Project Summary We designed a stunning, three-story house which included highly insulated walls and a geothermal system controlled online. The house was a passive solar design where the windows, walls and floors were designed to collect, store, reflect and distribute solar energy in the form of heat in the winter and reject the solar heat […]
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High-Performance Earth-Sheltered Home Inspired by Kingston, NY’s Rondout Historic District
Project Summary Designed to blend with the natural surroundings and topography of the site, this earth-sheltered home was constructed using insulated concrete form walls and precast concrete roof panels. Almost the entire roof is covered with soil and is a planted landscape. The design aesthetic is reflective of the architecture of Kingston’s Rondout Historic District. […]
Hampton Inn Visual Impact Study, New Paltz, NY
About the project… We worked with the owners and designers of the Hampton Inn and created a Visual Impact Study to show how the new hotel would effect its surrounding area and buildings using both computer studies and physical studies. The finished Hampton Inn, now a successful hotel with many sold out weekends in the […]
New Paltz Karate and Offices – Project Summary
Project Summary Once home to Alfandre Architecture, we designed a space for New Paltz Karate. Located adjacent to the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail and near Historic Huguenot Street, our design goal was to compliment and improve the surrounding area, while also creating an efficient karate studio and office building. The stucco, stone and timber façade […]
New Entrance at Graymoor Friary, Garrison, NY – Project Summary
Project Summary Alfandre Architecture renovated an existing loading dock and security area into a new, ground floor welcome center to better accommodate the guests and service entries with the least amount of conflict. Our design included a new lobby space, reception, public restrooms and security details. The exterior part of the entrance needed to be […]
Graymoor: Saint Paul Friary, Garrison, NY – Project Summary
The new Friary is attached to St Francis Chapel, and the original St Paul Friary. Together, the three buildings create a private courtyard for the Friars at the heart of the Graymoor Mountain. The private dining room, serving as one of the three tables for Franciscan life, is sympathetic in style to the shape and […]