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The Americana at Brand

Project Description

An eight-block mixed-use redevelopment, this thriving family lifestyle destination revitalizes its neighborhood and provides 600,000 sf of stores and restaurants, 338 residences, a 1.6‑acre park, and parking.
Planned along Brand Boulevard and around a new park, the development includes active street-level shops and restaurants.
New and existing streets connect the site with its surrounding urban context; sidewalks are wide, with specialty paving, planting, and lighting.

Photographer: RMA Architectural Photographers

Award

Chain Store Age magazine

Retail Store of the Year — Shopping Centers

Award

Pacific Coast Builders Conference

Gold Nugget Grand Award

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California Redevelopment Association

Award of Excellence — Mixed-Use Development

Award

International Council of Shopping Centers US Design and Development Awards

Innovative Design and Development of a New Mixed-Use Project

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Pacific Theatres

Best Retail Project — Gold Nugget Award of Merit

AWARD

Pacific Coast — Builders Conference

Judges Special Award of Excellence — Gold Nugget Awards

AWARD

Pasadena magazine

Best Shoppers Paradise — Best of Greater Pasadena

AWARD

California Redevelopment Association

CRA Awards of Excellence — Mixed-Use Development

AWARD

Southern California Development Forum

Design Award

AWARD

California Apartment Association

Los Angeles Signature Property

AWARD

Los Angeles magazine

Best of LA — Shopping Perks

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New Balance Headquarters

“The headquarters is a space where our associates can thrive and the brand can continue to grow, fulfilling its promise by pushing forward to deliver the best in innovative footwear and apparel.”

Jim Davis

CEO, New Balance

Project Description

The 250,000-sf headquarters anchors a new 14-acre health and wellness district in Boston Landing.
The headquarters is the first LEED v2009 CS Platinum project in U.S. to achieve all Indoor Environmental Quality credits and third worldwide.
The new workplace features flexible, open, non-hierarchical workspace, large employee cafeteria, café, showrooms, and a community park.

Photographer: Robert Benson (exteriors), Andrew Bordwin (interiors)

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“The once underutilized and fractured neighborhood has become a new cohesive health and wellness district for the City of Boston, thanks to the benchmarking design of the new home for New Balance.”

Hal Munger AIA, LEED AP

Architect, Elkus Manfredi Architects

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Union Trust Building

“Having grown up in Pittsburgh, I have marveled at the Union Trust Building’s stunning design since childhood. Elkus Manfredi’s vision for the building enabled us to overcome the obstacles and transform it into a stunning and successful business destination, known not only for its grandeur and sense of dignity, but for its warmth, vitality and contemporary functionality. With Elkus Manfredi as a key partner, it’s beyond fulfilling to have realized the great potential of the property and to propel it into the future as a key part of the dynamic renaissance that the city is currently experiencing.”

Jon Davis

CEO, The Davis Companies

Project Description

Originally built in 1918 and filling a full city block in downtown Pittsburgh, this long-neglected Flemish Gothic masterpiece has been restored and repositioned, its interiors transformed from a drab pass-through into a vibrant work/play destination.
The extensive modernization program incorporates new energy-efficient HVAC and electrical systems, 12 upgraded elevators, below-grade parking for 190 cars, and renovation of the four tenant entries.
Highlights include repairs to the sandstone façades, terra-cotta-tiled mansard roof, and interior marble floors and walls; restoration of the 40-foot-diameter Tiffany glass dome; and the addition of spectacular custom-designed hand-tufted carpeting throughout the public spaces.

Photographer: Andrew Bordwin (interiors), Robert Benson (exteriors)

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“Union Trust was so much more than an historic restoration of this unique example of Flemish Gothic architecture; the sustainability aspect of this project was of equal importance. The fact that we could reposition a building of this era to successfully compete with new construction in today’s market was immensely gratifying.”

Ross Cameron RIBA

Vice President, Architectural Designer, Elkus Manfredi Architects

“Working in historic buildings always has its challenges, but sometimes you find treasures. Where someone may see a dusty mechanical space, unusable with trusses running through the middle, we see a dynamic fitness center, filled with character showcasing the heritage of the ‘Steel City.’”

