eBay Announces Big Win for Team Winter Street Architects and AHA Consulting Engineers
For the past year Winter Street Architects along with EDI, and AHA Consulting Engineers has been working with eBay on their modular data center in Phoenix, Arizona. Just as the design work for eBay’s modular data center in Phoenix winds downs, the design work for a new project in Utah amps up. Of course this new project … Read more
eBay Announces Datacenter Challenge Finalist, Our Firm Makes the Cut
Could today get any bigger? A. It’s Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts B. eCommerce Giant eBay publically announced their list of finalists for their data center design competition…yes, we made it too the finalists circle!!!!!! eCommerce giant eBay revealed its list of design challenge finalists competing to win Project Quicksilver, the company’s newest modular data center in South Jordan, … Read more
Down the Rabbit Hole – Designing Business
It’s surprising how conventional architectural businesses can be. I guess you can’t blame us. What do architects know about business anyway? It’s not a big part of any curriculum that teaches us how to architect, right? Those of us who pursue the dream of owning and directing a design firm enter into a world more … Read more
eBay Awards Winter Street Architects, EDI and AHA New Modular Datacenter Project in Phoenix!
We are thrilled to announce that Winter Street Architects, along with our awesome partners EDI ltd, and AHA Consulting Engineers have been awarded the coveted Modular Data Center project with eBay, now being dubbed “Project Mercury!“ The team responded to eBay’s open RFP back in August of this year and was selected out of 37 … Read more
Portsmouth Fire Station 2 Honored by Fire Chief Magazine!
We are very proud to announce that the LEED Silver, Portsmouth Fire Department, Station 2 has been honored by Fire Chief Magazine with a “NOTABLE” award in the Career Station category of the 2010 Station Style Awards! This station is currently being tracked as the first LEED Fire Station in NH. Working closely with the … Read more
Winter Street Architects Shortlisted for EBay Datacenter!
Winter Street Architects is proud to announce that we have been shortlisted for the eBay Modular Data Center in Phoenix, Arizona with a terrific team of like-minded consultants. Taking the lead for our team on the eBay opportunity is EDI ltd out of Phoenix, Arizona, with Winter Street fulfilling integrated Architectural design expertise and AHA … Read more
Why You Need an Architect in Data Center Design
(By: Mark Meche, AIA) I will be the first to admit, when thinking about great architecture, not one single data center comes to mind. The truth is data centers, for good reason, tend to be stealthy affairs that avoid attracting attention and their buildings follow suit. Despite typically splashy web portals, the whole industry has … Read more
Is Green the New Red for Fire Stations?
(By Paul Durand, AIA; with contributions from Dana Weeder, AIA LEED AP and Mike Fields) Green fire trucks instead of red ones? No, not that kind of green; the sustainable kind. The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) has brought sustainability to the mainstream of building design through their Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design … Read more
Digging Geothermal
(By: Dana Weeder, AIA LEED AP and Mike Fields) I really like geothermal energy. Before I am redressed by scientist friends, I should clarify that there is not much in the way of usable geothermal energy in the Northeast United States. Direct Geothermal Energy harvesting is probably best known in places like Iceland, where more … Read more
Fear and Loathing in Integrated Project Delivery
(By Paul Durand, AIA) Our firm’s foray into BIM (Building Information Modeling) was largely fueled by the promises of a brave new world of Integrated Project Delivery. It seemed a godsend to the industry, in fact, the Holy Grail. It was a sane path to building success that seemed so smart and yet so obvious. … Read more
