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Prism Apartments
New housing to compliment innovative work district
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McMullen Museum
From Cardinal's residence to art museum
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Miller & Houston Halls
Improving the housing experience to foster community and shared experiences
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Allston Labworks
transformative first-class life science campus will activate Western Avenue
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2Life Communities Administrative Offices
Innovative design solution creates a centralized administrative office
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Architecture, Interior Design, and Planning for:

 

  • Academic
  • Science + Tech
  • Senior Living
  • Residential
  • Workplace

Our process — and our buildings — are of the time and timeless. We work closely with clients to discover, explore and create. We are responsive and real, energized by our work and committed to success.

August 7 2017
Frank Valdes
Principal
August 7 2017
Demiss Shiferaw
Associate Principal

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March 12 2019
Amanda Solinsky
Senior Associate

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10 December 2025
Mapping Our Way Through the Massachusetts Energy Codes in 2025

dimellashaffer

Phase II of Mystic Waterworks is now officially co Phase II of Mystic Waterworks is now officially complete!
 
This newest milestone introduces a brand-new building that expands the Mystic Waterworks affordable senior living community. While Phase I transformed Somerville’s historic Mystic Water Pumping Station, Phase II brings 21 additional affordable senior housing units to the neighborhood, utilizing wood modular construction.

Learn more by clicking the link in our bio! 
 
#architecture #design #seniorliving #residential #affordablehousing #modularconstruction #adaptive reuse
 
📸 by @grisingerphoto 
@lafuess Bolger Engineering, R.W Sullivan Engineering @windover_construction Stone Fleet @geoengineersinc Putnam Associates Architects @rcm_modular
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18 November 2025
FIRST MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING IN THE U.S. TO PURSUE PASSIVE HOUSE
27 October 2025
Learning by Design: How We Use Post-Occupancy Evaluations to Strengthen Student Housing
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