The day-long February 19 conference at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge will feature discussions on urban regeneration, building material circularity, innovative retrofit projects, and more.
Both beloved and reviled, the brawny Brutalist building, recognized for “redefining the city’s architectural identity and the nature of public space,” will now receive certain protections.
Within AECOM and Luis Vidal + Architects' lipstick-red airport terminal in Boston is a stress-free environment, with ample daylight and finishes rendered primarily in white.
The geometric ensemble by NADAAA and Perkins&Will acknowledges the needs and motivations of both the institute and the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority.
According to firm principal J. Jih, whose studio works out of a converted warehouse in Boston’s South End arts district, architecture is a place “to dissect value, encounter the values of others, and continually evolve one’s own values.”