How do you retrofit a campus icon—without shutting it down?
Mid-century bones, 21st-century performance. This deep-energy makeover will balance Passive House standards, carbon reduction, and resilience—all while staying open for class.
✨ Designed to welcome, connect, and endure.

The first snow is a good reminder of why Passive House matters. The Rock House stays comfortable even during outages thanks to an insulated, airtight envelope, triple-glazed windows, smart shading, natural ventilation, and a site strategy that protects against intense rain events.

🦃 Happy Thanksgiving from ZH Architects! 🧡
This season, we’re grateful for the communities we design for, the clients who trust us to bring their visions to life, and the collaborators who help make sustainable architecture possible.

Don't get Caught with a Bad Grade! NYC’s A–F Energy Grades make building performance public—and with buildings creating ~70% of city emissions, every upgrade counts.

Lower energy use = lower bills + better comfort + real climate action.
ZH Architects can help you chart the smartest path forward.

Even small projects can drive sustainability. By preserving the original marble and over-cladding with durable, low-VOC Corian, we cut waste, reduced embodied carbon, and delivered a clean, contemporary transformation for this lobby. #SustainableDesign #LowCarbon

Redefining luxury: 75 ft tall, mass-timber frame, Passive House goal — at “Timberburg” we’re excited to push boundaries with Builtd + KSK. At ZH Architects we call this climate-resilient, high-performance living. 🪵⚡️
#MassTimber #PassiveHouse #Sustainability #Architecture #ZHArchitects

Construction begins soon!
ZH Architects is transforming this Manhattan Community Shelter into a bright, inclusive, and resilient space — complete with a vibrant new façade, natural light–filled lobby, and accessible design for all.

#PassiveHouse buildings can look similar to your regular, run of the mill buildings, however underneath their skin they distinguish themselves with a few key features

Commissioned to redesign two lobbies within the Bernstein Real Estate Campus, this project establishes a unified architectural language that connects the buildings as part of a cohesive campus identity. The owners placed a strong emphasis on #sustainability #accessibility and #healthymaterials

October means we are losing daylight & St. Johns Place is a perfect example to illustrate the concept of daylight design. An energy analysis allowed the calibration between the south facing windows and the solar shading required to achieve the #PassiveHouse standard.

Congrats to Marianne Hyde, AIA, CPHT of @zharchitects and Ed Yaker, Board Member of the Amalgamated Bronx Housing Corporation for receiving the NYS Buildings of Excellence Award! The project is a #PassiveHouse transformation of 1940 Workers’ Housing into 48 resilient, light filled apartments.

Interested in Reducing the Noise in your Home by 50%? Check out Internorm Windows for the Solution! The benefits are Endless #passivehouse #newyork #brooklyn #noisereduction #zharchitects

Find out more about New York City's fastest growing market sector: Passive House multi-family buildings
Wednesday March 12th at NY Build Expo
#passivehouse #passivehousedesign #newyorkbuild #sustainability #networking #architects #architecture
@phnetwork.bsky.social
@nyserda.bsky.social

I'll be talking about why I have adopted Passive House as a strategy for all my design projects

#passivehouse #passivehousedesign #newyorkbuild #construction #sustainability #networking #architects #architecture @phnetwork.bsky.social @nyserda.bsky.social

Next Week 3/12! Join my session at @newyorkbuild @javitscenter
Do you have questions about Passive House and how to get started doing it? #passivehouse #passivehousedesign #newyorkbuild #construction #sustainability #networking #architects #architecture @phnetwork.bsky.social @nyserda.bsky.social

🤩 You care about buildings, data, and climate? GBDI (@gbdi.bsky.social) launches the #OpenBuildingDataPlatform! 🎉
It's an open-source platform designed to support policy makers, industry leaders and design professionals in understanding and improving buildings' life cycle #climate performance!

May you find peace, joy & a #passivehouse to keep you warm in 2025! #happynewyear #2025 #nyc #architecture

The Beauty of Shadows in Construction 🏗️✨ #ShadowsInConstruction #ArchitecturalBeauty #DesignDetails

There are some new generation straw buildings going up on east coast by New Frameworks and build with Nature in New York State + Vermont.
Hemp availability is blossoming, we are doing our passive houses with as much as we are allowed to use.

James Turrell "Leading" Skyspace at Friend's Seminary is open to the public! Best way to spend 20 minutes any day/night of the week. #friendsskyspace #OHNY #Turrell #skyspace #light #silence #contemplation

A preview into the latest & greatest way of using our drone for site measurements for our latest project in Deer Island, Maine #ZHarchitects #Architecture #Maine

We're so excited to be on Bluesky! Twitter was a great platform for many years and sadly is not so anymore. So we look forward to connecting, learning and growing where the skies are Blue. #masstimber #passivehouse #architecture #architect