REVIT Best Practices – Setting up a Project Template Part 2 – Annotation Text & Symbols

Well, we’ve done it… We finally started our Revit Project Template after years of procrastination!  Last week we looked at line types and line weights.  This week we are going to revise the standard annotation text (NO ARIAL) and get rif of all of those standard REVIT symbols (let’s face it, they are way to…

Pro and Cons of dating an Architect

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! On this week’s blog post we thought it would be fun to go through the Pros and Cons of choosing an Architect as a life partner. Enjoy and let us know if you have any pros and cons to add! PRO: Creative Thinkers We are creative people and problem solvers! You almost…

Professionalism 102 – Applying for a Creative Job

This post is a continuation of our previous post Professionalism 101 – Applying for a creative Job.  Please refer back to this post to review our original top 3 “No-nos”. Here at Hayne we are hiring again (interested in applying, check our listing on Indeed!), and as such we are getting some interesting applicants trying…

Here@Hayne nothing goes to waste… What do you do with all that paper??

We end up with a lot of paper trash.  Whether it’s printing check sets for in-office review or printing submittal sets for the various jurisdictions we work with (can you believe that sometimes we need to print out as many as 7 full-size drawing packages and 11 reduced copies!!) we end up with a lot…

From the Archives: Hayne goes to Hollywood

Although we primarily focus on custom residential design, every once and a while we get to “wet our whistle” with something new and exciting.  Case in point, the ECOluxe actor trailors… We learned all about trailer construction from Playmor Trailers and that knowledge came in handy when detailing our current project the MON-O-COQUE!  Fiberglass, Luan…

MAST @ DENK Gallery Does It Again!

This week we wanna give a special shout out to our good friend and consultant Matthew Anthony Stokes and his amazing art work at the DENK Gallery in Los Angeles. His exhibition opened May 20th and will remain until July 8th, so you haven’t seen it, definitely make your way there and check it out!…