Design
Living With Water -100 Acres: Urban Resiliency Test Lab
For the greater part of two months, Arrowstreet has been engaged in a process of research, outside collaboration, and critical design thinking to submit an entry for the city of Boston’s International Design Competition, Living with Water. Intended to catalyze an increase in the city’s sustainability and climate change resiliency, the competition challenged leading planners, designers, and thinkers to envision new solutions and concepts that promote our ability to live with water.
Join Us at the CJP Real Estate Dinner
Arrowstreet will be sponsoring the Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) Real Estate, Construction & Design Annual dinner, to be held on February 23rd at the InterContinental Hotel.
Join Us at ULI Boston’s Downtown Discussion
The Boston Market Council has organized an expert panel that will be presenting about the current and future of market in the Downtown/Financial District area. Our client, Steve Faber of Related Beal, will be discussing the future of Congress Square ( the project that’s across the street from our studio that create strong connections from Faneuil Hall to the Financial District).
King Open Begins Feasibility Study
Last week, the Arrowstreet schools team attended its first Cambridge Community Meeting for the kickoff to the feasibility study phase of the King Open/Cambridge Street Upper School Community Complex project. Arrowstreet is part of a team with William Rawn Associates, our neighbors here at 10 Post Office Square, that will design the combined King Open/Cambridge Street Upper Schools. The new…
KIPP Boston Taking Shape
Over the past 12 months Arrowstreet has been fully engaged in the design, documentation, and permitting efforts for the new KIPP Academy Boston Charter School scheduled to break ground this March. The new school will not only be a tremendous upgrade for the KIPP students, faculty, and staff but will also become a valuable asset to the local Mattapan community.
Photos of Chestnut Hill Square
Arrowstreet is pleased to debut photos from the recently completed project at Chestnut Hill Square in Newton. Now that many occupants have opened their doors – including luxury fitness leaders Equinox and Soul Cycle, retailers Anthropologie and Athleta, restaurants Brio and Seasons 52, and the much anticipated Wegmans – this beautiful September day was the perfect time to take advantage of the quickly waning New…
Brooke Mattapan – Off To a Positive Start
We recently finished the Brooke Mattapan Charter School (as chronicled in an earlier blog post). One of our favorite times at the conclusion of any project is when we go back to take final, professional photography; in part, because it allows us to see the users of the building enjoying their new space, and also so we can enjoy capturing images of the buildings we have thoughtfully designed and managed through construction…
The Greybarn Housing Concept
Arrowstreet has been working with Rechler Equity on designing a new housing brand, called Greybarn, to be developed on Long Island. As native Long Islanders, the Rechlers’ long history of developing all sorts of project types on the island stems from their strong passion for local causes. They want to create a series of new communities that are carefully designed for, and in-tune with, the interests of people living on the island…
LEED v4 Part 1
I wanted to follow-up on my post about Greenbuild 2013, with a closer look at the new version of the LEED rating system, LEED v4. This new version is perhaps the most thorough overhaul in the rating system to date. LEED v4 includes new market sectors such as hospitality and data centers, an increase in the number of prerequisites, an increase in the credit criteria for several credits, new impact categories such as climate change and the addition of new credits such as Demand Response.
The Evolution of Kendall Square
Kendall Square is a very different place than it once was. While some may say that its less of a true downtown (like Central or Harvard Square) than it could have been, it has certainly been an economic and tax engine for the City of Cambridge. It also gets a little better every year, with added housing and retail and other interesting uses (although some of us still miss a bit of the grit and grime and, in particular, the old F&T diner)…