Articles Tagged with ''Connecticut''

A New Chapter for the Sandy Hook School

August 22, 2016

New Haven–based architects Svigals + Partners worked with the community to create an inviting, colorful, and secure new campus filled with light and art.

Yale Center for British Art

Kahn Revisited: A museum reopens after a faithful restoration.

Josephine Minutillo

June 1, 2016

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Walking through Louis Kahn’s Center for British Art—where sunlight streams in from skylights, and concrete, wood, metal, and stone combine in precise yet monumental ways—leaves one yearning for the days when museums, quite honestly, weren’t so sterile.

Architecture + Creativity

The Creative Process Observed: Thomas Demand

May 1, 2016

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German photographer Thomas Demand has frequently created his own art by interpreting the creative process of others.

Multi-Level House for a Rocky Hilltop

Reprinted from the July 1964 issue of Architectural Record.

May 1, 2016

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The design for this handsome house bears unusually close relationship to its site: a small, wooded and rocky outcropping overlooking Long Island Sound.

Grace Farms by SANAA

New Canaan, Connecticut

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

November 15, 2015

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A ribbon of glass, steel, and wood floats through a hilly landscape, serving a nonprofit foundation dedicated to bringing people closer to art, nature, and faith.

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

May 1, 2015

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The Grace Farms Foundation, a New Canaan, Connecticut-based non-profit with a multifarious mission focused on faith, justice, and community, has announced that it will officially open its new complex on October 9.

Weston House

September 16, 2014

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Site size: 3.5 acres Project size: 2,400 square feet Program: Bud and Colleen Konheim asked Specht Harpman Architects to design a light-filled, yet private modern cottage on a wooded site adjacent to the Saugatuck River in southwestern Connecticut. Location: The house is in a river valley, a steep 80-foot drop from the main road along the ridgeline. Solution: The architects immersed the concrete and glass house in the landscape so that a series of green rooftop terraces gently step down from the street to the river below. The house, T-shaped in plan, consists of two perpendicular rectilinear volumes: The first,

Harbor Residence

March 16, 2014

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A family asked Connecticut-based architect Joeb Moore to convert a bulky 1980s-era house into an airy dwelling to accommodate its contemporary art collection and showcase panoramic views of the Long Island Sound.

Yale University Art Gallery Renovation and Expansion

Stitches in Time: A well-executed renovation, along with a few carefully conceived insertions, weaves together a museum’s trio of stylistically distinct landmarks.

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

February 15, 2013

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The Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG) is inaptly named. The word “gallery” doesn't convey the institution's size and its almost encyclopedic scope, with holdings that number more than 200,000 objects encompassing an array of eras, cultures, and media.

Laura Raskin

September 26, 2012

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Located on 75 acres of preserved land in New Canaan, Connecticut, the 65,000-square-foot transparent volume will serve as a headquarters for the nonprofit Grace Farms Foundation.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 1 IIBEC CEH

Evaluate advanced PVC solutions that improve fire resistance, support WUI compliance, and enhance resilience in residential and commercial building design.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU

Upon course completion, participants will possess a deeper understanding of glass railings to help ensure that safety, aesthetic, and performance objectives are achieved.