Out on a Limb to find Gold!

We love architecture because we love creativity, innovation, and imagination. We’ve bundled all three of these “loves” together to highlight something for you to share with those you love…the “Out On A Limb” architectural masterpiece of AIA Gold Medal winner Alan Metcalfe. Perched high in the trees at the Morris Arboretum of the University of [...]

Chesapeake Bay: To Know it, is to Love it; and then you can’t help but Care.

What is the purpose of a national treasure? Should it be kept a secret and never be seen and enjoyed, or should it’s beauty be marveled at and it’s natural resources effectively and considerately utilized? This is the current situation facing the Chesapeake Bay. Home and life-source to multitudes of plant and animal species including [...]

The Healing Power of Nature

A few months ago we published a blog article entitled Lions, Tigers, Elephants, Alligators…Wild Things Help Children to Heal, about how animal sculptures created by artist Frederick Prescott are being displayed at hospitals and children’s health care centers throughout the country. The sculptures are proving great sources of entertainment amongst the children and families that [...]

Maryland’s Green Initiatives…are they Sustainable?

Here at the revamped, environmentally friendly Souza office, we aim to be fully aware of the current issues facing our natural environment and the steps we need to take to take to improve them. We are constantly on the lookout for new ways to save the earth’s resources, as we have the belief that we [...]

Like to travel? Respect, and go “green”!

Picture courtesy of Taking Off Every year the Lonely Planet guide releases a list of the top 10 places to visit for the upcoming year. The list for 2009 includes a wide variety of destinations to suit the first time traveler to the experienced backpacker extraordinaire. This list, along with many others, represents how interestingly, [...]

Swamp Hut Update…Another Award

The Swamp Hut also won a national American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Design for a small project. We’re not surprised! Team Souza knows how to pick the great ones! Here are a few more photos. Enjoy! Team Souza

Make Way for the Swamp Hut Brand

Remember the first time you pitched a tent in your backyard, packed it with flashlights, chips, coke, a transistor radio, plus two of your best friends with scary stories, and pretended you were in the woods searching for wild things that howl in the night? Well, you’re not alone. These talented architects surely remembered their [...]

Lions, Tigers, Elephants, Alligators…Wild Things Help Children to Heal

When you see a 14 foot x 10 foot animal sculpture with its head bobbing in the wind, you just have to smile. The sheer size will make you stop, but the artistry will touch your heart. Fredrick Prescott, the creative genius behind Prescott Scuptures, has been crafting steel sculptures since he was old enough [...]

Saying Goodbye to one of Nature’s Finest

Yesterday was a sad day at Team Souza. We arrived at work looking forward to a peaceful, productive, and a potentially spring-like day with the birds chirping away and caring for their nests in some trees nearby.  What we got was something very different. Picture a 120+ year old oak tree (our calculations using a [...]

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