CRAIKER ARCHITECTS & PLANNERS INC.

As a Napa Valley practicing architect for over 25 years, obtaining building permits has always been a challenge. Napa City loves to add...

Providing affordable housing is a huge challenge, especially in Napa. Between the Pandemic, economic uncertainties and relentless fires,...

There is little disagreement that Napa and the North Bay region needs more housing. All kinds of housing. We need affordable, workforce,...

During the Glass Fire whereas of today 67,484 acres and 1,555 homes and structures have been destroyed, many victims took to recreational...

The catastrophic Wine Country fires are affecting us all. Whether we sustained personal loss or just live nearby, we're living with “Fire...

Who remembers the Downtown Clock Tower? The Clock Tower Plaza, as it was known locally, was the center of Napa. There wasn’t much else...

As summer ends and fall school enrollment looms, the question of how higher education will endure. For years, remote learning has slowly...

Our postal system has made the news recently, but let’s digress from the political discussions and look at the bricks and mortar, the...

When I was a young intern architect working with WED, Walt Disney’s design and construction arm, I built models of Cal Art’s campus,...

Today, we are consumed with the COVID-19 Pandemic ravishing our Nation. However, we cannot forget that we are subject to other natural...

One additional Pandemic casualty is Napa City’s ambitious plan to build a new Civic Center. Since March, the virus’s economic impact on...

Dan and Naoko Mufson marked the third anniversary of the Atlas Fire that destroyed their home by moving into their rebuilt home, putting...

Everybody loves to visit a restaurant. Whether it’s a basic tavern, or a high-end brasserie’, our fondest memories reside in them.

One especially hard-hit victim of the COVID-19 pandemic is the cruise ship industry. From their 2020 projected 32 million passengers to...

Architects, engineers and contractors, commonly called AEC, are constantly looking for the “next big thing”. Design professionals...

COVID-19 has exposed us to serious flaws in our society. Now we see how our lower paid but essential workers...

The Pandemic’s three months of shelter-in-place may have changed our lifestyles and proximity to one another forever.

Are bookless libraries in our future? In today’s world of instantaneous information, what relevancy do brick and mortar libraries have in...

Chris d Craiker AIA/NCARB One way to escape the COVID-19 Pandemic is to move off the grid into the wilderness. I sometimes feel...

In architectural school, we studied ancient Roman bathhouses: huge public facilities citizens used for physical therapy and relaxation....