Tag: design
Brotman Retires, Berger Named New Interiors Director
New Haven, CT – Svigals + Partners, an architecture, art and advisory firm, has announced new leadership in its interior design studio as it also celebrates the career and contributions of Lynn Brotman, NCIDQ, IIDA. Brotman is retiring from her career as an interior designer to pursue personal interests and “plenty of family time.” During […]
Land Transfer Paves Way for Public Open Space
Lynn, MA – Charter Development and National Grid announced the closing of a land transfer along the waterfront in Lynn, paving the way for the future creation of a 30-acre public open space as envisioned by the city of Lynn’s 2019 Waterfront Master Plan. Lynn HarborPark LLC, a Charter Development affiliate, has taken title to […]
2020 BSLA Awards Announced
Boston – On June 29, The Boston Society of Landscape Architects announced the 2020 Design Award winners in a first-ever online event. Follow the link at www.bslanow.org to view the slideshow presented that evening, including images from all of the recognized projects. PROFESSIONAL AWARDS – ANALYSIS & PLANNING Merit Awards Healey and Mystic – […]
Read NOMA’s Public Statement Regarding Racial Injustice
The following are excerpts from a statement issued by the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) on May 31. by Kimberly Dowdell The air in our nation is thick with a profound sense of grief and despair. Our collective air is so very thick that it’s literally hard to breathe. We struggle to grasp for […]
Exploring Solutions for Extreme Heat in Boston and Beyond
by Emily Langner On episode 26 of the Build Better podcast, Anastasia welcomed Tyler Shannon, architect and data scientist, and Kate Bubriski, director of sustainability and building performance at Arrowstreet. Arrowstreet is an architecture and design firm based in Boston. Shannon and Bubriski joined Anastasia to talk about the Living with Heat report that was […]
Spectrum IT Nears Completion of Brewery HQ
Boston – Spectrum Integrated Technologies (IT), the low-voltage division of J&M Brown Company, Inc., is in the final stage of large-scale video security and card access system enhancements for the Samuel Adams/Boston Beer Co. brewery and corporate headquarters, located at 17-25 Drydock Ave. in Boston. The NECA Boston contractor started the project in November 2019 […]
Part 5: Bioregional Urbanist Design Principles
Toward Resource Self-sufficiency – One Region at a Time by Philip Norton Loheed As president of Earthos Institute, I have helped to create Bioregional Urbanism, a process to encourage changes back to “One Planet Living.” This is the fifth of ten installments describing Bioregional Design principles. The timeline for our hypothetical town reconfiguration will need […]
VC Designs Parexel HQ
Submitted by Visnick & Caulfield The design of Parexel’s new Massachusetts headquarters, located in Newton, encompasses the company’s culture: “We care. We’re not just the people with brains, we’re the people with heart.” Visnick & Caulfield (VC) was challenged by the CRO (global clinical research organization) with creating an innovative and collaborative environment that cultivates […]
Partnership Expands Firms’ Real Estate Capabilities
National – Cottonwood Group (“Cottonwood”) and Shawmut Design and Construction (“Shawmut”) jointly announced the formation of a strategic partnership through which the two groups will join forces to expand their combined real estate capabilities and portfolio in the education sector in the United States. The new partnership will further strengthen and enhance Cottonwood’s development capabilities with academic real […]
Passive Housing Project Continues in Cambridge
Cambridge, MA – Callahan Construction Managers (Callahan) announces construction of the Squirrelwood Apartments, a 12-building, 88-unit affordable housing development located in Cambridge, has resumed after a temporary shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The project is progressing rapidly and is poised to be completed in 2021. Owned by Just-A-Start Corporation, Callahan and Davis Square Architects […]
