by Jorge Fontan | Last updated Jun 7, 2024 | Apartment Renovations, Architects, Residential
I am Jorge Fontan, owner of Fontan Architecture, a New York City based architecture and design firm working on residential design projects throughout NYC. Below are a few of the residential renovations we have completed over the past recent years. Upper East... 
by Jorge Fontan | Last updated Jul 3, 2023 | Architects, Architectural Services, General Architecture
Plan, Section, and Elevation are different types of drawings used by architects to graphically represent a building design and construction. A plan drawing is a drawing on a horizontal plane showing a view from above. An Elevation drawing is drawn on a vertical plane... 
by Jorge Fontan | Last updated Jan 5, 2024 | Architects, General Architecture
I am Jorge Fontan an architect in New York and owner of Fontan Architecture. I have been blogging for a few years now on architectural issues, mostly technical or project-specific posts, to offer information to my readers. This time I would like to write a more... 
by Jorge Fontan | Last updated Feb 20, 2022 | Architects, General Architecture
There are different types of architectural firms offering a wide range of services. Some firms only do design and do not do technical work whereas some firms only do technical work and do not do much design. A full service architecture firm will do both and will work... 
by Jorge Fontan | Last updated Feb 6, 2021 | Architects, Property Development
New York City is a complicated place for property development. NYC Zoning and Building codes are complicated, as well as filing protocols. A property development architect in NYC should be familiar with NYC Zoning, Building Codes, Protocols, Construction Methods, and... by Jorge Fontan | Last updated Jul 2, 2023 | Architects, General Architecture, NYC DOB
NY Licensed Architect / Registered Architect Registered Architect is the term for an architect license in the United States. These mean the same thing. Each State issues an architect’s license. When one becomes a Registered Architect, they can add the...