Transforming Places for Living
  Light-Filled Kitchen BEFORE Light-Filled Kitchen AFTER
The owners of an historic home near Boston had recently transformed overgrown woods behind their house into a spectacular garden, but their existing kitchen took little advantage of its location overlooking this private, sunny rear yard. Existing work counters, appliances, storage cabinets and an adjacent breakfast room were all disconnected from each other, further frustrating the homeowners who yearned for a more functional and inviting center for creative activity. Now, the re-designed kitchen unites food preparation and dining into one daylight-filled room where form and function combine to bring back the "joy of cooking" for this family of bakers and cooks.
Transforming Places for Working
Brookline Bank Chestnut Hill BEFORE Brookline Bank Chestnut Hill AFTER
This 2,200 sq. ft. retail property was transformed inside and out, resulting in a welcoming, light-filled banking facility to serve this regional bank's growing customer base. A new drive-through teller/ ATM window was integrated into the comprehensive site plan and the building was made fully accessible from the public sidewalk and parking lot. Completely new energy-efficient mechanical and lighting systems were installed and the exteriors were re-clad with insulating stucco, composite aluminum panels and aluminum-framed insulating glass windows.
Transforming Places for Gathering
 
North Parish Church BEFORE North Parish Church AFTER
Our recent 8,300 sq. ft. addition doubled the size of this iconic Gothic Revival church while remaining compatible in style but low in scale, in deference to the original building's presence on the site for over 178 years. The two-story renovation/addition with elevator tower replaced and expanded the 1958 Religious Education Wing with flexible classrooms, meeting rooms and storage, while adding an office suite for clergy and administration. The Sanctuary, Parish Hall, Religious Education and Office levels are now connected together and to the surrounding gardens by means of a four-stop elevator, light-filled staircase and accessible pathways from two levels of curbside access on the church's wooded site in North Andover's Old Center Historic District.
Photography credits:
Peter Lewitt, David Torrey
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