Tom Chung, AIA, presented “Integrated Design Building; First Composite Cross Laminated Timber Building In Northeast USA” at the BC Wood, Wood First Forum in Whistler, British Canada on September 10th, 2015.  The presentation focused on the University of Massachusetts-Amherst new Integrated Design Building, the the first composite CLT building in the northeast US.

Andrea Leers and Jane Weinzapfel were the featured speakers at the AIA New York’s Cocktails and Conversations event in September at the Center for Architecture. Susan Szenasy, Editor-in-Chief of Metropolis Magazine moderated the discussion. This series of dialogues about design pairs a notable architect with a recognized critic, journalist, curator, or architectural historian to discuss current architecture and other design issues.  Custom-crafted cocktails inspired by the architect’s work were created during the event by Mixologist Eben Klemm.

Read more about it here

e-Architect recently featured The Ohio State East Regional Chilled Water Plant on its Architecture News – World Buildings page. Read about how we “crafted a sculptural solution for a mature campus” here.

The Ohio State East Regional Chilled Water Plant was featured on Dezeen June 30, 2015. The article describes how the building not only provides critical services, but also serves as an aesthetically pleasing gateway to the campus. “We believe that performance and beauty can co-exist in campus infrastructure,” – Principal Jane Weinzapfel

Read the full article here

The East Regional Chilled Water Plant at The Ohio State University was recently featured on ArchDaily.  Read about how we used a perforated, copper-coloured aluminium enclosure to interpret the typical brick used prolifically on campus.

The Museum of Medical History & Innovation at Mass General Hospital was featured as one of Architectural Digest’s 15 favorite copper buildings worldwide. The piece highlighted the building’s handcrafted recycled copper cladding and copper fritted windows. Read about it here

The Design Building at UMass Amherst was featured in the “Unveiled” section of the May 20th issue of Architects Newspaper.

Leers Weinzapfel’s Design Building at UMass Amherst is the Project of the Month in the New England Real Estate Journal and is featured on the cover. Read the full article here

The new building with unite the school’s dispersed programs in Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, Architecture, and Building Technology under one roof. A dramatic demonstration of sustainable design and material research, the 80,000 GSF edifice will be one of the first institutional buildings in the Northeast to employ an engineered mass timber structure. It will be a dynamic place of exchange, collaboration, and experiment celebrating a shared commitment to the environment.

Leers Weinzapfel’s Ohio State East Regional Chilled Water Plant was featured in the May 2015 issue of The Plan Magazine.  Read the article here

The iconic new structure introduces a large, critically important infrastructure facility to a mature campus, preserves an important green space at the campus edge, and frames the gateway for a new campus entry.

A sculptural solution for the large (15,000) ton chilled water plant is integrated into the arts sculpture green area along the university’s east campus edge. The result is an elegant approach that fits well with the urban site and its surrounding context.