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Alcott

Alcott

Boston, Massachusetts
Client: Equity Residential

Project Description

  • Located in the heart of Boston’s West End neighborhood, Alcott is a 44-story, LEED-NC Gold-certified residential tower.
  • The 530,000-sf project replaced the TD Garden Garage and created a one-acre public park.
  • With a focus on walkability in its dense urban neighborhood, Alcott creates a vital pedestrian link between North Station and the West End through the site.
  • The tower features 470 units – including 17 below-market-rate units – with a mix of studios and one‑ and two-bedroom apartments; more than 20,000 square feet of amenity space; 2,000 square feet of ground-floor retail; and four-story, below-grade parking structure.

Photography by Peter Vanderwarker (exteriors) and Evan Joseph (interiors)

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7INK

7INK

Boston, Massachusetts
Client: National Development

Project Description

  • 7INK is Boston’s first “inclusive living” concept building, representing an innovative new approach to housing.
  • Featuring a mix of fully furnished two‑, three‑, and four-bedroom suites with shared kitchens and baths, as well as efficient studio apartments, 7INK combines the services of a hotel, the social energy of a residence hall, and the finish of a luxury apartment—all at a price point that is accessible to young renters in Boston.
  • The architecture and interiors celebrate a youthful, free-spirited attitude with an exciting array of community spaces that animate the first and second floors and bring light and energy to the street.

Photography: Raj Das (exteriors), Connie Zhou (interiors)

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Emerson College — Little Building Reimagining

Emerson College — Little Building Reimagining

Boston, Massachusetts
Client: Emerson College

Project Description

  • Originally constructed in 1917, the 12-story building had nine floors of office space, a two-story shopping arcade, post office, restaurants, and tunnels connecting it to the subway and neighboring theaters. Elkus Manfredi reprogrammed and reimagined the building into a mixed-use student residence for 1,054 students.
  • The repositioning effort included a major façade renovation and restoration that employed laser scanning and digital reconstructions, infill of the lightwells to create upper-story common rooms, and improvements for structural and MEP building systems.
  • A cornerstone of Emerson’s campus, the building also hosts additional instructional and collaboration space as well as ground floor retail.

 

Photographer: Robert Benson

Award

Society for College and University Planning

SCUP Honor Award for Excellence in Planning – New Campus
(as part of the Emerson College Campus)

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Architecture MasterPrize

Winner — Restoration & Renovation

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Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards

Honorable Mention — Spaces and Places Category

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Built Environment Plus Green Building Showcase

People’s Choice Award

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Architizer A+ Awards

Finalist — Architecture + New Technology Category

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Boston Preservation Alliance

Winner – Preservation Achievement Award

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Architectural Illustrators (ASAI)

Rendering Award of Excellence in Perspective

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American Council of Engineering (ACEC)

National Recognition — Engineering Excellence Awards

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Engineering News Record New England

Award of Merit — Specialty Construction

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International Design Awards (IDA)

Honorable Mention — Architecture / Renovation

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Building Design & Construction magazine

Silver Winner – Reconstruction Awards

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Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award

Winner — Renovation/Restoration

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Boston Society for Architecture (BSA/AIA)

Honor Award for Design Excellence

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Society for College and University Planning

Honorable Mention — Excellence in Architecture for Rehabilitation, Restoration or Preservation

SCUP/AIA-CAE Excellence in Architecture Award

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Society of American Registered Architects (SARA)

National Design Award of Merit

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Society of American Registered Architects (SARA) New York Chapter

Design Award of Honor

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University of Southern Maine — McGoldrick Center & Portland Commons Residence Hall

University of Southern Maine — McGoldrick Center & Portland Commons Residence Hall

Portland, Maine
Client: University of Southern Maine, Capstone Development Partners

Project Description

  • The McGoldrick Center for Career & Student Success at the University of Southern Maine has created a vibrant new heart for the Portland campus.
  • LEED-NC Gold-certified with a hybrid steel and mass timber structural system, the McGoldrick Center includes space for dining, a university store, veterans and career services, student organizations, and a diversity center.
  • As the first-ever student housing on the Portland campus, the Passive House-Certified Portland Commons Residence Hall adds 580 beds for undergraduates in their upper-class years and graduate students. The two wings of the building embrace a central courtyard, with common areas on the ground floor that spill out onto the street, providing visual interest and activity along a bustling entry point to campus.
  • Portland Commons is the second largest Passive House building at a university in the United States.

Photography by Trent Bell

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University of Chicago — Woodlawn Residential and Dining Commons

University of Chicago — Woodlawn Residential and Dining Commons

Chicago, Illinois
Client: University of Chicago, Capstone Development Partners

Project Description

  • The Woodlawn Residential and Dining Commons provides 1,298 students with an on-campus home; contributing to the University’s goal of 75 percent of undergraduates living on campus.
  • The residential program includes eleven houses with 118 residents per house, each house accommodating 30 percent of students in singles, 30 percent in doubles, and 40 percent in four-bedroom apartments.
  • The floor plans of each house are configured to promote collegiality within the house and interaction between upperclassmen in apartments and underclassmen in the single and double accommodations.
  • The Commons offers state-of-the-art amenities including academic study spaces, social spaces, and a vibrant dining common with capacity for 650 students.

