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Sorensen Partners was conceptual design Architect for an envelope upgrade project for the corridors at Greenfield Community College, in Greenfield, MA, working as subconsultant to Clough Harbor Associates (CHA) on a campus-wide energy upgrade project for the MA Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance (DCAMM). Sorensen’s design scope …
Sorensen Partners’ Sunburst House is a 960 square-foot home in the White Mountains used as a primary residence and studio/guest house. The eighty-foot long structure is united under a single stress-skin panel roof and is clad in Corten steel and red cedar planks. A polished …
Sorensen Partners worked with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and Geosyntec Consultants to lead stakeholder meetings within Masachusetts watersheds that have received section 319 grants to pursue projects within the watersheds. Through the stakeholder meetings, section 319 grant recipients and other stakeholders within the …
Sorensen Partners worked as a Net-Zero Planning Facilitator with DNVGL and the City of Cambridge, MA to design and host an interactive planning process with the City’s appointed Task Force for a 5-year update to the Cambridge Net Zero Action Plan. The Net Zero Action …
Sorensen Partners is Architect for the $13.8M rehabilitation of 59 units of affordable housing for CSNDC in Boston, MA, which began construction in 2021. The development consists of six masonry buildings at two sites – Waldeck and Orlando – in Dorchester and Mattapan. Following is a list …
Working in 2011-2012 with Wellesley College to retrofit the 18th-century Pond Road Residence as an administrative residence and entertaining space, we used the simplest means possible to improve the sustainability of the house: We installed four insulated walls and a door at the top of …
Why is it important to use natural ventilation in building design? The added oxygen content keeps occupants more awake. Natural ventilation can carry pleasant smells from outside. And the experience of air movement from the exterior is a reminder of the larger world around us. …
Sorensen Partners is equipped to walk you through the process of designing and certifying a building in conformance with the US Green Building Council’s (USGBC) LEED Certification guidelines – and thrilled to support you in this choice. Unlike working with a separate “green building” company …