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Best of 2011

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Karin • Filed under: , ,

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 SERIES:  SANTA FE, NM

Images from Angelo Accomando

In our traveling architect series, we bring you snapshots and impressions from our travels. In September, we brought you sights and sites in and around Santa Fe. Many readers recounted their experiences there. Thank you!

Click here to view our highest ranking blog from our Traveling Architect series!

 HISTORIC SERIES: NEW ENGLAND’S HISTORIC HOMES – PART ONE: 1600s-1800s

 Photos: Radek Kurzai, from The Abrams Guide to American House Styles by William Morgan

In February of this year, we started a series on historic homes of New England. We have enjoyed hearing about many of your own historic homes.

Click here to view our highest ranking blog from our Historic series!

FROM OUR PORTFOLIO SERIES: SHORELINE DOWNTOWN LIVING

Photos: Angelo Accomando & Karin Patriquin

In this blog, we showcased the apartments at the Chestnut Building, our mixed-use building in the heart of Branford, CT. Many of you told us that you were intrigued to see the interiors of a building you know well from the exterior.

 Click here to view our highest ranking blog in the From Our Portfolio series!

ELEMENTS OF DESIGN SERIES: MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING

Images from Architectural Record

In this series, we present a building type, then look at the different elements of design – in this case, exterior, common areas and living space. This blog presented recent multi-family housing from around the globe.

Click here to view our highest ranking blog from our Elements of Design series!

STRUCTURE AND MATERIALS SERIES: POST AND BEAM

 Photos from New England Timber Works and Vermont Timber Works

And in a series that we have just begun, we present a structure type or material and look at the possibilties. We started with this type because we are currently finishing a post-and-beam project on the shoreline.

 Click here to view our highest ranking blog in the Structure and Materials series!

 We hope you found enjoyment in our blogs this year! We have certainly enjoyed all your comments. Please keep them coming!

Happy Holidays, and we will see you next year…

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“Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us”

-Hal Borland


 

A bientôt,
Karin