Project

MullenLowe Group

MullenLowe Group

Boston, Massachusetts
Client: MullenLowe Group

Project Information

  • Leading creative services agency MullenLowe Group engaged Elkus Manfredi Architects to design their two-level, 66,000-square foot office in Boston’s Seaport District.
  • Elkus Manfredi’s workplace strategists guided MullenLowe to determine their specific goals which included flexible spaces designed to anticipate multiple uses.
  • Employees can adapt their workspaces to suit their creative mindset, while the overall essence of transparency in the office keeps teams connected and encourages creative collisions.
  • Color is used strategically, taking cues from the rubato movement in music, which punctuates neutral rhythms with energizing bursts of color.
  • The project is certified LEED ID+C Gold: Commercial Interiors.

 

Photography © Andrew Bordwin

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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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Harvard University — Soldiers Field Park

Harvard University — Soldiers Field Park

Boston, Massachusetts
Client: Harvard University

Project Description

  • The Soldiers Field Park complex is a prominent component of Harvard University’s affiliate housing portfolio, with approximately 750 residents in 478 apartments spread across four buildings.
  • Elkus Manfredi provided planning and design services for extensive cosmetic, infrastructure, and system upgrades of the entire 1970s complex.
  • Our work reconfigured apartment layouts to meet changing tenant demographics, reprogrammed the street-level spaces to expand amenities and engage pedestrians, and redeveloped the site with improvements that connect with the surrounding and developing Allston campus.
  • The amenity program includes study rooms, conference rooms, lounge and common rooms, a fitness center, and indoor children’s playrooms.
  • All four phases are certified LEED-ID+C: Commercial Interiors Gold. The project also meets Harvard’s Healthier Building Academy’s standards and Healthcare Without Harm’s Greenhealth Approved standard.

 

Photos: © David Kurtis and Elkus Manfredi Architects

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Georgetown University — 55 H Street Student Residences

Georgetown University — 55 H Street Student Residences

Washington D.C.
Client: Georgetown University, American Campus Communities

Project Description

    • 55 H Street is Georgetown University’s first student residence hall constructed in downtown Washington, D.C., and represents the University’s commitment to a new Capitol Campus that strengthens its presence on Capitol Hill and broadens its ability to offer students deep engagement with the city and the world.
    • Elkus Manfredi designed the interiors to foster community among residents, activating the building’s contemporary classicism with connections to Georgetown’s heritage and integration of biophilia and sustainability.
    • The ground floor’s variety of spaces encourages casual community gatherings and chance encounters with a formal seating area, library and game lounge, multifunctional parlor, and group study rooms of various sizes.
    • The building is LEED BD+C NC Platinum certified.

Architecture by RAMSA and Interiors by Elkus Manfredi Architects

Photography by Peter Aaron / OTTO

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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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CBRE New England Headquarters

CBRE New England Headquarters

Boston, Massachusetts
Client: CBRE/New England

Project Information

  • This 45,000-sf office is part of CBRE’s Workplace360 initiative, the company’s leading-edge approach to flexible workplace strategy in the ‘heart’ of the office.
  • Diverse space types offer employees choice of work environment and includes a mix of perimeter offices, unassigned workstations, meeting rooms, touchdown stations, and an array of informal connecting areas

Photography © Connie Zhou

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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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AEW Capital Management

AEW Capital Management

Boston, Massachusetts
Client: AEW Capital Management

Project Information

  • AEW embarked on a full visioning, employee engagement, utilization and culture study to inform the new design of their Seaport offices, which they had occupied for 20 years.
  • An employee-centric space with health and wellness in mind that achieved WELL certification.
  • Transitioned from a private-office, hierarchal environment to an open environment.
  • A rich variety of work settings offer employees choice for hybrid working.

 

Photography © Evan Joseph

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Foley Hoag

Foley Hoag

Boston, Massachusetts
Client: Foley Hoag LLP

Project Information

  • Elkus Manfredi worked with this leading international law firm headquartered in Boston to design updated workspaces and an expanded two-level conference center. The office now features state-of-the-art technology, client-focused meeting spaces, innovation in individual workspace designs, and increased daylight for all employees.
  • The centralized conference center, with a variety of flexible spaces, provides comfortable meeting areas for the firm’s local team, while enabling them to better serve clients in the community and around the globe.
  • Design and amenities that promote health and wellness include a full cooking kitchen and barista coffee bar.

 

Photography © Evan Joseph

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Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus

Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus

Washington D.C.
Client: Children’s National Hospital

Project Description

  • Elkus Manfredi Architects collaborated with Children’s National Hospital to develop a 11.85-acre research and clinical campus at the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center site.
  • The Phase I part of the project includes the renovation of four existing buildings for a total of 150,000 square feet of research and translational science, a 30,000-square-foot outpatient clinic, a new convocation center, and a 970-space parking structure.
  • As an additional catalyst for collaboration, there is a shared 7,000-square-foot amenity and event floor that opens to a roofdeck.

 

Photography by Halkin Mason