Life House transforms motor lodge in the Berkshires into hotel
A former motel in rural Massachusetts has been transformed by American hospitality brand Life House into a hotel decorated with objects influenced by 1970s hospitality. More
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SOM uses "careful mix of removal, renovation and addition" to rejuvenate Wellesley College Science Complex
Architecture studio SOM has redeveloped a science complex in Massachusets using mass timber to integrate a series of existing buildings, with the earliest dating back to Frederick Law Olmsted's original campus layouts. More
Home Studios adds soft seating to Italian restaurant Bar Enza
Brooklyn-based Home Studios has filled an Italian restaurant close to Harvard University with plush booths and banquettes to introduce colour and texture to the space. More
No Architecture arranges Flower House in the Berkshires around hexagonal courtyard
No Architecture arranged pavilions around a hexagonal courtyard to form a family nature retreat in rural Massachusetts that "reinterprets and expands on the glass house typology". More
NBBJ set to add two towers to Paul Rudolph's brutalist Boston Government Services Center
The state government of Massachusetts has unveiled plans by architecture studio NBBJ to redevelop the brutalist Hurley Building in Boston and add a pair of high-rises to the Paul Rudolph-designed 1970s structure. More
Hydroformed steel lattice wraps Harvard building by Behnisch Architekten
The Boston office of Behnisch Architekten has completed a massive academic building on a new campus for Harvard University that features the "world's first hydroformed stainless-steel screen". More
OverUnder renovates landmarked Boston building to create single-family residence
Boston architecture studio OverUnder has renovated a heritage-listed Victorian home, extending the property to the rear and updating the interiors with a contemporary and minimalist palette. More
Bleached cedar frames apple orchard from Sheffield House in Massachusetts
New York architect Vincent Appel has designed Sheffield House in Massachusetts to replace the resident's childhood home with cedar walls as the "picture frame of the spaces of memory". More
Flavin Architects adds "creative sanctuary" Modern Lantern Studio to Massachusetts home
Boston firm Flavin Architects has built a three-storey addition for a house in Massachusetts to offer space for a couple to write, garden and repair antique scooters. More
Merge Architects builds dark corrugated steel housing facing Boston harbour
Waves of corrugated steel and wood accents wrap around the Marginal Housing 3.0 block by Merge Architects located alongside Boston's harbour. More
Aluminium shingles encase faceted Massachusetts house by Bryanoji Design Studio
Architecture firm Bryanoji Design Studio has wrapped aluminium shingles around this angular house in a Massachusetts woodland. More
Studio Vural imagines off-the-grid Dune House for Cape Cod
Architecture practice Studio Vural has envisioned a seaside holiday dwelling that is carved into sand dunes and operates without relying on public utilities. More
Boston City Hall renovation preserves "straightforward honesty" of brutalist building
LED lights illuminate the gridded concrete structure of Boston's brutalist city hall, which has been renovated by local firm Utile. More
MIT Media Lab director resigns after allegedly covering up Jeffrey Epstein donations
Joichi Ito has stepped down as director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab after The New Yorker magazine claimed he made efforts to hide donations from American businessman and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. More
Supernormal reimagines the classroom for children's educational centre in Massachusetts
American firm Supernormal has created a nursery and preschool in the Boston area that features sculptural volumes wrapped in vibrant wallpaper and open play areas illuminated by speckled daylight. More
William Rawn designs cedar-clad pavilions for Tanglewood campus in the Berkshires
US firm William Rawn Associates has created a series of buildings for a performing arts campus in western Massachusetts, where retractable glass walls allow music to spill outdoors. More
Geodesic dome cabin in New England gets major overhaul by Jess Cooney
Large triangular windows bring daylight into this dome house in western Massachusetts, which has received an extensive makeover by local firm Jess Cooney Interiors. More
Doug Aitken's mirrored balloon New Horizon flies over Massachusetts
American artist Doug Aitken has created a mirrored hot air balloon to travel across rural landscapes of Massachusetts this summer. More
Five polycarbonate volumes form Harvard University's ArtLab by Barkow Leibinger
Architecture firm Barkow Leibinger has covered this experimental arts hub at Harvard University in polycarbonate panels to make it illuminate like a "lightbox at night". More
Pelli Clarke Pelli unveils folded glass One Congress tower in Boston
Pelli Clarke Pelli has revealed plans to build an office tower in Boston with a folded glass facade that resembles a "dramatic theatrical curtain". More