Apr 29Architect Liam Smith Earns Passive House CertificationWith the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s increasingly alarming annual reports and a proliferation of tools, methodologies, and certification processes to support sustainable design, Passive House has emerged as one of the most rigorous certification programs in our industry. …Passive House3 min read
Apr 22Design for Well-Being at Bellevue Fire Station 10From University student housing and adaptive workplaces to new approaches to residential design, health and well-being are integral to our holistic approach to sustainable architecture. Across typologies, we work to understand the lives of a building’s inhabitants — the first step in an integrated design concept that is essential to…Sustainability4 min read
Apr 4In Dialogue: Holistic Student Health & WellnessAs part of our “In Dialogue” series celebrating Women’s History Month, we sat down with Dana Reed and Judy Chang to discuss designing for health and wellness in higher education and independent schools, mentorship, and the importance of community. Dana, you were Project Manager on New College House, which opened…Architecture6 min read
Mar 24In Dialogue: Designing with Mass TimberAs part of our “In Dialogue” series celebrating Women’s History Month, we sat down with Associates Kirsten Clemens and Margaret Sledge to discuss working with mass timber, practice and industry shifts, embodied carbon assessment, and more. Mass timber has well documented environmental benefits — it’s a low carbon alternative to…Architecture5 min read
Mar 21Healthy Building, Healthy Landscape, Healthy Student, Part IIA three-part series on architecture that supports student wellbeing at the University of Pennsylvania Penn’s newest purpose-built college house promotes whole-student wellbeing in myriad ways, integrating flexible spaces that support community-building, balancing visual transparency with secure access, and helping residents find their place on campus and in the city. Variety…Architecture4 min read
Mar 15In Dialogue: Resilience and MentorshipAs part of our “In Dialogue” series celebrating Women’s History Month, we sat down with Patreese Martin & JoBeth Hancock to discuss mentorship, resilience (in all of its forms), and the interplay between academic and professional worlds within their design practices. Prior to the pandemic, resilience was something architects were…Resilience8 min read
Feb 24Our High-Performance Design PhilosophyToday, buildings account for 45% of the overall energy consumption worldwide and 39% of our global greenhouse gas emissions. They use 60% of our electricity globally, and 40% of that electricity is generated from coal, producing 70% of the energy sector’s carbon emissions worldwide. …Sustainability5 min read
Feb 24Equity, Diversity & InclusionAcknowledging that we are caretakers and stewards of both the design process and the resulting built environment (a responsibility we take very seriously), we aim to act as conduits rather than gatekeepers, working hand-in-hand with our clients and their communities to shape brighter futures. …Diversity And Inclusion4 min read
Nov 18, 2021Healthy Building, Healthy Landscape, Healthy Student, Part IA three-part series on architecture supporting student wellbeing at the University of Pennsylvania Centering wellness in the design process helps us create spaces that meet diverse occupant needs, including physical, environmental, social, emotional, and spiritual health. …Biophilia3 min read
Aug 27, 2021A New Home in UptownAdapting a historic framework with spaces to gather, focus, explore and create Partnering with a previous workplace client on its new Oakland offices, we were inspired by the character of the historic site, a former department store, completed in 1929, that offered generous floor area and ceiling heights. …Workplace3 min read
