New England Farmhouse
Western2Mass0152022-12-21T14:19:30-05:00WMAIA 2022 Design Awards
MERIT AWARD WINNER
C&H Architects
River Valley Coop
Western2Mass0152024-03-25T11:59:14-04:00WMAIA 2022 Design Awards
MERIT AWARD &
ARCHITECTS’ CHOICE WINNER
Thomas Douglas Architects
NMH Wrestling Facility
Western2Mass0152024-03-25T12:00:49-04:00WMAIA 2022 Design Awards
CITATION AWARD WINNER
Jones Whitsett Architects
in memoriam: Mark Ledwell 1953-2021
Western2Mass0152023-01-24T09:25:09-05:00Mark Ledwell: February 9, 1953 – May 5, 2021
We are a close family of designers and builders in this valley, and if you practice here as an architect, engineer or tradesperson, you would certainly have known Mark Ledwell. The 20 plus years he was a part of Wright Builders resulted in a legacy of buildings […]
in memoriam: Norton Juster 1929-2021
Western2Mass0152023-01-24T09:25:42-05:00Writer, teacher, and architect Norton Juster passed away on March 9, 2021; he was 91. Best known for his book The Phantom Tollbooth, you can read about his myriad accomplishments in obituaries posted on The New York Times, NPR, The Boston Globe and many other publications. Here we offer a more personal […]
Congratulations, Caryn Brause FAIA
Western2Mass0152021-03-17T12:54:57-04:00WMAIA Member Caryn Brause elevated to Fellow!
Congratulations to WMAIA Board Member Caryn Brause – Associate Professor of Architecture/UMass – and now Caryn Brause FAIA!
This year the American Institute of Architects (AIA) elevated 102 members to its prestigious College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have made significant contributions of the […]
Olver Design Building at UMass wins an AIA COTE® Top Ten Award
Western2Mass0152020-06-01T14:13:14-04:00The Olver Design Center is a winner of the prestigious AIA’s COTE® Top Ten Award.
The COTE® Top Ten Awards is the industry’s best-known awards program for sustainable design excellence.
Each year, ten innovative projects earn the prize for setting the standard in design and sustainability.
Congratulation to Leers Weinzapfel Associates and our colleagues on the staff […]
Michael Sorkin, who championed social justice via architecture, dies at 71 from COVID-19
Western2Mass0152020-04-01T11:00:27-04:00By Harrison Smith Washington Post,March 31, 2020, 8:40 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Michael Sorkin, a fiery champion of social justice and sustainability in architecture and urban planning who emerged as one of his profession’s most incisive public intellectuals over a career as a critic, author, teacher, and designer, died March 26 in Manhattan. He was 71.
The cause […]
Henry Cobb, “The Man Who Designed Modern Boston” 1927-2020
Western2Mass0152020-03-04T13:40:10-05:00Henry Cobb, a renowned architect who designed several landmark buildings in Boston and was a founding partner of the Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, died in his Manhattan home March 2 at the age of 93, according to a spokesman for the firm.
After graduating from Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard College, and the Harvard […]