Photographer: Brad Feinknopf

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The St. Regis Residences, Boston

The St. Regis Residences, Boston

Boston, Massachusetts
Client: Cronin Development, St. Regis Hotels & Resorts

Project Information

  • Overlooking Boston Harbor, the design of the twisting sculptural form of the St. Regis Residences, Boston, celebrates the forces of the sea and evokes the billowing sails of ships plying the harbor.
  • The 22-story building in Boston’s Seaport District is designed for LEED Gold certification with 114 condominiums, 10,000 square feet of restaurant space, and an underground garage.
  • A large open-air deck at ground level wraps around the building for public enjoyment, completing another segment of Boston’s Harborwalk.

Architecture by Elkus Manfredi Architects and Interiors by BAMO

Renderings: Robert Benson (exterior photos) and Neoscape (interior renderings)

Amenity Loung at the St. Regis Residences, Boston
Woman in bathingsuit at pool at the St. Regis Residences, Boston
View from inside the St. Regis Residences, Boston
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The Paramount at Miami Worldcenter

The Paramount at Miami Worldcenter

Miami, Florida
Client: Paramount Ventures

Project Information

  • The Paramount is a LEED Silver-certified residential tower located at the heart of the vibrant mixed-use Miami Worldcenter, a 27-acre development master planned by Elkus Manfredi in downtown Miami, which is also certified LEED Silver.
  • The soaring curvilinear glass tower offers 570 residential units over 55 floors.
  • Its nine-story podium includes publicly accessible world-class retail and structured parking. A rooftop garden and pool deck, soccer pitch, and children’s play area is among the amenities available to residents.

Photos: PARAMOUNT Miami Worldcenter team and affiliates, © Kevin Vildósola / ODP Architecture and Design

View of pool looking up at The Paramount at Miami Worldcenter
View over the rooftop pool of the Miami skyline from The Paramount at Miami Worldcenter
Lobby at The Paramount Miamia Worldcenter
Interior living space at The Paramount Miami Worldcenter
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Stockton University — Residence Hall

Stockton University — Residence Hall

Atlantic City, New Jersey
Client: Stockton University, AC Devco

Project Description

  • The nearly 216,500-square-foot, 533-bed residence hall sits along Atlantic City’s iconic boardwalk and offers ground floor retail uses and multiple outdoor amenity spaces for students.
  • The entire site is raised above the boardwalk level by two feet and includes ample rain gardens, reducing the impact of potential storm surge and increased rainfall due to climate change.
  • The residence hall also features a highly sustainable building envelope with a thermally broken green girt system and high-performance glass, both of which reduce the overall energy load on the building.
  • First floor amenities include a living room, fitness center, study rooms, lounge, and a monumental stair leading to a second floor common area. The apartment-style dorms on floors two through five include units from studios to six beds.

Photos © Tim Dinofa

Vieo on Atlantic Avenue
Looking out to courtyard from common room
Common room by fireplace
Student dorm room
Private bedroom
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University of Massachusetts Boston — Dr. J Keith and Angela Motley Residence Hall and Dining Commons

University of Massachusetts Boston — Dr. J Keith and Angela Motley Residence Hall and Dining Commons

Boston, Massachusetts
Client: University of Massachusetts Building Authority, Capstone Development Partners

Project Description

  • 263,000-square-foot, certified-LEED-NC Gold facility comprised of two buildings framing a new pedestrian path leading into the heart of the school’s Columbia Point campus.
  • Including 1,077 beds, this first residence hall in the campus’ history offers a diverse mix of room types organized around distinct living communities.
  • The facility also accommodates several multi-purpose spaces, conference rooms for group study, administrative offices, and a 500-seat dining hall.

Photographers: Robert Benson and Bruce T. Martin (dorm room)

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Meriel Marina Bay

Meriel Marina Bay

Quincy, Massachusetts
Client: Hines, Redgate Development

Project Description

  • This amenity-rich, mixed-use residential complex offers 352 apartments in an oceanside community just south of downtown Boston.
  • Elkus Manfredi designed all common areas, including the lobbies, club rooms, lounges, fitness center, and kitchen/café spaces.
  • Design touches, like a handmade felted wool wall-covering, lends softness while the colors throughout the space transition from rich ocean hues to earthy tones.

Photographer: Andrew Bordwin

Award

Illuminating Engineering Society, Boston and Rhode Island Section

Honorable Mention – Illumination Awards

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Architecture MasterPrize

Honorable Mention — Interior Design / Residential

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World Interior News 

Finalist – Residential Development Interiors

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International Interior Design Association (IIDA) — New England 

Residential: Multi-Unit

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