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Stephen Oliver
October 28, 2025

Designing Beyond Alcohol: How Non-Alcoholic Bars and Cannabis Lounges Are Redefining Social Architecture

Stephen Oliver
October 28, 2025
Designing Beyond Alcohol: How Non-Alcoholic Bars and Cannabis Lounges Are Redefining Social Architecture

We’ve spent years designing high-efficiency spaces for makers — from breweries and distilleries to wellness lounges and maker facilities. The principles don’t change: design with flow, compliance, and human connection in mind.

Tagged: non-alcoholic bar design, cannabis lounge architecture, mushroom café design, kava bar design, wellness lounge design, alternative social spaces, hospitality architecture, intentional design, wellness space design, flow design, hospitality trends 2025, maker spaces

Stephen Oliver
October 28, 2025
Building a Brewery

What Does It Take to Build a Space That Actually Works?

Stephen Oliver
October 28, 2025
Building a Brewery
What Does It Take to Build a Space That Actually Works?

We’ve designed maker-focused projects across 17 states — from Arizona to New York — navigating different codes, climates, and cultures along the way.

Tagged: brewery design, distillery architecture, craft production spaces, Architectural Design, Taproom Design, Production Design, Design Strategy, Colorado Architect, Arizona Architect, Florida Architect, Texas Architect

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Many of the writers of The Brewery Architect blog belong to an architecture firm that specializes in brewery, brewpub, and distillery planning and design.

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What Makes a Hospitality Business a Destination?
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What Makes a Hospitality Business a Destination?
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What makes a hospitality business a destination people choose again and again? It starts long before finishes are selected. Customer behavior, operations, space planning, capacity, and the ways people use a property all influence whether a place becomes somewhere people visit once or somewhere they make part of their lives.

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The Most Expensive Square Foot Is the One That Does Nothing
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Every square foot costs something. The better question is what it gives back. Steve Oliver shares why the best hospitality spaces make room for experience, operations, growth, and the unexpected.

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From Metal Buildings to Meaningful Destinations
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