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Arrowstreet Office Gets the Gold!
Our new office has achieved LEED ID+C: CI 2009 Gold certification! This signifies Arrowstreet’s commitment to sustainable design as well as a great studio environment for our staff. When Arrowstreet was considering a relocation of our offices, one of the things that we considered was the sustainable opportunities presented with relocatiing. Moving to downtown Boston allows for roughly 60% more…
Watch the Kinetic Facade in Action
In East Boston, Arrowstreet has been working to deliver Massport an innovative and beautiful skin for the West Garage of Logan Airport. The design team has been working closely with Extech, out of Pittsburgh, on the 50,000 aluminum wind flappers which will show patterns of the wind across two façades of the new garage. We were excited to see a…
BioMed’s Sidney Research Campus
Arrowstreet is currently developing designs for the newly-dubbed “Sidney Research Campus” in Kendall Square for BioMed Realty Trust. The campus is comprised of the recently vacated Vertex Pharmaceuticals space at 200 Sidney, 40 Erie, and 21 Erie Streets. Check out the Boston Business Journal’s coverage of the project and their interview with BioMed’s Bill Kane, VP of Leasing and Development.
Released: Upton + Partners Groundbreaking
Below is a press release for the groundbreaking of the newest residential building at Waterfront Square on Revere Beach. We are very excited, along with Upton + Partners and the City of Revere, for the next phase of this project. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 11, 2015 UPTON PARTNERS GROUNDBREAKING 230 luxury rental apartments at 660 Ocean Avenue Today, Mayor…
Design for Healthy Living Exhibit
The Museum of Design Atlanta is currently displaying an exhibit called “Design for Healthy Living,” which explores the impact of the built environment on human health. The museum graciously approached Arrowstreet about our design work with Brooklyn Boulders and the integration of healthy, active lifestyles with entrepreneurial work spaces. Of course we and the team at BKB were happy to…
Our Growing LEED Staff
Arrowstreet congratulates designer, Bridgette Doherty, for achieving LEED Green Associate status. Bridgette brings our roster to 25 LEED Green Associate and LEED AP staff members and adds to Arrowstreet’s continued commitment to green, sustainably-focused design. The title of LEED Green Associate is the first step in showing expertise in current green building principles and practices. In 2009, the US Green…
Arrowstreet at the HD Expo
May is a busy month for events and conventions here at Arrowstreet. Several of our staff will be headed to Las Vegas next week for the Hospitality Design Expo, May 13 – 15. We are excited to learn about the most recent trends and products in the hospitality industry at this yearly event. If you will be attending as well,…
See Jim Batchelor at the ULI Spring Meeting
The ULI Spring Meeting in Houston is fast approaching! We are excited to have our own Jim Batchelor presenting on May 13th as a part of the “Boardroom Conversations” Series. Jim will be participating in a panel discussion about sea-level rise and climate change and the impacts on real estate investments, specifically citing his work in the Alewife neighborhood of Cambridge….
Earth Week at Arrowstreet
In celebration of Earth Day, Arrowstreet is celebrating Earth Week. All week long we are having presentations and discussions on various topics related to sustainability such as energy efficiency, sustainable operations, toxic materials, state advocacy, clean technologies and agricultural impacts. Earth Week is an opportunity for us to learn about new technologies and impacts on the environment, take stock of…
Improving K-12 Learning Through Building Design
This past week, I had the opportunity to attend the Learning Environments for Tomorrow [LEFT] conference at Harvard. The program was a joint collaboration between the Graduate School of Education and the Graduate School of Design, and was well attended by a diverse and international group of K-12 school administrators, educators, and architects. The focus of the conference was the…