ICON Architecture

One Webster mixes residential and retail development in this burgeoning community north of Boston. Sitting along the primary Eastern Avenue thoroughfare, at the nexus of two neighborhood street grids, the building bends to engage both grids.  Its contemporary exterior rises to highlight corners, creating soaring apartment interiors at the ends of the building.  A tall […]

Achieving a LEED-for-Homes Platinum rating, these 40 apartments surround a sunny, landscaped courtyard to maximize passive solar design. The 34-unit midrise incorporates a super-insulated building envelope, 96% efficient mechanical systems, heat recovery ventilation, and energy producing photovoltaic and solar thermal rooftop systems. Separate six-family townhouses are built with SIPS (structural insulated panel system) to achieve […]

The dramatic reconfiguration of this 11-acre site and its existing buildings was designed to shed an outdated “70’s modern” look and enhance this housing’s livability and appeal.  Strategic demolition, building upgrades, and targeted new construction combine to create 200 affordable apartments.  The former site “superblock” has been divided into smaller neighborhood sized blocks, with new […]

eplacing a derelict manufacturing center, Spencer Row creates 32 new affordable family apartments in one of Chelsea’s up-and-coming areas, the Spencer Corridor. The 1/2-acre site sits one mile out of downtown Chelsea with multiple bus routes available nearby, but still exudes a neighborhood quality. The three-story building sits on a podium of parking garage, integrating […]