ICON Architecture

Avenir elegantly combines 241 upscale apartments with vibrant retail and transportation links in Boston’s Bulfinch Triangle sports and entertainment district. Looking across to Boston’s Zakim Bridge, Avenir reclaims a 400 foot long block over Boston’s “Big Dig,” meeting the technical challenges of building on top of new transit infrastructure and a subway station. The 10-story […]

Formerly the oldest housing development in the state of Connecticut, Hurricane Sandy flooded the Washington Village apartments with three feet of water in 2012. Flood damage, undersized apartments, and egress issues compounded to kickstart the “Public-Private” partnership including city, housing authority, and developer. Awarded CHOICE funding based upon the proposed Transformation Plan, ICON provided permitting […]

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 […]

The Town Hall was in an old school building first constructed in 1938, then significantly expanded in the 1960’s. After a detailed assessment of the existing building, the design team was determined that the existing heavy timber roof construction, floors, and exterior walls could be retained (approximately 70% of the existing building). The design inserts […]