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2017 Entertainment Experience Evolution
Beat the cold and go west February 7-8 for the 3rd annual Entertainment Experience Evolution in sunny Santa Monica, California. Our principals will be speaking and hosting round-tables at this year’s event. On Tuesday, February 7th at 4:40pm, Arrowstreet Principal Sean Selby will be speaking about “The Impact of Active Entertainment Environments on Surrounding Mixed-use and Retail Centers.” From new entertainment…
NAIOP: The South End Surge
Boston’s South End is experiencing an unprecedented development boom – in fact, according to the Boston Planning and Development Agency, there is over 1.5M SF of development currently planned or under review which is among the highest concentration of potential projects in all of Boston. The South End Surge will be discussed as Ted Tye of National Development will moderate a…
AR / VR in Action Roundup
Augmented reality is often associated with Lewis Carroll’s “Through the Looking Glass” where Alice crosses through the mirror into a bazaar imaginary world. At the Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality in Action Conference it was easy to believe far more than “six impossible things before breakfast”. The number of applications and demonstrations was impressive and inspiring. The roles for AR…
Why Arrowstreet is Implementing VR into their Projects
Over the past several years, our team at Arrowstreet has experimented with the implementation of Virtual Reality in our practice. VR has well documented architectural applications. The ability to actually experience space early in the design process helps us as designers as well as our clients make more informed decisions during the early phases of a project. The implementation of…
BisNow: The Future of Downtown
Join us at the Boston Harbor Hotel on Thursday, January 19th at 7:30am as we discuss the revitalization of downtown Boston at the BisNow event: The Future of Downtown.
How Design Can Complement Historic Environments
When it comes to design, one rarely thinks of words like “compliment, appropriate, memory or story-telling” as apt expressions to describe our work. That is, unless you plan on intervening in the historic fabric of some of the oldest and most memorable communities of New England. In his book, The Architecture of Happiness, Alain de Botton writes, “In a more emcompassing…