ICON Architecture

Designed to Enterprise Green criteria and the first affordable Passive House building in Massachusetts, Finch Cambridge prioritizes holistic sustainable principles while staying laser focused on energy and resilience.  Inspired in form and materiality by the urban wildland of Fresh Pond Reservoir across the street, the façade is warm and playful, with tree-like columns and roof […]

Overlook Terrace transforms an obsolete 15-acre public housing site into a leading-edge, sustainable, TOD 331-unit affordable residential community.  Guided by two years of community meetings, the new site plan reclaims open space and creates “rightsized” healthy homes. The heart of this re-connected community will be the central green, a lushly landscaped open space for families […]

As one of the first multifamily Passive House buildings in New England, and the first in Massachusetts, The Distillery in South Boston is designed to meet the world’s most energy efficient performance standard, with energy savings of 60% over conventional construction. Ultimately intended to expand to 65 units, the 28-unit new building supports and enhances […]

The Department of Youth Services is the juvenile justice agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Their mission is to protect the public and prevent crime by promoting positive change in the lives of youth committed to its custody by partnering with communities, families, government, and provider agencies toward this end. They accomplish this mission through interventions […]