Archive for October, 2008

AIA Philadelphia Awards

24 October 2008  |  Announcements

photos © Peter Aaron/Esto

On October 17, AIA Philadelphia held its annual 2008 Awards for Design Excellence celebration. We were honored to accept four awards that evening, including a Gold Medal for the Cellophane House, our second gold medal in a row from AIA Philadelphia.  The Gold Medal recognizes only one built project of the most exemplary design quality, and is rarely given on an annual basis.

Honor awards were given to The Yale University Sculpture Building and Gallery, the Special No. 9 House for the Make It Right Foundation in New Orleans, and 1315 Hill Street Apartments in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Our heartfelt thanks go to the clients, design teams and consultants who have made this honor possible.

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Making NextGen SmartWrap™

2 October 2008  |  Materials, Projects, Research, Residential

© Peter Aaron/Esto

Can we create a material that combines the idealized functions of a building envelope into a single product?

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