Tag: design
Keune Joins Boston Architectural Firm
Boston – Architect, historian, and author Eric Keune has joined the Boston studio of Perkins and Will as design director. Under Keune’s leadership, the studio will advance its commitment to design excellence, providing clients with beautiful, bespoke, sustainable placemaking solutions. Keune’s portfolio of global projects includes a 13-building campus and training center for Swiss pharmaceutical […]
Portsmouth Architectural Firm Adds Two
Portsmouth, NH – Market Square Architects PLLC, announced two new additions to its Portsmouth-based firm. Sothea Cheney, AIA, has joined the company as a project architect and Rebecca Ruby, as a project manager. Cheney brings over 15 years of experience and most recently served as an associate and project manager at a large regional firm. […]
Arsenal Yards Development Well Underway
Watertown, MA – Arsenal Yards is a new $1 million sf, mixed-use development in Watertown. It will include apartments, shops, restaurants, a movie theatre, and a Hampton Inn hotel. Construction began in 2017, and the entire project is expected to be completed by 2021. Developers Boylston Properties and the Wilder Companies are behind this redevelopment and […]
World Class Row Hotel Ranked Nation’s Third Best is by Four NH Companies
by Carol Duhart In 2019, The Row Hotel at Assembly Row in Somerville, Mass. was ranked the third best hotel in the U.S. and 44th best hotel in the world by Travel and Leisure Magazine. It’s not every day that a hotel can claim a global ranking among the best, much less as a result […]
Building for Good Launches National Platform
Boston – As charitable organizations work to improve inadequate facilities or build new ones, legal bills may hold them back from their mission. Building for Good, Inc. (B4G), a national, web-based platform linking nonprofits and charities with skilled, volunteer construction lawyers, launched this month in Massachusetts, Florida, New Jersey, and Minnesota. B4G will help organizations in […]
Provencher Joins Worcester Architectural Firm
Worcester, MA – Habeeb & Associates Architects (H&A) announced the addition of Kevin M. Provencher, AIA, LEED AP BD+C to its Worcester-based H&A team. Provencher’s role as Worcester office director, with responsibility for the growth and development of the firm’s 100 Grove St. satellite location, aligns well with his personal commitment to the mindful development […]
For Smaller Massachusetts Cities, Architects Spur Downtown Transformations
by Andrew Stebbins and Matt Duggan Can a former parking lot in Framingham, Massachusetts set the roadmap for the region’s future? It just might. Located in a growing downtown amid a cluster of midsize cities and towns stretching from Boston to Worcester — locally known as “MetroWest” — the new, mixed-use, development called Alta Union […]
Finegold Alexander to Design New Building
Cambridge, MA – Finegold Alexander Architects has been selected to design and collaborate on the construction of a mixed-use building consisting of a 37-room boutique hotel and commercial space in Cambridge. The firm will design the hotel at 727 Massachusetts Avenue in a building formerly known as the Cambridge Gas Light Building. The building, along […]
Design Firm Promotes Sawin
Auburn, ME – Harriman announced the promotion of Lisa Sawin, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C, effective Sept. 23. Sawin joins the firm’s eight other owners, encompassing a diverse core of leaders from the multidisciplinary architectural, engineering, and planning practices. Sawin is a senior architect and leader in Harriman’s Education Studio. Having joined Harriman in 2016, […]
Nauset Completes Restaurant Reno
Cambridge, MA – Nauset Construction has completed renovations to Nubar, the restaurant and lounge set in the Sheraton Commander Hotel in the heart of Harvard Square. This popular neighborhood gathering space was redesigned to expand its private dining capabilities and modernize its look while retaining its revolutionary-era ambience. The historic Sheraton Commander Hotel was originally […]
