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From left, Rich Koch, Charles Hilton and John Hibbard mark a very successful night for Charles Hilton Architects.

Charles Hilton Architects and Davenport Contracting Inc. were the winners of six separate 2014 HOBI Awards on Tuesday evening, November 18.

Sponsored by the Home Builder and Remodelers Association (HBRA) of Fairfield County, the Home Building Industry (HOBI) Awards recognize builders, remodelers and other members of the housing industry for excellence in home design and construction, home technologies and community service.

Now in its 21st year, the HOBI organization is known to host the states most prestigious housing industry award program. The awards were presented at the annual HOBI Awards Banquet held at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington with nearly 775 building industry professionals in attendance.

All six honors given to Charles Hilton were awarded to a New England shingle-style residence situated on a scenic cove along the Long Island Sound in Riverside. The new home, named Best Custom Home 12,000-14,000 square feet, is clad in Alaskan yellow cedar shingles, trimmed with a variety of classical wood details and is anchored to the site with a heavy native fieldstone base.

Other awards given to the home include, Best Entry Foyer, Best Kitchen over $200,000, Best Exterior Home Feature, Best Home Office and Best Bath over $100,000. The awards were accepted by Davenport Contracting Incorporateds; Rick Koch, Brian McDonald and John Hibbard; along with architect Charles Hilton. These honors bring the total number of design awards for Charles Hilton Architects to 11 for this year alone. The projects interior designer was Amy Andrews of Katherine Cowdin, Inc.

Charles Hilton Architects is a Greenwich, architecture firm that specializes in high-end residential design. Mr. Hilton has designed residential projects located across the country, with the majority of his work being located in Fairfield County and Westchester County, N.Y. He has received design recognition from the Connecticut American Institute of Architects, as well as numerous trade publications andindustry associations. Mr. Hiltons work has been featured regularly in shelter publications, as well as in books such as, Dream Homes of New England, Dream Homes of Metro New York, The Classicist and A Decade of Art and Architecture 1992-2002 and in two TV series.

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Fort Morgan residents who showed up at Fort Morgan High School Monday night got a first-look at schematics of what the middle school may look like.

Principal Architect with Larson Incitti Architects Bruce Larson showed the schematic designs of the new middle school in a PowerPoint presentation.

Larson Incitti Architects worked with Wold Architects and Engineers and a group of community members known as the Design Advisory Group (DAG) to generate the schematics. DAG's purpose in the process was to help the two firms understand the community's needs.

The schematics shown Monday night showcased three distinct classroom wings, each with two floors. Larson said each wing will house a different team of students, which is a typical element is middle school design.

"This is a classic middle school model that divides the school by grades, so the building doesn't seem so big and overwhelming," he said. "We know the middle school years are challenging, and this helps to mitigate some of those issues."

Per discussions with DAG, architects set the library to be a distinct element in the building's design, Larson said. The schematics also showed how the administrative area, cafetorium, unified arts spaces, main gym and auxiliary gym will be laid out.

"Schematic design represents about 10 percent of the overall design effort that goes into designing a building. But this 10 percent is really important because we are defining what 80 or 90 percent of the final design issues that will arise."

The schematics showed three two-story classroom wings shooting out of a hallway that connects with the rest of the building. The unified arts space is divided in three separate areas, each one near a different classroom wing.

The designs show the entire facility in an arch, creating a court yard area. Larson said the space in between each classroom wing could also be utilized as outdoor learning space.

Community members voiced some concerns about the parking area and building security.

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The design for a controversial glass tower on Vancouvers waterfront that has been called everything from origami to the blob to the icepick didnt get approval in its first pass at the citys urban design panel.

The panel, a group of architects and engineers who provide advice to the city planning department, said the 26-storey tower crowded too close to the citys heritage Waterfront Station, a former train station that is now a central transit hub.

The current design, by internationally renowned Chicago architects Gordon Gill and Adrian Smith, shows a glass building rising from a narrow base close to the east side of the station and curving over its roof, with windows angled like the facets of a diamond.

