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Lyrik Back Bay

Lyrik Back Bay

Boston, Massachusetts
Client: Samuels & Associates

Project Description

  • Samuels & Associates commissioned Elkus Manfredi Architects to transform an inhospitable stretch of highway overpass with a holistically designed mixed-use project that addresses a major rupture in Boston’s urban fabric created by the Massachusetts Turnpike and the CSX tracks. The two-tower project is the first privately developed air-rights project over the Massachusetts Turnpike since Copley Place in the 1980s.
  • This vital mixed-use hub consists of approximately 50,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, 425,000 square feet of office space, 150,000 square feet of hotel use, as well as a below-grade parking garage with approximately 150 parking spaces.
  • The two towers are connected by a podium that includes restaurant and retail tenants and a two-level civic urban plaza. The plaza welcomes the public and its abundant landscaped greenery continues a tradition in Boston of integrating landscape, public space, and urban infrastructure.
  • The office building is certified LEED-NC Gold and WELL Core Certified Gold, and the hotel (CitizenM) is certified LEED-NC Gold.

 

Photographer: Bruce Martin

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Rutgers University — Honors College

Rutgers University — Honors College

New Brunswick, New Jersey
Client: Rutgers University, New Brunswick Development Corporation

Project Description

  • Elkus Manfredi designed the first home consisting of 540 beds for the residential Honors College on the main College Avenue Campus of Rutgers University.
  • This building provides dedicated residential, study, and amenity space for undergraduate Honors College students, as well as administrative offices for the Honors College dean and faculty and four faculty apartments.
  • All three wings of the building feature generous student lounges at ground level that look out onto the new quad, as well as a grab-and-go café, living room area with fireplace, terrace with river views, and seven distinct seminar rooms.
  • The project is certified LEED-NC Silver.

Photographers: Frank Villafane and Robert Benson

Award

U.S. Green Building Council — New Jersey

Innovative School Project of the Year (as part of the College Avenue Redevelopment Initiative)

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One65 Main Residences

One65 Main Residences

Cambridge, Massachusetts
Client: MIT Investment Management Company

Project Description

  • One65 Main is a 300-unit, 412,000-square foot residential building located at the vibrant gateway to Kendall Square, “the most innovative square mile on the planet.”
  • The goals of this project were collaborating with Cambridge communities, contributing public space to the neighborhood, and attracting a diverse group of potential residents including students, scientists, tech innovators, and entrepreneurs.
  • The 24-story tower includes 63 affordable dwellings to serve Cambridge’s needs, as well as 36 ‘innovation studio’ units that were designed to support live/work tenants.
  • Amenity spaces include a grocery store for the neighborhood, a new pedestrian way that connects to Broad Canal, and two levels of enclosed garage parking.
  • The project is certified LEED BD+C Gold: New Construction.

 

Photography by Bruce Martin (exterior), Sinziana Velicescu/Shildan Group (exterior) and Evan Joseph (interiors)

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Hood Bike Park Pavilion

Hood Bike Park Pavilion

Boston, Massachusetts
Client: Catamount Management

Project Description

  • Envisioned as a destination for the neighborhood to come, the new 22,000-square-foot Hood Bike Park Pavilion will be used as a venue for small concerts, neighborhood festivals, and farmers’ markets.
  • The plane of the park’s landscape was lifted and tilted to buffer the adjacent elevated highway and industrial uses.
  • The wood-clad bike pavilion is tucked into the landscape and houses public bicycle facilities with bike racks, a repair shop, storage lockers, restrooms, and publicly accessible showers.
  • On top of the pavilion is an area with tables and chairs called The Perch, which overlooks the park and the Hood stack.
  • Sustainable features include deep-rooted and water-seeking plants, a bioswale with salt-tolerant plants, locally sourced plants, and storm water capture on site.

Photography: © Peter Vanderwarker

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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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White Elephant Nantucket

White Elephant Nantucket

Nantucket, Massachusetts
Client: White Elephant Resorts, New England Development

Project Description

  • To celebrate the landmark hotel’s 100th anniversary, White Elephant Nantucket engaged Elkus Manfredi Architects to design a top-to-bottom transformation and renovation of the 54-room hotel and its 11 cottages.
  • The design draws inspiration from Nantucket—its history, the quality of its natural light, its landscape—to breathe new life into the historic buildings and immerse guests in an authentic Nantucket vacation experience.
  • The redesigned lobby sets the tone for relaxed elegance, and the hotel and its 11 guest cottages are filled with details that honor the colors, textures, and artistic legacy of the island.

