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Arrowstreet at SCUP ’18
Senior Associate, Tina Soohoo AIA, will be at the SCUP ’18 National Conference to accept Arrowstreet’s Excellence in Planning for an Existing Campus Award for our MIT Sustainable Roof Study. Tina was the Project Manager for the study which developed a planning tool for MIT to develop campus plan strategies and prioritize improvements that lower greenhouse gas emissions, maximize energy savings,…
A Boutique Hotel’s Façade Goes Up in 13 Days
If you took a vacation in May and noticed what looks like a new building downtown when you returned, here’s a brief version of the story. A 163-room boutique style hotel, combining contemporary materials with historic details, got a new face. With one third of the building being an addition, the new façade became critical in creating an identity for…
Arrowstreet at M.A.S.S. Executive Institute
Arrowstreet will be hosting a booth at this year’s M.A.S.S. Executive Institute. The Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents (M.A.S.S.) is the only statewide organization dedicated to the unique professional and advocacy concerns of school superintendents and assistant superintendents. Learn more here: https://www.massupt.org/
Daylight Hour 2018
Arrowstreet is proud to be participating in Daylight Hour again this year. Today, and every Friday during the summer, we will turn off all the lights in our office starting at noon. Learn more here: https://daylighthour.org/
Installing the Custom Soffit at Congress Square
At Congress Square, a 500,000 SF mixed-use project in downtown Boston, we pushed the lower two floors of the vertical addition back from the existing building’s exterior wall. This move created a physical space between the two structures, allowing the new addition to “float” above the existing building. This setback also created a significant overhang where we designed a custom Fiber…
ULI Walking Tour of Boston Volvo Village
ULI Boston/New England’s Young Leaders Group is hosting a Walking Tour of Allston/ Brighton (open to all). The tour will cover a few of the recently completed, under construction, and planned developments in the area including Arrowstreet’s Boston Volvo Village. Click the link to learn more and register: https://boston.uli.org/event/ylg-walking-tour-boston-landing/ Boston Volvo Village Address: 75 N Beacon St, Allston, MA 02134 Project Team: The…
Bob Lowe Presents at Boston V-Ray Architecture Day
V-Ray Architecture Day Boston will kick off this year’s event with V-Ray Next demonstrations, a special session on V-Ray’s ray-tracing power directly in Unreal, guest keynotes, and a panel discussion on the latest challenges for visualization in AEC. June 11, 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM, Boston Society of Architects/AIA, 290 Congress Street, Suite 200 Boston, MA 02210 Learn more and…
Getting to Zero at USGBC MA
Not able to make it to the Getting to Zero conference? No worries, join Kate Bubriski, Arrowstreet’s Director of Sustainability & Building Performance, and Henrietta Davis, former mayor of Cambridge, for their key takeaways on where the national net-zero market is going and other details from the conference. Forum attendees will share perspectives on the growth of ZE, discuss the…
Arrowstreet Associates Tour ICA
A beautiful warm late-spring evening made the perfect backdrop for Arrowstreet’s annual Associates’ Social Event. This year, we spent an evening in the Boston Seaport District with a visit to the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA). There, we enjoyed touring the galleries and contemplating the art and installations by Kevin Beasley, Caitlin Keogh, and viewing the show Tangled in the…
An Architect’s Experience at Google I/O 2018
Google I/O is an annual event that brings together developers and creators from around around the world to Google’s home base in Mountain View, CA. For three days, the Shoreline Amphitheater is packed with sessions, codelabs, tech sandboxes, hands-on learning with Google experts, and a first look at the latest releases of products. Despite the exciting nature of I/O,…