400 square feet of wood ceiling planks will be donated to the Lifecycle Building Center from the recently completed Ben Hill Park Recreation Center. Pimsler Hoss Architects has saved materials from the landfill on past projects by connecting clients to re-use them into new projects, or by donating to LBC or Habitat for Humanity's ReStore. We've found homes for doors, light fixtures, and HVAC equipment. In addition to our efforts to incorporate sustainable practices into our projects, we have an in-office recycling program for paper and plastics. We've been known to donate our cardboard paper tubes to the Zoo Atlanta gorillas to play with!  We also print our drawings on recycled paper and use office products with 100% post-consumer recycled content.  Batteries, ink jet cartridges, and old computers are delivered to electronic recycling events around town. Let us know if you have creative ideas to find homes for old product samples, such as carpet squares and tiles!

Pimsler Hoss Architects participated in Candler Park neighborhood memorial dedication Randy Pimsler of Pimsler Hoss Architects participated in the installation of a new historical marker at the site where the first Antioch East Baptist Church stood between 1877 and 1916 this past weekend (Saturday Nov. 9, 2013). The marker is part of an effort to document early African American history in Atlanta’s Candler Park neighborhood, and features text and historical images. Planning for the marker began three years ago and is the fourth historical marker placed in the neighborhood, stemming from Candler Park’s BiRacial History Project. Click here to learn more: http://blog.historian4hire.net/2013/11/10/new-historical-marker/  [link has been removed] Photo above by Edith Kelman.    

PHA was happy to be a part of the first Homeowner's Workshop sponsored by the Georgia Trust at Rhodes Hall this past Saturday.   Randy and Sarah presented "Incorporating Sustainable Features into Your Historic Home," and enjoyed a good dialogue with participants and other sponsors, such as Southface and Georgia Power's Earthcents representatives.  Our presentation is available for download here. PHA- HOW presentation for website

Come out on Saturday May 4, 2013 to Rhodes Hall to take advantage of all the resources available to learn about and care for your historic home.  Do you know which "green" building practices work with the construction of your historic home? To learn more, PHA will be presenting two sessions of, "Incorporating Sustainable Features into your Historic Home." We hope to see many of you out there to share ideas and enthusiasm about the great historic homes and neighborhoods of intown Atlanta.

Our affordable housing project in Pooler, Georgia was certified at LEED Gold level. This is PHA's third LEED certification in two years (along with Sustainable Fellwood in Savannah, Georgia (Platinum) and Fontaine Hall in Columbus, Georgia (Gold).)   The project is also Earthcraft Communites- certified.   Congratulations to our team!