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The Paramount Center

“The vision for Emerson is to develop the coolest, hippest, most compelling destination in downtown. The Paramount Center is truly a center for creative collaboration among students, faculty, performers, and the public. As the College had originally hoped, this facility is fully realizing its important role at the heart of Emerson’s mission.”

Lee Pelton

Former President, Emerson College

Project Description

A key component of Emerson’s new campus in Boston’s Theatre District, this 39,200-sf, mixed-use development joined together new construction with the landmarked Paramount Theatre and adjacent Arcade building, plus a neighboring backlot.
The Center incorporates the renovated Paramount Theatre, a black box theatre, a scene/prop shop, rehearsal spaces, classrooms, a sound stage, a film screening room, plus a 262-bed residence hall and 150-seat streetfront restaurant.
The renovated Paramount Theatre is now a 590-seat live-performance space used for performances by both students and professional artists from all over the world through the ArtsEmerson program.

Photographer: Peter Vanderwarker

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Award

Society for College and University Planning

SCUP Honor Award for Excellence in Planning – New Campus (as part of the Emerson College Campus)

Society for College and University Planning

Merit Award for Excellence in Architecture – Building Additions or Adaptive Reuse

SCUP/AIA-CAE Excellence in Architecture Award

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Preservation Honor Award

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Preservation Massachusetts

Paul E Tsongas Award

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United States Institute of Theater Technology

Merit Award

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Live Design Magazine

Design Excellence Award – Venues

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Illuminating Engineering Society

Award of Merit – Exterior and Interior Lighting

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American Institute of Architects, New England Chapter

New England Design Award

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Boston Preservation Alliance

Preservation Achievement Award – Significant Rehabilitation / Restoration

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Boston Society of Architects/AIA (BSA/AIA)

Honor Award for Design Excellence

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Construction Managers Association of America – New England Chapter

Building Project of the Year – Renovation / Modernization Less Than $100 Million

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New York Construction Magazine

Best of 2010, Project of the Year – Renovation / Restoration

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Sojourner Truth Apartments at the Yard

Project Description

Designed to support students’ transition from on-campus to off-campus living, these apartments sit atop a mixed-use ground level that includes 8,000 sf of restaurant and retail space, a tech-transfer lounge and collaborative space, and a 1,500-sf fitness facility.
With accommodations for 442 upperclassmen in two‑, three‑, and four-bedroom apartments, this 14-story building offers views of New Brunswick and Rutgers’ historic Voorhees Mall.
The north and south wings of the building shape a courtyard that serves as an active town square focused on creating community and 24/7 activity for students and the surrounding neighborhood.

Photographer: Brad Feinknopf

Rutgers Sojourner South From College Avenue

Rutgers Sojourner Promenade Looking West

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The Modern at Fort Lee

Project Description

Rising from a podium above the Palisades and the Hudson River and clad in taut glass curtainwall, this mixed-use lifestyle development makes a striking statement and creates a new landmark combining residences, retail, and dining with easy access to Manhattan.
The two 47-story towers offer 902 luxury apartments and a collection of shared residential amenities, including flexible lounge and dining areas, private outdoor barbeque niches, a large pool, a great lawn area with a jumbotron, fitness venues, a spa, and a business center.
The site’s 1.75-acre public park features a destination restaurant.

Photographers: Robert Benson (exteriors), Evan Joseph (exteriors and interiors), Adrian Wilson (interiors), Terrace aerial courtesy of Melillo + Bauer Associates

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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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Jamestown Boston Office

“Elkus Manfredi helped us create a dynamic space that is modern, while paying homage to the historic waterfront that is our home in Boston.”

Michael Phillips

Principal and President, Jamestown LP

Project Description

Jamestown’s offices in its flagship Boston development — the 1.4 million-sf Innovation and Design Building—showcase an industrial aesthetic and historic waterfront references, and serve as a good marketing tool demonstrating to prospective tenants the building’s aesthetic and potential.
Natural materials, high ceilings, large windows, and glass-fronted rooms create a spacious team-oriented environment.
Sophisticated, comfortable workplace combines multi-use activity hubs, harvest table workstations, meeting rooms, private offices, communal kitchen, and reception.

Photography: Jasper Sanidad, Jamestown LP

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Cutler Majestic Theatre

Project Description

Originally built in 1903, this restored Beaux-Arts theatre is now both a high point for Boston theatergoers and a learning tool for Emerson students.
The painstaking restoration and renovation of the 26,000-sf theatre included researching the original palette; replicating seats, velvet curtains, and light fixtures; and re-creating custom wall coverings, paintings, and period carpeting.
Now a 21st-century theatre inside a 20th-century historic landmark, the modernized theatre includes upgraded infrastructure and theatre systems, the fully restored second balcony, expanded lobbies and seating capacity, and improved audience amenities.

Photographer: Bruce Martin

Award

Society for College and University Planning

SCUP Honor Award for Excellence in Planning: New Campus
(as part of the Emerson College Campus)

National Trust for Historic Preservation

National Preservation Honor Award

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Boston Society of Architects

BSA/AIA

Honor Award

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League of Historic American Theatres

Outstanding Restoration Project

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Buildings Magazine

Grand Prize: Building Modernization

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Illuminating Engineering Society of North America

Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design

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Massachusetts Historical Commission

Outstanding Achievement in Preservation

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Boston Preservation Alliance

Preservation Achievement Award

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Boston Society of Architects

BSA/AIA

Historic Preservation Award

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The Stanley Building at the Broad Institute

Project Description

This 374,000-sf expansion is the second building on the Broad campus and more than doubles the genomic research institute’s original size with 14 new floors of laboratory, vivarium, and administrative space.
The building’s infrastructure is designed to accommodate changes in research and methodology, including 30,000-sf large floors with few columns for lab and support space, with 15-ft floor heights allowing plug-and-play ventilation and lab utilities delivery from the ceiling.
For this fast-track project, an integrated project team, including the development manager, construction manager, owner and user groups, was central to its success.

Photographer: Peter Vanderwarker

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Boston Landing

Project Description

This 14-acre development in Brighton is Boston’s new health and wellness district and is anchored by New Balance’s five-story, 250,000-sf headquarters.
The full program includes a new ice arena for the Boston Bruins, the Boston Celtics training facility, 650,000-square feet of office and laboratory space, a residential tower, a 455,000-square foot professional track and training center, a performance venue, a hotel, retail and restaurant space throughout the 1.4 acres of public open space.