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post updated February 24, 2026

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Massachusetts Architecture News, chronological:

September 25, 2025
Boston South Station Building Redevelopment, 700 Atlantic Avenue
Design: Pelli Clarke & Partners, Architects

photo : Jason O’Rear, Pelli Clarke & Partners
Civic Leaders Unveil a Comprehensive Transformation of Boston South Station, Marking a Historic Step Forward for the Busiest Transit Hub in New England.

September 12, 2025
Boston Townhouse, Massachusetts, USA
Architects: Butz + Klug Architecture

photo : Jane Messinger Photography

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Boston Building News in 2023 – 2024

Modern architectural design projects in Massachusetts. New England real estate news, northeast USA:

post updated May 26, 2024
House of Shifting Sands, Cape Cod property, Massachusetts, USA
Design: RUHL WALKER Architects

photo : Jane Messinger

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September 17, 2023
Leather Factory Boston, 179 Lincoln
Architects: Atelier Cho Thompson

photograph : Jared Kuzia
This project to reimagine the shared spaces of the office building at 179 Lincoln was formed around a balance of old and new: we unearthed and amplified the building’s rich history while creating spaces that are responsive to the needs of the post-pandemic workplace.

In the next door state – RI:

post updated August 9, 2023
The Lindemann Performing Arts Center, Brown University, College Hill Campus, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Architects: REX Architecture

image © Nick Dentamaro

April 19, 2023
Ronald O. Perelman Arts District Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island – i.e. not actually in Boston, MA.

image : Studio Loutsis

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Massachusetts Property Developments in 2022

Nov 17, 2022
FORUM Boston Landing, 60 Guest Street, Allston-Brighton neighborhood
Architects: SGA

image courtesy of architects practice
Boston’s first purpose-built life sciences development broke ground.

April 20, 2022
Two Drydock, Boston, MA, 2 Drydock Ave, MA 02210
Design: SGA

photo : Robert Benson
Two Drydock, is equipped with forward-thinking design that prioritizes environmental responsibility, energy efficiency and a healthy work environment for its tenants. This 225,000 square foot iconic tower now serves as the “gateway” to Boston’s emerging Drydock District, functioning as a corporate and mixed-use building for the region’s leading technology companies.

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Boston Architecture News 2020 – 2021

May 27, 2021
Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex Building, Cambridge
Design: Behnisch Architekten

photo : Brad Feinknopf
Located across the Charles River from Harvard’s historic Cambridge campus, the SEC is the University’s latest significant addition to its Allston campus. Boston real estate specialist Seth Williams added “No other institutional building’s architectural design is as beautiful as SEC. Behnisch Architekten will always be remembered for this creation.”

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Dec 4, 2020
Blackstone Heritage Corridor Visitor Center, 3 Paul Clancy Way, Worcester, MA 01607, USA
Design: designLAB architects

photo : Chuck Choi
Rising like a phoenix from the ashes’— literally. The Blackstone Visitor’s Center in Worcester, MA, was originally planned as an adaptive reuse renovation of the former Washburn & Moen wire mill in Worcester’s Quinsigamond Village. Then, in 2010, a fire swept through the original mill building, burning it to the ground and prompting a radical redesign for an entirely new building.

Nov 7, 2020
Warp House, Wellfleet, Cape Cod, MA
Design: Stack + Co. Architects

photo : Nat Rea
Inspired by the gridded aesthetic of Wellfleet’s Mid-Century Modern Cape Cod houses, Warp House is a 1,800 sqft prefabricated home designed for a retired artist from Boston. Located on a steeply sloping woodland site, the house is comprised of three tapering prefab modules coated in Swedish Black Pine Tar that float over the ground on a steel frame.

Oct 29, 2020
MassMutual Boston Headquarters

Oct 26, 2020
Commonwealth Pier Seaport World Trade Center, Seaport World Trade Center
Design: Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects

image © Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
Construction has begun on the redesign of Boston’s Seaport World Trade Center, an expansive mixed-use development on historic Commonwealth Pier in the city’s Seaport District. Designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen, the adaptive reuse project will introduce new ways to explore and engage with the waterfront.