Photography: Connie Zhou

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MassMutual

MassMutual

Boston, Massachusetts
Client: MassMutual, The Fallon Company

Project Description

  • With a curvilinear exterior and tiered set-backs, this new 17-story building establishes a uniquely elegant presence on Fan Pier— a distinctive glass façade configured in a pattern of contrasting angles, accentuating the building’s curvature and harmonizing with the waterfront neighborhood.
  • The interior provides human-centered design for nearly 1,000 associates in an activity-based work environment (ABW) with flexible, inclusive work areas that are fully supportive of employee health and wellness.
  • The building features a series of employee-focused amenities, including two outdoor terraces; a café serving healthy, freshly prepared food options; a barista bar; and a large, multipurpose collaboration and training space.
  • Spaces are organized around neighborhoods, which offer a robust variety of space and furniture types ranging from acoustically private to open collaboration areas.
  • This building has achieved LEED Platinum certification and employs strategies to cope with rising sea levels.

Photography by Robert Benson and Bruce Martin (exteriors), and Eric Laignel (interiors)

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Chicago Athenaeum — American Architecture Awards

Winner- Corporate Office Buildings

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Boston Society for Architecture (BSA/AIA)

Merit Award — Commercial Architecture

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Fast Company’s Innovation By Design Awards

Honorable Mention — Best Workplace Designs

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Society of American Registered Architects (SARA), New York Chapter

Design Award of Honor

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Society of British & International Interior Design (SBID) Awards

Finalist– Office Design over 2,000 SqM

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International Interior Design Association (IIDA), New England Chapter

Winner– Workspace Large (Over 80,000  SF)

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International Design Awards (IDA)

Bronze Winner — Architecture Commercial Building

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Illuminating Engineering Society (IES), Boston and Rhode Island Section, Award of Top Section Merit and Lighthouse Award

The Edwin F. Guth Memorial Award for Interior Lighting Design

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Built Environment Plus Green Building Showcase

People’s Choice Award

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Interior Design magazine

Best of Year Finalist — Extra Large Corporate Office

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Interior International Plantscape Awards

Platinum Winner — Atrium Garden Plantings

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Architecture Masterprize Awards

Winner — Commercial Architecture

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Chicago Athenaeum — International Architecture Awards

Honorable Mention

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World Architecture News (WAN) Americas Awards

Winner — Commercial

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BLT Design Awards

Honorable Mention — Architectural Design / Commercial

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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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the TRACK at new balance

the TRACK at new balance

Boston, Massachusetts
Client: NB Development Group, LLC

Project Description

  • The 455,000-sf TRACK at new balance is the centerpiece of Boston Landing and draws elite athletes from all around the world and offers a rare combination of world-class athletic opportunities.
  • The centerpiece of the building is its hydraulic track, which is among the fastest in the world, supports multiple simultaneous events, and can transform during the offseason into venues for in-season sports.
  • The building assembles a collection of specialty spaces where the latest performance strategies and technologies can be explored and tested.
  • Located at ground level, Roadrunner is a 42,000-sf nighttime concert venue. The year-round flexibility of the fieldhouse and the mix of sports and entertainment make the building self-sustaining.

Photographer: © Robert Benson

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Roche Diagnostics

Roche Diagnostics

Boston, Massachusetts
Client: Roche Pharmaceuticals

Project Information

  • Creating a flexible workspace that would allow for future growth, the fit-out of Roche’s new Global Center of Excellence for Hematology consolidates three existing operations into one.
  • The fit-out design consists of approximately one-third laboratory space (with BSL‑1 & BSL‑2 laboratory functions), and two-thirds office workplace functions.
  • Our team incorporated recommendations from Roche’s workplace consultant and integrated Roche’s Seven Principles of Design: context, functionality, form, space, elements, light, and color. By doing so, the resulting design creates a comfortable and engaging space for staff to utilize.

Photography © Bruce Martin