Traditional Sustainable Design at the Classic Planning Academy

Henson Architecture's Senior Associate, Cory Rouillard, will be giving a guest lecture on Thursday, July 27 at the Classic Planning Academy. At Henson, Cory promotes technical guidance for the appropriate care of existing buildings to both protect our cultural heritage and meet our carbon mitigation targets. Her lecture will introduce students to our firm, our core values, and will cover diverse...

Sustainable design. Classic Planning Academy

Traditional Sustainable Design in Bruges

Henson Architecture's Senior Associate, Cory Rouillard, will be giving a guest lecture on Monday, July 10 at the Bruges Summer School of Architecture & Crafts, hosted by La Table Ronde de l'Architecture. At Henson, Cory promotes technical guidance for the appropriate care of existing buildings to both protect our cultural heritage and meet our carbon mitigation targets. Her lecture in Bruges...

wildfires

Wildfires: Solving an Immediate Climate Change Challenge with Passive House Solutions

On Wednesday, June 7, 2023, New York City experienced the worst air quality in the world at that time due to the wildfires happening in Québec and northern Ontario, Canada. The air quality monitor station a block away from our office recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 431 as a high that day, well above the threshold of 300...

Compliance With Local Law 11 Cycle 8

Compliance With Local Law 11 Cycle 8

Henson Architecture can help you come into compliance with Local Law 11, Cycle 8, as well as complete any Cycle 7 repairs. New laws are often enacted after there has been some tragedy. Local Law 10, later 11, is no exception. In 1980, a piece of masonry fell from a building, and a pedestrian was killed. To help prevent this from happening again,...