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Reflecting on KIPP Academy Boston
Ahead of the official ribbon cutting ceremony for the KIPP Academy Boston Charter School in Mattapan, we’ve been looking back on the journey from concept through construction, culminating with our office tour, and the first day of school. Here is what some of the team had to say about working on the project. Larry Spang: Bringing buildings to life through strategic…
Saturday Morning at Women’s Lunch Place
At the end of August, I joined a few members of our staff for Arrowstreet’s annual volunteer session at the Women’s Lunch Place, an amazing Back Bay facility designed by Arrowstreet for homeless women. It was an honor and humbling experience to volunteer in the kitchen – prepping, cooking, serving, and seeing the many faces and personalities of the women who utilize…
Celebrating KIPP Academy Boston
For the past 18-months we’ve been posting updates about KIPP Academy Boston in Mattapan. A few weeks ago, the school welcomed students for the first time, and later this week a ribbon cutting ceremony will be held to commemorate the opening of the new school. The K-8 school is intended to be an asset to the community as well as a…
Generating a Culture of Women’s Leadership
We were given the opportunity to participate in a pilot program for women’s leadership in the design industry run by The Coxe Group – a consulting firm who provides business management guidance to design firms, including Arrowstreet. At first, we were skeptical of the program being ‘women only.’ We are trained as architects, not female architects, and had reservations about pointlessly…
Volunteer Hour to Benefit Women’s Lunch Place
Yesterday at lunch we got together to prepare for an upcoming Saturday morning volunteering shift at the Women’s Lunch Place. Arrowstreet’s staff has been collecting toiletries for our ongoing basic necessities drive to benefit the Women’s Lunch Place, and we gathered to sort the items so they can be easily distributed. With everyone’s help we collected over 750 individual items, including…
KIPP Academy Boston Ribbon Cutting
On Thursday, September 15th, Arrowstreet will join KIPP Massachusetts at a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the official opening of the Arrowstreet designed KIPP Academy Boston. Starting in August 2016 the building became part of the new K-8 campus in Mattapan.
BisNow’s Boston State of the Market
Join us at BisNow’s Boston State of the Market at 7:30am on Tuesday September 13th at 22 Boston Wharf Road in Boston. The event will offer an opportunity to discuss Boston’s third great building boom: how we got here, and what the future holds, according to the biggest names in Boston real estate.