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High-Profile Focus: INTERIORS
MPA to Design New Corporate HQ Cambridge, MA - Margulies Perruzzi Architects (MPA) has been selected by Forrester Research, Inc. to design 190,000sf of office space for the company’s new corporate headquarters at Cambridge Discovery Park in Cambridge. The project is being designed to meet LEED Gold certification. An independent research company, Forrester has outgrown its current home and sought a space that could accommodate its flexible work style and growth needs. In 1999, Margulies Perruzzi Architects completed the interior architectural design of Forrester’s current 125,000sf corporate headquarters at 400 Technology Square. Since then, Margulies Perruzzi Architects has worked with Forrester on the design of its offices in San Francisco and Foster City, California; Dallas; and Amsterdam. Margulies Perruzzi Architects will provide interior architecture and design services for Forrester’s new space at Cambridge Discovery Park, a 27-acre master planned campus owned and developed by The Bulfinch Companies. Forrester’s space will emphasize a connection to the green outdoor space that is being developed adjacent to the building. Currently in design
MPA’s Forrester team includes, l-r: Saul Accetta, Alvaro Ribeiro, Christine Law Pestana, Janet Morra, Marc Margulies, and Vivienne Kenny. under the leadership of MPA principal Janet Morra, AIA, LEED AP, Forrester’s new corporate headquarters is slated for completion in August 2011. The project team includes Saul Accetta, LEED AP; Alvaro Ribeiro, AIA; Christine Law Pestana, IIDA, LEED AP; Janet Morra, AIA, LEED AP; Marc Margulies, AIA, LEED AP; Vivienne Kenny; Monica Moreira, LEED AP.
JC&A Converts Mill to Med Bldg. Weymouth, MA - J. Calnan & Associates, Inc. of Quincy has expanded its healthcare/life science portfolio to include Physician’s Organization Suite at Stetson Medical Building in Weymouth. Working collaboratively with Atlantic Management and Trapani Associates, J. Calnan & Associates is currently underway with a challenging renovation to a 105-year old building for Atlantic Management.
The project consists of a 25,000sf renovation and conversion of an existing wood mill structure to new state-of-theart medical offices. The project also includes a 3,000sf addition to the house and new medical equipment including a fluoroscopy room as well as CT scan/imaging and x-ray rooms. The project is on schedule to be completed by the end of this year.
MPV Completes New Office Space
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Environments at Work Helps Expansion
Plymouth, MA - Environments at Work, New England’s premier Haworth office furniture dealer, announced the completion of a new 5,000sf interior office environment for Medical Present Value (MPV). One of the nation’s leading healthcare IT consulting companies, MPV was recently named to the Healthcare Informatics 100
2010 to 2011 IIDA Continued from page 12 the level of competition for the prestige of being lauded as an IIDANE award winner. The chapter has city center components in some of New England’s largest design communities, and a full slate of various events are scheduled throughout the year, including area design tours, “For Love of Design” in Stamford, Conn,; Industry Roundtables in New Haven, Conn.; and Boston; “Art Uncorked” in Boston; “Habitat for Humanity” weekend in Providence, R.I.; the Chapter’s annual IIDANE Golf Tournament in Hartford, Conn.; and
for the fourth consecutive year. Environments at Work helped the company establish a larger identity in the Cordage Park development in Plymouth, where MPV had previously occupied a smaller space. The expanded space is in a historic mill building and serves 30 employees. the annual Croquet Tournament in Newport, RI. As chapter president, I could not oversee our large and diverse business-oriented organization without the enthusiastic assistance of our executive board, council of directors, and executive director; each a professional leader in the industry of interior design. It is an exciting and challenging moment in our profession, with the potential to be seen as a seminal paradigm shift in our profession. IIDA New England is helping move the profession forward toward a bright future, and I am multiply blessed to be in the right place at the right time. R. Gabriel Zavala, IIDA, AIA is a principal at 3/d3 Studio, LLC.
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