Insights from Studio Bliss
Explore expert articles on cannabis facility design, architecture, and industry trends. Our blog offers valuable insights and guidance to help you create compliant, efficient, and innovative spaces in the cannabis industry.
Featured Articles:
New Jersey Outdoor Cannabis Grow Permits: Agencies You Can’t Overlook
Planning an outdoor cannabis grow in New Jersey? Learn which environmental, highway, fire, county, and township approvals your project may need.
LA Cannabis Operators: DCR’s 2027 Renewal Process Is Bringing Building Permits to the Forefront
Learn what LA cannabis operators need to know about DCR’s 2027 renewal requirements, LADBS building permits, and facility compliance.
Recent Design Insights:
EU-GMP for Cannabis: Requirements Explained
EU-GMP for cannabis explained: who issues the certificate, where GACP ends, the annexes that shape the building, and how to design a facility that passes.
Cannabis GMP Facility Design
GMP cannabis facility design and retrofit: zoning, pressure cascades, airlocks, gowning and flow, built to cGMP 21 CFR 210/211 and Health Canada GPP.
Minnesota Cannabis Final Plan of Record
Minnesota’s Final Plan of Record documents a facility you have already built. What the Site, Security and Operations FPOR and facility diagram must show.
Cannabis Extraction Lab Design: C1D1 Requirements Explained
C1D1 extraction lab design explained: control areas and MAQ, gas detection, exhaust, egress, explosion control, and who actually certifies a C1D1 room.
From Medical to Dual-Use: Retrofitting Virginia Cannabis Facilities for Adult-Use
Virginia’s adult-use cannabis market opens July 1, 2027. Get the license types, buffer rules, and what your facility needs before the Feb 1 application window.
USVI Cannabis License Application Checklist: Facility Documents You Need
The USVI cannabis license application deadline is September 15, 2026. Here’s the complete checklist of facility documents—site plans, floor plans, security layouts—you need to submit.