ICON Architecture

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 […]

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 […]

The Annex had undergone a major renovation in 2004 and received LEED-Gold certification. However, the building systems never performed to expectations, failing to achieve the projected energy use reductions. As part of a larger Municipal Facilities Improvement Plan, the City asked the design team to assess the building envelope, mechanical systems, and accessibility. The team concluded […]

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 […]