ICON Architecture

Helena Crocker is a development of housing for extremely low-income seniors in studios and one-bedroom units with support amenities; including community based housing units. Simple, straightforward design with high performance envelope provides a supported living situation for at-risk seniors. Adjacent to a newly developed Senior Center, this at-risk population has a community that offers stable […]

A key component of the Arlington Mills redevelopment in Lawrence, MA, this mill (formerly known as Van Brodie Mill) has been gut renovated for 102 apartments. Located adjacent to Steven’s Pond for the water supply for manufacturing, the housing now benefits from long views across the pond. Constructed as a warehouse, the building had been […]

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 […]

Catering to Boston’s “Artist Space Initiative,” ArtBlock 731 creates two new live/work loft buildings wrapped around a historic school converted to artist work space. The contemporary exterior emulates the surrounding rhythms and materials of the historic South End and expresses the community-of-arts within.  The public experience of ArtBlock 731 revolves around the ArtSpace 731 gallery at […]