2026 Golden Fork Awards: Menu-inspired spaces /  by Kim Kunasek

REMODELED F&B FACILITY – PUBLIC/RESORT

“Modern; utilizes the view to accent the restaurant. Practical with a contemporary feel.” – Robin Graf

Trilogy Golf Club revitalized its amenity campus with Kitchen Ten Eleven, a community-created, mid-century modern–inspired restaurant. The space features a welcoming bar and dining room, stylish millwork, and flexible seating for both intimate and social dining, plus an expanded patio with mountain and course views. The menu highlights made-from-scratch dishes—from classic favorites to artisan pizzas—using locally sourced ingredients.

Click on the ‘Link’ for more information.

Construction Progress for The Shop Building + Yates Mitsubishi /  by Kim Kunasek

Progress construction photos for both the Shop Building and Yates Mitsubishi Dealership provide a visual timeline of development and milestones achieved. For the Shop Building, the images capture the foundation work, structural framing, and exterior finishes, highlighting quality workmanship. Meanwhile, Yates Mitsubishi dealership photos illustrate a more complex build, documenting stages such as utility installation, framework, and façade detailing. These progress photos offer a comparative look at how each project is advancing in alignment with its unique scope, timeline, and design objectives.

The Shop Building

Yates mitsubishi Dealership

SmartRent /  by Kim Kunasek

Oei Design | SFPA Architects recently completed a tenant improvement project for SmartRent, aligning with the company’s mission to enhance daily life through smart technology. The renovation transformed the workspace into a modern, connected environment that promotes innovation, collaboration, and well-being, demonstrating SmartRent’s commitment to creating intelligent spaces that empower teams to thrive. Designed with both functionality and future growth in mind, the new office not only supports a dynamic work culture but also embodies the same technology-driven solutions SmartRent brings to multi-family communities nationwide.


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Trilogy Golf Club at La Quinta /  by Kim Kunasek

We are excited to unveil our latest completed project—a restaurant redesign for a golf club in La Quinta, California. Rebranded as Kitchen Ten Eleven, the space has been thoughtfully transformed with a mid-century modern design that blends timeless features with contemporary elements. The new exterior and interior feature clean lines, warm wood tones, and bold colors that complement the desert landscape. This revitalized space elevates the dining experience and reinforces the club’s identity for the community.

NEW Shop Building for Talis is Under Construction /  by Kim Kunasek

The Talis Shop building is currently under construction and will soon open for its workers in the coming weeks. The new building, designed to enhance operational efficiency, features an industrial modern layout with ample workspace, collaborative areas, and essential amenities. Construction crews diligently finalize the interior and exterior details, ensuring that the facility meets all safety and quality standards.

Poolside at Iron Oaks Remodel /  by Kim Kunasek

We are pleased that IronOaks and its Board of Directors have entrusted us with another project for their community. This is our third project in the three years for the community. Our latest project is re-branding an existing Pool House building into a destination "multi-purpose" building for the homeowners. The new facility offers an open, large flex room for card games, dining, and events. The large island countertop provides an opportunity for an additional social potluck area. Lastly, the newly remodeled kitchen and bar will serve the open multi-purpose room and the outdoor lounge and pool area.

Here is a short video about our project.

Diamond-Studded Tiffany & Co. Store in Shanghai, China /  by Kim Kunasek

MVRDV has designed a 533-square-metre Tiffany Façade Shanghai Taikoo-Li in Shanghai, China, featuring a diamond-studded facade inspired by the American luxury jewelry brand. The façade, consisting of 6,988 individually crafted glass diamonds, gives the surrounding area a glittering effect during the day and LED lighting at night to let the store shine in an endless variety of colors. The store is located in the Taikoo-Li Qiantan retail development and is an extension of MVRDV's Tiffany façade design approach, which was first implemented at Changi Airport in Singapore. The glass diamonds are suspended from thin, highly tensioned steel cables and have a mirrored steel finish applied to them. The façade has mechanical connections, allowing it to be disassembled and its components recycled or repurposed in the future. The façade features a distinctive element from the surrounding area, inspired by Shanghai's skyline's vivid light displays. The project incorporates LED lighting that changes color and uses less energy into the façade's top and bottom, allowing the store to be lit in any color, including the iconic Tiffany Blue ®.

