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Massachusetts College of Art & Design
LERA led the structural design of a new building entry and adaptive reuse of existing spaces for the Massachusetts College of Art.
Prominently located on Boston’s “Avenue of the Arts,” the 40,000-sf (3,720-sm) facility creates a new central, iconic entry point to the campus, transforming a previously disused old brick gymnasium into modern studio, exhibition and teaching spaces. Built on existing foundations, the new entry features a triple-height atrium with an all-glass facade and an architecturally exposed steel structure, raising the level of transparency on campus.
Location
Client
Massachusetts College of Art
Division of Capital Asset Management
Architect
Ennead Architects
Awards
American Architecture Award, 2017
The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design/The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies
Design Award of Merit, 2017
Society of American Registered Architects New York (SARA NY)
Design Award - Education Facilities Design, 2016
Boston Society of Architects (BSA)