ICON Architecture

Architectural Space Programming undlies nearly every project we are engaged in. Multi-department, stakeholder, building programming is one of our core services. We have a structured and inclusive process of engaging all parties to achieve well-informed consensus solutions. For our academic, state, and municipal clients, this process is essential to institutional approval processes. Programming academic buildings to […]

As part of ICON’s work with the City of Cambridge to reduce their municipal building portfolio’s energy and greenhouse gas usage, this project replaces an aging roof trellis with a photovoltaic canopy. The canopy incorporates LED lighting, infrared patio heaters (to extend seasonal usage), and fans. Additionally, the new roof garden incorporates a green wall […]

Programming and Concept Design for an Executive Education Center addition and administrative building renovations to the Harrington Building at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. The Academy president has three project objectives: to create a campus gateway building as seen from Cape Cod Canal; to provide a large, flexible space for executive training, divisible into classrooms; to reprogram […]

Built for the BU Physics program, this Student-Centered Active Learning Environment for Undergraduate Students (SCALE-UP) merges several pre-existing labs into a single 2,200 SF lab and adjacent 2,800 SF study space. Designed to seat 81 students, the technologically-rich environment merges all classroom computers and projectors onto one shared system, innovatively using the university’s extensive AV/IT […]