“Beautiful design makes a beautiful life.”
— Charles Lewis Tiffany

Architectural Details Around Salzburg, Austria /  by Kim Kunasek

The city of Salzburg is exceptionally well-preserved, with an influence of Italian Renaissance and Baroque architecture that gives the cobblestoned streets their sentimental character. See some of my findings below.

Stepping Away From the Traditional /  by Kim Kunasek

Mid-Century Modern Holy Architecture

The Roman Catholic Church is a particularly conservative establishment. It can be identified as Catholic architecture by the simple yet grandiose structures of the Romanesque or the ornate styles of Baroque and Rococo. Carved images and ornate designs have slowly been stripped away from its grand façade of sacred history. Modernism has simplified and solemnized holy temples using simpler materials and mid-century modern design. Though they still carry the significance of the baptismal bath, the organ, social gathering, and reverential stage for the ceremony through its design, one can still come for meditation and contemplation regardless of the architectural impression. 

Through some anxiety of change, new ideas were only considered when they were on familiar terms with the past, and when they remained meaningful to the religious community. With the support of local priests and bishops, its builders constructed the church to reflect the age of the church. Also, modern architects could use simple materials, new building technologies, and an absence of ornament to meet financial constraints without aesthetic compromise.

While capturing the sanctity of the space, the expression of these buildings still retains the inspiration of holiness through its spaces of grand scale and contemporary design.

COMING SOON: New Home For Talis /  by Kim Kunasek

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NEW TALIS SHOP |

COMING SOON | NEW TALIS SHOP |

Talis Construction Corporation is a a general contracting company servicing in the Phoenix and Mesa area. Specializing in civil/engineering construction, some of their work includes storm drain installation, concrete sidewalks, paving, and water main installation. Their firm is based in Tempe with a new office coming soon to Phoenix.

We had the privilege to work with Talis and help them create an industrial workshop and office that will service their future projects. Creating an industrial environment with divers metal finishes and wood accents is suitable for their style and displays their work into the design.

For more information visit their website at https://talisconstruction.weebly.com/ and stay connected for new updates.

In Remembrance of Robert L. Nevins | 1930-2021 /  by Kim Kunasek

Robert L. Nevins

I had the great privilege of working as an intern for Professor Robert Nevins at the University of Arizona. After attending his memorial service in Tucson, I got home with the sense of nostalgia and found myself looking through my old portfolio. The attached projects were from his Design Studio that I would like to share with you. May he rest in peace.

Something New to Experience /  by Kim Kunasek

Phoenix, AZ welcomes a new immersive art exhibit featuring Van Gogh, and here’s why you should come check it out before it’s too late!

This exhibit is now open and for a limited time, will be extended until March 13, 2022. You can experience an extensive view of Van Gogh’s famous pieces of art and become submerged into the colors, details, figures, and animations of each piece. Featuring wide panoramic screens, it is a good place to let your imagination run free and gain creative insight as the vertical projections move the paintings from top to bottom.

So if you’re ever in town from this time til March 13, I encourage anyone to come check it out!

For more information visit their website at https://www.vangoghphx.com/ .

COMING SOON: Ridemakerz /  by Kim Kunasek

Great opportunity to build and customize your ride.

Ridemakerz is coming to Anaheim GardenWalk at Anaheim, California.

Ridemakerz invites guests, or "Customizers", into the ultimate car customizing experience where they can build one-of-a-kind Ridez (1:18 scale; about the size of a football). They have provided between body styles and colors, rims and tires, lights and sounds, accessories and decals, more than 649 million possible combinations. The brand`s intense focus on detail, quality and the joy of creating something unique has won praise from kids, parents, educators, industry leaders and car enthusiasts alike.

We hoped to create a space that thrills and invites all fellow auto fans to have an hands-on experience building and customizing their own car.

Rendering. Courtesy of Oei Design, LLC

We hope you are looking forward to joining the staff and crew on opening day. For more information, click on the button below.

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