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MARCH 2021 space. That will be designed by me both inside and out, it will complement the furniture store, and it will showcase a lot of up-and-coming materials that I have wanted to use on my projects. It’s going to be a lot of fun.” Houry’s hope is that project – including the office space, the furniture store, and the block as a whole – will lead to future opportunities in the commercial sector. “If we prove we can renovate a commercial block like this, I think we’ll prove anything is possible,” she says. In the future, Houry also hopes to grow the firm and bring on associates. Ha 2 Architectural Design will soon have a new base to work from, so Houry believes it’s the perfect time to start bringing in new team members and increasing the firm’s output. “I’m ready to take a leap,” she concludes. “I’d love to become a nice midsized firm and take on some larger scale projects. I think the opportunities are there, and I want to seize them.”