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MassMutual

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 server with fresh 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.

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

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7INK

Project Description

7INK is an innovative and new approach to housing, and Boston’s first “inclusive living” concept building.
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 fit and finish of a luxury apartment—at a price point that is accessible to young renters in Boston.
The architecture and interiors celebrate this 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.

Raj Das (exteriors), Connie Zhou (interiors)

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the TRACK at new balance

Project Description

The 455,000-sf TRACK at new balance 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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Emerson College — Little Building Reimagining

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

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Roche Diagnostics

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 new 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

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Mintz

Project Information

Operational efficiency for today’s high-powered law practice and the flexibility to evolve as business needs evolve.
Advanced ergonomics and systems for lighting and air quality maximize comfort; adjacencies boost efficiency; and varied meeting spaces support different collaborative needs.
Through a co-creation process, Mintz employees from all levels had a voice in both programming and the furniture and design-element selection process.

Photography © Connie Zhou

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University of Southern Maine – Portland Commons Residence Hall and Career & Student Success Center

Project Description

Career and Student Success Center (CSSC) at University of Southern Maine, designed to LEED-Silver certification with a hybrid steel and mass timber structural system, will create a new, vibrant heart of the Portland campus.
The CSSC will include space for dining, student organizations, a university store, a Diversity center and veterans and career services.
As the first-ever student housing on the Portland campus, the Commons will add 585 beds for undergraduates in their upper-class years and graduate students. Designed to achieve Passive House sustainability certification, 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.

Renderings by Elkus Manfredi Architects

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Servier Pharmaceuticals

Project Description

Servier’s new 14,000-sf workplace is the first U.S. location for the French pharmaceutical firm.
Located at 200 Pier 4 Boulevard in Boston’s Seaport, the 70-person headquarters is designed without any private offices; rather, it combines a flexible workspace that provides a sense of connection.
Bright and open, the colorful, inviting space incorporates a range of small team collaboration spaces and a central conference room paired with informal breakout spaces.
Implemented systems to accommodate data security.

Photography: Adrian Wilson

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White Elephant Palm Beach

Project Description

The comprehensive design for this reimagined historic property introduces a new aesthetic to Palm Beach: Effortlessly refined, gracious with a touch of wit, and filled with 20th and 21st-century original artwork curated especially for the White Elephant Palm Beach.
As the new sister hotel to New England Development’s White Elephant Nantucket, this Palm Beach destination is a contemporary interpretation of Mediterranean revival architecture that supports the same meticulous standard of service for its sophisticated global guests.
Built in the 1920s and designated a historic landmark in 1980, designers reimagined the venerable structure to create a gracious four-story hotel with 13 rooms and 19 suites.
Black-and-white awnings and black trim against a fresh white stucco finish highlight the classic architecture while lending a contemporary look to the structure.
Interiors are infused with layered finishes and patterns, custom-made furniture, and historic details all set against a palette of soft warm and cool neutrals that capture the quality of Palm Beach light.

Photography: Chi-Thien Nguyen/Elkus Manfredi Architects

Breakfast area in the gallery of White Elephant Palm Beach with artwork by Bernhard Buhmann flanking a historic fireplace

A two-room suite with a seating area in forground and behind pocket-sliding doors a bedroom

new pool in the courtyard of White Elephant Palm Beach incorporates two historic wing walls as privacy screens for sunbathers

A guest room's outdoor space that faces the courtyard features historic walls with scalloped details and the discrete glass additions to the top that bring them up to code

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401 Park Repositioning

Project Description

Opened in 1928, the 1M-square-foot Sears Roebuck & Co. store, warehouse, and distribution center was a retail powerhouse until Sears abandoned the building in 1988.
Now called 401 Park, the historic landmark is once again a neighborhood cornerstone, paying homage to the Fenway’s legacy while serving as a dynamic day/night destination for visitors, workers, and residents.
The mixed-use hub links Boston’s Fenway and Longwood Medical neighborhoods by activating common areas on the garage level, ground-floor lobby, and second-floor atria and lobby as well as the exterior realm.
Design solutions include creating a new social entry space, stripping interiors to reveal the building’s authentic character, creating a custom railing with Boston-centric names and places, creating a space for the 25,000-sf Time Out Market food hall, and introducing public art inside and out.

MassMutual

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Chicago Athenaeum — International Architecture Awards

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

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The Society of British & International Interior Design (SBID) Awards

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International Interior Design Association (IIDA), New England Chapter

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IDA Design Awards

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

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Built Environment Plus Green Building Showcase

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Interior Design magazine

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Fast Company’s Innovation By Design Awards

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Interior International Plantscape Awards

7INK

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INT Interior Design Awards

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International Residential Award, Global Design News and The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design

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World Interiors News (WIN) Awards

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Interior Design magazine

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MAA

the TRACK at new balance

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World Architecture News (WAN) Awards

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International Interior Design Association (IIDA), New England Chapter

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Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards

Emerson College — Little Building Reimagining

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Society for College and University Planning

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Architecture MasterPrize

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Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards

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Built Environment Plus Green Building Showcase

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Architizer A+ Awards

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Boston Preservation Alliance

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Architectural Illustrators (ASAI)

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American Council of Engineering (ACEC)

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Engineering News Record New England

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International Design Awards (IDA)

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Building Design & Construction magazine

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Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Award

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Boston Society of Architects/AIA

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Society for College and University Planning

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Society of American Registered Architects (SARA)

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Society of American Registered Architects (SARA) New York Chapter

Roche Diagnostics

Mintz

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[D]Arc Lighting Awards

University of Southern Maine – Portland Commons Residence Hall and Career & Student Success Center

Servier Pharmaceuticals

White Elephant Palm Beach

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