Tag: design
Aiming for Net Zero in Public Buildings: Eight Principles
by Jeffrey J. Garriga Buildings account for as much as 40% of all energy consumed in the United States. To make the country more energy efficient, government programs increasingly promote net zero energy usage in public buildings. Here are eight guiding principles for the project design phases that will assist in producing buildings that […]
Everything I Learned About Learning in Kindergarten
What higher education can learn from kindergarten classroom design by Rebecca Berry Contrasting pictures come to mind when recalling historically typical learning spaces: from rows of flip top desks with attached chairs, bolted to the floor, all facing forward toward a blackboard; harkening back to single room schoolhouses in rural America, younger children would sit […]
PTC Relocates Global Headquarters
Boston – The Boston office of Cresa, the world’s largest occupier-focused commercial real estate firm, and Margulies Perruzzi Architects (MPA) announced the completion of a new 250,000sf global headquarters for PTC Inc., a global provider of technology that transforms how companies design, manufacture, operate, and service things in a smart connected world. PTC relocated […]
Callahan Completes Elevation Apartments at Crown Colony
Quincy, MA – Callahan Construction Managers, a Bridgewater-based full-service construction management firm, recently completed a large-scale luxury apartment complex. The 492-unit, 688,664sf project is owned by the John Flatley Company and was designed by Sheskey Architects. Located in Quincy, Elevation Apartments at Crown Colony is comprised of eight buildings that include four five-story apartment buildings with […]
CT Design Firm Opens Second Office
New London, CT – Silver / Petrucelli + Associates (S/P+A) has opened a second Connecticut office at One Post Hill Place in New London to serve southeastern Connecticut. Founded in 1991, the architecture, engineering and interior design collaborative employs 46, with its main office in Hamden. S/P+A’s business during the past three years has increased significantly […]
Khoory Joins CannonDesign
Boston – CannonDesign, an integrated global design firm, announced that Juann Khoory has joined the firm as a senior vice president and the design leader for its Boston office. Khoory will lead the design of projects across New England — spanning the health, science, commercial, and education sectors. She’ll also mentor aspiring designers and push forward new […]
Designing and Building Novel Therapeutic Manufacturing Facilities
by Jim Grunwald Novel therapeutics is revolutionizing the treatment of diseases like cancer, neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s and multiple sclerosis, and various genetically inherited conditions. Research demonstrates that advances in novel therapeutics modalities can carry out complex functions in ways that traditional drugs cannot achieve. Many pharmaceutical companies are at the frontier of this next […]
SLAM Designs School of Pharmacy
Johnson City, NY – The S/L/A/M Collaborative (SLAM) recently completed the programming, planning, and design for the new $60 million, 105,000sf School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Binghamton University, State University of New York (SUNY). In addition to full architectural services, SLAM provided interior design, structural engineering, and landscape architecture services. The facility […]
Maine Design Firm Promotes Two
Portland, ME – Harriman announced the promotion of James C. Fortin, P.E., SECB and David W. Story, P.E., LEED AP to principal, effective January 1, 2019. Fortin and Story join the firm’s seven other owners, encompassing a diverse core of leaders from the firm’s multidisciplinary architectural, engineering, and planning practice. Fortin is a structural engineer and […]
Hamden Firm Names New Principals
Hamden, CT – Christopher Nardi, AIA, and Amanda Cleveland, NCIDQ, have been named principals of Silver, Petrucelli & Associates. Nardi serves as project architect and has demonstrated technical expertise, a deep understanding of the design process and integration of Building Information Management within the firm. His diverse design experience includes large and complex projects that support education, […]
