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Architects: Elkus Manfredi Architects
- Area: 90000 ft²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Endicott, Sherwin-Williams, Armstrong Ceilings, EFCO, FilzFelt, +3
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Emerson College Student Residences / Elkus Manfredi Architects
Boston's Largest Carbon-Neutral Building Breaks Ground
KPMB Architects and Suffolk recently broke ground on Boston University’s new Center for Computing and Data Sciences. The Center aims to be a striking new addition to Boston University’s central campus and its first new major teaching center in a half-century. As the tallest building at Boston University, the 19-story, 350,000-square-foot structure will bring the institution’s mathematics, statistics and computer science departments under one roof.
Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre and the College of Fine Arts Production Center / Elkus Manfredi Architects
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Architects: Elkus Manfredi Architects
- Area: 75000 ft²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, Chaos Group, Viccarbe, -, Akdo, +16
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Professionals: Jensen Hughes, Mikyoung Kim Design, Nitsch Engineering, (FKA) Amman & Whitney, Auerbach Glasow, +5
Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Linde Center Opens at Tanglewood
The new Linde Center for Music by William Rawn Associates has opened at the Tanglewood music venue in western Massachusetts. As the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood welcomes its first new performance facility in 25 years. The Linde Center was designed to provide additional concert and rehearsal space and create a truly multi-season facility.
Harvard ArtLab / Barkow Leibinger
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Architects: Barkow Leibinger
- Area: 840 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: 3N Madeiras
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Professionals: Howe Consulting, BR+A Consulting Engineers Inc., Lam Partners Inc, Lee Kennedy Co Inc, VHB, +2
Perkins+Will Design School of the Future for Belmont
Architecture firm Perkins+Will have broken ground on a new middle and high school sited in the Belmont suburb of Boston. The 445,100 SF project is conceived as a flexible and agile environment for learning that's made to prepare students for jobs in future industries. Emphasizing hands-on learning, the project co-locates students on one campus while encouraging multi-age learning.
How Three Major US Cities are Preparing for Climate Change
As the world recognizes Earth Day 2019, the public discourse is increasingly dominated by citizen action across the world manifesting a widespread fear and frustration at a perceived lack of action by governments and officials to confront the issue forthrightly. From the Extinction Rebellion protests that have gripped London, to school student strikes across 125 countries, global cities are increasingly finding themselves on the front line of a battle to limit the effects of global warming.
Infra-Space 1 / Landing Studio
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Architects: Landing Studio
- Area: 32375 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Lumenpulse
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Professionals: AA Will Corporation, Geocomp Consulting Inc, RS&H, Street Theory, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, +3
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Revitalizes Boston's Commonwealth Pier through Adaptive Reuse
Schmidt Hammer Lassen has announced details of their second U.S. project: the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston, Massachusetts. An adaptive reuse project that will bring new life to Boston’s Commonwealth Pier, the 68,500-square-meter mixed-use project seeks to reactivate a historic maritime hub to create a new waterfront destination.
The largest pier building in the world when completed in 1901, the Commonwealth Pier will be reactivated with the introduction of new materials, increased daylight, and new points of connectivity. The exercise in adaptive reuse will contain flexible office space, dynamic event space, new retail, dining, and public amenities.
Boston Startup Spaceus Brings Pop-Up Energy to Vacant Storefronts
As retail moves evermore online, vacant storefronts have become ubiquitous sights in American cities and towns. Often located in formerly prime downtown real estate, the darkened windows have a knock-on effect, sapping urban vibrancy and sometimes falling into disrepair. Discourse surrounding the predicament of dead malls and traditional retail space is ongoing, but a one-size fits-all solution clearly isn't the answer here.
Boston City Hall Celebrates 50th Anniversary, Prepares for Major Renovation
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening of Boston City Hall in 1969, the brutalist icon is set to receive a major renovation by Utile Architecture + Planning and Reed Hilderbrand Landscape Architects. The Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture has already begun a series of small changes and updates to the building with the hope of bringing new life to the commanding structure.
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KPMB Architects Designs Stacked Data Sciences Tower for Boston University
KPMB Architects have released a design to construct a 17-floor tower for Boston University's new Data Sciences Center. Located on the university’s main Charles River campus, the project will become the tallest building at the university. The vertical design was made to bring together the mathematics, computer science and statistics departments under one roof. Overlooking the Boston skyline and the Charles River, the stacked design will become a new landmark for Boston University.