ICON Architecture

Blakeley Hall was built in 1926 in a Georgian architectural style and is organized in three wings around a courtyard housing 84 students. It is the Fletcher School’s co-educational dormitory for single students or married students attending school without their spouse and children. The dorm also provides housing for the School’s Executive Education program. The […]

Highlighting a trend to surplus aging schools, The 1915-built Athol Middle School was completely renovated to provide 50 affordable studio, one, and two bedroom units for active seniors. This 66,600 SF Art Deco style structure offers modern and convenient apartments that create a vibrant living experience for this retirement community, while preserving the best of […]

Creative selective demolition allowed this former rubber factory to be molded into new use as artist live/work housing. ICON specifically designed units to fit each resident’s needs, making way for pottery kilns, a circus trapeze, a dance studio, and even a taxidermy shop. The complex now houses a range of unit types, including townhouses, open […]

This former industrial building creates 103 new “micro” lofts, an emerging new housing prototype for urban dwellers, conveniently located near the new Lechmere station on the Green Line extention. These studio apartments range in size from 330 to nearly 700 square feet, each with floor-to-ceiling windows and contemporary loft interiors and are designed to meet LEED-NC silver criteria.