New Family Ctr Heading for Grand Opening Constructed by Wright Builders – Kuhn Riddle Architects

Amherst, MA– Atkinson Family Practice, designed by Kuhn Riddle Architects of Amherst and constructed by Wright Builders, Inc. of Northampton, are making headway towards a grand opening of the new facility located at 17 Research Drive, Amherst, in early January 2013.
Once Kate Atkinson, MD, a widely-recognized Amherst family physician, began looking for a new office four years ago she found it was not easy to find buildings or land that were zoned for medical offices in Amherst. Atkinson persevered and broke ground for the new facility in April of this year, where she will be able to expand on the practice’s values of patient service and disease prevention. High on the facility’s requirements list is a sustainable, solar-powered environment filled with natural light and healthy air for patients and staff.
The new facility will have ample room for medical-behavioral integrated family-centered care. Psychologists Susan Molano and Chaia Wolf will partner with the medical team to provide whole person care to patients of all ages from newborn to elderly in this family practice.
Kuhn Riddle Architects, onboard from the very beginning, designed this new 13,513sf building using sustainable components and building practices such as double wall construction, triple glazed windows and VRV system heat pumps with energy recovery ventilators.
Architect Ann Marshall put together a unique and visionary facility now more than mid-way into construction. Wright Builders, Inc of Northampton joined the team to provide estimating, value engineering, construction and construction management.
Dr. Atkinson felt that “the pairing of Kuhn-Riddle and Wright Builders was a natural choice, given their impressive history of collaboration on the design and construction of sustainable homes and offices throughout the Valley.”