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NEWS: Friends Center for Children
Noteworthy News from about the Friends Center for Children Groundbreaking! Malloy Pledges Strong Support for Pre-Schools (New Haven Register) Quakers Break Ground On $3.2M Pre-School (New Haven Independent) A Great Groundbreaking! (From the Friends Center) PHOTOS Click here to view more photos from the groundbreaking!
Quakers Seek Day Care Expansion in the Heights
Quakers Break Ground On $3.2M Pre-School New Haven Independent, Thursday, December 6, 2012 View this article online. View this project in our portfolio here.
Washington Walking Tour: Art in the Federal Triangle
Last week, a couple of us from the office took a train to the AIA Convention, which this year was hosted in Washington, DC. Two and a half days filled with lectures, classes and an architectural materials expo began, for me, with a walking tour of the Federal Triangle. Armed with a Metro Pass, a…
Washington’s Early Plans
Three plans: Pierre l’Enfant’s vision for Washington, 1791; the McMillan Commission Plan of 1901; The Federal Triangle (superimposed on McMillan plan) While visiting Washington for the AIA Convention 2012, a group of us toured the Federal Triangle. I became intrigued with the early plans for Washington, and how these were used in the planning of…
Love your (built) environment
Left to right, top to bottom; Ingalls Ice Rink, Beinecke Library, Beinecke Library in its courtyard; the Center for British Art, Yale’s network of courtyards, Kroon Hall; Whitney Water Purification Facility and Park, First Presbyterian Church of New Haven, former trolley garage. In honor of Valentine’s Day, our office has put together a list of…
On The Boards: Presentation Drawings
Hand-drawn and computer-rendered drawings at different scales: from a residential kitchen to a high-rise courthouse, with multi-use building and community center in between. Take a peak at some of the drawings we have created to help visualize and develop our designs. These are drawings that emerge early on in the design process, and that can be…
Best of 2011
At the close of the year 2011, we want to thank you, our readers, for reading, for commenting, and hopefully, enjoying! We have compiled our top blogs of the year, based on interest from our newsletter readers and visitors to our site (with the help of our trusty ‘Mad Mimi’ and ‘Google Analytics’). TRAVELING ARCHITECT…
New York High Line
For a very different perspective of Manhattan’s West Side, walk the High Line, a linear park elevated 20 to 30 feet above street level, where freight trains used to run through manufacturing neighborhoods. Currently running from Gansevoort Street in the West Village to 30th Street, it will continue West and North in a loop to the…
Traveling Architect: Santa Fe
Oh, the colors, the smells and the sounds of Santa Fe! We have visited here a few times now, and every time, there are new discoveries. The landscapes are varied, and explorations to new areas are always rewarded with yet another beautiful view. The city is as old in its design as the art that…