Mission Driven Design
Buildings are three-dimensional structures but, at its best, architecture is 4-D. Let me explain. It’s always fun to see a two-dimensional design become a 3-D building. But the real reward is when a building becomes something more than four walls and a roof . . . it becomes a stage on which life’s daily dramas […]
Our Recipe for : How to Create a Penny Ceiling
One of our current projects under construction, The Prospector Theater, will be opening soon in downtown Ridgefield, Connecticut. The building, originally a movie theater from 1940 until 1970, was converted into a bank until it closed in 2000. When our client purchased the vacant building in 2012 with the intent to bring back the local […]
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I think we can all agree that there is an overabundance of social media platforms out there… Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram… the list goes on and on… and on… the sheer volume of options and apps out there is overwhelming to say the least. I, for one, have always been a little shy when […]
The Beauty of New England
New England has always been at home with architectural innovation. Our towns and farmland have some of the handsomest native architecture in the world – beautiful and eminently practical. More recently, some of the world’s greatest modern architects – people like Walter Gropius, Philip Johnson and the “Harvard Five” who settled in and around New […]
What’s Your Favorite Building?
Everyone has a house or building they love for reasons that are better felt than described. These are inspired structures that make our lives and communities better simply by them being in them. You probably can’t name who designed them. In many cases, they may have been built and rebuilt over the years until they […]
Balance vs. Symmetry
There is a big difference between symmetry and balance. The Taj Mahal in India, for example, is perfectly symmetrical. Its left side is the exact duplicate of its right side. And while this makes for a beautiful building, it’s not very practical. You can’t change anything to accommodate new uses without ruining the entire structure. […]
