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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Maryann Thompson refurbishes and extends shingled Cove House in Martha's Vineyard
Massachusetts firm Maryann Thompson Architects has enlarged a shingle-style house by opening up its ground floor, and building two additions on the grassy coastal property. More
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Tourists hotel in The Berkshires takes cues from classic American motor lodges
A magazine founder, a chef and a bassist are among the diverse team that has torn down an old motel in western Massachusetts to make way for this wood-clad inn, based on "the aesthetic of a classic American motor lodge". More
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Construction workers suffer highest death rate from opioid overdoses in Massachusetts
A new study of opioid-related overdose deaths in Massachusetts has found that the construction industry is the worst affected, while architecture and engineering are the only occupations to have a higher death rate among women than men. More
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Herzog & de Meuron to overhaul Harvard GSD's Gund Hall
Architecture firms Herzog & de Meuron and Beyer Blinder Belle have been enlisted to renovate and expand the main building at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, in order to support "groundbreaking collaborations" between its programmes. 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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Deborah Richards creates retreat for her family beside Massachusetts lake
American architect Deborah Richards has designed a home for her extended family in Lakeville, Massachusetts, choosing wooden shingles to clad the exterior, and bright yellow accents for the windows and doors. More
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Go Logic creates gable-roofed home for oceanfront site in Massachusetts
This family dwelling that American studio Go Logic designed for a dense waterfront neighbourhood features a green roof, two-toned cladding and a distinctive silhouette. More
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Will Ruhl lifts house on concrete stilts to create larger family retreat
US architecture firm Ruhl Walker co-founder Will Ruhl has completed a home renovation for his family in Massachusetts, lifting an existing residence on concrete supports to create an extra living space underneath. 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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Parking garage extension forms home for architects Ensamble
To build their own home in the Massachusetts town of Brookline, the principals of Spanish firm Ensamble Studio prefabricated individual parts of the structure in Madrid and sailed them across the Atlantic to be assembled on site. More
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Flansburgh Architects takes cues from wooden barns for dance studio in the Berkshires
American firm Flansburgh Architects has created a studio building for a performing arts campus in rural Massachusetts that is wrapped in warm-coloured wood and bands of glass. More
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Leroy Street Studio updates traditional New England architecture for harbour-side Cove House
A harbour view is framed through the gap between the two sides of this house in Massachusetts by New York firm Leroy Street Studio. 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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Stern McCafferty Architects converts entrance of old Massachusetts house into a gallery
Boston-based Stern McCafferty Architects has overhauled a country home in Massachusetts, transforming the layout to showcase a collection of art work and expand the living areas into a bright annex. More
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Leers Weinzapfel completes America's first cross-laminated timber academic building
The University of Massachusetts Amherst's new design school is the first academic building in the US to have a structural frame made of cross-laminated timber, according to its architects Leers Weinzapfel Associates. More
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Massachusetts island home features walls of charred cedar and textured concrete
US firms Gray Organschi Architecture and Schiller Projects took cues from the natural terrain of Martha's Vineyard, a vacation island off the coast of Cape Cod, to create this holiday retreat. More
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The architecture of MIT: 10 impressive buildings on the tech university's campus
Dezeen is visiting the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the Being Material conference this week. Here's a look at some of the best architecture at the campus, from Frank Gehry's library to Eero Saarinen's chapel. More
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Bruner/Cott further expands MASS MoCA art museum in the Berkshires
American architecture firm Bruner/Cott has completed the latest stage in transforming a former textile factory into the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. More
