buildings of distinction
H
UMPHREY took a dual-pronged approach, imagining a building that would convey the message of creativity
while fitting into the surroundings.
“I had two goals,” he says. “One goal was to represent the elegance of paint, and of custom colors. The
second was to complement the Audi dealership across the way. I thought it would help if it had a more
modern look, rather than something like Low Country. And because that area just kind of has a spattering
of stuff, it was an opportunity to try a more modern look than in a neighborhood filled with bungalows.”
The high-traffic area was a perfect location for a paint store, but the small lot size proved to be
challenging.
“It was a pretty tight piece of land,” he says. “There was a car wash, a drive-though car wash. That definitely
dictated the two-story building, retail store below and offices above.”
That meant building up instead of building out. It meant an outside staircase leading to the offices on
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