by s2desi5_lemessurier | Dec 5, 2023
The strikingly dramatic V columns and sweeping curved roof projecting over Summer Street provide a fitting indication of the scale and magnitude of Boston’s new convention center. Housing conventions in expansive exhibit halls, parking 1000 cars, docking 75 trucks,...
by s2desi5_lemessurier | Apr 12, 2023
Designing a new arena provides its own challenges, but shoehorning a multifunctional arena next to an adjacent active arena, two highways, a river, bridging an active train terminal and over subway tunnels, the planning, phasing and engineering become paramount. The...
by s2desi5_lemessurier | Apr 12, 2023
The main entrance is flanked by repeating arches along each sidewalk, grounding this courthouse in history, tradition, and fundamentals. Facing Boston Harbor is a 350-foot wide, 90-foot high conoid glass wall, recalling the classical arch shape with a sweeping...
by s2desi5_lemessurier | Apr 12, 2023
A major urban renewal project on an existing wharf in the city’s Inner Harbor; a central circulation pattern exhibits life in various aquatic environments. Complex interior and exterior shapes and volumes, including tanks simulating coral reefs and the open ocean,...
by s2desi5_lemessurier | Apr 12, 2023
Adjacent to historic South Station, this aluminum clad tower welcomes visitors from the east just as it did upon completion in 1976. The building has many specialty design features for monetary storage, vaults and security, but it may be the portal at the base of the...
