Boston Studio Redesigns Sasaki Digital Identity
Boston-based design studio Upstatement has built a new web site for Sasaki to update the firm’s brand identity and show off its portfolio and business lines.
Deerfield Academy Fieldhouse Recognized for Sustainability and Design
Deerfield Academy’s new $52 million fieldhouse has been recognized for its sustainability and architectural design.
Developers Grapple With High Costs on Multifamily Projects
Wood-frame construction and other cost-cutting strategies are becoming the norm across Greater Boston as developers, contractors and architects grapple grappling with rising commodity and labor costs that make it increasingly difficult to keep projects within budget.
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.
Akamai HQ Opens in Kendall Square
Kendall Square’s latest office building opens today. The build-to-suit, 486,000-square-foot tower at 145 Broadway, part of Boston Properties’ 1.1-million-square Kendall Square redevelopment, will be home to computer security firm Akamai Technologies.
Here’s What a Rebuilt Boston City Hall Will Look Like
Kiss the brick desert at the heart of downtown Boston goodbye. A tree-studded renovation plan for Boston’s City Hall Plaza, by Watertown-based Sasaki Assoc., was unveiled by Mayor Marty Walsh this morning.
Emerging Datasets Point to an Urban Retail Strategy
Data analysis of retail opening and closing times can help developers and city planners to mix and match ground-floor retail uses that generate activity at various times of the day and week.
We’re Still Not Doing Planning Right
Even though there is much to fix in the world we are leaving to our children and our grandchildren, I remain optimistic. If there ever were a time in history for the design professions to step up, it is now.
Hot Property: The Incubator at Sasaki
The Incubator at Sasaki is a new 5,000-square-foot flexible research studio and shared workspace at Sasaki’s Watertown headquarters.
Skip The Elevator And Take A Walk Up The ‘Aka-Mile’
Many tech companies prefer converted industrial spaces with sprawling floor plates that lend themselves to open-format workspaces. That wasn’t an option for Cambridge-based Internet giant Akamai, though, after committing to a 19-story build-to-suit office tower to replace its six Kendall Square office buildings.
Personnel File
Many senior leaders have accepted new responsibilities in the world of banking, finance and philanthropy in this week’s personnel file.
