The Challenge of Designing Lighting for Medical Offices

Lighting is a vital aspect of any building project. For our purposes, the term “lighting” means the use…

Bronx developer purchases 3 downtown Norwich buildings

NORWICH – Bronx developer Randy Persaud extended his hand and received a set of keys for the vacant…

How We’re Implementing The Fitwel System in Our Own Office

Big news around these parts—we have taken the Fitwel test! The Fitwel System is a building certification standard…

Fitwel: A Building Certification for Healthy Workplaces

If you know about our firm, you know that we care deeply about sustainable practices in design and…

Checklist for Early Childhood Conversion Projects

Converting any existing building to a different use can be challenging, but especially so for an early childcare…

Musings On Good Classroom Design

In our time as architects (and parents), we’ve had experience with classrooms across the spectrum- from early childhood…

Healing Spaces

Here are three medical spaces we have designed, each with its specific setting, its specific needs, its specific…

A Neighborhood Scale

    These elevations of the Chestnut Building in Branford were prepared for presentation to the Town of Branford’s…

Happy New Year!

Quebec City, 2010. Photo, Angelo Accomando. As 2010 comes to a close we want to thank you for…

TOOLS OF THE TRADE

From Left to Right: Guilford Residence, Chestnut Building, and Kitchen Zinc in New Haven, CT TOOLS OF THE…

THE SKINNY ON BOSTON’S NARROWEST HOUSE

The narrowest rowhouse in Boston was built in 1874 allegedly as a ‘spite house’. According to local legend,…

INTERIOR SIGNAGE – CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

  The design of signage in a building should reflect the design features of the building and the…