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Acadiana Profile Magazine “Saving the Best for Last”
SO Studio works to resurrect a historic Victorian home in the Sterling Grove of Lafayette, Louisiana.
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The Current “From Pontiac Point to Rotary Point: Lafayette’s ambitious bike plan”
The Current offers insightful input on SO Studio’s collaborative bike infrastructure project.
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I-49 Connector
The I-49 Connector team unveiled further details on the design for elevating the current Evangeline Thruway that has split the Lafayette community for way too long. One of the most interesting concepts, and possibly the concept with the most potential to reunite the split currently created by the Evangeline Thruway, is the creation of the Evangeline Boulevard.
VIE Magazine “A Mid-Century Riverside Renovation”
“Like Henri Bendel, a Lafayette, Louisiana, native who journeyed to New York to make his name before returning to his roots, Russ Sonnier yearned for his hometown on the Vermilion River after decades serving the fashionable in the Big Apple.”
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“Developers behind Trappey's site want to turn it into riverfront development, 'something we just don't have'"
Architects/developers Marcel Wisznia and Stephen Ortego announce plans to bring the 177,000-square-foot Trappey’s cannery on the banks of the Vermilion River back to life.
The Value of a Mid-Century Home
Everyone knows at least one person who has pulled out beautiful mid-twentieth century porcelain bathroom tiles or painted brick whose color they thought was passé! Why? To replace it with cheap ceramic tiles found at a big box home improvement store or, finding themselves having to pay to repaint their exterior walls every ten years after it never had even one coat of paint for over sixty years!
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Louisiana Life Magazine “From Memory”
Russ Sonnier hires So Studio to restore a midcentury modern house first encountered during his childhood.
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Parklets in the age of COVID-19
Outdoor activities and outdoor dining have been on our minds more than ever since March of 2020. One of the easiest ways to adapt cities to be more outdoor-friendly is the implementation of parklets.
“More downtown living: Vermilion Lofts to build second phase with at least 40 units”
“Architect Stephen Ortego and other investors behind the 24-unit Vermilion Lofts are planning a second phase of development across the street, a $7-8 million project that will feature four or five levels, at least 40 units and 8,500 square feet of commercial space, after purchasing two adjoining lots last year.”