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Interview Series: Justin DiCristofalo
As a part of an ongoing series, the following is an interview to dig a little bit deeper and learn what makes our team tick, what fascinates us about the design industry, and what is most important to us right now. Justin is an Associate with a background in design and construction management. He is has been BIM Manager extraordinaire…
USGBC Green Breakfast Club
On July 30th, I spoke at the Green Breakfast Club at the USGBC MA chapter. The theme of this breakfast was green building advocacy. I discussed two topics at the event, Net Zero Energy Building Codes and PACE Financing. The purpose of this breakfast was to educate about the specifics of each topic and the chapter’s position on how the…
Interview Series: Matt Byrnes-Jacobsen
As a part of an ongoing series, the following is an interview to dig a little bit deeper and learn what makes our team tick, what fascinates us about the design industry, and what is most important to us right now. Matt is an Associate and volunteers as co-chair of Arrowstreet’s ARE study group. Having just passed his exams and…
BisNow: The Future of Downtown
Join Arrowstreet principal, David Bois, as he discusses recent trends in the Downtown Boston real estate landscape at Bisnow’s “Future of Downtown Summit,” on August 18. The event will also feature a keynote address by Larry DiCara of Nixon Peabody and panel discussions on the various forces impacting the evolution of Downtown. David will specifically present the Congress Square development…
The Long-Awaited Public Market is Here!
This morning, I took a walk through the new Boston Public Market, which is celebrating its grand opening today. I was especially excited to visit and see the finished product of a long-anticipated idea. Arrowstreet has a special connection with this location–back in the ’90s, we led a team of several local architects for the design of Parcel 7, which included this retail space,…
Omnichannel Retailing Brings the Right Mix
The biggest change in the retail landscape in the last 15 years has obviously been online buying. In the last 3 to 5 years, the conversation around it has approached a fever pitch. Worried about the “Death of the Mall” and even Main Street mom and pop stores, the International Council of Shopping Centers has lobbied Congress to level the…
This Week in Green
This week has been a busy one in the sustainable design community! On Wednesday night, I enjoyed some great weather and a barbecue while discussing a very hot topic right now—the future of the solar industry in Massachusetts. Specifically, I was on hand as co-chair of the Advocacy Committee to discuss the Net Metering legislation currently on the floor of the…
Our New Associates
Today we’re celebrating the best part of Arrowstreet: our people. Specifically, we’re announcing new Associates and Senior Associates. These staff members bring fresh ideas, creativity, and energy to the firm day after day, week after week, and we are proud to promote them to leadership positions at the firm. At Arrowstreet, becoming an associate is strongly tied with an individual’s project contributions,…
Idea Paint Comes to Arrowstreet
Arrowstreet installed Idea Paint’s new PULL magnetic surfacing in portions of our office; now not only can we use our walls as writing surfaces, but also as pin-up boards for printed material. The surface is already being utilized by our design teams and is both efficient and aesthetically pleasing for brainstorming sessions. Working in an architecture and design firm, we are…
Green Building Policy Forum
As the Advocacy Co-Chair of the USGBC MA Chapter, I participated in the Green Building Policy Forum at the Massachusetts State House this June. My remarks focused on Net Zero Energy (NZE); specifically its importance and a proposed NZE building code for the Commonwealth. We cannot address climate change without addressing carbon pollution from the building sector, which contributes nearly half of U.S….