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Coming soon to a South End townhouse near you?

Well, it’s very unlikely! What is it? It’s a window / balcony, of course! On hot summer days, let down the wall and enjoy cocktails and passing parades from the privacy of your own home. For cold days, or for when the peasants revolt, you roll up the...

BAC buys former ICA building

Boston architecture and design, Boston real estate developments and projects

You probably already saw this story, but wanted to throw it in. The Boston Architectural College has agreed to buy the former Institute of Contemporary Art building from Samuels & Associates, for $7.2 million. Samuels & Associates bought that building, and...

Ideas for City Hall Plaza

Boston architecture and design, Boston real estate developments and projects

From a reader’s comments: I was initially excited by Menino’s proposal to relocate City Hall and free up that huge waste of space that is City Hall Plaza, but have since cooled to the idea somewhat. I am now beginning to think that the better options would...

Will 115 Winthrop end up as planned?

Boston architecture and design

The city of Boston recently chose Steve Belkin’s Trans National Properties to build an 80-story, 1000-foot tower at 115 Winthrop Street. Belkin has retained architect Renzo Piano. Other buildings designed by Piano include the New York Times tower, in New York...

Menino proposes selling City Hall

Boston architecture and design, Boston real estate developments and projects

DEVELOPING … Mayor proposes selling city hall – By Thomas C. Palmer, Jr. and Chris Reidy, The Boston Globe Mayor Thomas M. Menino proposed in a morning speech today to sell the current City Hall and City Hall Plaza to private developers and relocate the...

Starchitect is met by Bostonians with open crossed arms

Boston architecture and design

Proposals for the new 80-story tower planned for Boston’s financial district are due tomorrow, November 13th. Several major players are supposedly submitting proposals, including, according to the Herald’s Scott Van Voorhis, Beacon Capital, the powerful...