CONSERVANCY SITS LIGHTLY ON THE LAND

The Trustees of Reservations, one of the oldest land conservancies in the United States, is in the business of improving and preserving scenic landscapes. When it came time to build a center in Leominster, Massachusetts, the nonprofit organization took pains to build according to the tenets of environmental stewardship. Next week writer Lauri Puchall will introduce us to the Doyle Conservation Center (photo by Dan Gair/ Blind Dog Photo, Inc.).

EXCELLENCE IN WOOD, NORTH AMERICA

The annual Wood Design Awards were recently announced by cosponsors Wood Design & Building and Wood Le Bois magazines. One of the three honor awards went to the Point House in a pine forest in rural Montana, by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson (photo by Nic Lehoux). Exposed wood framing forms a composition with glass and structural steel. Next week we'll look at this and the other two honor award recipients.