Designing Small: Carrigan's Pub Open for Business
This post could go up with the hashtag: "reasonsilovemyjob."Obviously I love the residential work that fills up the majority of our job board, but getting to do a building that the general public can experience and enjoy is really something. This project--Carrigan's Pub--was a year in the making. Tucked at the end of one of Birmingham's most historic cobblestone-clad streets, it was conceived as an upscale bar and gastropub. After months of grinding through permit documents and health department paperwork, the space was finally ready for a soft opening. Birminghamians flooded the place, which glowed like a soft yellow beacon at the corner of the city grid that night. The interiors are strung together with groups of cozy seating areas. The original load-bearing brick is exposed, and along one wall an original hand painted ad is still intact. A private booth is nestled in the old freight elevator shaft; huge boulders act as tables and benches in the courtyard. We were honored to get to partner with an owner who had a great concept and help him bring it to reality. And that's exactly what makes us love what we do!