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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….
NGIN is an “Awesome Office”
We were excited to see one of our tenant spaces at 2 Cambridge Place was recognized on Boston.com as an awesome place to work! NGIN Workplace, located in Kendall Square, is a shared incubator for entrepreneurs, start-ups, and telecommuter employees. The 15,600-square-foot space was designed to exude NGIN’s brand and mission through the use of flexible meeting spaces for collaboration…
Honoring Our Newest RAs
Congrats to Arrowstreet’s newest registered architects: Matt Byrnes-Jacobsen and Katie Ferrier! To acknowledge our new RAs, Arrowstreet honors them with $1,000 bonuses…and while it’s not in our office manual, today’s honorees also received a bottle of Veuve Clicquot.
Touring the BPL Graphics Project
Lions and libraries and signage, oh my! As the new intern for the Arrowstreet graphics department, I was excited to join a small group of Arrowstreeters on a tour of the large volume of completed graphics and wayfinding work at the Boston Public Library. Over the course of the project, Bob Lowe, Lauren Haggerty, and Jen Hoerig have filled many roles…
Hitting the Links with AST
On June 16th Arrowstreet employees and their families designed and played our in-office golf course for the annual Arrowstreet Mini-Golf Tournament. Each year, Arrowstreeter’s sign-up to design one of nine holes around the office using whatever they can find, leading to some very interesting holes. This year we had a Vermont-themed farm with Cabot cheese and maple flavored treats, an anti-Patriots…
450 Kendall Debut
Recently, Arrowstreet attended the Grand Opening of our completed project at 450 Kendall Street. The event was hosted by owner, BioMed Realty Trust, and tenant, MPM Capital. Many thanks are due to our gracious hosts and the guests who showed up to celebrate this great accomplishment. The weather allowed partygoers the opportunity to take in astonishing views of the Boston…
Daylight Hour 2015
On Friday, Arrowstreet will be participating for the second year in international Daylight Hour. This is a global campaign organized by Building Energy Exchange to raise awareness for energy efficiency by highlighting the fossil fuels used for office lighting during peak times even when it is not needed. Turning off electric lighting during a summer afternoon (peak demand time) can…
The Photos Are In for BKB Chicago
Brooklyn has arrived in Chicago! Earlier this year, the newest Brooklyn Boulders Rock Climbing Gym debuted in Chicago’s West Loop—the professional photos are in, and we wanted to share them with you. What was once a meatpacking district, the West Loop is now a haven for tech companies, amazing restaurants, art galleries, and now, BKB Chicago. At 25,000 square feet,…
Arrowstreet Launches New Website
Welcome to the new arrowstreet.com! Our team has been working hard to develop a fresh, relevant site to share the ideas of our creative staff, as well as a place where we can interact with clients. We have fully integrated our ArrowstreetLive blog, Twitter feed, and Instagram account to provide visitors with current news and information to show what’s happening…