A quick post of links to three articles discussing the existing building approach to sustainable building.
“Downside of Green Architecture” by Laura K. Zavala & Katie Eggers Comeau
Exerpt:
Preservation has always been a green activity. New construction, no matter how green it is, uses valuable resources and energy and also creates waste. Furthermore, while the value of […]
We received a nice mention in todays Democrat and Chronicle. Here’s the link to the story about reducing your carbon footprint. A past associate with us now belongs to an area association committed to help spread the word about increasing your environmental friendliness.
The Sanctuary Restoration Project at the First Presbyterian Church of Albion is underway. Almost 60 years ago acoustic tiles were installed to cover damaged plaster in the church’s sanctuary. The plaster ceiling dates back to the time when church was built in 1874 and is now revealed after 60 years!
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Wow, it’s been a great week for Bero Architecture in the news. The Democrat and Chronicle this time has published a front page above-the-fold article featuring our project at Aldersgate United Methodist Church. There are some great pictures of the stained glass windows and some thoughtful quotes form parishioners. The congregation there has […]
You may remember from a previous post that Bero Architecture recently completed an addition to Asbury First United Methodist Church, here in Rochester. This past weekend marked the official opening and blessing of the new rooms. Also celebrated […]
Bero Architecture P.C. was hired by Elizabeth Classen in 2002 to design a new assisted living facility that would blend with the established Cornell Heights neighborhood of Ithaca. Recently the City of Ithaca recognized the Bridges Cornell Heights with a Pride of Ownership […]
One of our current construction projects has just reached a milestone. The congregation celebrated the placement of the cornerstone at their new addition. Designed by Bero Architecture, the addition provides welcoming space and a fellowship hall, as well as an improved link between the Sanctuary and Education Building. The clergy and congregation […]
A staff member recently visited Fort Henry in Baltimore and brought up a point of interest that the bunks for the soldiers were really small by today’s standards. Does this mean that humans are taller now than 200 years ago? No, according to another associate. The truth is that people in the eighteenth […]
As professionals involved in the life of old buildings, we are constantly in contact with the way people lived one or two generations ago. We often find ourselves discussing the differences between life then and now. Sometimes we even are susceptible to the nostalgic thinking that life in history was simpler, and somehow better than […]
A staff member had a chance to visit the Little Sable Lighthouse this summer since it has re-opened after 57 years of being off-limits to tourists. Here are a few pictures and links to some more information about the preservation efforts surrounding the beacon.
“Seeing The Light” : from terrypepper.com
“Little Sable Point […]
This Romanesque Revival church, built for the first Polish immigrants to the Rochester area, was designed by the Rochester architectural firm of Gordon and Madden. It is physically significant for its representation of the style in American architecture. It is socially significant for its representation of the evolution of an immigrant population in twentieth century […]