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60 Hampshire under Construction
Newly acquired as part of BioMed Realty Trust’s campus near Kendall Square, this former iron foundry was in need of a transformation to accommodate the demands of today’s office/lab tenants. Arrowstreet is restoring the historic building’s exterior to its previous luster and is upgrading its interior into a flexible space to suit a variety of tenants…
Yet another Tenant Space Completed
NGIN Workplace, located in 2 Cambridge Place in Kendall Square, is a shared incubator space for entrepreneurs, start-up companies, and telecommuting employees. BioMed Realty Trust, owner of the building, approached Arrowstreet to create a 15,600-sf turnkey space for this innovative tenant. Designed to exude NGIN’s brand and core mission, there are a variety of huddle zones for team collaboration, bump…
New Tenant Space at 2 Cambridge Place
As part of our ongoing work with BioMed Realty Trust, they asked us to create a 6,000-sf turnkey space for the high-tech company AdHarmonics at 2 Cambridge Place. With a vibrant color palette, the playful design expresses the company’s cutting-edge brand and culture. Attractive and ergonomic desks and furniture allow employees the flexibility to sit or stand when working. Various huddle spaces promote collaboration and teamwork, and a communal kitchen fosters camaraderie. This space is just one of several designs Arrowstreet has helped bring to life at 210 Broadway including the open and attractive lobby and outdoor courtyard.
Collaborative Environments: Past and Future
My son went to visit Battleship Cove in Fall River with his Boy Scout Troop and we all had a chance to spend the night on the USS Massachusetts. It was quite an adventure and a lot of fun to explore. As a “Navy Brat” myself, it brought back memories visiting the ship where my dad used to serve. He was a lithographer, and as part of his shop, there was a small drafting and design contingent. The group was particularly useful when needing to come up with a quick design for a repair, especially while out to sea on a Destroyer or Submarine Tender. Sketches and plans would then be conveyed to a foundry floating in the middle of the ocean…
Dynamic Seating at the 210 Broadway Courtyard
Last week Bob shared the story of creating the glass tree silhouettes for BioMed’s new courtyard at 210 Broadway; I wanted to point out another feature of this new space – namely, the seating. To continue the theme of a transition between indoor and outdoor space, we wanted to create seating that seemed to flow in a natural, fluid way up from the floor…
A New Courtyard at 210 Broadway
Just this past fall, a new courtyard opened at 210 Broadway in Cambridge. With ipe decks and seating that seem to flow right up and out of the courtyard, and an illuminated glass wall along the street edge, there is now a bright, comfortable place for building occupants to take a break from work and get fresh air…
Visiting Worcester’s CitySquare
I wanted to share a few construction photos from the Arrowstreet-designed Unum Headquarters building in Worcester. Part of the CitySquare development we have been master planning and designing, the Unum building (One Mercantile Square) will open this fall. It’s great to see this striking building set against the sky as I pass the DCU Center every site visit. We all look forward to seeing this building complete and the rest of CitySquare coming together!
Arrowstreet at Bisnow: Life Sciences Summit
Recently, a small delegation of Arrowstreet architects attended the Bisnow Life Sciences Summit. Jim Batchelor, our President and CEO, moderated one of two panels, which included recognized industry experts from a variety of perspectives who spoke on the strength of the Life Sciences industry in the Cambridge area and in Massachusetts. The panels included Tim Stoll of BioMed Realty Trust, Jeff Lockwood of Novartis, Pamela Norton of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, Chuck Pappalardo of Suffolk Construction Company, Peter Calkins of Forest City Boston, and Robert Beal of The Beal Companies. The discussion was inspiring, and affirmed many of the experiences we’ve had at Arrowstreet in recent years working with life sciences planning expert Dan Winny and our clients designing lab and office spaces. Both panels also provided a very optimistic perspective about today and long term expectations for the growth and development of this key industry in Massachusetts…
Worcester CitySquare: Rising from the Dust of Demolition
We’re happy to share these recent construction photos of the CitySquare development in downtown Worcester. Arrowstreet has been working on the planning and design of the mixed-use development which will create a revitalized neighborhood and reintroduce retail and entertainment to Worcester’s downtown. The first building to be built in this development is One Mercantile Place, a 200,000 square foot office building that will consolidate Unum’s Worcester offices. Construction is tearing along, and we are on track for a October 2012 completion.
Worcester CitySquare Building H Topping Off Ceremony
Arrowstreet recently celebrated a big moment with the City of Worcester, Unum, and many others when the steel frame was finally topped off at the CitySquare Development’s newest office highrise on January 4th. It was a brutally cold day, but a well-attended and warmly welcomed milestone for the many people involved. The patriotically painted beam was signed and hoisted 120 feet up into the air to be placed in its final home. What an impressive sight: an evergreen tree on one side and the American flag on the other, flying up in the sky marking the building’s official presence in Worcester’s skyline…