Sustainable Design Archives

Williams College Wins 2 Prestigious IIDA Design Awards

September 25, 2023

Payette

Payette's Williams College project wins 2 prestigious IIDS Design Awards 2023. [...]

Boston OpenLab Studio – Year Three

September 14, 2023

Payette

Payette is thrilled to welcome 14 architecture students for our third year of the Center for Design Research OpenLab Studio Boston. [...]

Williams College Wachenheim Science Center Earns LEED Platinum Certification

August 31, 2023

Payette

The Wachenheim Science Center at Wiliams College has earned LEED Platinum Certification. [...]

A Newly Discovered ‘Einstein’ Shape

August 29, 2023

Payette

How the newly discovered Einstein shape can be utilized in ongoing projects. [...]

YDC: The Research Voice Competition Project Winners

August 24, 2023

Melissa Allen, Olivia Humphrey

Payette’s Young Designer’s Core hosted The Research Voice, an annual event where anyone from the firm is welcome to propose their pitches for research initiatives. [...]

Retrofitting vs. New Construction – A case study of Horace Mann, Salem State

August 22, 2023

Endian Xu, Sahithi Datla

Continuing the conversation about retrofitting and new construction with an in-depth case study of Salem State's Horace Mann. [...]

YDC: Ragon Institute Construction Tour

August 3, 2023

Yuyi Shen

Yuyi Shen's firsthand account of the under-construction Ragon Institute. [...]

Demystifying Control Layers

August 1, 2023

Jensen Ying

Tom Beresford and Jensen Ying explain the fundamental principles of high-performance envelopes. [...]

YDC: Touring Chelsea Soldier’s Home

July 25, 2023

Payette, Sarah Radding

Sarah Radding's firsthand account of the nearly finished Veterans' Home in Chelsea. [...]

Penn State Health Children’s Hospital Vertical Expansion Receives 2023 AIA Healthcare Award

July 19, 2023

Payette

We are pleased to announce Payette’s second consecutive AIA Healthcare Award is awarded to Penn State Health Children’s Hospital Vertical Expansion. [...]

Little Successes Can Change Everything: Building Solutions for Our Carbon Future

June 15, 2023

Payette

DaVinci Pursuit’s public radio, Intersections: Where Art and Science Meet, features Payette's Andrea Love and Mark Oldham. [...]

The Passive House (PH) standard is currently the most impactful (and remarkably simple) way architects can achieve energy and carbon goals while simultaneously enhancing the lives of the people using the buildings. Part 2 of 2. [...]