Sustainability

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Robert A.M. Stern Architects, Benton Hall, Colgate University

New Construction

With Benton Hall, Robert A.M. Stern Architects both respects and adds to Colgate University’s centuries-old architectural heritage.

News

Natural Stone Council (NSC) updates sustainability standard to align with evolving green building programs.

Restoration & Renovation

Quinn Evans Architects honors history, artisanship, and, sustainable development with Clipper Mill Industrial Park.

Patrick Webb

An approach to building that can sustain us ecologically, enrich us culturally and create places we're happy to call home.

Peter Miller

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Neighborhood parks, such as Central Park in New York City, allow people to exercise and enjoy fresh air, while also raising the market value of nearby properties.

Book Reviews

Book Review: Designing Healthy Communities, by Richard J. Jackson with Stacy Sinclair

The residence at #97 Broad Street is typical of the historic housing stock in Charleston, with the narrow end facing the street. A double-height side porch, known as a ‘piazza’ in Charleston, faces south or west to catch the prevailing breezes.

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The proposed new “Texas donuts” or lined parking garages (top) compared with the Charleston-style block. For more, visit CivicConservation.org/casestudy.

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Features

Jean Carroon's efforts to connect the restoration and environmental communities have won her the fourth annual Clem Labine Award.

Voith & Mactavish used solar power at the Science and Math Center at Millbrook School, Millbrook, NY. The solar hot water system is the Mazdon Domestic Hot Water System by Thermomax, Colulmbia, MD. The photovoltaic system, shown here on a roof that is not visible from the front of the building, is by SunPower Corp. of San Jose, CA, and the display tool is the SunViewer system by Heliotronics of Hingham, MA.

Green Building

A new department focusing on energy conservation in historic and new traditionally styled buildings

The fifth annual Clem Labine Award has been awarded to Milton W. Grenfell for his contributions toward creating a more humane built environment.

Features

Clem Labine Award honors architect Milton Grenfell.

Peter Gisolfi Associates of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, and New Haven, CT, designed the restoration and renovation of the 1903 Neoclassical Goodhue Memorial Hall, one of the first buildings on the 280-acre campus of the Hackley School in Tarrytown, NY.

Campus Buildings

The reconstruction of Goodhue Memorial Hall, one of the first structures built on the historic quad of the 280-acre Hackley School in Tarrytown, NY.

Green Building

In the past, preservationists and "green" building have been on a collision course, but now they seem to be on the same path.

Our Savior Parish and University of Southern California (USC) Caruso Catholic Center in Los Angeles were designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects and Perkowitz & Ruth to create an enclave for the students and the university community.

Religious Buildings

Our Savior Parish in Los Angeles is a new 6,000-sq.ft. chapel that seats 300 and a 14,000-sq.ft. two-story student center built around an open courtyard.