The interior of the open-air education pavilion at the Hawaii Wildlife Center. The side walls are translucent corrugated polycarbonate to keep rain out and the end wall is composed of varying widths of fiber-cement slats, spaced apart at different intervals to allow for controlled natural ventilation from the steady trade winds. Photo Credit: Ethan Tweedie Photography
— institutional, pro bono, studio

Another Award for our Hawai`i Wildlife Center!

We were thrilled to learn in late November that Architect magazine had honored our Hawai`i Wildlife Center on the Big Island of Hawai`i with an honorable mention in their Annual Design Review Awards program. However, we had to wait until…

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Westport River House: A collage of glassy and solid frames and volumes completely reinvent the relationship of house to landscape in this transformational renovation. Photo credit: Ruhl Walker Architects
— houses, pro bono, studio, waterfront

Two More Design Awards!

We were thrilled to learn this week that two of our projects have received 2012 design awards from the Boston Society of Architects and the American Institute of Architects New England.  The winning projects are: The Hawaii Wildlife Center, which…

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Westport River House A collage of glassy and solid frames and volumes completely reinvent the relationship of house to landscape in this transformational renovation. Photo credit: Peter Vanderwarker
— houses, institutional, pro bono, lofts, waterfront

Three BSA Design Awards!

We’re honored to have been notified this week that three of our projects have received 2012 design awards from the Boston Society of Architects.  The BSA hasn’t announced the particulars yet, but we’ll post again when we know more! In…

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— institutional, in construction, pro bono

The Hawai’i Wildlife Center completes phase one.

As part of our commitment to annually contribute a minimum of 1%of our time to pro bono causes, Ruhl Walker Architects has been working with the Hawai’i Wildlife Center since 2006 on Hawai’i’s first and only native wildlife recovery, rehabilitation, and…

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