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
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Boston architecture students complain about "unacceptable" studio space
Architecture students at Boston's Northeastern University are petitioning for improved studio space, alleging their current working conditions are unsanitary, unsafe, cold and cramped. More
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Techstyle exhibition in Boston explores how technology is changing fashion
A purse that charges a cell phone and an animated dress that displays tweets are among the pieces that will be presented in an upcoming exhibition at Boston's leading art museum. More
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Matter Design's Microtherme conceals voluptuous concrete forms within a wooden box
A new installation by Boston-based architecture studio Matter Design features a wooden box with sculptural interior walls that radiate different temperatures, creating an "intimate and contradictory set of experiences". More
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Four emerging firms create installations for Design Biennial Boston
Four young studios have created installations for Design Biennial Boston, an event that aims to provoke more "architectural imagination" throughout the city (+ slideshow). More
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Janet Echelman creates aerial rope sculpture made of super-strength fibres
Studio Echelman has used more than 100 miles of rope to create a sculpture that floats high above a Boston park (+ slideshow). More
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Roxbury E+ townhouses in Boston designed to produce more energy than they use
Solar panels cover the rooftops of these four townhouses in Boston by local firm ISA, allowing them to sustainably produce more energy and hot water than their occupants are likely to use (+ slideshow). More
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Mecanoo's first US project incorporates historic facades into Boston civic building
Dutch firm Mecanoo has completed its first project in the United States: an asymmetrical, brick-clad municipal building in a historic neighbourhood in Boston (+ slideshow). More
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Renzo Piano reconfigures Harvard Art Museums around a grand courtyard atrium
Italian architect Renzo Piano has upgraded the facilities of the Harvard Art Museums in Boston, Massachusetts, by adding a new gallery wing and transforming a former courtyard into a top-lit atrium (+ slideshow). More
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Höweler + Yoon Architecture installs a glow-in-the-dark swing set in Boston
These glowing circular swings have been installed by Höweler + Yoon Architecture to brighten up a patch of Boston parkland and to encourage children to play outside the confines of the playground (+ movie). More
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Boston invites designs for new public transport map
News: Boston's public transport authority has launched a competition to redesign the city's subway map. More
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Aesop Newbury Street by William O’Brien Jr.
Cornices are commonly used to decorate the junctions between walls and ceilings, but at the new Boston shop for skin and haircare brand Aesop, cornices cover the walls and form shelves for the brand's signature brown bottles. More
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum extension by Renzo Piano
Architect Renzo Piano has completed a new wing at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, which opens next week. More
