Pet-Friendly by Design at Optima Kierland
A Building Designed with Pets in Mind At Optima Kierland, the pet-friendly amenities are available across all towers …
The Kitchen at the Center: How Optima Designs the Heart of Every Home
In any well-designed residence, the kitchen tends to be where the architecture is most clearly felt. It might be the …
The Pool Is Always Open: Year-Round Outdoor Living at Optima Kierland
At most residential buildings, the pool is open for a few warm months and closed for the rest. At Optima Kierland, th…
The First Thing You Notice: Art, Furniture, and the Objects That Define Optima’s Lobbies
Walk into most apartment buildings and your eyes drift toward the elevator. Walk into an Optima community and they la…
The Science of the Good Night: How Your Home Affects How You Sleep
Sleep is often treated as something the body does on its own. But sleep researchers see it differently. Sleep is shap…
The New Home Office: How Optima Designs for the Way We Work Now
The way people work has changed more in the last five years than in the previous fifty. Remote work, hybrid schedules…
Growing Up: The Vertical Landscaping System That Defines Optima Kierland
Look at Optima Kierland from the street and the first thing you notice is not the architecture. It is the green. Casc…
From the Rooftop: Why Optima’s Sky Decks Are Unlike Any Other in the City
There is a moment that happens to almost every new resident of an Optima community. They take the elevator to the top…
How Green Building Design Protects Your Health — Not Just the Planet
Sustainable architecture gets a lot of attention for what it does for the environment. But there’…
The Art of Biophilic Design: Bringing Nature Home at Optima Kierland
At Optima Kierland, we believe that the best architecture doesn’t just shelter you from the natural world, it draws n…
Fountainhead and the Legacy of Modernism
In the hills of Jackson, Mississippi, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fountainhead stands as one of the architect’s most intimat…
Home for the Holidays: A Guide to Decorating Modernist Interiors
The holidays arrive gently inside a modernist home. Light stretches across expansive floors. Glass walls gather the s…
Shaping Sustainable Futures
At Optima®, sustainability isn’t a single initiative or checklist—it’s a design philosophy that informs everything we…
Balancing Energy and Design: Current Trends in Feng Shui
Optima Kierland Apartments® provide residents with the opportunity to wander through beautifully landscaped walking p…
Color Stories in Architecture: How Palettes Shape Our Perceptions
Color has always been one of architecture’s most powerful tools—not just for visual delight, but for emotional and ps…