https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1474 en-us goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17877 Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17877-yale-divinity-schools-new-housing-by-bruner-cott-and-howeler-yoon-reflects-the-values-of-eco-theology goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17179 Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:04:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17179-bruner-cott-architects-gives-harvards-gund-hall-a-high-tech-facelift In Massachusetts, a university reimagines a prominent Brutalist building to create a public front door.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13871 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 09:10:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13871-richard-a-and-susan-f-smith-campus-center-harvard-university-by-hopkins-architects The design team increased the transparency of the lower front facade, opening up the building to a brick-paved plaza as well as to views of historic Harvard Yard, across the street. Photo © Nic Lehoux The design team increased the transparency of the lower front facade, opening up the building to a brick-paved plaza as well as to views of historic Harvard Yard, across the street. Photo © Nic Lehoux A glass-and-steel insertion fills in a courtyard of Sert’s original administrative building for the school, adding a multilevel commons area. Photo © Nic Lehoux A rooftop garden is one of many new green spaces. Photo © Nic Lehoux Hopkins’s insertion includes a variety of levels and compressed and expanded spaces, with ample seating for studying and socializing. Generous daylighting animates the interiors. Photo © Nic Lehoux Hopkins’s insertion includes a variety of levels and compressed and expanded spaces, with ample seating for studying and socializing. Generous daylighting animates the interiors. Photo © Nic Lehoux In the arcade, the design team retained original waffle slabs and concrete columns. Photo © Nic Lehoux A landscaped “vitrine” provides a visual link where old and new construction meet. Photo © Nic Lehoux A landscaped “vitrine” provides a visual link where old and new construction meet. Photo © Nic Lehoux Image courtesy Hopkins Architects Image courtesy Hopkins Architects Image courtesy Hopkins Architects Image courtesy Hopkins Architects Previously known as the Holyoke Center, the original building was designed by Josep Luis Sert and completed in 1966. Photo © Sert Archives, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Loeb Library Previously known as the Holyoke Center, the original building was designed by Josep Luis Sert and completed in 1966. Photo © Sert Archives, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Loeb Library Image courtesy Hopkins Architects Image courtesy Hopkins Architects goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) The contemporary-art museum in North Adams, North Adams, Massachusetts, celebrates its 20th anniversary this month.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12813 Sat, 01 Jul 2017 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12813-mass-moca-by-brunercott MASS MoCA's just-inaugurated Building 6 sits at the confluence of two branches of the Hoosic River. Photo © Michael Moran/OTTO The structure houses long-term installations by several artists, including the late Louise Bourgeois. One of her pieces weighs nearly 30 tons and necessitated reinforcement of the floor. Photo © Michael Moran/OTTO As part of the project, the architects transformed a narrow open-air light court into a circulation spine by covering it with a skylight and inserting walkways across it. Photo © Michael Moran/OTTO At the building’s “prow,” they created a dramatic double-story space. Photo © Michael Moran/OTTO With completion of Building 6, MASS MoCA has renovated nearly all of its 16-acre campus. Photo © Douglas Mason Spaces at the perimeter of Building 6 serve both as circulation and as areas for the display of art. Photo © Michael Moran/OTTO 1707-America-The-Beautiful-Factory-Made-07.jpg New steel reinforcing—required to help the aging structure conform to new seismic codes—is left mostly unpainted and raw. Photo © Michael Moran/OTTO 1707-America-The-Beautiful-Factory-Made-08.jpg Enclosed galleries, including one that showcases the work of Laurie Anderson, offer museum-quality environmental controls. Photo © Michael Moran/OTTO A tunnel through the complex featuring the work of Mary Lum is part of the region’s growing network of bike paths. Photo © Michael Moran/OTTO Image Courtesy Bruner/Cott Image Courtesy Bruner/Cott Image Courtesy Bruner/Cott goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12772 Fri, 26 May 2017 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12772-the-contemporary-arts-center-mass-moca-expands-within-its-historic-campus This weekend MASS MoCA, which occupies a 16-acre campus of historic textile mill buildings in North Adams, Massachusetts, will open new galleries in a prow-shaped structure that sits at the confluence of the north and south branches of the Hoosic River. Photo courtesy MASS MoCA/Douglas Mason Bruner/Cott, the architects for the renovation, took advantage of the building’s oddly