Sep 22, 2020
Samuels & Associates Headquarters Boston, 136 Brookline Avenue
Design: Elkus Manfredi Architects
This building’s redesign exemplifies urban adaptive re-use that seeks to save and find new uses for an existing building, rather than tear it down.

July 14, 2020
Pier 4 Office Building, Seaport District neighborhood
Design: Elkus Manfredi Architects

photo © Magda Biernat

Apr 5, 2020
North Bank Bridge Park

Jan 27, 2020
Charles River Associates Boston Office

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Boston Architecture News 2019

July 9, 2019
Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre and the College of Fine Arts Production Center Boston Building, 820 Commonwealth Avenue, Brookline
Design: Elkus Manfredi Architects

photo © Robert Benson
The new facilities enable BU College of Fine Arts School of Theatre to become a more unified and comprehensive program, with state-of-the-art facilities as teaching tools for all aspects of theatre production and performance.

Jan 10, 2019
Redevelopment of Boston City Hall
Boston City Hall, designed by Kallmann, McKinnell, & Knowles, Architects, is now recognized as among the most important municipal buildings of its kind. It’s also known as an excellent example of Brutalism.

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Boston Architecture News 2018

Oct 11, 2018
The St. Regis Residences in Boston Building, 150 Seaport Boulevard
Design: Elkus Manfredi Architects

image © Elkus Manfredi Architects

Aug 29, 2018
The Winsor School Boston, 103 Pilgrim Road
Design: William Rawn Associates, Architect, Inc.

photograph © Robert Benson Photography
Nearly doubling the square footage of this historic all-girls school in Boston, this 143,000 gsf project brings together program types often segregated – arts and athletics – to encourage leadership, collaboration, and creative risk taking.

Aug 21, 2018
Eventide Fenway Building, Boylston Street
Design: Kaplan Thompson Architects

picture : Irvin Serrano

Jul 7, 2018
Hydroelectric Canal Boston Proposal
Design: Paul Lukez Architecture

image courtesy of The Chicago Athenaeum
Paul Lukez Architecture propose to harness clean energy through hydropower generation from tidal changes and storm surges in low-lying urban areas, as a means of shaping economically and environmentally resilient, self-sustaining communities.

888 Boylston Street

888 Boylston Street is one of over 100 shortlisted buildings to win at the prestigious 2018 American Architecture Awards:

American Architecture Awards 2018

photos courtesy of The Chicago Athenaeum

image courtesy of architects

Architects: FXCollaborative
Client: Boston Properties
General Contractor: Turner Construction Company

Structural Engineer: McNamara Salvia
MEP Engineer: Buro Happold
Civil Engineer: Vanasse Hangen Brustlin
Geotechnical: Haley & Aldrich
Landscape Architect: Mikyoung Kim Design
Acoustics / AV / Telecommunications: Cavanaugh Tocci
Building Code: Hughes Associates
Specifications: Construction Spex
Elevators: Van Deusen & Associates
Lighting Design: Buro Happold
Exterior Wall Consultant: Buro Happold
Curtain Wall Manufacturer: Ferguson Neudorf Glass

Feb 15, 2018
Logan International Airport Terminal E Building
Design: luis vidal + architects / AECOM

Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) has selected global infrastructure firm AECOM and Luis Vidal + Architects to design the remodeling of Boston Logan International Airport Terminal E. The joint team won a design competition for the project with over 400,000 square feet of new and renovated terminal space.

AECOM will lead the redevelopment as the prime consultant and architect/engineer of record. Spanish airport design specialist luis vidal + architects are the concept architects. They are known for projects such as Heathrow Airport T2 (UK) and Zaragoza Airport (Spain). Luis Vidal is quite young to lead a major architecture practice – he was only born in 1969.

rendering : AECOM

The modernization program will incorporate significant renovations to the existing international arrivals and customs hall, utilizing a combination of roof and window designs to maximize natural light and efficiency. Intuitive wayfinding, spatial clarity and first-class hospitality will transform the arrival experience for those entering the country at Boston Logan Airport.

The iconic roof, designed following the sun path, proposes two skylights facing north, in the form of eyelashes, protecting the interior from direct sun exposure. On the south, the roof gently strokes down the façade to reveal a number of openings that face downtown Boston, offering departing passengers a last and memorable view – almost like a peak – of its radiant skyline. With an emphasis on efficiency and sustainability, the completed terminal will seek LEED Gold status from the U.S. Green Building Council.

