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Architect’s Lecture Series
Published March 9, 2012 in Conferences, KRA Extracurricular, Staff, Ann Marshall, Sustainability, Teaching
Ann Marshall will be speaking tonight at Mount Holyoke College as part of their Architect's Lecture Series. Starting at 6:00 pm, Ann will present a case study on our LEED Platinum building for New England Environmental.
WNEU students visit the office
Published November 3, 2011 in Education, Staff, Ann Marshall, Elizabeth Morgan, Teaching
Western New England University Associate Professor of History Meri L. Clark brought her students to our office last week to learn more about our Machu Picchu project in Cusco, Peru. Michael Hanke from Design Division, the co-designer of the original exhibit, gave a wonderful presentation on the Incas in Peru and Hiram Bingham’s expedition to the remains of their ancient city. KRA's Ann Marshall and Elizabeth Morgan discussed the new design for the exhibit which recently celebrated its grand opening.
Make No Little Plans
Published September 19, 2011 in Education, KRA Extracurricular, Film, Staff, Andy Grogan, Jonathan Salvon, Teaching
This semester's "Architecture Through Film" series begins Wednesday with Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City. KRA's Jonathan Salvon will be introducing the film and leading discussion at the end. The series is sponsored by WMAIA and the Five College Architectural Studies program.
Screenings begin at 6:30 pm in Pruyne Lecture Hall (Fayerweather Hall) at Amherst College.
Will libraries endure?
Published September 6, 2011 in Education, KRA Extracurricular, Staff, Andy Grogan, Teaching
KRA's Andy Grogan is leading a studio this semester at Boston Architectural College in which students will explore the enduring idea of "the library," both as a public building and as a public institution. The students' final project will be a design for a new public library in Holyoke, MA.
From the syllabus: With digital technologies challenging the traditional physicality of information and changing the connection of information to place, public libraries face many challenges to their traditional programs, and yet, as these challenges have emerged, library usage has increased. How do libraries respond, innovate, and/or evolve in light of these changes? How do you design an object for an idea that is changing but which also has endured through centuries?
The famous photo above, taken in September 1940, shows the remains of London's Holland House Library, the morning after a German air attack destroyed the building.
The Next Generation
Published July 18, 2011 in Education, Pro Bono, Staff, Aelan Tierney, Elizabeth Morgan, Teaching
The UMASS Pre-College Summer Design Academy is open to students who have completed 8th grade through 12th grade and who are interested in design. Working with practicing architects and UMASS faculty, they spend time designing furniture, rooms, buildings, and landscapes with a focus on the elements that are common to all design projects: space, light, structure, scale and site.
Last week, we were pleased to host them in our office as part of their Pre-Professional component in which students learn about applying to design programs for college, visit a construction site and an architect’s office, and find out how to put together a portfolio of their work. KRA’s Aelan Tierney discussed how she became an architect and what it is that we do all day. KRA’s Elizabeth Morgan showed the students around our office, a former movie theater that once served as stables for Amherst College.
Join them (and us!) on Facebook to see what students have been creating.