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April 9, 2021
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@aiaconnecticut will be hosting several virtual programs as part of Sustainable Architecture Month, including tomorrow's event in which AE's Michael Tyre will be participating as a speaker. Learn why 15 Connecticut firms, including Amenta Emma, haves joined the 2030 Commitment. Link in bio to register!
#AIACTSAM #sustainablearchitecturemonth #earthday2021 #2030Challenge
The views from the new Canaan Parrish apartments are going to be amazing. Currently in construction, the design concept for the new development focuses on a central courtyard enclosed by two opposing L shaped 4 story apartment buildings with openings at the corners framing views to the lake and woodland beyond. Elegant overhangs at the roof give the building a friendly residential character and a stone base at the parking level helps to break down the scale and reduce the height.
#affordablehousing #redevelopment #newcanaanCT #amentaemma #designprecisely
Amenta Emma principal Michael Tyre will be moderating a @bsaaia and SCUP roundtable discussion on April 9. Bringing together voices from commercial real estate, workplace design, and campus planning, this discussion will offer insight into how organizations are reacting to post-covid changes and what lessons colleges and universities may learn from the commercial office market. Link to register in bio!
#WorkplaceDesign #HigherEducationDesign #PostCovid #LessonsLearned #SCUP #BSA #architecture #interiordesign #amentaemma #designprecisely
This last day of #WomensHistoryMonth we are highlighting architect and urban planner Anne Lacaton who just last week, with her partner Jean-Philippe Vassal, was awarded the 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize. They were applauded by the jury for “expanding the notion of sustainability to be understood as a real balance between its economic, environmental and social pillars. Their work has delivered through a variety of projects that actively address responsibility in these three dimensions.” Read their biography, jury comments, and understand more about the award at pritzkerprize.com/laureates
#shedesigns #GenderEquality #celebratewomen #diversity #femalearchitect #womenindesign #career #inspiration #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #amentaemma #designprecisely
AE’s Deb Seay and Jenna McClure are participating in the May 7, 2021 Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity – Women Build event as part of the Connecticut Women’s Council team. Habitat for Humanity's vision: a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Each volunteer has been asked to raise $150. Donations help to provide the resources necessary to build a home, including both volunteer hours and financial responsibility. Please consider making a donation - links to donation pages are in our bio. We thank you for your support! #WB2021CT #buildHER
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We are continuing our Women’s History Month celebration by highlighting Pascale Sablan, FAIA, NOMA, LEED AP. Previously with @fxcollaborative, and now an Associate at @adjayeassociates, she has worked on a variety of projects around the world.
Pascale is an activist architect who works to advance architecture for the betterment of society, bring visibility and voice to the issues concerning women and BIPOC designers. She founded Beyond the Built Environment (BBE) – an organization positioned to uniquely address the inequitable disparities in architecture. The BBE organization was named Architectural League 2021 Emerging Voices award winner.
In 2020 Pascale was voted President-Elect of the National Organization of Minority Architects, the 5th woman to hold this position of leadership. She has won multiple awards for her work, including being named 2021 AIA Whitney M. Young Jr. Award recipient for her advocacy efforts and ascended to the AIA College of Fellows the youngest African American to receive that honor.
#shedesigns #GenderEquality #celebratewomen #diversity #femalearchitect #womenindesign #career #inspiration #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #amentaemma #designprecisely
@pascalesablan @beyondthebuilt
Photo: Museum of the Built Environment by FXCollaborative Architects, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
We are proud to participate in the AIA Connecticut JEDI Challenge! Read more about how firms in CT are making the pledge in the @aiaconnecticut Architype – link in bio!
“COVID-19 greatly broadened the definition of safety in senior living design and put it in contact--or conflict--with other important factors for resident health,” says Amenta Emma principal Myles Brown in the latest issue of Senior Living Executive. Link in bio. @Argentum #seniorlivingdesign
Today we are highlighting graphic designer Barbara Stauffacher Solomon as part of our #WHM celebration. An originator of the modern design movement, her first major project as a young designer was Sea Ranch in California – a coastal community famous for its stripped back architecture and the amazing supergraphics she created. More than 60 years after starting her career, the 93-year-old graphic designer is still producing work and writing books. Read about her life and career in a recent article in DesignWeek – link in bio.
#shedesigns #GenderEquality #celebratewomen #diversity #Graphicdesign #femaledesigners #womenindesign #career #inspiration #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #amentaemma #designprecisely
The March issue of Architectural Record, which is focused on civic design, extensively quotes Amenta Emma associate principal Robert H. Adams in a CEU article about roller shade fabrics.
The article uses our 165 Capitol Avenue project as an example: "[Amenta Emma] had initially decided upon a light-colored shade material, but then realized that the color would appear to infill the punched openings in the 1931 limestone building and therefore detract from the neoclassical facade. 'Instead, we used a darker shade material that is hardly visible from the exterior and preserves the facade of this historical building,' says Adams."
Read more by clicking the link in our bio!
@DraperInc @ArchRecord #interiordesign #architecture #amentaemma #designprecisely