http://www.utiledesign.com Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:51:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tim Love's review of the 16th Congress for the New Urbanism is published in the Fall 2008 issue of Constructs, a publication of the Yale School of Architecture. Titled Ideology vs. Pragmatism in New Urbanism, Love describes his experience at the conference and argues that CNU's pragmatic approach is more ... http://www.utiledesign.com/2008/11/21/review-of-congress-for-new-urbanism-in-yale-constructs/ Boston Harbor Island Alliance and the National Park Service recently announced that Utile, a Boston-based architecture and urban design firm, has been awarded the contract to design a visitor pavilion on Parcel 14 of the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Utile was selected after an open call for proposals from design firms; ... http://www.utiledesign.com/2008/11/19/utile-selected-to-design-harbor-park-pavilion/ Utile is working with Synergy, a Boston development firm, to create a new-mixed use, transit-oriented neighborhood along Morrissey Boulevard near the JFK/UMASS MBTA station. The proposal is being coordinated with the Boston Redevelopment Authority’s ongoing Columbia Point Master Plan. Current plans for the site include an active community ‘main-street’ running ... http://www.utiledesign.com/2008/11/17/morrissey-site-study/   Utile Inc. is collaborating with the BRA on a new set of guidelines for commercial signs in Boston's Downtown Crossing District. Utile helped frame the content of the regulations, an update of Boston’s Sign Code first enacted in the 1970s. In addition, Utile is creating a richly illustrated manual that ... http://www.utiledesign.com/2008/11/06/downtown-crossing-signage-guidelines/   Mimi Love (Utile Principal) and Chris Grimley, co-authors of Color Space Style, were recent speakers at IIDEX (the International Interior Design Exposition) in Toronto. Their talk, “Technological Narratives,” made a convincing case that an important aspect of good design is compelling story-telling. Based on lessons learned from writing and illustrating ... http://www.utiledesign.com/2008/09/29/presentation-at-iidex/ This past Spring, Tim Love participated on the AIA Maine Design Awards jury and was the keynote speaker at the awards ceremony held at Bowdoin College. His review of the projects was published in AIA Maine's August newsletter and is available online here. http://www.utiledesign.com/2008/09/26/maine-aia-keynote-speaker/ Utile Principal Matthew Littell was featured in a recent cover story in the Boston Globe Home section about a new generation of affordable housing. Ted Siefer writes: “Among the humble brick and vinyl suburban-style houses along Hyde Park Avenue in Roslindale, the Hyde-Blakemore Condominiums stand out. There are ... http://www.utiledesign.com/2008/08/04/hyde-blakemore-featured-in-boston-globe/ Matthew Littell and Peter Crowley from Utile have been collaborating with the team from Blu Homes on a family of manufactured green homes that are now coming to market. Bill Haney, Co-Founder and President , has started or helped start more than 25 companies in five countries ... http://www.utiledesign.com/2008/08/04/utile-is-the-architect-for-blu-a-start-up-housing-manufacturer/ Northeastern’s housing studios were featured in the Spring 2008 issue of the Northeastern University Alumni Magazine. The article highlighted the program’s focus on brownfield sites in cities such as Somerville and Chelsea and the expectation that students grapple with “real life” issues such as development economics and regulatory frameworks ... http://www.utiledesign.com/2008/08/04/tim-love%e2%80%99s-northeastern-housing-studios-featured-in-alumni-magazine/ In a continuing effort to celebrate New England modernism, Utile made a pilgrimage to the Gropius House - designed by Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer in 1938 - in Lincoln, MA. Although many of the group had been there previously, the warm evening light offered opportunity for new appreciation. A ... http://www.utiledesign.com/2008/07/16/gropius-visit/