shaped footprint by creating a dramatic double-story space at its prow. Photo courtesy MASS MoCA/Douglas Mason Although the floors have been refinished, the brick walls patched and pointed, and the heavy-timber beams whitewashed, the old mill building retains its tough, industrial character. Photo courtesy MASS MoCA/Douglas Mason To satisfy new seismic design requirements, the project team has installed new bracing and other structural elements, often leaving the steel raw and unpainted. Photo courtesy MASS MoCA/Douglas Mason The architects transformed an existing long and thin open-air light court into an interior circulation spine by covering it with a skylight and bridging it with new walkways. The project team removed small rooms that had accrued in the slotlike space over the years but left the paint on the brick walls. Photo courtesy MASS MoCA/Douglas Mason http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11973 Tue, 01 Nov 2016 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11973-continuing-education-sustainable-campus-development Chatham University’s Eden Hall Campus, designed by Mithun, includes architectural elements that perform multiple functions such as a photovoltaic awning that catches rainwater for irrigation and serves as a sheltered bus stop. Photo © Bruce Damonte At Chatham University’s Eden Hall Campus, students conduct varied sustainability-related research. Photo © Bruce Damonte The first phase of construction at Eden Hall was completed in 2015. Image courtesy Mithun To satisfy the tough product sourcing requirements for the Living Building Challenge, Bruner/Cott limited the primary materials to local stone, wood, and concrete on the Kern Center at Hampshire College. Photo © Robert Benson To satisfy the tough product sourcing requirements for the Living Building Challenge, Bruner/Cott limited the primary materials to local stone, wood, and concrete on the Kern Center at Hampshire College. Photo © Robert Benson At 26 stories, Handel’s residential tower on the new Cornell Tech campus in New York is expected to be the world’s tallest and largest Passive House building once it is complete next summer. The campus also includes a research and development hub by Weiss/ Manfredi (above, at center) and an academic building by Morphosis. Photo © Mustafa Onder A louvered reveal extends up the full height of the Cornell Tech tower. It encloses condensing units for an energy-efficient variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system for heating and cooling. The slot also allows the building to breathe: from there, filtered and tempered fresh air is supplied to each bedroom and living room. Image courtesy Handel To reduce the number of joints that would need to be air-sealed on-site, the exterior facade for the Cornell Tech tower was built in a factory as 9-foot-tall, 36-foot-long panels. These were shipped to the site with their triple-glazed windows already installed. Image courtesy Handel To reduce the number of joints that would need to be air-sealed on-site, the exterior facade for the Cornell Tech tower was built in a factory as 9-foot-tall, 36-foot-long panels. These were shipped to the site with their triple-glazed windows already installed. Image courtesy Handel goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) A renovation and expansion of a midcentury academic tower restores a master's legacy. Preservation and Modernism might seem to have contradictory goals, but not for architects Bruner/Cott. The Cambridge, Massachusetts'based firm is renovating and restoring Boston University's Law Tower and has just completed a 93,000-square-foot addition at its base.

]]> 1411-boston-university-law-school-renovation-expansion-bruner-cott-associates.asp Sat, 15 Nov 2014 23:30:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7590-boston-university-law-school-renovation-amp-expansion Boston University Law School Renovation and Expansion The most conspicuous piece of a five-building complex by Josep Lluís Sert on Boston University's campus is the 265-foot-tall Law Tower, which is especially visible from across the Charles River.   Photo by Richard Mandelkorn Boston University Law School Renovation and Expansion Bruner/Cott is now renovating the tower and has just completed a five-story limestone-clad and glass addition at its base.   Photo by Richard Mandelkorn Boston University Law School Renovation and Expansion A major aspect of the addition project was creating spaces for students to socialize and study together—an amenity that was lacking in the Sert tower. These gathering spaces, enclosed in glass, include a double-story winter garden that serves as an entry lobby for both the tower and the new building.   Photo by Richard Mandelkorn Boston University Law School Renovation and Expansion The Redstone Building's second-floor café overlooks the river.   Photo by Richard Mandelkorn Boston University Law School Renovation and Expansion The lobby opens directly to a main pedestrian axis for this part of campus.   Photo by Richard Mandelkorn Boston University Law School Renovation & Expansion Drawing courtesy Bruner/Cott & Associates Boston University Law School Renovation & Expansion Drawing courtesy Bruner/Cott & Associates