OEA is very pleased to announce its new role as lead designer and architect for the new Skaneateles Library in Skaneateles, NY, an historic community in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State. OEA’s recent selection came after an eight-month designer selection process. A press release of OEA’s selection can be found here.
Norwell Public Library Wins WoodWorks Regional Excellence Award
OEA and LeMessurier’s use of Glulam and Cross Laminated Timber elements in the design of the new Norwell Public Library receives Wood Design Award recognition from WoodWorks. Read more about the award and the design team’s use of wood here.
MV Museum receives two awards from Preservation Massachusetts
The Martha’s Vineyard Museum received a Robert H. Kuehn, Jr. Award from Preservation MA, and followed that up with the People’s Preservation Choice Award after receiving over 11,000 votes of support. The Kuehn award recognizes extraordinary projects that meld collaborative partnerships with creative and cutting-edge ideas for the rehabilitation and active reuse of historic buildings. Learn more about this special place in Preservation MA’s video tribute below.
OEA's Webster and Eastham library projects receive high praise from Library Land Project
Library Land Project founders Adam Zand and Greg Peverill-Conti are on a quest to visit every public library facility in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Since 2017, they have visited over two hundred libraries, four of which have been designed by Oudens Ello Architecture. With the pair using a ranking system based on eleven important criteria, all four of OEA’s facilities have received high marks. As of late summer 2019, the Gladys E. Kelly Library in Webster remains Library Land Project’s top-ranked library with its only perfect score, while Eastham remains tied for third and Millis and Scituate within the top 15. Library Land Project’s positive reviews of Webster and Eastham can be found here.
Martha's Vineyard Museum featured in Preservation magazine
In its Summer 2019 issue, Preservation magazine celebrates OEA’s rehabilitation of Vineyard Haven’s historic Marine Hospital in its article Places Restored, Threatened, Saved, and Lost.
The Wow Factor
The opening of OEA’s new Martha’s Vineyard Museum receives positive reviews in this recent MV Times editorial.
