WENDY TALARICO is an architectural journalist with more than twenty years of writing and editorial experience. She's an expert in the fields of architecture and architectural technology, building science, construction, and sustainable design. She's written for Metropolis, Architectural Record, This Old House, the Christian Science Monitor, and many other publications.SMITH MARAN ARCHITECTS (SMA) is an award-winning partnership founded in 1997 and based in Montclair, New Jersey. SMA intentionally seeks to satisfy a wide range of design needs. In addition to creating distinctive public and private environments, the firm specializes in developing architectural, industrial, and graphic design… solutions for businesses and institutions seeking to define or reconceive their public image. SMA is recognized for identifying and enriching the intrinsically unique conditions-site, program, identity-of any given project.