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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…
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.