Interior Designers Eye Licensing Breakthrough in Massachusetts
Support from architectural and engineering groups could mean breakthrough for legislation that’s billed as helping expand ranks of project managers.
Residential and Hospitality Designs Cross Paths
Restaurant groups in Boston turn to Matthew Arnold for inspiration when preparing to debut a new concept. He recently went independent with his own year-old design firm, ArnoldAnd.
Her Team’s Success Was Her Success
Jeanne Nutt is leaving a job co-leading Gensler’s Boston office after 25 years, over which the office grew four-fold to over 150 staffers and designed high-profile additions to the city’s built environment.
Hot Property: Cambridge Associates’ Offices
Cambridge Associates recently relocated its Boston office to Winthrop Center, occupying 115,000 square feet on the top three office floors of the 1.5 million-square-foot office-condominium tower developed by MP Boston.
Interior Designers Deserve Professional Recognition from Mass., Too
Unlike architects, interior designers lack the title of “licensed professional” in the commonwealth, which harms designers, their clients and the state economy. A bill before the state Senate would change this.
Hot Property: Sasaki Global HQ
Sasaki’s new, 64,000-square-foot global headquarters updated a historic downtown Boston building with new office interiors, updated lobby and retail space and private roof deck.
Wakefield-based The Savings Bank Builds Addition on Main Office
Wakefield-based The Savings Bank has started construction on a new office building adjacent to its headquarters, expanding the bank’s downtown Wakefield campus.
The Quest for More Square Footage Continues
In the hunt for more space, houses are being built larger, with more amenities packed both inside and outside their walls. Last year, the average new house was 2,561 square feet.
Lending Clarity in a Confused Workplace Era
With her specialty in interior design, TRIA Architects’ Marilyn Shen says she spends the vast majority of her time anticipating people’s needs and likes. That emphasis has taken on a paramount role in her new position as the Boston-based firm’s director of integrated workplace design.
Leading an Office Design Transition from Mandate to Magnet
With over 30 years at Boston-based Elkus Manfredi Architects, Elizabeth Lowrey leads the firm’s interior architecture practice as it works with developers and landlords on the changing nature of spaces where people gather.
Noise-Dampening Strategies for Urban Living
Living in vibrant bustling cities affords many of us a 24/7 lifestyle filled with entertainment, sports, dining and shopping. City living also means traffic, public transportation and people just enjoying an active lifestyle.
Hot Property: MIT FCU Headquarters
MIT Federal Credit Union’s new Lexington headquarters spans 25,000 square feet of renovated space at a Lexington office building redesigned by Boston-based architects Dyer Brown.
The Night’s Sleep That the Doctor Ordered
By combining research on sleep and circadian rhythms with design and technology, we think we can help people get all 40 of their well-earned winks by designing a better hotel room: The Dream Cabin.
Hot Property: Akamai Headquarters
Akamai has opened its new 19-story, 480,000-square-foot headquarters in Cambridge’s Kendall Square following a more than $100 million interior buildout.
Backlash Against Open Offices Spawns Creative Solutions
The most important thing to keep in mind when designing or reconfiguring an office environment is that one size does not fit all. Every company has its own culture and work styles, and employees have their own preferences.
Home Design Trends for 2019: Bold Colors In, ‘Farmhouse Chic’ Out
A modern aesthetic, with clean and simple industrial materials, leads 2019’s interior design trends, according to the Zillow Home Trend Forecast.
Editorial Cartoon: Microapartments Encourage Better Design
Microapartments may be the new housing solution Boston needs, but some are skeptical.
