We design spaces for makers.

OPA Design Studio is an architecture firm creating destination-driven spaces where business, brand and experience come together. We work with growing businesses to plan, design and scale places that people seek out, from hospitality and entertainment venues to breweries, distilleries, restaurants and recreation destinations. Our work brings operations and guest experience together, creating spaces that work as well behind the scenes as they do for the people who walk through the door.

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Makers Spaces

OPA Design Studio is an architecture firm specializing in hospitality, commercial, and experience driven spaces where what you make is part of what brings people through the door. We design breweries, distilleries, wineries, restaurants, recreation spaces, and other destination driven businesses where operations and guest experience need to work together.

We call them Maker Spaces: places designed around what you create, how your business operates, and how people experience it. From production and planning to hospitality and gathering spaces, we design the whole environment to work as one.

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Built For What's Next

Whether you're opening your first destination, expanding an existing operation or taking a successful concept into a new market, OPA helps turn growth into a place that works. We bring architecture, planning, operational thinking and experience design together so the next project doesn't just get bigger. It gets better.

Our experience includes hospitality, entertainment, recreation, restaurants, breweries, distilleries, and other experiential spaces where operations and guest experience have to work together. From evaluating a new site to expanding an existing venue or adapting a successful concept for a new market, we help clients plan for growth, navigate complexity, and create places people want to come back to.

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Commercial Spaces

OPA works with business owners, developers, and property owners to turn commercial spaces and properties into places that work better for the people who use them and the businesses behind them.

Our commercial architecture experience includes ground up development, adaptive reuse, tenant improvements, renovations, offices, retail, mixed use projects, and recreation spaces. From evaluating an existing property to planning something entirely new, we consider site conditions, code, circulation, operations, flexibility, and long term use early in the process, helping clients make informed decisions and get more from their investment.

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Living Spaces

We design homes and residential communities around the way people actually live. From single family residences to multifamily and mixed use developments, OPA creates spaces that balance comfort, function, character, and a strong sense of place.

Our residential architecture experience includes new construction, renovations, multifamily housing, mixed use development, amenity spaces, and community focused environments. Whether designing one home or a larger residential development, we consider how people gather, move, connect, and live within the spaces we create.

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OPA Design Studio works with business owners, developers, and brands across 15 states, bringing experience with different markets, jurisdictions, building types, and project needs.

We are licensed in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah. Wherever the project takes us, we bring the same practical approach to architecture, planning, and getting good ideas built.

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Pinthouse Pizza

Pinthouse Pizza is a craft brewpub whose goal is to serve award-winning beer and amazing pizza in a warm and inviting atmosphere. We worked with the Pinthouse Team to design and build exterior and interior spaces that reflect their commitment to quality and community.

“We were thrilled to partner with OPA Design on our Round Rock development. From initial concept exploration to design and construction, the entire team at OPA was a pleasure to collaborate with on the project.”

Tyler Norwood, Pinthouse Pizza

“Working with Stephen to build Twisted X was a pleasure. His patience and calming demeanor was so refreshing during a stressful buildout. The leadership that Stephen provided to the team was invaluable. I am so confident with his talent that he has been retained for the next project which has just begun.”

Jim Sampson, Twisted X Brewery

“Out of all the design professionals I’ve worked [with] through the years, OPA’s team delivered an excellent mix of professionalism, detail orientation, and open-ended creativity. The design was thorough, quality, and thought out; now the space is a pleasure to be in and the public are interacting with it the way it was intended. Their design works.”

Mac Crawford, Sedona Beer Company

“The Team at OPA helped me along the way with my first brewery project. The build out was something I had no prior experience with and now that it is completed, I know I would not be able to have done it without their help.”

Robert Frazier, Kerrville Brewing Company

“OPA Design has been an incredible partner from day one at Meanwhile Brewing, supporting us through our original build and every expansion that followed. Their creativity, attention to detail, and deep understanding of how our space needs to function have been invaluable to our growth. We trust them completely and will absolutely continue working with OPA Design on future projects.”

William Jaquiss, Meanwhile Brewing

“I cannot recommend OPA highly enough. You can immediately get the sense that the people at OPA truly care about their work and client’s vision. ​“Maker Spaces” have unique challenges that blend hospitality with functionality, if you are designing this kind of space, trust me, you will want someone with experience with these type of projects. If you are looking for an architectural firm to help you take your dream from idea to reality, look no further.”

Mike Fielding, Low Tide Brewing

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