Spring 2012: Coming Attractions!

A busy start of 2012 @ the Lott3Metz clubhouse has turned into an eventful Spring! (more…)

645 Cherry SE

Designed and constructed in a whirlwind six months of activity in 2008, our work at 645 Cherry in Grand Rapids has reanimated a chronically underutilized mid-century modernist anomaly nestled in a historic neighborhood of century old homes. Housing both the Highland Group and Lott3Metz Architecture, the renovated building recaptures the building’s original open plan while updating the workspaces to 21st Century ideals.  (more…)

Happy New Year: Welcome Brian!

I hope the new year finds you busy! I know we are here at Lott3Metz! (more…)

FSFM: Self-fulfilling Prophecy

Audrey and I made our weekly trip to the Fulton Street Farmers Market this past Saturday morning. As we were having our ongoing dialog about what we needed to get and what we would be having for dinner over the next few days, Audrey asked if we could have Pesto for our Sunday dinner. (more…)

FSFM: Pomp & Circumstance

Last Wednesday morning there was a little party to celebrate the start of construction for the Fulton Street Farmers Market. (more…)

I Love Minneapolis

Inevitably, in the well worn “…Grand Rapids needs to be more like Chicago” discussion – sometime between my first weary sigh and my ultimate request for the check – I’m asked to suggest a better aspirational metropolis. My answer is always the same: Minneapolis. (more…)

Book Review: Urban Edits

Earlier this week Tyler Nickerson rolled out a nice review of our recently released Urban Edits. (more…)

Happy Birthday Lott3Metz!

Wow! Lott3Metz turns ten years old today. I must say I’m a little misty. (more…)

MDOT’s Five Lanes of Division

I’ve been thinking back and looking ahead in recent weeks; inspired by my new friends at Bike Friendly Grand Rapids – Josh Leffingwell and Tyler Doornbos – and their earnest, but frustrating, efforts at positively affecting the recent and ongoing Revision Division ‘road diet’ in downtown Grand Rapids. (more…)