I admire your work and Im very happy to see you working on a project in the city, Vancouver architect Matthew Soules told the two. But, he said, the proximity and overhang of the tower to the station is ultimately a disservice to the dignity of the station. By positioning the tower so close, it appears that (a future connecting road on the other side) is more important than one of the citys civic structures.

Mr. Soules, like others on the panel, said the 1914 station is one of this young citys few historic buildings and needs to be respected.

As well, the building, on a site that is currently a private parking lot between the station and the Steamworks restaurant and pub, doesnt do enough to make the public feel welcome, the panel said.

They noted that, whether owner Cadillac Fairview likes it or not, the public has come to see that parking lot along with the view of the mountains and water from it as their space. Cadillac Fairview also owns Waterfront Station.

Architect Jennifer Marshall suggested creating a winter garden that would extend through the lobby of the building, turning the whole ground floor, as well as the plaza outside, into a public space.

In spite of the criticisms, almost all the panel members agreed that the building fits with the citys future waterfront plan to have an office tower of that height and density there.

They also didnt have a problem with the very modern design next to the station, saying that many cities have shown that the blend of old and new can be attractive.

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Sales dominated activity in the industrial market in 2014, accounting for 84 per cent of all space transacted

While 2014 was the busiest year ever in terms of the Irish property investment market with more than 4.4 billion worth of properties sold, it also may have marked a turning point for the languishing industrial market.

The latest research from estate agency Lisney found that the Dublin industrial market experienced its largest ever quarterly take-up figure in Q4 of 2014.

Last year got off to a slow start, says Lisney, but activity in the industrial market flourished in the second half of the year to finish at around 353,000sq m of space either leased or sold to owner-occupiers by year end.

Sales dominated activity, accounting for 84 per cent of all space transacted in 2014. With capital values less than half the replacement cost, it made sense for occupiers with funds available to buy a building rather than rent it. Most were funded in cash, but as the year progressed smaller elements of finance crept in to the market. The cost of servicing a mortgage annually was often substantially less than the rent. There was also the added advantage of the CGT waiver.

The research notes that while speculative construction in the industrial sector is still a couple of years out, there will be design-and-build agreements reached in 2015 whereby a developer will enter into a pre-letting or sale agreement with an occupier.

This will be at the larger end of the market, for specialised industrial buildings greater than 7,000sq m.

The amount of available industrial space reduced in 2014, most notably in the last quarter, and this was particularly the case in southwest and northwest Dublin. However, the overall vacancy rate for Dublin remained relatively high at around 18 per cent.

Grafton Street, Henry Street and the key suburban shopping centres attracted some top retailers in 2014. Vacancy rates in these areas were very low and by the end of the year, it was notable that Grafton Street was 100 per cent let. However, provincial high streets and some town centres did not fare so well with some continuing to struggle to find occupiers.

Despite this, the agency says demand for space will spread out from prime pitches in 2015 while vacancy rates in secondary locations will start to come down.

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ELMIRA, NY (WENY) - The Near Westside Neighborhood Association is one step closer to restoring the Richardson - Kennedy House in Elmira.

The association was given a grant of more than $300,000 to restore and stabilize whats known as the Ritz-Carriage house on Water Street.

The funding came from the New York State Office of Parks and Recreation & Historic Preservation, through the Regional Economic Development Council.

The grant money makes up about 75% of the project's total budget, which is more than $400,000.

Near-Westside has to come up with the remaining balance. But they don't have too much more left to fundraise thanks to their partnership with the Historic Elmira organization.

Through their efforts we've already received 82% of what we need, so we're really ready to start with this project, said Beth Farr, Near Westside Neighborhood Association, Executive Director.

The Near Westside association has already begun looking for architects and construction companies.

Farr says it's up to the developer what the house will be used for but she says she hopes to see a mix of commercial space and residential use within the next year or two.

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