Logan International Airport is officially known as General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport. It is located in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States (and partly in the town of Winthrop, Massachusetts). It covers 2,384 acres (965 ha), has six runways and four passenger terminals. It is the largest airport in the New England region and 17th-busiest airport in the United States. It is named after General Edward Lawrence Logan. In 2016, Massport reported an 8.5% increase in passenger traffic comparing 2015 to 2016, giving the airport a total of about 36.3 million passengers.

Jan 6, 2018
The Largest Art: A Measured Manifesto for a Plural Urbanism Book

A manifesto for designing cities – Architectural Publication by MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA

MIT professor’s new book calls for a more pluralistic, democratic vision of the city.

“The city is a people’s art, a shared experience,” a Philadelphia architect and planner named Edmund Bacon once wrote, adding that any urban designer’s job was to “conceive an idea, implant it, and nurture its growth in the collective minds of the community.”

Architecture Book by MIT Press

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Massachusetts Architectural Updates 2017

Recent Boston Buildings – excerpts below:

Oct 26, 2017
Union Point Master Plan Massachusetts, 12 miles south of Boston
Design: Elkus Manfredi Architects with Sasaki Associates

image © Elkus Manfredi Architects

Sep 6, 2017
Perles Family Studio
Design: David Croteau of Flansburgh Architects

photo : Robert Benson Photography
New $5.5 m dance studio at home of the internationally acclaimed dance festival. The Perles Family Studio is an integral part of the Pillow’s five-year strategic plan, Vision ‘22, which launches the Pillow as a year-round campus for programs, research, and development.

Aug 15, 2017
Common Ground High School, New Haven Building

Aug 9, 2017
Ames Boston Hotel Building Renovation
Design: Glen and Co. Architecture

photo courtesy of architects
Reno & redesign of the 1893, Ames Boston Hotel (and the restaurant inside, Cultivar) taking the building’s original architecture and redesigning it to merge the past, present and future by blending modern elegance with its many preserved, original features, to create a combination of modern style and old-world sophistication.

Aug 3, 2017
Five Fields Play Structure
Design: Matter Design & FR|SCH Projects

photograph : Brandon Clifford

Aug 1, 2017
Boston City Hall Building – One of Twelve Recipients of Getty Foundation’s Keeping It Modern Grants
Design: Kallmann, McKinnell, & Knowles, Architects

photo © Naquib Hossain/Dotproduct Photography
Grandly austere with its concrete facade, Boston City Hall features several playful gestures, including its gravity-defying mayor’s office that hovers over the main entrance plaza and a profusion of outsized classical dentils.

Apr 23, 2017
Massachusetts College of Art and Design – ‘Design and Media Center Building’
Design: Ennead Architects

photograph © Peter Vanderwarker
An adaptive re-use plus seismic upgrade of the original Rose City Awning factory, to create a company headquarters for Swift, a fast-growing 160-person digital media agency.

Apr 11, 2017
Global Contemporary Art Museum Building in Massachusetts, North Adams, Massachusetts
Design: Gluckman Tang Architects

image courtesy of architects
This 165,000-square-foot exhibition and art storage facility for contemporary art adapts the economical and flexible building system of industrial sheds and the scale, massing, and form of early industrial mill buildings, such as those seen at the nearby Mass MoCA.

Apr 10, 2017
Lake House in Stockbridge, Berkshire County in western Massachusetts
Design: Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design

photograph © Studio Dubuisson

Apr 7, 2017
Northeastern University Interdisciplinary Science & Engineering Complex, Boston
Design: Arup

photograph © Warren Jagger
Using advanced computer modeling to integrate the design of the building systems and facade, Arup significantly reduced operational costs and improved energy efficiency. The project is set for LEED Gold status—an exceptional achievement for a laboratory facility.

Feb 21, 2017
Mecanoo wins prestigious architecture prize in Boston
Design: Mecanoo, Architects

image by architects office
Mecanoo architecten, led by Francine Houben, has received the Harleston Parker Medal for designing the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building. The Harleston Parker Medal is Boston’s most prestigious architecture prize. The project, on which Mecanoo collaborated with local firm Sasaki Associates, also won the People’s Choice Award.