Winter 2020 BCT Lecture Series – Active Chilled Beams and Radiant Cooling

UMass Olver Design Building 170 551 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, United States

Monday, February 10 | 4:00-5:15 | 170 Design Building |credit pending approval Active Chilled Beams and Radiant Cooling Giancarlo Tosi, MS, Regional Manager: DADANCO Mr. Tosi is a graduate of UMass Amherst’s Engineering School. Mr. Tosi’s role within DADANCO is promoting the understanding and marketing the product of the recent building cooling technology revolution [...]

UMASS architecture Lectures: Eric Bunge

UMass Olver Design Building 170 551 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, United States

Buildings and Almost Buildings Synopsis: Is architecture inherently complete? Or is it a state of incompletion and seeming inadequacy that incites us to imagine architecture as an armature for an ever-changing daily life? Across a range of buildings, public spaces, and ephemeral installations, nARCHITECTS argues for the formal and social potential of an architecture [...]

COTE Monthly Meeting

Kuhn Riddle Architects 28 Amity Street, Amherst, MA, United States

Thursday, January 16| 4:30 PM | Kuhn Riddle Architects 28 Amity Street, Amherst Come join the Committee On The Environment conversation!  It’s a casual meeting, good discussion – with snacks!

FILMS: Brooklyn Bridge – the late 19th century engineering feat

Amherst College, Room 117 Fayerweather Hall

Brooklyn Bridge – chronicling the late 19th century engineering feat Tuesday February 25 | 6:30 PM | 117 Fayerweather Hall Amherst College | LUs: 1.5 HSW This award-winning film by Ken Burns recaptures the drama, struggles, and personal tragedies behind the greatest of all achievements of America’s industrial age, THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE. The largest [...]

Post-Disaster Building Safety Assessment Training

BSA Space 290 Congress Street, Suite 200, Boston, MA, United States

POST-DISASTER BUILDING SAFETY ASSESSMENT TRAINING – focused on earthquake damage in Puerto Rico Hosted by the MA Architects & Engineers Emergency Response (MA AEER) Task Force Saturday February 29 | 9:00 – 5:00 PM | BSA Space |6.5 HSW REGISTER AEER disaster assistance organization in Massachusetts is offering a Safety Assessment Program Workshop specifically [...]

Winter 2020 BCT Lecture Series – Forensic Architecture and The Standard of Care

UMass Olver Design Building 170 551 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, United States

Monday, March 2 | 4:00-5:15 | 170 Design Building | LUs: 1 HSW Forensic Architecture and The Standard of Care Christopher D. Ling, AIA, NCARB, PP, LEED AP, CCT, Principal, Archforensic Architecture forensics assist attorneys and insurance companies with the resolution of their construction litigation claims. Mr. Ling is directly responsible for all litigation [...]

UMASS architecture Lectures: Deborah Morris

UMass Olver Design Building 170 551 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, United States

Lecturer: Deborah Morris Read about the entire lecture series here.

FILMS: New York Underground – CANCELLED

Amherst College, Room 117 Fayerweather Hall

In response to COVID 19 concerns, Amherst College has restricted campus access to students, faculty and staff.  We will try to relocate our next film – scheduled for March 24th.  Stay tuned for more info on this quickly changing situation. New York Underground – the remarkable building of the NYC subway system Tuesday March [...]

COTE Monthly Meeting – CANCELLED

Kuhn Riddle Architects 28 Amity Street, Amherst, MA, United States

Thursday, January 16| 4:30 PM | Kuhn Riddle Architects 28 Amity Street, Amherst Come join the Committee On The Environment conversation!  It’s a casual meeting, good discussion – with snacks!