https://www.ossastudio.com/blog Articles by Ossa Studio, an architecture, interior architecture and branding firm in Charlotte, NC: church architecture, commercial interiors and change of use. en-us Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.ossastudio.com/blog/church-design-build-vs-design-bid-build https://www.ossastudio.com/blog/church-design-build-vs-design-bid-build Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jack Ossa Church Architecture How a church can deliver a building project: design-bid-build, design-build or a contractor who joins during design. What each one means, what to ask and what does not change. https://www.ossastudio.com/blog/church-floor-plan-spaces-and-sizes https://www.ossastudio.com/blog/church-floor-plan-spaces-and-sizes Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jack Ossa Church Architecture The spaces in a church floor plan, how they connect and how big they can be, with the room sizes of our 3D Community Church design in Sanford, NC and a look at Vizion Church. https://www.ossastudio.com/blog/change-of-use-charlotte-mecklenburg-county https://www.ossastudio.com/blog/change-of-use-charlotte-mecklenburg-county Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jack Ossa Change of Use What a change of use is, how Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement handles it step by step, what changes when a building gets a new occupancy, and when to involve an architect. https://www.ossastudio.com/blog/church-construction-cost-north-carolina https://www.ossastudio.com/blog/church-construction-cost-north-carolina Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jack Ossa Church Architecture A planning range per square foot for a church building, what share of the total project the building is, and the choices that move the number. https://www.ossastudio.com/blog/church-renovation-expansion-or-new-building https://www.ossastudio.com/blog/church-renovation-expansion-or-new-building Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jack Ossa Church Architecture Renovate and expand, convert an existing building, or build new: the questions that decide, with three Carolina churches as examples and a table to compare the paths. https://www.ossastudio.com/blog/commercial-upfit-cost-per-square-foot-charlotte https://www.ossastudio.com/blog/commercial-upfit-cost-per-square-foot-charlotte Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jack Ossa Commercial Interiors A planning range for a commercial upfit in Charlotte, what the number includes, what moves it up or down and how to keep an office project on budget. https://www.ossastudio.com/blog/how-to-choose-a-church-architect https://www.ossastudio.com/blog/how-to-choose-a-church-architect Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jack Ossa Church Architecture Ten questions a building committee can ask before hiring a church architect, what good answers sound like, and what each phase of design should deliver. https://www.ossastudio.com/blog/office-building-amenities-that-attract-tenants https://www.ossastudio.com/blog/office-building-amenities-that-attract-tenants Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Jack Ossa Commercial Interiors Fitness rooms, lobbies, lounges and elevator cabs: what an office building owner can add, how to phase it while tenants stay, and three Carolina examples. https://www.ossastudio.com/charlotte-business-journal-most-admired-ceo-jack-ossa https://www.ossastudio.com/charlotte-business-journal-most-admired-ceo-jack-ossa Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT Santiago Martínez Press Jack Ossa, Founder and Principal of Ossa Studio, is named a 2025 Most Admired CEO in the Architecture category by the Charlotte Business Journal.