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BisNow: The Future of Cambridge
Join Arrowstreet at BisNow’s annual Future of Cambridge event at the Boston Marriott Cambridge on Tuesday, July 26th from 7:30-10:30 am. This year speakers include: Alex Twining of Twining Properties, Paul Ognibene of Urban Spaces, Lisa Peterson of the City of Cambridge, Tom Evans of the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority, and Lawrence Cheng of Bruner/Cott & Associates.
The Housing Ecosystem
People often talk about moving up the housing ladder. The progression is pretty standard for many; from living with your parents, you move to a college dorm and then your first apartment, maybe pausing at a starter condo before buying a house. But not only is the housing ladder getting harder for many people to climb, it’s also missing some…
For Better or Worse, Provincetown is Ahead of the Curve
Provincetown is one of my favorite places – anywhere. I’ve been going there for almost 30 years; I have watched it change, as places do, and I love it now as much as I did then. But like all communities, it has its concerns and issues. So I was honored to be part of an Urban Land Institute Technical Assistance…
Walking East Boston with ULI
This week a few of us attended a ULI walking tour of East Boston’s waterfront development. We enjoyed a water taxi ride over, and visited residential projects at various stages of development — one plans to lease by August, while another recently completed permitting. Each development has a retail component and public access to the water, including new water taxi…
Keeping Retail Relevant
I spend a lot of time thinking about how to make the retail experience enjoyable, exciting, and relevant for shoppers in 2016. Doug Stephens, a retail consultant and futurist, recently asked in the Financial Post, “If a smartphone is now a store, what is the role of the store?” It raises a lot of questions, many of which can be…
We’ve Made the Top 10!
The Boston Business Journal named the Largest Architecture Firms in Massachusetts this week, and Arrowstreet landed at number 10 on their list. We’ve climbed 8 spots since last year’s list–the highest jump in the top 25 firms. Rankings were determined by 2015 billings for architectural projects located within the state of Massachusetts. The list also included total billings for 2015, total…
New England AIA COTE Leadership Summit
Many AIA chapters throughout the country have COTE (Committee on the Environment) groups. The New England AIA COTE committees get together yearly to discuss current topics in the industry. Sustainability leaders throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, Vermont, and New Hampshire are invited to participate in the day long series of workshops. I participated in the event on June 2nd,…
Arrowstreet Mini-Golf 2016
This week our friends and family joined us for Arrowstreet’s annual in-studio mini-golf tournament. Every year, our talented staff designs a nine-hole course using $15 worth of materials, plus whatever additional items they can find at home or in the office. The results are always creative, inventive, and more than a little humorous. The event is one of our favorites…
IBPSA Workshop
Arrowstreet participated in a workshop last week hosted by the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) Boston chapter, which focused on early energy modeling. The workshop brought together architects and engineers to talk about ways that we can improve upon our processes to facilitate better design integration of energy modeling. We also discussed ways that we can use modeling to demonstrate…
What is the Future of Downtown?
One of the best things about great cities is that they adapt and change. Rail yards become new neighborhoods, and industrial districts become lofts, offices, and shopping centers. The ability of the urban fabric to evolve with the rapidly changing ways we live and work is part of the reason people and businesses are returning to the city core. It…