CT Nguyen

Interior Designer, Elkus Manfredi Architects

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Pfizer at Six Ten Main/MIT

Project Description

Designed for optimum flexibility, this 597,000-sf, two-building research and development campus provides new laboratories and offices for Pfizer and further enriches Kendall Square’s world-leading life science cluster.
With a program that includes street-level retail, offices, and laboratory/research facilities, the campus also provides parking for 650 cars on three levels below-grade.
Pfizer’s research facilities fill the seven-story South Building and most of the North Building, accommodating the company’s neuroscience, cardiovascular, metabolic, BTX, and endocrine disease research units.
Other tenants include CRISPR Therapeutics, LabCentral, KSQ Therapeutics, Bayer LifeHub Boston, Casebia Therapeutics, and Pfizer’s Centers for Therapeutic Innovation.

Photographer: Chuck Choi

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The Innovation and Design Building

Project Description

The master plan for this repositioned 1.4‑million-sf former U.S. Army warehouse in Boston’s Seaport creates a dynamic district for innovators and designers; Elkus Manfredi also designed three tenant fit-outs in the repositioned building — Elkus Manfredi Architects’ office, Jamestown and Boston Art.
The transformed eight-story industrial building features cohesive signage and branding, and an animated pop-up market environment along its 1,400-foot-long pedestrian loading dock — now a promenade.
The first floor houses retail tenants in sync with the innovator/maker theme; upper floors are home to design, technology, and manufacturing.

Photographers: Chuck Choi, Jamestown LP

Innovation and Design Building Dry Dock Aerial

Innovation and Design Building Dry Dock Entrance

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Potamus Trading

Project Description

Headquarter interiors for entrepreneurial high-tech financial services firm is set on Boston Harbor.
Space streamlines workflow, flexes with firm growth, and works as a magnet for top talent.
Staff have quick access to trading floor from every area; kitchen supports informal collaboration/client entertaining; reception desk doubles as DJ booth; acoustically separate gaming room allows staff to unwind after markets close.

Photographer: Garrett Roland, Jasper Sanidad

Potamus Trading Sitting Area Private Office

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New York Genome Center

Project Description

The New York Genome Center is the headquarters for an independent nonprofit consortium representing 18 world-class research institutions.
This 150,000-sf headquarters provides genomic sequencing laboratories and research facilities on seven floors of an existing building, allowing for future expansion. Amenities include a training center, 190-seat auditorium, and 100-seat café.
Labs, offices, and common areas feature demountable partitions, moveable lab furniture, and interchangeable plug-and-play utility systems for easy reconfiguration.

Photographer: David Joseph

New York Genome Center Extraction Laboratory

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Warrior Ice Arena at Boston Landing

Project Description

Designed to National Hockey League standards, this official practice arena for the Boston Bruins is a central component of Boston Landing, a mixed-use health and performance campus in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood.
Designed to accommodate 650 spectators for professional Bruins practice, amateur and intercollegiate competition, and public events, the 74,000-sf arena and and training facility includes retail space, a concessions concourse, function rooms, and the Bruins non-gameday home.
The 220-foot-long curtain wall creates a dramatic presence for the Bruins on the Massachusetts Turnpike at a location highly visible to commuters entering and exiting Boston. The arena is connected to 80 Guest Street, a 180,000-sf office building, and New Balance Headquarters by a landscaped terrace.

Photographer: Robert Benson

Warrior Ice Arena Looking outside to restaurant

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Global Headquarters

Project Description

Fifteen-story building for global pharmaceutical campus creates 424,000 sf of research, laboratory, and office space, and 18,000 sf of retail and restaurant space.
Lab design and interior design for the entire 1.18-million-sf campus promotes free-flowing communication and scientific discovery.
Welcoming environment offers daylit research and laboratory facilities, open workstations, private offices, five types of collaboration space, centrally located employee “living rooms” on each office floor, and a 500-person café with a roof terrace overlooking Boston Harbor.

Photographer: Chuck Choi

“The tallest height was located at the periphery of the Fan Pier development, and its low-rise component was utilized to address the impact on the public realm and to create a massing relief at the center of Fan Pier. The curving of the upper component responds to the views from within the building and acknowledges the potential obstruction to Boston Harbor views from the neighboring buildings.”

Christian Galvao

Vice President, Architectural Designer, Elkus Manfredi Architects

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WS Development

“Our culture has not changed, but this new space brings that culture front and center. People who came to see us in our old space didn’t get that. Now they do.”

Samantha David

COO, WS Development

Project Description

Corporate headquarters features high ceilings and warm wood finishes, supports teamwork, and reflects firm’s focus on social innovation.
Two-level open floor plan brings employees together in a sophisticated, welcoming “neighborhood” of natural gathering nodes.
Layout and design supports a strategic cultural transition to a more collaborative and innovative business model.

Photographer: Jasper Sanidad

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