Boston City Hall renovation preserves "straightforward honesty" of brutalist building
LED lights illuminate the gridded concrete structure of Boston's brutalist city hall, which has been renovated by local firm Utile. More
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Weathering steel PedX bridge connects Northeastern University campus with science block
Architecture firm Payette has created a pedestrian bridge at Northeastern University in Boston with tall metal walls and slender glazed openings that offer a glimpse of passing trains. More
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Supernormal reimagines the classroom for children's educational centre in Massachusetts
American firm Supernormal has created a nursery and preschool in the Boston area that features sculptural volumes wrapped in vibrant wallpaper and open play areas illuminated by speckled daylight. More
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Five polycarbonate volumes form Harvard University's ArtLab by Barkow Leibinger
Architecture firm Barkow Leibinger has covered this experimental arts hub at Harvard University in polycarbonate panels to make it illuminate like a "lightbox at night". More
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Pelli Clarke Pelli unveils folded glass One Congress tower in Boston
Pelli Clarke Pelli has revealed plans to build an office tower in Boston with a folded glass facade that resembles a "dramatic theatrical curtain". More
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Gender Bending Fashion exhibition in Boston challenges notions about clothing
Designs by Vivienne Westwood, Jean Paul Gaultier and Rei Kawakubo feature in this fashion exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, which aims to explore and question assumptions about gender-specific clothing. More
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"Boston City Hall is the frog waiting to wake up as a prince"
As the brutalist Boston City Hall celebrates its 50th birthday, Aaron Betsky reflects on the building's history as a monument to social democracy, and wonders if proposed updates will bring it a happily ever after. More
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Pentagram prints stencil-style supergraphic across ICA Boston
A logo resembling "stencil letterforms" is printed on the exterior of the Diller Scofidio + Renfro-designed art gallery on Boston's waterfront, as part of a major branding overhaul by graphic design studio Pentagram. More
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SCAPE contributes to Resilient Boston Harbor flood-protection project
Boston is moving ahead with plans to address rising sea levels predicted as a result of climate change, using designs by New York firm SCAPE. More
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Plugin House built in Boston to demonstrate potential for use in US backyards
Chinese studio People's Architecture Office is using a pop-up pavilion to show how a prefabricated home designed for China's hutongs could be used by cities in the US to help tackle the housing crisis. More
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Destruction of brutalist buildings shown at Boston photography exhibition
The razing of notable brutalist buildings from the 1960s and 1970s, including work by architects Paul Rudolph and Alison and Peter Smithson, is the subject of a photography exhibition at a Boston art gallery. More
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Smart city planned for former US Navy airfield near Boston
Architecture firms Elkus Manfredi and Sasaki have unveiled a masterplan to transform a parcel of land south of Boston into a smart city, the latest in a string to be announced for North America. More
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Boston responds to climate change with elevated parks and flood barriers
Boston has launched a plan to prevent flooding in its most vulnerable waterfront neighbourhoods, becoming the latest US city to respond to the threat of rising sea levels. More
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Toshiko Mori and Maya Lin create buildings for Boston pharmaceutical campus
Architects Toshiko Mori, Maya Lin and CannonDesign teamed up to design this new research complex for Swiss drug company Novartis, located in the Boston area. More
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OMA reveals designs for severed block on Boston's waterfront
A huge slice filled with terraces and trees will be cut through the centre of OMA's 88 Seaport development in Boston – the firm's first project in the city. More
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ASH NYC adds pops of pink to Dig Inn Boston restaurant
Pink accents contrast the pale palette that US firm ASH NYC has used for the interior of this farm-to-counter restaurant in Boston. More
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Arquitectonica's Pierce Boston tower to feature apartments aimed at young tech entrepreneurs
Sales have officially launched for apartments inside this skyscraper in Boston by New York firm Arquitectonica, amid a "boom" in the city's luxury condo market created by its growing tech scene (+ slideshow). More
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Merge Architects clads Massachusetts home in weathering steel
US studio Merge Architects has completed a family home in the Boston area with facades clad in pre-rusted steel and interior spaces that overlook slot gardens (+ slideshow). More
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Dancers perform vertical routine across Boston building facade
Performers from experimental dance company Bandaloop leap, flip and spin across the glass facade of a 17-storey tower at Boston's Fan Pier in this choreographed acrobatic act (+ movie). More
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SAS Designbuild combines two facade styles for an urban Boston home
American studio SAS Designbuild has completed a family dwelling in a historic Boston neighbourhood that reads as two separate homes due to its unusual facade treatment. More
