Magic Beans at Prudential Center
Magic Beans, a locally-owned business that sells toys, strollers, car seats, and baby gear, commissioned Arrowstreet to design a new store for the Shops at Prudential Center, the retail mecca in the heart of Boston’s Back Bay. The store is colorful and easily accessible, with the merchandise areas coded by their branded colors. The layout accommodates a wide variety of…
IKEA at Urriðaholt
Arrowstreet proposed organizing this project, which had been stalled in the approvals process, around the concept of respect for the environment and sensitivity to the surrounding area. Working around existing lava fields, the design concepts and materials integrate the spirit of the natural surroundings. Lava from the site is incorporated into the façade of the building. Glass corners and stair…
Excel Academy
Arrowstreet helped Excel Academy, a state-wide MCAS leader, create the first school of their growing charter network in East Boston. The design team transformed a historic building into new classrooms for 220 students in grades 5-8. A central, seminar-style break-out room on each floor provides focused opportunities for individual and small group learning. The new entrance lobby and multi-purpose addition…
Babson Executive Conference Center
Babson College commissioned Arrowstreet to improve the functionality and appearance of their conference center, a full-service executive retreat complete with inn and meeting spaces. After completing a feasibility study, Arrowstreet is now designing improvements to public spaces and guest rooms that will create a sophisticated, collaborative environment. To prioritize renovations, Arrowstreet worked with Babson to refine the Center’s brand and…
320 Bent Street
320 Bent Street is a four-story research and development facility in biotech hub, Kendall Square, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Arrowstreet designed the building shell and core for Lyme Properties. In addition, Arrowstreet designed 40,000 square feet of lab space interiors for Microbia, the major tenant. Microbia’s space features BL2 labs, chemistry equipped spaces, and an animal care facility. It was important…
131 Dartmouth Street
131 Dartmouth Street sits at a critical meeting point between Boston’s Back Bay and South End neighborhoods. This new, 11-story office building is supported by street level retail and three levels of below grade parking. The brick base, featuring curved bow fronts, stone cornices, and a metal-trellised roof balcony, rises four stories from the street. The deeply textured brick façade,…
Exchange Conference Center
Arrowstreet transformed this historic waterfront building, which once housed New England’s oldest daily fish auction, into a state-of-the-art conference center. The renovation created 20,000 square feet of sophisticated presentation and meeting space while preserving the magnificent proportions of the original spaces. Arrowstreet provided comprehensive architecture and interior design services for this project and assisted the Massachusetts Port Authority in a…
Boston Green Roof
The City of Boston hired Arrowstreet to review emerging Green Roof technologies as part of Mayor Menino’s broad efforts to increase the sustainability for the City in general as well as the City’s buildings in particular. This highly imageable sustainable technology is widespread in Europe and is catching a strong wave here in the States, but there are many important…
Seaport World Trade Center
Property owner Pembroke Real Estate asked Arrowstreet to help breathe some new life into facade of the Seaport World Trade Center. Along with new banners, awnings, and tenant signage, the heart of the program features nods to the pier’s rich history. Banners on the upper level feature a series of maps from the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center illustrating the…
255 State Street Mural
Property owner Pembroke Real Estate asked Arrowstreet to invigorate their storefront windows along Atlantic Avenue. Working with a small site footprint, we proposed a sculptural “sea glass” mural depicting swimming codfish, a subject close to the heart and history of Boston’s waterfront. Our designers worked with 12 shades of tumbled recycled glass pieces to assemble an original illustration by hand,…