Tag Archives: sustainable materials

The Story of Yale’s Kroon Hall

June 22, 2010 – 10:17 am

Yale University has produced an engaging and informative video about Kroon Hall, examining how the new home for the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies was planned, designed and built to LEED Platinum standards (and beyond). Opened last year, Kroon Hall has drawn rave reviews from the general and architectural media – and, more [...]

By David Holahan | Posted in Clients, Process, Sustainable Design, Video | Also tagged | Comments (0)

Singing the Praises of Straw-Bale Construction

December 9, 2009 – 11:56 am

With a grant in hand from the Home Office, intern architect Eric Lubeck headed not for Rome, Prague, or Paris in search of architecture, but to Canelo, Arizona.  The town’s succinct Wikipedia entry (one sentence) describes it as a “ghost town.”  Erik reports that there are, in fact, flesh and blood residents of Canelo, not [...]

By David Holahan | Posted in Sustainable Design, Travel Grants | Also tagged | Comments (0)

Tour of Stony Creek Classic Granite Quarry

October 16, 2009 – 12:35 pm

Despite the impressive role it has played in our nation’s history, the classic granite of Stony Creek, Connecticut is virtually indescribable, but I won’t let that stop me.  Long termed “pink,” that adjective doesn’t do it justice and lumps it together with other, less appealing varieties that go by that name.  It reminds me of [...]

By Charles Mueller | Posted in Materials | Also tagged , | Comments (0)