Josiah Stevenson FAIA, LEED AP BD+C led the 2016 AIA Institute Honor Award Jury as the Jury Chair and helped to select the 11 well-deserving projects.

The Institute Honor Awards program recognizes achievements for a broad range of architectural activity to elevate the general quality of architecture practice, establish a standard of excellence against which all architects can measure performance, and inform the public of the breadth and value of architecture practice.  See the award winners here.

Jane Weinzapfel and Yu-Liang Hsu were awarded an Honorable Mention for their design for the Peace Corps National Commemorative Design Competition.

The two-stage, national design competition aimed to select an artistically exceptional design concept for a permanent commemorative work in the heart of Washington, DC. The competition provided designers from all across the United States an opportunity to create a compelling work of public art that will be bold and inspirational.  Read more about the competition and the finalists here

Tom Chung, AIA, presented “Integrated Design Building; First Composite Cross Laminated Timber Building In Northeast USA” at the BC Wood, Wood First Forum in Whistler, British Canada on September 10th, 2015.  The presentation focused on the University of Massachusetts-Amherst new Integrated Design Building, the the first composite CLT building in the northeast US.

Andrea Leers and Jane Weinzapfel were the featured speakers at the AIA New York’s Cocktails and Conversations event in September at the Center for Architecture. Susan Szenasy, Editor-in-Chief of Metropolis Magazine moderated the discussion. This series of dialogues about design pairs a notable architect with a recognized critic, journalist, curator, or architectural historian to discuss current architecture and other design issues.  Custom-crafted cocktails inspired by the architect’s work were created during the event by Mixologist Eben Klemm.

Read more about it here

e-Architect recently featured The Ohio State East Regional Chilled Water Plant on its Architecture News – World Buildings page. Read about how we “crafted a sculptural solution for a mature campus” here.

The Ohio State East Regional Chilled Water Plant was featured on Dezeen June 30, 2015. The article describes how the building not only provides critical services, but also serves as an aesthetically pleasing gateway to the campus. “We believe that performance and beauty can co-exist in campus infrastructure,” – Principal Jane Weinzapfel

Read the full article here

The East Regional Chilled Water Plant at The Ohio State University was recently featured on ArchDaily.  Read about how we used a perforated, copper-coloured aluminium enclosure to interpret the typical brick used prolifically on campus.

The Museum of Medical History & Innovation at Mass General Hospital was featured as one of Architectural Digest’s 15 favorite copper buildings worldwide. The piece highlighted the building’s handcrafted recycled copper cladding and copper fritted windows. Read about it here

The Design Building at UMass Amherst was featured in the “Unveiled” section of the May 20th issue of Architects Newspaper.