About Us
Bruce Hampton
Architect
Bruce Hampton, partner of Elton + Hampton Architects, is the Hickory Consortium's prime architect for prototype development in the Department of Energy's Building America Initiative. Elton +Hampton Architects is a full service architectural firm located in Allston, MA specializing in community based, energy efficient, multi-family residential and commercial projects. With work in new construction and rehab, E+HA has completed award winning resource and energy conserving work throughout the Northeast. Recent projects include The Family Center, Somerville, MA, Reviviendo Housing in Lawrence, MA; library and Suffolk Street housing for Chelsea Neighborhood Housing; and Casa Maribel transitional housing for domestic violence victims in Chelsea, MA.
Bruce's previous work includes Erie Ellington Homes, in Dorchester, MA for the Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation, and Cambridge Cohousing, an ambitiously sustainable complex of 41 units and community facilities in Cambridge, MA. Both the Erie Ellington Homes Project and the Elm Street Townhouses have been awarded medals for excellence in residential energy efficient design for a cold climate by the National Association of Home Builders. Cambridge Cohousing garnered a Silver Medal for multifamily residences in a cold climate and was named one of the top 10 exemplary environmentally designed projects by the Committee on the Environment of the American Institute of Architects for Earth Day 1998.
E+HA's current work with non-profit community development groups includes Back of the Hill CDC, Madison Park CDC, the United Residents in Academy Homes II, all in Boston, MA area; the Women's Institute for Housing and Economic Development; the Lawrence CommunityWorks; the Kansas City Neighborhood Alliance; the Northeast Denver Housing Center; Chelsea Neighborhood Housing Services; and the Cheshire Housing Trust of Keene, NH. All current E+HA residential projects are Energy Star ® Homes. Bruce has 30 years of experience in contracting and architecture. For almost 20 years, he worked with Acorn Structures, Inc. in Concord, MA, first as estimator and then as project architect in residential design, doing multi-family projects, specialized structures, and single family homes for domestic and international markets. Here, he was responsible for an average of two multi-family projects and twenty custom single-family projects in any given year. Since 1982, he has also been practicing independently in custom single family residential and multi-family design.
He is broadly experienced in manufactured and modular housing and consults with other architects, municipalities, companies, and manufacturers. A LEED certified architect, he holds workshops and presents widely on greening affordable housing.
Bruce is a member of the American Institute of Architects and the US Green Building Council. He is registered in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. He is a competitive cyclist and former short-track speedskater, and will always phone his HC colleague Jesa Damora when there is black ice on Bare Hill Pond.
