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Better design with a “brain break”

Better design with a “brain break”

By Scott Mueller, AIA, ACHA and Cathleen Lange, AIA, supported by Jennifer Aliber, FAIA, FACHA, Katie Chambers, AIA, John Malnati, AIA, Kira Rosenbaum, AIA and Andre P. Kamili, AIADuring the design process, there aren’t necessarily opportunities to implement “brain...

The technology balancing act

The technology balancing act

by Derek Noble, AIAUniversity of Notre Dame | Hesburgh Library As our world reopens from COVID isolation, we are entering back into undefined territory – a form of hybrid existence. As architects, in our hybrid, post COVID world, technology is driving design and the...

Developing our Bulfinches

Developing our Bulfinches

At Shepley Bulfinch, we’re a culture that values knowledge transfer and supporting team members’ continuous education. Whether we’re facilitating network introductions or providing tips on exam preparation, we’re always seeking ways to help each other learn and adapt...

Evolving Urban Design

Evolving Urban Design

Embracing The Urban Challengeby Joe Herzog, AIACAV | Next Tucson Nearly 60% of Americans live in urban environments and that percentage is rapidly increasing. We are in the middle of an unprecedented age of mass urbanization. Shepley Bulfinch’s urban design architects...

Meet Pete Rasmussen, AIA

Meet Pete Rasmussen, AIA

Pete Rasmussen, AIA has a thirst for urban design, community development, and architecture that provides a positive impact to the quality of everyday life. In his six years with Shepley Bulfinch, he has worked on award-wining projects like Lantana Hall at Arizona...

Welcome to the hybrid library

Welcome to the hybrid library

by Kelly Karpinsky (Brubaker), AIAVirginia Commonwealth University | Cabell LibraryLibraries have grown to become the intellectual and social hubs of campus, where, prior to March 2020, students, researchers, and faculty gathered to collaborate and connect. Now,...

Designing for people and planet

Designing for people and planet

by Matt Gifford, AIA and Pete Rasmussen, AIAYale New Haven Hospital | Smilow Cancer HospitalCreating human-centered designs At Shepley Bulfinch, we approach sustainability holistically, evaluating the broad range of elements that the term “sustainability” encompasses...

Modernizing construction conventions

Modernizing construction conventions

by Michelle Ambrose, AIA, EDACAs an industry shifting toward leaner processes and multidisciplinary collaboration, there’s been a need to evolve the process of RFIs, or Requests for Information. At the onset of construction for the Mayo Clinic’s East Expansion, we...

Connecting with indigenous art

Connecting with indigenous art

Cahokia is Arizona’s first Indigenous women-owned art gallery, the nation’s first Indigenous women-led art and SocialTech space and newest physical art gallery in Roosevelt Row. Located on the ground floor of The Link, a thirty-story multi-family mixed-use development...

Shaking up the Professional Practice Course at MIT

Shaking up the Professional Practice Course at MIT

We recently sat down with Finegold Alexander Principal Rebecca Berry, AIA, LEED AP and Shepley Bulfinch Associate Bob Mohr, AIA to learn about their experience leading the MIT Professional Practice Course. They have been teaching the course since 2019 and 2016,...

Shepley Bulfinch acquires PARC design lab in Durham, North Carolina

Shepley Bulfinch acquires PARC design lab in Durham, North Carolina

Davidson College. Location: Davidson NC, Architect: Shepley BulfinchBOSTON (December 16, 2021) – Shepley Bulfinch, a national architecture firm known for design excellence and innovation, today announced its acquisition of PARC design lab, a boutique architecture firm...

Hybrid theory–a shift in mentorship

Hybrid theory–a shift in mentorship

by Scott Steffes with Allie BosargeSince early on in my career, I have been very fond of mentorship. I relish many aspects of this unique collaboration but among the most enjoyable is the ability to see the growth of young designers’ creativity. I have mentored and...