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
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
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
While TMS always photographs completed projects, sometimes it is fun to watch them take shape or compare before and after pictures. TMS Architects’ Bill Soupcoff and Justin Knowlton have been working on a renovation of a home located in a beautiful setting on a river in Maine near the Bath Iron Works. Justin reports that…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
At TMS Architects, we are always interested in colleagues’ work and very much enjoyed following the 2013 2nd Annual Life of An Architect Playhouse Design Competition . Bob Borson, a licensed Texas architect, started a blog in 2010, aptly named Life of an Architect, with the purpose being, in his words, “to learn the…Read More
Portsmouth residents and travelers through our state are getting nervous about our bridge(s) situation! We are losing our connections to Maine and beyond. Two of our three bridges are out of commission with the only route still open to Maine being the Interstate 95 High Bridge. The Memorial Bridge was dismantled completely and is being…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
TMS Architects is delighted to share this post with you that was provided to us courtesy of Molly Janicki, the estate garden manager for Bayberry Nurseries in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. We first collaborated with Bayberry on a TMS -designed home on the ocean in Hampton, NH called Waterfront Home With Atlantic Ocean Views. …Read More
