Project Category: Adaptive Reuse

Coyle School Residences

The Monsignor James Coyle High School, also known as Taunton Catholic Middle School, is a two-story Gothic Revival-style school that was completed in 1933. The historic Coyle High School building and site are beautifully transformed into fifty units of affordable family housing providing sustainable solutions that build communities. Carrying on the legacy of the earlier […]

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Radio Factory Lofts

Formerly known as the Rubber Shoe Lofts, this site has a rich manufacturing history. Just a short walk from the Oak Grove MBTA Station, this 2-story masonry mill building, and its new third-floor addition bring 141 new apartments to Melrose. Dubbed the Radio Factory Lofts – a nod to its manufacturing past – this bold […]

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Center for the Arts

The Center for the Arts provides a 753-seat flexible event space. The audience chamber orchestra level has a 430-seat telescopic seating system that retracts to create a flat floor general admissions venue for up to 1000 people or a banquet set up for 270 people. The center has two entrances, one on Main Street and […]

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Appleton Mills

The 130 artist live/work lofts at Appleton Mills establish the 15-acre, mixed-use Hamilton Canal District as one of Massachusetts preeminent creative communities. Located on an “island” bounded by canals that powered former industries, this adaptive reuse restores the extant masonry mill remains, reuses the cast iron columns, and reengages bridges linking across canals. Site walkways trace […]

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