Travel Quiz…

Whenever our principal, Michael Klement, is out traveling on holiday he sends a little “Architectural Challenge” quiz to the AR team back at the mothership to test their knowledge and a small gift from the trip. This was the quiz from a recent trip to...

Continuous Insulation…

Here at AR, we have helped our clients build energy-efficient houses by employing construction technologies such as continuous insulation, or CI. This type of insulation runs continuously across the building envelope without significant breaks or thermal bridging. To...

Hold onto your pants!

Recycled denim looks to be a promising building insulation alternative to traditional solutions like fiberglass and mineral wool. With thermal and acoustic performance similar to mineral wool and a safer installation process than fiberglass–no PPE required–recycled...