Design
A Renewed Home for Women’s Lunch Place
Arrowstreet is proud to have recently completed several renderings for a renovated and modernized space for the Women’s Lunch Place, Back Bay Boston’s only day shelter for homeless women. An article on the renovation appeared in the Boston Globe…
Arrowstreet in the Wall Street Journal
Last month, I was interviewed by reporter Dana Rubinstein from the Wall Street Journal about our work on the new headquarters for Rechler Equity Partners. The article, Suburban ‘Green’, was featured in the Commercial Real Estate section.
NSTAR Substation Graphics: Five Years Later
It’s always nice to revisit a project after some time has passed, and recently I took some time to go back to a project we worked on in the heart of Cambridge Research Park near Kendall Square. Back in April of 2005, NSTAR commissioned Arrowstreet to design a new electrical substation there. The City of Cambridge had a strong desire that the building facade offer something to the street environment, other than bricks. In order to give the building a strong streetscape identity and create some interest for pedestrians, we designed a series of permanent and durable graphic panels…
Celebrating at the ICC
Yesterday we were proud to support the opening of the Inn & Conference Center at UMass Lowell. On an otherwise cold, snowy February evening, our team from Arrowstreet joined over 300 guests from the City and University to celebrate the building’s conversion into the region’s first hotel/dormitory…
BSA Selects Designer for New Space
I was asked to sit on the jury this past fall for the Boston Society of Architect’s competition for the design of its new space at Atlantic Wharf. The jury reviewed the approximately 20 entries and selected Höweler + Yoon Architecture. The submittals were both wide ranging and also quite impressive in terms of design quality and the firms and individuals who participated…
Battery Wharf Wind Chimes
One of the best kept secrets at the Battery Wharf Residences and Fairmont Hotel is the wind chimes inside the site directories. Arrowstreet was hired to provide a comprehensive wayfinding / signage program for the complex and these directories were always intended to play an important role. The idea for wind chimes came to us as we rushed to meet a client deadline for another City of Boston review presentation. We designed the directories with a nautical feel to complement the great design of the landscape environment provided by Halvorson Design Partnership of Boston…
Andover Inn Featured in Northshore Magazine
Our recent renovation of the Andover Inn at Phillips Academy was featured in Northshore magazine…
LEED-ing By Example
Today’s Banker & Tradesman features an article titled “LEED-ing By Example” that discusses the choices building owners are faced with when making sustainable choices in building design, and balancing costs when making decisions about LEED certification. Arrowstreet’s President, Jim Batchelor, is quoted in the article and an Arrowstreet project in Boston, Two Financial, is featured…
BSA Honors White Elephant Hotel Residences
Arrowstreet’s design of the White Elephant Hotel Residences on Nantucket was honored with an Award for Design in the 2010 BSA/AIA NY Housing Design Awards Program. Juror comments…
Prestigious Honor for Artists for Humanity EpiCenter
The Artists for Humanity EpiCenter was chosen by Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC) and MetLife Foundation to receive a 2010 MetLife Foundation Innovative Space Award. The awards “recognize outstanding efforts in the design and development of affordable space for artists”. Designed by Arrowstreet, the facility opened in 2004 as the first LEED Platinum building in Boston. This prestigious award is another for the EpiCenter’s extensive collection. Congrats to all!…