Below in an excerpt from the Bangor Daily News on our project in Maine.

“It would be a pioneering project for the entire country,” Jonathan Arnold of the group said Monday. “It is using tried and true green technologies, but putting them together in tandem so that they result in a potentially net zero building.” In other words, all the energy would be produced on site for the building using renewable resources, including solar and hydro power, he said. The plans also call for a geothermal heating system.

http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail.html?sub_id=152631

The 11 story residential building is located steps from Queens Plaza and will feature a dynamic synergy of design, engineering and ecology.  The strong architectural identity is reflective of many sustainable features including: photovoltaic panels, solar hot water heat, efficient thermal mass shell for insulation, natural shading for passive cooling and a private eco-terrace for each unit.  The new building is being designed to be the first residential tower in the city to achieve LEED certification.

Clockwork Architecture + Design

“I would like nothing more than to change how architecture is delivered in Wichita,” Black says.

to read more http://wichita.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2010/07/12/story6.html

Silver Historical Renovation: Studio Dan Meiners

Bronze Architecture Interior: Blanc Burgers + Bottles

Gold Interior Office: Spaces Inc Showroom

JOYCE SMITH CITYSCAPE

Studio Dan Meiners is not about all the free stuff visitors will get today to kick off the grand opening.

So don’t focus on the free hamburgers from Blanc Burgers + Bottles, the coffee by The Roasterie, the entertainment, the raffle benefiting The Arts Incubator, the organic market — all from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Or from 5 to 8 p.m. the free Pieroguys Pierogies, Boulevard Brewing Co. beer and Cellar Rat Wine Merchants wine.

Instead, take note of how the floral and event design company is now offering an event space and retail store specializing in party accessories and gifts for the “entertainment lifestyle.”

Owner Dan Meiners offers fresh-cut stems and orchids, along with his own bouquets and striking arrangements. Among the blooms are handbags made from computer keyboard pieces, small scented cedar balls (such as grapefruit, linen and sandalwood) that can be stuck in a corner of the car or closet, large metal “Jacks” paperweights, skull-shaped paper cutout wreaths, chipotle cheddar cheese straws, red metal rooster sculptures, and plant containers and plants. Studio Dan Meiners also offers an indoor plant consultation service.

Meiners was a partner in Urban Living in the City Market before opening Studio Dan Meiners at 1700 Wyandotte St. in 2003. It specialized in weddings and corporate events, with some retail offerings, but then simply outgrew its space.

So Meiners and partner David Brinkerhoff bought the 20,000-square-foot, 1950s-era building at 2500 West Pennway (at the southwest corner of 25th Street and Broadway). But the retail shop and design studio only take up a small portion of the building.

What to do with the rest? An event space was a natural addition and already is being booked for wedding receptions and corporate and charity events. Part of the space also has been converted for office tenants.

“I just love the resurgence of downtown, the accessibility to all of the city, since we work with so many hotels,” Meiners said. “This business is always different, and I love meeting with the clients and the creativity.”

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/06/10/2008009/cityscape-studio-dan-meiners-has.html#ixzz0qZN1p2Ay

“We selected clockwork, because of your ability to create family-friendly modern spaces”

Thank you, with a testimonial like that, we couldn’t be more pleased.

Below is an excerpt from today’s Business Journal article.

Kansas City developer Jonathan Arnold may be taking his redevelopment expertise from Main Street to Maine.  Arnold, who leads Arnold Development and Arnold Imaging in Kansas City’s River Market, recently submitted a redevelopment proposal for the former Moosehead Manufacturing furniture plant in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.  The shuttered 85,000-square-foot furniture mill is owned by the city, which approved Arnold’s plan and granted him a one-year option to buy the building.  Arnold’s proposal calls for a mix of retail, office, light manufacturing and housing with a small cafe and possibly a small inn, he said. It also calls for a green jobs incubator that would train workers in geothermal, wind and solar technologies, said Arnold, who pledged a minimum investment of $4.8 million during four years.  Locally, Arnold is known for co-developing with Chris Sally two renovation projects on Main Street in the River Market. There, the pair transformed an old 36,000-square-foot paper-recycling plant at 136 Main St. into the First + Main Lofts and turned the old Gallo building on the northeast corner of Second and Main streets into 20,000 square feet of office space.  Before coming to Kansas City in 2002, Arnold also worked on industrial development in New York.  With that experience under his belt, Arnold saw the redevelopment potential in the Moosehead building, which he learned of while visiting family and friends in Maine last summer.  The four-story plant has been shut down for three years, Arnold said, and the city had taken ownership of it and issued a request for redevelopment proposals around the time of his visit.  “Having done the two projects (on Main Street), I knew what it would take to renovate it,” he said.  In addition, Arnold became enamored with the central Maine town where the plant is located.  “The highway has not gone through Dover-Foxcroft and taken away its character as oftentimes happens when all the businesses move out to the periphery,” he said. “It has all the things you’d want in a small village.”

http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2010/05/17/daily1.html?ed=2010-05-17&ana=e_du_pub