Project Category: Renew

Overlook Terrace

Overlook Terrace transformed an obsolete 15-acre public housing site into a leading-edge, sustainable,  331-unit affordable residential community, informed by two years of community discussion.  The heart of this re-connected community is the central green, a lushly landscaped open space for families to gather and grow. The public housing residents are rehoused in high-performing, energy-efficient, gracious, […]

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UML 110 Canal

110 Canal Street is an existing five-story 1930s industrial building that underwent an extensive shell and core renovation in recent years. Construction consists of a cast-in-place concrete frame with new historically accurate thermally broken metal windows and a modern utility infrastructure. Innovation Hub + M2D2 Labs: Floors 3 + 4 of the 110 Canal building. […]

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Government Services Center Life Safety Retrofit

Boston’s Government Services Center was designed by well-known Brutalist architect Paul Rudolph and constructed between 1969-1972. The GSC consists of the conjoined Hurley Building and the Lindemann Mental Health Center. The two cast-in-place concrete buildings share a common plaza over a two-level parking garage. From its opening, the plaza has had a variety of maintenance […]

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Learning Spaces

As part of the University’s Learning Spaces Upgrades program, ICON planned for the renovation of 17 different classrooms in 8 different buildings on the Medford Campus. Totaling 12.558 SF, the existing spaces range in size from 320 SF to 1,300 SF, and serve multiple schools and departments. Functions range from a group study room to […]

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