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Office Renovation 2016
In tandem with the new school year, we are renovating our offices – new finishes, lighting and furniture. Some features: New flooring is cork for better indoor air quality than the previous carpeting. Fluorescent lighting is being replaced with more efficient LED fixtures throughout, with the help of an incentive program with United Illuminating. Moveable…
Project Share: Design Options for a House Addition
Here is a sneak peek at an addition on a historic home. We presented a number of options. Exterior aesthetics, level of disruption of existing structure, quality of interior space and cost are all factors in determining the best one.
Project Share: Outdoor Shower
A sneak peak at an outdoor shower area we designed on the Connecticut Shoreline. This doubles as the wood storage space and is private without being entirely enclosed. To see more about this residential design, click here.
Friends Center for Children tour with Solar Youth
We hosted Solar Youth to explore the sustainable design features at the Friends Center for Children today. We started at the Friends Center with a walk up the wooden ramp, to the playground areas. We then explored the interior of the building and discussed the many ideas and decisions that go into creating a building…
Earth Day at Hamden Hall
Karin was invited to review and critique the Earth Day sustainability projects at Hamden Hall Country Day School, an independant school for preschool to grade 12 students, along with architect Peter Coombs from Essex. The assigned project was a school campus with various buildings to be designed and modeled within a few days, incorporating various…
Gov. Malloy Announces Awards for Affordable Housing
Our historic conversion of the former Saint Mary of the Sea Catholic school to affordable apartments at Saint Mary Place is one of 8 projects awarded funds in support of affordable housing. The 1898 structure requires considerable restoration and renovation to bring the building up to code, but is well-suited to a multi-family use. The…
Awesome Architecture from Connecticut
In their December 2015 issue, Business New Haven featured ‘Awesome Architecture from Connecticut’ – a summary of the projects and teams honored by the AIA CT 2015 Design Awards. ‘The Connecticut chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA/CT) unveiled their 2015 selections for the Connecticut Design Awards. The program recognizes design excellence in projects…
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016!
2015 was a year of new connections and strengthened relationships, of projects new and continued. Thank you for the opportunities… We value our clients, our teams, our readers… Happy, successful and inspiring 2016!
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: FAVORITE PLACE TO LIVE
We just won a People’s Choice Award, by AIA Connecticut! The Connecticut chapter of the Architecture Institute of America hosts a yearly competition for recent architecture projects within Connecticut or to projects by Connecticut licensed architects in other locations. The general public is asked to vote online for their favorite projects, under different categories. This year,…
AIA CT 2015 DESIGN AWARD – FRIENDS CENTER FOR CHILDREN
The Connecticut chapter of the Architecture Institute of America gives yearly juried Design Awards and People’s Choice awards to architecture projects within Connecticut or to projects by Connecticut licensed architects in other locations. We were honored with a juried Design Award for the Friends Center for Children Jury comments: This charming building creates a friendly…