We are pleased to announce that Sara Berg, Architect, has met all the requirements as a Certified Passive House Consultant (CPHC) by the Passive House Institute US (PHIUS). Sara’s certification brings the total number of CPHCs on our staff to four. This reinforces our capabilities, as well as our commitment, to the sustainable design of high-performance buildings.
Read MoreAshley McGraw Architects has launched Vaysen Studio, a creative studio that focuses on design strategy and interior design. Vaysen Studio offers a fully integrated team of certified interior designers and design strategists with extensive experience in transforming interior spaces for a wide range of project types including K-12 schools, colleges and universities, and community/civic buildings.
Read MoreAshley McGraw Architects is carefully monitoring current events related to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. At this time, it has not affected our practice and we are servicing all of our clients as usual. In the event that our clients or our company are impacted by quarantine measures, our office has seven conference spaces available for video conferencing and all Ashley McGraw staff have the capability to work from home for an extended period without disrupting their ability to complete your work.
Read MoreAshley McGraw Architects is pleased to announce that Calvin Ahn RA, LEED AP BD+C has been named a Principal in the firm. Ahn has led some of the most innovative, sustainable projects in his 18 years at Ashley McGraw Architects. His extensive experience with high performing projects includes the LEED Platinum new MacArthur Elementary School in Binghamton, the LEED Platinum new Syracuse Center of Excellence in Syracuse, and the LEED Gold Le Moyne College Coyne Science Building Addition. He is currently leading the design team for a research facility at Binghamton University, Nuthatch Hollow, which is targeting Living Building certification.
Read MoreSusanne Angarano, Principal / Senior Interior Designer, and Jason Evans, Associate Principal, presented “Transforming Mid-Century Campus Buildings 2.0: Measuring Design Against the Outcomes” at the 2020 SUNY PPAA Winter Conference in Saratoga Springs, New York on January 28, 2020. They co-presented with Jaimee Wilson of Pathfinder Engineers. They provided a best practices approach, post-occupancy evaluation, and where do we go from here with new Deep Energy Retrofit directives while weaving in case studies of building renovations from Binghamton University and SUNY Upstate Medical University..
Read MoreRetrofit Magazine featured Westhill Central School District’s High School renovation in the article “Architectural Design Drives Instructional Conversation.” Westhill CSD Superintendent Casey Barduhn and the Ashley McGraw design team saw an opportunity not only to replace failing building systems, but to rethink how this project could drive instructional conversation through architectural design.
Read MoreOn Friday, November 15, 2019, AIA Central New York held their annual Celebration of Architecture awards ceremony. The STEAM Learning Center at Groton Central School District received a Citation for Design. The $4.8 million center is a renovated 8,000-square-foot Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) lab and shared-learning space. They are now in their second year in using this space and the satisfaction in education delivery from the students has gone up from 19% up to 71%.
Read MoreSusanne Angarano, Principal and Senior Interior Designer presented “Starting out Right: Stakeholder Engagement for Project Success and Regeneration” on Friday, November 15 at the 2019 State of New York Sustainability Conference in Rochester, New York with Pamela Mischen, Faculty Advisor to the President and Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration at Binghamton University.
Read MoreCatherine Wolfe, Senior Interior Designer, was featured on Rochester, New York’s WROC (RochesterFirst.com) News 8 at Sunrise on October 24, 2019. She was interviewed in advance of her presentation at the New York State School Board Association’s Annual Conference and Expo in Rochester. Her presentation “Space & Its Impact on Academic Success” took a deep dive into the Groton Central School District STEAM Learning Center. The project reimagined 8,000 SF of the Jr/Sr High School basement and results have shown an increase of student satisfaction in educational delivery rising from 19% to 71%. View the interview…
Read MoreMatthew Broderick, President, is a featured writer in the Fall 2019 issue of BuildingEnergy magazine by the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA). As architects, engineers and construction professionals begin to approach Deep Energy Retrofits of campus buildings at a much larger scale, a clear design framework will be valuable. The article, “A Methodology for Deep Energy Retrofits of Mid-Century Campus Facilities” outlines the process in three phases: assessment, exploration and optimization.
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