We are jumping out of our skin today and finally ready to announce the launch of PK Solar, Inc. PK Solar will specialize in the design and installation of innovative solar products in Southwest Florida and beyond.
How did we get here?
The idea of solar energy is not new. Actually, we’re jumping on the proverbial ‘bandwagon’ of sustainable design. But we’re doing it with some pretty neat products.
About 6 months ago, the idea of a developing a solar carport prototype hit us. Why a carport?

Florida is famous not only for the …

Much of the attention in the client-architect relationship is placed on the architect. This is true all the way from the selection process to long after the project is done. Clients are seen as a fixed point, around which the architect must stretch and maneuver. We (the architects) are thought of as having to become compatible with the client. It’s an extension of ‘the customer is always right’ philosophy.
It’s not that the idea is unfair, skewed or somehow wrong, but rather a bit incomplete. Relationships are inherently a two-way …

PK Studios has recently completed construction documents on a tenant improvement project that will occupy the majority of the retail and residential space in one of downtown Naples’ newest projects – the Six10 building at 10th Street North and 6th Avenue North (pictured below).

The new tenant is Hazelden, an addiction treatment center founded in 1949 in Minnesota.
The project will have a 48-bed capacity and ‘feature an innovative recovery community approach coordinating recovery principles in life and work. It will serve those needing intermediate level addiction treatment services with a lifestyle …