Article source: Becker + Becker

This project consists of an extensive renovation and addition to the internationally renowned environmental institute’s headquarters.  The project re-envisions and updates the forward-thinking aspirations of the visionary 1978 design by Malcolm Wells, a founder of the green building movement.  Over the 42 years since this innovative project was lauded widely in the architectural and general press as a trailblazing exemplar of sustainable design, its solar thermal roof and geothermal systems failed and were lost to renovations that subverted the original intention for the building to embody the Cary’s environmental values.

Aerial, Image Courtesy © Seamus Payne

• Architects: Becker + Becker
• Project: The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
• Location: Millbrook, New York
• Photography: Seamus Payne

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