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Construction Progress in Old Lyme, CT
I visited the building site of one of our current projects recently. This is a new house being constructed in Old Lyme, deep into a wooded flag lot with good acreage and such elevation as to provide distant, uninterrupted views as far as the eye can see. This site is at the very north edge of Old […]
Francis D.K. Ching Provokes My Nostalgia
. Francis D.K. Ching. That’s his sketch above. Countless students of architecture have found guidance in the drawings and writings of this person over the last four decades. It’s more of a memento than a resource to me now, but I still have a copy of his “Building Construction Illustrated” within reach of my desk. I recommend it to every […]
New Role: PSMJ Contributing Writer
I’ve joined the team of contributing writers at PSMJ Resources, Inc. I will be contributing articles to their monthly periodicals starting with the June issue. The audience of PSMJ (Professional Services Management Journal) is primarily executives, principals and managers of firms in the A/E/C industry. Established in 1974 and headquartered in Newton, MA, here is how the […]
Some Facts, Misconceptions and Commentary About Egress and Exits
A short, distantly related preamble: I’ve heard it said that déjà vu is simply a crossed circuit in the brain, where instead of parking the elapsing moment into short term memory, a synapse misfires and directs the sensory perceptions into long term memory. In that same instant of storing the memory, there’s also an immediate […]
Piano Nobile
. Construction of our mixed-use project in Guilford on the Historic Green continues towards completion. I walked the job site recently with the building owner and a member of the Historic District Commission’s subcomittee and snapped this photo at an area of the project for which I feel a particular fondness. It’s a pedestrian way between two buildings – our […]
A Collection of Gambrels
Over the past several months, many gambrel roof gables have sprung from our “drawing boards”. In fact one of our house projects, all on its own, contributes eight full gables to the count (it’s a good-sized house). The design of a gambrel roof involves the keeping of a ticklish balance. Too narrow and it looks […]
House on Cape Cod 10/06/12
Last summer I was very excited with a commission to design a new shingle style house on a half acre of land in the seaside town of Chatham, MA, bordering the pastoral links of the golf course at Chatham Bars Inn. The design was inspired by the local vernacular, which is steeped in the “architecture […]
House on Cape Cod 4/29/12
Some months have passed since we last shared construction progress at the house next to the Chatham Bars Inn in Chatham, MA. Much progress has occurred since our last post about this project. All the framing and sheathing is complete, all the windows installed, the flashings, the trim, the roof shingles and siding shingles…all installed. It looks […]
Rejuvenating a Building on the Green in Guilford, CT
An adaptive reuse alteration project currently in the making by Joseph Bergin Architect P.C. was met with a very positive reception from the Historic District Commission in Guilford, CT after our recent presentation at their monthly hearing. The existing building, a dilapidated mish-mash incorporating more than a century and a half of construction layering, is […]
House on Cape Cod 1/10/2012
If you are seeing this series of “House on Cape Cod” posts for the first time, today’s post follows two others (and precedes many more) which are memorializing the construction progress on one of our recent projects, a home in Chatham, MA. The homeowner visited the site yesterday and snapped these photos, which show good progress in […]
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