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TEAM ZA+D & THE CUPCAKE RUN – PART 2
It was a beautiful morning on Sunday April 15. Team ZA+D joined almost 900 runners, including our closest friends and family, racing around Frederick in support of Cakes for Cause. It is becoming a tradition that every year our local community comes out on a [...]
THE ARCHITECT’S EFFECT ON SOCIETY AND SOCIETY’S EFFECT ON THE ARCHITECT
As architects, I believe we are uniquely qualified to participate in and even inspire social change. In the 1920’s and 30’s architects supported many design inspired social agendas. Some succeeded and some were abject failures. Everywhere you look in the world today, things are a changing, some very rapidly. What is the architect’s role in [...]
ZA+D AND YOUTH BASKETBALL
At Zavos Architecture+Design, we believe that it is important to support our local community and nothing is more important than our youth. This year we sponsored 3 youth basketball teams in the Monocacy Youth Basketball Association, Clover Hill Boys U12, Boys U14 and Girls U16 teams. Each team had a successful season in their own [...]
ERGONOMICS: TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODY AT WORK
Although these tips were intended for students and workers on the internet, a good amount of an Architect’s time is spent in front of one or more computer screens. Not to mention, a good portion of jobs available in 2012 require us to work on computers, so this article is not only beneficial to Architects [...]
2011 HIGHLIGHTS
2011 was a busy year for ZA+D. We completed projects, participated in local and neighboring functions and started new projects. We have taken care of our current clients and gained new ones as well. Keep your eyes and ears open for more news and updates from us in 2012! In case you missed these, here [...]
IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!
About this time I look back and as usual, I’m mystified at how quickly the year has past. After the holiday spirit wears off about mid-January, I look at the upcoming months and I’m not sure how we are going to make it another year. I have been acting out this scenario since I first [...]
Recent News Releases
Hood College: Zavos Architecture+Design, LLC is pleased to announce the opening of the new state-of-the-art athletic center. Construction was fast and furious while trying to make the opening for the 2011-2012 basketball season. The new 41,815 sf facility now houses a 1,600-seat arena with space for 500 additional floor-level seats, an observation deck, a two-level [...]
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
We are wrapping up a very busy couple of months and now we can take a little time to celebrate Thanksgiving with our families. As our ZA+D family sits back and reflects on the last few months we have lots to be thankful for. This month alone, we have had the privilege to attend two [...]
RECENT NEWS RELEASE
Zavos Architecture+Design (ZA+D) was recorded as the Architect of record for the recent submission of Empowerhouse by Parsons the New School for Design and Stevens Institute of Technology for the 2011 Solar Decathlon. Empowerhouse embodies Habitat for Humanity’s vision that all people deserve safe, comfortable, affordable homes. The compact 1,000-ft2 (93-m2) one-bedroom structure showcases the [...]
ZA+D LAUNCHED SOCIAL MEDIA
Over the course of the past year we have made the launch into social media as a marketing tool. Our brand is now reaching a larger demographic than ever before. As we expand our brand, this allows us to have a more open communication with current and potential clients. The first platform we dove into [...]
ENTERING THE UNKNOWN
I recently attended a seminar held at the Universities at Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland. Honestly, it’s been over 5 years since I was in that area of Rockville. I could not believe what I saw. The areas I remembered were no longer recognizable. Having grown up in a very small town, big cities tend [...]
AUGUST FACEBOOK RECAP
In case you missed these the first time around, here are ZA+D’s August facebook posts: August 2 – Construction Progressing on the Arlington Passive House August 4 – Living Smaller August 9 – Hood College Athletic Center Construction Update August 11 – O’Donnell Heights Receives Tax Credits August 23 – A (Passive) House Divided August [...]
IS GREEN RIGHT FOR YOU?
There are a lot of “green” rating systems in the industry to choose from. Almost every jurisdiction has their own requirements and there are some systems that are recognized nationally and internationally. But the question remains: which one is the right one for your project, or is there just one right one? It seems that [...]
GETTING INSPIRED TO MAKE A CHANGE
Incorporating simple design changes into your personal space can improve your quality of life and can be inspirational. “Changing the quality of life” can be a broad complex statement, although it can also be a simple action that starts at the home or office. Your home is your refuge, your comfort zone – but are [...]
WHAT’S IN A NAME? (OR, THE CURIOUS EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS OF A PROJECT NAME)
The naming of a project/building is as my title states, a bit of an evolutionary process, much like the design and construction of the building itself. It seems that more times than not, the name with which a project starts, is not necessarily the one with which it ends. In our office, we often begin by [...]
