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Green Tours
Published September 23, 2011
We are excited to be participating in the 2011 NESEA Green Buildings Open House on Saturday, October 1st. Our architects will be leading tours of three of our most sustainable buildings: the UMASS Marching Band Building, New England Environmental's headquarters, and the Ken Burns Wing of the Jerome Leibling Center at Hampshire College. All three buildings are located in Amherst, MA.
New England Environmental recently achieved LEED Platinum for New Construction, the highest rating available to LEED-certified buildings and a distinction that is shared by only four other buildings in Massachusetts. The recently-completed UMASS Marching Band Building is on-track to achieve LEED Gold certification; the Ken Burns Wing achieved LEED Gold in 2010.
NESEA's Green Buildings Open House is the largest sustainable energy event in the Northeast. For the past 15 years, the GBOH program has inspired thousands of individuals to learn about and implement energy efficient and renewable energy solutions in their buildings. The goal of the GBOH event is to enable participants to see, firsthand, energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements in their communities and motivate them to adopt similar solutions for their own buildings.
Tours will run at varying times between 10am and 4pm on October 1, 2011. More information is available on the NESEA website.
Posts from Peru #10
Published August 25, 2011
The nearby town of Maras.
Moray – ruins of an agricultural laboratory used by the Incas.
The Salineras – spring-fed evaporative salt pans built by the Incas, still in use today.
KRAdio!
Published August 17, 2011
KRA's Ann Marshall and Elizabeth Morgan were featured this morning on WFCR's Morning Edition. They talk with WFCR's Susan Kaplan about the Peruvian artifacts that have recently been returned to Peru by Yale University. Audio is available here.
Posts from Peru #1
Published July 26, 2011
We'll consider these photos of their flight from Lima to Cusco as proof that Ann and Elizabeth arrived safely. They'll be in Peru for a bit, working on our exhibit design for the Machu Picchu museum in Cusco, and they've promised to send lots of pictures back to us.
Moving Day
Published July 15, 2011
The band is moving into its new home this week. They will be settling in over the summer and getting used to the space. A ceremony officially opening the George N. Parks UMass Minuteman Marching Band building will be held in September during homecoming week with the band in full regalia. George would be proud!
Elizabeth Morgan
Returning to Peru
Published June 30, 2011
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Starting July 10 23, KRA’s Ann Marshall and Elizabeth Morgan will be in Cusco, Peru to oversee the installation of the exhibit that they designed in collaboration with Design Division, Inc.
While they are away, they’ll be sending us daily dispatches from the field, keeping us informed of the work they’re doing and the things they’re seeing, including their visit to Machu Picchu. We’ll update the blog daily with messages and photos from Peru.
In the meantime, the following links provide some background on the international significance of this collection’s return to Peru.
New York Times
Yale University
Los Angeles Times
Yale Daily News
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Machu Picchu Field Trip
Published May 11, 2011
Ann Marshall and Elizabeth Morgan met with consultants at the warehouse for the Yale Peabody Museum yesterday, to go over elements for the Machu Picchu exhibit destined for Peru. The exhibit was originally designed to travel the United States. As of this summer, it will return to Peru 100 years after its discovery and will be permanently on display in Cusco, the historic capitol of the Inca empire.
Signing the Steel at UMASS
Published August 10, 2010
Sometimes, it’s okay to write your name on a building.
KRA’s Elizabeth Morgan, AIA, and Chuck Roberts, AIA, and Patricia O’Flaherty from Eastern General Contractors recently made their mark on a steel beam for the UMass Marching Band Building.
The beam will soon show signatures of all those involved – clients, contractors, designers, engineers – to pay homage to all the hard work that went into the design & construction of the building.
Green Tours
Published September 23, 2011
We are excited to be participating in the 2011 NESEA Green Buildings Open House on Saturday, October 1st. Our architects will be leading tours of three of our most sustainable buildings: the UMASS Marching Band Building, New England Environmental's headquarters, and the Ken Burns Wing of the Jerome Leibling Center at Hampshire College. All three buildings are located in Amherst, MA.
New England Environmental recently achieved LEED Platinum for New Construction, the highest rating available to LEED-certified buildings and a distinction that is shared by only four other buildings in Massachusetts. The recently-completed UMASS Marching Band Building is on-track to achieve LEED Gold certification; the Ken Burns Wing achieved LEED Gold in 2010.
NESEA's Green Buildings Open House is the largest sustainable energy event in the Northeast. For the past 15 years, the GBOH program has inspired thousands of individuals to learn about and implement energy efficient and renewable energy solutions in their buildings. The goal of the GBOH event is to enable participants to see, firsthand, energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements in their communities and motivate them to adopt similar solutions for their own buildings.
Tours will run at varying times between 10am and 4pm on October 1, 2011. More information is available on the NESEA website.
Posts from Peru #10
Published August 25, 2011
The nearby town of Maras.
Moray – ruins of an agricultural laboratory used by the Incas.
The Salineras – spring-fed evaporative salt pans built by the Incas, still in use today.
KRAdio!
Published August 17, 2011
KRA's Ann Marshall and Elizabeth Morgan were featured this morning on WFCR's Morning Edition. They talk with WFCR's Susan Kaplan about the Peruvian artifacts that have recently been returned to Peru by Yale University. Audio is available here.
Posts from Peru #1
Published July 26, 2011
We'll consider these photos of their flight from Lima to Cusco as proof that Ann and Elizabeth arrived safely. They'll be in Peru for a bit, working on our exhibit design for the Machu Picchu museum in Cusco, and they've promised to send lots of pictures back to us.
Moving Day
Published July 15, 2011
The band is moving into its new home this week. They will be settling in over the summer and getting used to the space. A ceremony officially opening the George N. Parks UMass Minuteman Marching Band building will be held in September during homecoming week with the band in full regalia. George would be proud!
Elizabeth Morgan
Returning to Peru
Published June 30, 2011
Starting July 10 23, KRA’s Ann Marshall and Elizabeth Morgan will be in Cusco, Peru to oversee the installation of the exhibit that they designed in collaboration with Design Division, Inc.
While they are away, they’ll be sending us daily dispatches from the field, keeping us informed of the work they’re doing and the things they’re seeing, including their visit to Machu Picchu. We’ll update the blog daily with messages and photos from Peru.
In the meantime, the following links provide some background on the international significance of this collection’s return to Peru.
New York Times
Yale University
Los Angeles Times
Yale Daily News
Machu Picchu Field Trip
Published May 11, 2011
Ann Marshall and Elizabeth Morgan met with consultants at the warehouse for the Yale Peabody Museum yesterday, to go over elements for the Machu Picchu exhibit destined for Peru. The exhibit was originally designed to travel the United States. As of this summer, it will return to Peru 100 years after its discovery and will be permanently on display in Cusco, the historic capitol of the Inca empire.
Signing the Steel at UMASS
Published August 10, 2010
Sometimes, it’s okay to write your name on a building.
KRA’s Elizabeth Morgan, AIA, and Chuck Roberts, AIA, and Patricia O’Flaherty from Eastern General Contractors recently made their mark on a steel beam for the UMass Marching Band Building.
The beam will soon show signatures of all those involved – clients, contractors, designers, engineers – to pay homage to all the hard work that went into the design & construction of the building.