New England Design... Redefined
TMS Architects‘ guest blogger, J. Dennis Robinson, in his 17th guest post, provides us with a thoughtful piece and a call to action for Portsmouth’s architects. The subject of the city’s size and new buildings is of great concern to all of us who live,work or visit Portsmouth and there are a multitude of different…Read More
TMS Architects has been working with the Discover Portsmouth Center for several years as part of a team that has been renovating the old Portsmouth Library into a vibrant visitors’ center operated by the Portsmouth Historical Society. Part of their mission, as stated on their website, is “to provide a central city location where, in…Read More
When TMS Architects received an invitation to a new exhibit opening on May 1st at the John Paul Jones House Museum entitled “First Nations Diplomacy Opens the Portsmouth Door: Commemorating the 300th Anniversary of the 1713 Treaty of Portsmouth“, it was clear that some further research was needed into this historic treaty. Apparently, the French…Read More
A home in Manchester, New Hampshire, owned by TMS clients Megan and Stephen Cairns, was honored on April 17th by the Manchester Historic Association with a Design Award given “for the historically-sensitive addition to the 2451 Elm Street house.” As described in the press release announcing the awards… “This brick Colonial-Revival house was built in…Read More
We welcome Portsmouth historian extraordinaire J. Dennis Robinson back for his 15th(!) guest post for TMS Architects. As usual, his writings make us think about the history of the city in which we live and work and today’s piece is a sad commentary on events of the past. However, by acknowledging and understanding these events,…Read More
We recently had the pleasure of working on a new oceanfront project. While the project was new to us, the house is anything but. Built in the 1840’s, this 150-year-old New England gambrel had already seen one remodel in the late 1980’s that had unfortunately taken away some of the original charm. We worked with…Read More
TMS Architects is delighted to have historian J. Dennis Robinson back with his fourteenth guest post. In this piece, he has combined a house with an infamous local murder; one made famous by Anita Shreve’s popular novel, “Weight of Water”. I am sure that we will hear more from Dennis about this subject in the…Read More
If you have followed our blog for any length of time, then you know that historical preservation is near and dear to our hearts at TMS Architects. We have worked on several projects restoring historic buildings throughout New England. And now, it is with great pleasure that we announce we have joined a team of…Read More
J. Dennis Robinson provides us with another historical exploration of one of Portsmouth’s most interesting neighborhoods; Atlantic Heights. We feel a particular connection to this neighborhood as TMS Architect’s most recent member, Lafe Covill, just moved from Nashua to Atlantic Heights when he joined the team. I’m lucky. I get to live in what was…Read More
