Farm House

Residential
Winchester, NH

Exploring the overlap between vernacular and modern design, Farm House is a combination of traditional forms and modern-day detailing. Simple volumes respond to the New England landscape and are easy to construct. Interior spaces are open, airy and full of light. The elongated plan takes advantage of southern exposure and northern views from the living area, while allowing for cross breezes and solar gain. 

Sip

Retail
Northampton, MA

Sip is a new coffee shop in downtown Northampton, MA.  The design encourages customers to engage the "slow-coffee" brewing process. Seats at the counter allow for interaction with the barista; long banquettes around the historic storefront windows create places to congregate in the light; and seats by the fireplace inspire a moment to relax.  Birch trees, beautiful in their simplicity, are referenced in the graphics, fireplace, and the plywood that creates the unique furniture and retail displays. 

Pond House

Residential
Becket, Massachusetts

This lake house in the Berkshires reflects the surrounding New England vernacular, while using light and form to create modern, playful spaces. Intersecting gabled roofs create interior hips and open corners with an expanse of glass to the view beyond. The design is simple, clean, and direct. Innovative design solutions balance the need for public and private experiences with sliding doors that close-off rooms and entire levels.

Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery

Exhibit Design
Cusco, Peru

Kuhn Riddle is working with Design Division and Yale Peabody Museum to develop an exhibit for a collection of Incan artifacts that are returning to Peru. The collection, which travelled the United States for a number of years and then was housed at Yale, will now reside permanently at Casa Concha, a 15th-century Inca palace in Cusco, Peru.

Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst

NEW CONSTRUCTION
Amherst, MA

In support of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst's ongoing capital campaign, we are developing the society's preferred approach for a new meeting house, as determined during the 2010 Feasibility Study.  The project will replace the existing meeting house with a new structure at the current location in the center of Amherst, allowing the nearly 120 year old congregation to meet their current and future needs.

Meadow House

Residential
Hadley, Massachusetts

2010 Honor Award, Western Massachusetts AIA

Meadow House is a design for a group of sustainable homes available from Tomlinson Builders. The houses are one-story, 2,000 square feet with 3 bedrooms and an open floor plan. They are customizable for different client needs and sites. The design was inspired by the spare geometric forms of the area's tobacco barns, combined with the porches of the classic farmhouse. The result is both modern and traditional, crisp and inviting.

The Farm Table at Kringle Candle

Adaptive Reuse & New Construction
Bernardston, MA

The renovation and addition to this 1700’s era colonial farm house in Bernardston, MA will create a new restaurant that focuses on healthy, ethical, and sustainable food-to-table practices. Reclaimed materials throughout the interior reference the past, while geothermal wells to heat and cool the building minimize current and future energy consumption.

Three County Fairgrounds

New Equestrian Barns
Northampton, MA

In the first phase of a multi-phase, multi-year master plan, three new horse barns are being constructed at the Three County Fairgrounds in Northampton, MA. Each barn will include 100 stalls. Construction is underway and will be completed in time for the Morgan Horse Show in July 2011.

Olympia Oaks

New Construction
Amherst, Massachusetts

KRA was selected by HAPHousing to provide design services for “Olympia Oaks,” a neighborhood of 42 affordable, energy-efficient homes on a 13-acre site in Amherst, MA.  The design team includes Doucet & Associates, Lindgren & Sharples, PC, New England Environmental, and Ryan Hellwig, PE.

Previously, KRA worked with the Town of Amherst on a feasibility study for the project.

East Street Commons

New Construction
Hadley, Massachusetts

Bordering the Norwottock bike path, the East Street Commons introduces 32 affordable and energy efficient single-story homes to Hadley, MA.  Incorporating a central “commons” area, signature to Hadley’s landscape, this 55 and older community weaves open meadow green space through a variety of 2-bedroom homes designed in New England vernacular style.