BSA Space
290 Congress Street
Suite 200
Boston, MA 02210
The deal. Imagine 14,000 square feet in Boston dedicated to architecture. Picture a place where an architectural photographer and an urban planner linger over coffee, a passerby stops in to hear a talk on design’s role in healthcare, and tourists board a boat touring boast-worthy buildings. See engineering wonders, hear renowned architects, meet the design community—all in one stunning space. The Boston Society of Architects (BSA) is creating a center for architecture in our city, and we’re blogging our way through the process. View plans from architecture firm Höweler + Yoon, learn more about the Atlantic Wharf building along Fort Point Channel, and watch all the triumphs and hurdles we encounter.
The space. The new Boston center for architecture occupies two floors of the existing seven-story Russia Wharf building, now the foundation for a new 22-story tower that together are known as Atlantic Wharf. With its location along the Fort Point Channel near the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway and many cultural museums, public transportation at South Station is just one block away. The center will include exhibit, office, multimedia and meeting space for programs and special events, as well as a small store. Our move-in date is scheduled for November 2011.
The BSA. The BSA advocates for architecture and design. Established in 1867, today the BSA consists of more than 4,000 members and 30 programs and publications, including Build Boston and ArchitectureBoston. As a chapter of the American Institute of Architects, we are a nonprofit, professional-service organization.
Images
View from the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway
View from Congress Street
View from Fort Point Channel
(images courtesy of CBT Architects)
Press coverage
Building Architects’ Centers to Capture Public Attention
(New York Times, October 4, 2011)
Building interest in architecture
(The Boston Herald, March 18, 2011)
Höweler + Yoon tapped for Boston Society of Architects headquarters
(Architectural Record, March 9, 2011)
Half Dose #82: Slipstream public exchange
(A Daily Dose of Architecture, January 26, 2011)
BSA HQ at Atlantic Wharf
(Design Museum Boston’s Designingamuseum.org, January 22, 2011)
Höweler + Yoon Architecture to design new Boston Society of Architects headquarters (Bustler, January 18, 2011)
BSA headquarters/Höweler + Yoon Architecture
(Archdaily, January 16, 2011)
Focusing on Fort Point
(Boston Globe, January 11, 2011)
slideshow: Atlantic Wharf-Boston’s newest skyscraper
(Boston Globe, January 11, 2011)
Building Architects’ Centers to Capture Public Attention
(New York Times, October 4, 2011)
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