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Draper

Draper

Cambridge, Massachusetts
Client: Draper

“Together with Elkus Manfredi, we are creating the next generation of Draper — collaborative, collegial, entrepreneurial, fostering open innovation while maintaining strict security protocols demanded by our work.”

Elizabeth Mora

Chief Administrative Officer, Vice President of Finance and Administration

Project Description

  • Reinvented the 456,055-square-foot headquarters—organized around a new steel and glass atrium—to create a more open work environment ripe for spontaneous exchanges.
  • The atrium transforms a previously outdoor plaza into a vibrant space that fosters collaboration and exploration both with a public side and an employee-only side.
  • Interior executive area features a 4:1 ratio of open workstations to private offices, all of which are glass-fronted to reduce hierarchy and maintain transparency across all departments.
  • Daylight reaches deep into all work areas, and pops of bright color infuse the offices with vitality.

Photographers: Jasper Sanidad, Andrew Bordwin, and Eric Laignel

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Award

Architecture MasterPrize

Honorable Mention — Interior Design / Public Spaces

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Illuminating Engineering Society

Boston and Rhode Island Section

The Edwin F. Guth Memorial Award for Interior Lighting Design

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Samuels & Associates Headquarters

Samuels & Associates Headquarters

Boston, Massachusetts
Client: Samuels & Associates

Project Description

  • This contemporary corporate headquarters reflects the company’s commitment to urban adaptive re-use by celebrating the 8,600-sf space’s industrial past as an automotive garage.
  • Design touches speak to the building’s history as well as the authentic, creative culture of the company and its entrepreneurial founder and chairman.
  • Four different meeting spaces off the welcoming reception area allow for private client meetings, and then can be opened up to create a larger space for entertaining and events.
  • Functional, comfortable workspaces accommodate 100 employees with a variety of public and private work areas.

Photographer: Eric Laignel

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The Grove

The Grove

Los Angeles, California
Client: Caruso Affiliated

“It was very important for me to try to transport people to a better place and time. I wanted to create a Main Street for a city that does not have one.”

Rick Caruso

CEO, Caruso Affiliated

Project Description

  • Winner of seven national awards, the 600,000-sf open-air development is a thriving, urban, pedestrian-oriented retail and entertainment destination.
  • Connected to the Los Angeles Farmers Market and centered around a “Main Street” and a “Town Green” – in a city that has neither – the master plan uses active, welcoming public spaces as anchors.
  • Pedestrian-scaled streetscapes and an overall European aesthetic creates a spirited sense of place.

Photographer: RMA Architectural Photographers

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Urban Land Institute 

Award for Excellence

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International Council of Shopping Center 

Best New Shopping Center (400,000–1,000,000 Square Feet)

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Retail Traffic Magazine 

Superior Achievement in Design & Imaging

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Themed Entertainment Association 

Thea Award – Outstanding Achievement Award

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Pacific Coast Builders Conference 

Gold Nugget Award of Merit

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Pacific Coast Builders Conference 

Best Commercial Retail Project

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The Eli and Edythe L Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

The Eli and Edythe L Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Cambridge, Massachusetts
Client: The Eli and Edythe L Broad Institute

“This building provides the extraordinary research community across Boston with a remarkable space for scientific collaboration and discovery. It also represents a deep commitment to Kendall Square and Cambridge, and the community that has nurtured us over the past decade.”

Dr. Eric Lander

President and Director, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Project Description

  • Created by a collaboration among MIT, Harvard, and the Harvard affiliated hospitals, the Broad Institute features design that facilitates interaction among the most gifted thinkers of our time, accommodating the research practices of today and anticipating the research ventures of tomorrow.
  • The building is open and flexible, quickly adapting to changing research needs in a state-of-the-art environment where life science researchers can think, investigate, and create.
  • The building is designed for high-hazard urban research with capacity in infrastructure to accommodate diverse demands.

Photographer: Anton Grassl / Esto

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The Americana at Brand

The Americana at Brand

Glendale, California
Client: Caruso Affiliated

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

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Chain Store Age magazine

Retail Store of the Year — Shopping Centers

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Pacific Coast Builders Conference

Gold Nugget Grand Award

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California Redevelopment Association

Award of Excellence — Mixed-Use Development

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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

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Pasadena magazine

Best Shoppers Paradise — Best of Greater Pasadena

AWARD

California Redevelopment Association

CRA Awards of Excellence — Mixed-Use Development

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Southern California Development Forum

Design Award

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California Apartment Association

Los Angeles Signature Property

AWARD

Los Angeles magazine

Best of LA — Shopping Perks

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Americana at Brand Cinema Fountain
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Americana at Brand Americana Way
Americana at Brand pool
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New Balance Headquarters

New Balance Headquarters

Boston, Massachusetts
Client: NB Development Group, LLC

“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 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.

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

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TEAM MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

“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

New Balance HQ Cafeteria
New Balance HQ Cafe
New Balance HQ Timeline
New Balance HQ Entry Lawn
New Balance HQ night
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Pfizer at Six Ten Main/MIT

Pfizer at Six Ten Main/MIT

Cambridge, Massachusetts
Client: MIT Investment Management Company, Pfizer

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

Six Ten Main Street coutryard
Six Ten Main Street South Facade
Six Ten Main Street Colonade
Six Ten Main Street East Facade
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The Innovation and Design Building

The Innovation and Design Building

Boston, Massachusetts
Client: Jamestown LP

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
Innovation and Design Building
Innovation and Design Building Lobby
Innovation and Design Building Hallway
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Potamus Trading

Potamus Trading

Boston, Massachusetts
Client: Potamus Trading LLC

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.

Photographers: Garrett Roland, Jasper Sanidad

Potamus Trading Reception DJ Party
Potamus Trading Phone Room
Potamus Trading Graffiti Conference
Potamus Trading Sitting Area Private Office
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New York Genome Center

New York Genome Center

New York, New York
Client: 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 Auditorium
New York Genome Center Open Meeting
New York Genome Center Extraction Laboratory
New York Genome Center Sequencing Lab
New York Genome Center stair