Here Comes the Sun
Spring is finally here in the Hudson Valley, and to celebrate, we’ve created a simple sunrise window. You can follow the shadows of the sun over the course of the day. And of course, the sun becomes the moon at night!
Two New Trees for Arbor Day
It feels like Spring is finally upon us. Cold Spring residents woke up this Arbor Day 2015 to find nice medalions on all of our street trees which proclaimed: The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now. Village of Cold Spring Arbor Day, April 25, 2015. […]
Pollinator Friendly Window announcing TFG in Cold Spring, NY
The Figure Ground Studio has launched a new location in Cold Spring, NY. In honor of this momentous occasion, as well as the coming of spring, we have launched a celebratory window featuring various pollinator-friendly projects including photos of the following projects: Rhode Island Residential Green Roof, NW Portland Audubon Certified Backyard Habitat, the Sherwood Farmstead, and the Full […]
A Pot of Bitcoins on Main Street
In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, we happened to find an LED Rainbow that ended at a Pot of Bitcoins!
A Celebration Of Ecological Systems In Architecture
[THIS ARTICLE WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2006] WATER-BASED TECHNOLOGIES BEAUTIFY A NEW MEXICAN RESORT BY ETHAN TIMM EL MONTE SAGRADO RESORT IN TAOS, N.M., exemplifies a comprehensive ecological design solution for a high-desert development, combining traditional architectural techniques and hydrologically appropriate water systems. Water conservation has a long and beautiful history in the desert Southwest. In keeping with this tradition, water-based eco-technologies were employed […]
Determining Solar Access at Storefront Window
We are lucky to be proposing a storefront which is on the north side of Main Street in Cold Spring. The window has decent solar access and gets quite warm even on a cold winter day. It beckons for plants. This side of the street gets solar gain throughout the year – even when the […]
Happy Valentine’s Day
In what we hope will continue to be a monthly tradition in concert with Cold Spring’s First Friday celebration of art, commerce, and community, The Figure Ground Studio created a Valentine to Main Street window at 44 Main Street in Cold Spring for February using red twig dogwoods and birch branches to read “heart.” We hope […]
Accessory Dwelling Unit Progress
The Wakefield Accessory Dwelling Unit and Garage is well underway this winter, despite the snow. Underslab insulation in installed, slab with radiant floor is poured, structure for cantilever deck is built, and walls prepared for spray-foam insulation. This will be a small accessory dwelling unit in the heart of Wakefield, RI… walking distance to town and adjascent to South […]
Walkable Warren
The Figure Ground Studio took advantage of this snowy February slowdown to retreat to Warren, RI, (the smallest town in the smallest county in the smallest state) where we were largely snowed in in what turns out is one of the most walkable communities in Rhode Island. The commitment to walking in Warren was made […]
Cold Spring Winter Carnival
The cold, snowy days of Winter were warmed up at the 2015 Winter Carnival on Main Street in Cold Spring, NY. In addition to Peanuts and Porter at the Cold Spring General Store, Pendleton Cookies at Old Souls, the ice sculptures by Bill Bywater brought joy to onlookers and passersby, especially when he brought out the blowtorch […]
