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Boston Children’s Hospital Needham Field Trip: Exploring Arriscraft’s Brick Manufacturing Process

May 13, 2024

Calvin Boyd, Elizabeth Cilley

Recently, the BCH Needham team had the opportunity to travel to Arriscraft's Georgia facility to assess the color and variation of the brick destined for the new Ambulatory Care Facility in Needham, Massachusetts. [...]

2024 Sketchbook: Remember to Look Up

April 29, 2024

Lu Zhang, Mi Li

Learn more about the inspiration behind our 2024 sketchbook! [...]

The Design Process of Reducing Embodied Carbon

April 26, 2024

Melanie Silver

Measuring and reducing embodied carbon for a building is a complex topic and task, but over the last few years we have been integrating embodied carbon analysis into our design process. [...]

Reclaimed Materials & Design for Deconstruction

April 25, 2024

Mickey Chapa

To meaningfully address greenhouse gas emissions in the building sector, it is imperative to negate both operational emissions from energy use as well as embodied emissions – those associated with the sourcing and extraction of construction materials. [...]

Payette’s 2023 Reporting for 2030

April 24, 2024

Sahithi Datla

PAYETTE has been part of the 2030 Commitment since January 2011, with the collective goal of designing carbon-neutral buildings by 2030. [...]

A Holistic Approach to Materials Selection

April 23, 2024

Mark Scott, Melanie Silver

As stewards of design, we take a comprehensive view of material selection, considering not only aesthetics, cost and performance, but also material health, life cycle impacts and supply chain equity. [...]

What is Building Science? A Conversation with Andrea Love, FAIA, LEED Fellow

April 22, 2024

PAYETTE

Andrea Love, our Director of Building Science, reflects on the role of building scientists in our practice and what the future looks like for reducing carbon in our buildings. [...]

Congratulations, Haipeng Zhu | BSLA Executive Committee

April 19, 2024

PAYETTE

We are pleased to announce Haipeng Zhu, PAYETTE’s Landscape Architecture Manager, has been elected to the Boston Society of Landscape Architects (BSLA) Executive Committee. [...]

Emerald Extension: Embedding Nature and Sustainability with an Urban Academic Medical Center

April 18, 2024

Chris Blomquist, Jensen Ying, Susan Blomquist

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center recently completed a new inpatient building in the heart of Boston’s Longwood Medical Area. [...]

There is POWER in NATURE

April 12, 2024

Christina Koutsoukou

This past summer I was lucky enough to visit an extraordinary place, the island of Nisyros in Greece, a great example of a natural landscape taking over and shaping the local life and architecture. [...]

OpenLAB Studio: Year Three Closing Thoughts

April 5, 2024

PAYETTE

The OpenLab studio is a chance for students to explore new ways of thinking and making while integrating them into their own creative lives. [...]

Meet Our WiD Co-Chairs

April 1, 2024

PAYETTE

Meet Our WiD Co-Chairs! [...]

Day of Service: Grandmother’s Village

March 29, 2024

PAYETTE

The Grandmothers’ Village Project is a not-for-profit organization founded to uphold and provide respect, honor and care for our elders, centering on our grandmothers. [...]

Day of Service: Greater Grove Hall Main Streets

March 29, 2024

PAYETTE

GGHMS reached out once again to develop a playbook for brownfield sites in Grove Hall. [...]

Day of Service: Northern Berkshire Community Coalition

March 28, 2024

PAYETTE

The Northern Berkshire Community Coalition (nbCC) has been a critical service provider, community convener and emergent issue response agency in Northern Berkshire County for nearly 40 years. [...]

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