New England Design... Redefined
Shannon Alther, a principal of TMS Architects, has been working for many months on a lake house in Alabama. The progress of this residence has been the subject of two posts describing visits that Shannon has made to the site: More Progress on the TMS-Designed Alabama Lakehouse A TMS House Grows in Alabama Here are…Read More
Shannon Alther, TMS Architects Principal and AIANH ‘s President-Elect, was on hand January 11th at the Bedford Village Inn to accept an AIA Award of Excellence for his work on Regeneration Park in Portsmouth, NH. A former abandoned auto dealership, the building was re-used and re-purposed into a a state-of-the art, near net-zero office, retail…Read More
Shannon Alther, AIA, one of TMS’s principal architects spent the past weekend checking in on the lake house he designed that is currently under construction in Alabama. The purpose of this trip was mainly to review the shell and structure in preparation for insulation and sheetrock – in other words, take a good look before…Read More
The second in a three-part series describing a recent road trip made by TMS Architect’s Shannon Alther when he and his family visited his project that was just beginning to take shape in Alabama. Alabama is really hot! 99 degrees in the shade makes a site visit a bit challenging but the project looks great…Read More
So, can a New England Shingle Style home exist outside NE? You bet. TMS Architects has had the opportunity to provide exciting designs for many clients outside the New England area and this three-part blog will capture a few days of travel for TMS Principal, Shannon Alther and his family, as he checks in on…Read More
An informative and always interesting blog, Architects + Artisans, recently posted a piece about a group called Architecture for Humanity. Further research into this organization revealed that it is a non-profit group with over 40,000 design professionals working on a world-wide basis directly helping 10,000 people yearly with their services. Other of their outreach programs…Read More
Just peeked inside the beautiful July/August issue of New England Home which arrived yesterday and was delighted to find a Case Study on a sustainable home that TMS Architects designed in the White Mountains of NH in their informative Green Living section. Aptly titled “A New Hampshire Farmhouse” , the author, Diane M. Sterrett, spoke…Read More
Portsmouth, New Hampshire will soon have its first Zero Energy Building (ZEB), Regeneration Park, a commercial building whose goal is to consume zero net energy and emit zero net carbon. This ambitious project has been conceived by Andrew Kellar, founder and owner of Simply Green Biofuels, and when completed, will be an eco-friendly home to…Read More
