Boston, MA – The Boston office of international design and architecture firm Perkins Eastman/DPC, in association with Wilson Butler Architects, was recently selected to design the new Boston Arts Academy by the city of Boston and the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA).
During the initial phase of the project, the team will conduct a year-long feasibility study for a phased renovation and rebuild program within the academy’s existing building — originally constructed in the 1920s as a post office warehouse — and site on Ipswich Street in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood.
Boston Arts Academy is Boston’s first and only high school for the visual and performing arts.
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“I had the opportunity to be part of the selection process, and I was blown away by the team’s in-depth understanding of the BAA community—our values, our program, and our aspirations for our students,” said Anne Clark, BAA Headmaster. “Most impressive to me is the team’s commitment to including the community in the process, particularly students, in a very meaningful way.”
The current state of the facility limits the school’s ability to carry out its unique arts and academic program and serve as the only audition-based arts high school in BPS
