-associates-architects.blogspot.com/2012/07/visbeen-and-gmbae-join-forces.html
Looking back, 2012 has been a great year and now looking into the new year, we cannot wait to see the exciting things that 2013 will bring.
Happy New Year to you all and we look forward to doing business with you in the year to come!