Earlier this month, members of the Travis County community including Austin Mayor Steve Adler, Council Member Ora Houston, and Travis County Commissioner Ron Davis gathered to celebrate the grand opening of the Parmer Lane Sustainable Roadway project. This new road extends Parmer Lane by 1.5 miles, connecting US Highway 290 to State Highway 130 in... Read Full Post ›
Posted by Mark Smith 10-28-15
Click here to see more photos from the retreat The Annual Retreat is by far the most anticipated event of the year at RVi, and this year’s trip to the Texas State Fair did not disappoint. The adventure began with a catered lunch at our Dallas office, giving employees from all three offices the opportunity... Read Full Post ›
Posted by Katie Harris 10-26-15
With property situated in the picturesque Texas Hill Country just 5 minutes west of I-35 and San Marcos, developers of the La Cima master planned community have worked with Hays County to create a 700-acre perpetual habitat conservation preserve. This addition brings the total acreage of contiguous parkland in this area to over 1,800 acres,... Read Full Post ›
Posted by Gene Lukow 09-30-15
PARK(ing) Day is a global event where citizens, artists and activists come together to transform the everyday metered parking space into a “PARK(ing)” space – a temporary public place. The event began in 2005 when Rebar (a local San Francisco art and design studio) decided to make an inventive yet powerful statement to public officials... Read Full Post ›
Posted by Jarka Pharis 09-28-15
This past summer, I dusted off my trusty notebook and pen and headed north to Cambridge, Massachusetts for a two-day course in Real Estate Development Fundamentals. Administered by the Harvard University Graduate School of Design’s Executive Education Program, this course was designed for those of us who are involved at various points along the way... Read Full Post ›
Posted by Peter Boecher 09-24-15
In recognition of his many contributions to RVi, we are pleased to announce that Chip Mills has been promoted to Principal. Chip began his career at RVi in 2003, where he worked for four years as a Project Manager on projects such as Steiner Ranch, Belterra and Cordillera in Boerne. Chip is what we affectionately... Read Full Post ›
Posted by Katie Harris 08-27-15
Motivated by the American Heart Association’s (AHA) goal to reduce death and disability from cardiovascular disease by 20% in 2020, RVi has joined the AHA Heart Walk 2015. The AHA’s mission is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. In 2010 they set a 10-year impact goal which focuses on helping people... Read Full Post ›
Posted by Katie Harris 08-27-15
How many words is that picture worth? For many of us involved in the design of the built environment, renderings and visual simulations are valuable tools that can transform a mundane, two-dimensional CAD drawing into an appealing, three-dimensional color image which communicates the look and feel of the project much more effectively to clients and... Read Full Post ›
Posted by Mark Smith 08-26-15
Walkability, density, connectivity – any conversation about the built environment today will almost certainly involve these buzzwords. Sometimes we hear and use these words so frequently that they can start to lose their impact. So when we learned about a recent study by Texas A&M associate professor of architecture Xuemei Zhu that measured the results... Read Full Post ›
Posted by Katie Harris 07-31-15