I love snow. The silence it brings with its acoustical deadening is beautiful. For a short period of time, before melting, plowing and shoveling, it can be picturesque. After the...
2016 has been quite a year! For STA, 2016 has been one to remember. In January, we moved into our new space at 125 Broad Street. We love our...
On November 3, I had the great opportunity to participate in Design Museum Foundation’s first annual Workplace Innovation Summit. The event took place at the Innovation and Design Building, and...
Having just spent a vacation at Disney World, I was amazed at the extremes that Walt Disney went to make it the "Happiest Place on Earth." I was manipulated into...
I recently went to the Midwest to pick up some of my 82-year-old father’s workshop tools. He is a fascinating man. He spent his professional life as an electrical engineer,...
Even when you grow up in a metropolis like Sao Paulo City (SPC) in Brazil, current population estimated to be 11 million people, you tend to develop behavioral patterns like any...
The term “organic Architecture” is said to be first coined by Frank Lloyd Wright, and is used to describe built forms that mimic by shape or function their environment or...
This spring, we had the incredible opportunity to tour three amazing architectural works in New Canaan, CT. The tour was arranged by the Boston Architectural College, and included one well-known...
Recently on a trip to Denver, Colorado, I learned the meaning of place. It is so easy to get caught up in the day to day where we forget the...
A client approaches an architect with an idea for a new space. The project may be a completely new building on a completely new site. The other scenario is that...
