Reflections Year in Review
2020
On the cover The Ludwick Center for Spirituality, Cultural Understanding, and Community Engagement at the University of La Verne in California opened in November 2019. The center encourages community and understanding by providing a gathering space for students, faculty and the community to promote interfaith and cultural communication. Offices of Civic and Community Engagement, International Services and Engagement, Center for Multicultural Services, and Religious and Spiritual Life will all be located within the building. The Center is a three-story building with a largely glass façade, presenting an inviting front to the campus. It incorporates a portion of the 1962 Brandt dormitory, converting the building to offices and classrooms. The Sacred Space opens to the meditation garden, and provides an inspiring location for spiritual reflection, concerts, lectures, yoga, and religious prayer services. Acentech collaborated with the Steinberg Hart design team to provide the appropriate acoustical environment for this dynamic new building. A project triumph was the design of the circular Sacred Space. Curved wood panels were angled providing diffusion to disrupt the acoustical focusing aspects of a circular room and provide the appropriate level of acoustical absorption to control the room’s reverberation time.
2020 in Review
2020 — what a year. One year ago when I wrote my message for Reflections, we had no idea what was in store for us. Sadly, COVID-19 has touched our extended Acentech family as it has tragically touched so many, and we empathize with our colleagues who have lost friends and family. Thankfully, we work in an industry that has been able to function during the pandemic. “Work from home” and video conferences became the norm for us as they have for our clients and partners. Many of the projects you will read about in Reflections were completed this year during these trying times. We have even innovated, finding new ways of collaborating across the digital void. And as the nation grappled with urgent issues of social justice this year, we too have continued to invest in our own commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion. I am proud of the way that our team has responded to the crises of this year — we have adapted, we have found ways to excel and to improve ourselves, and we will be all the stronger for it in the future. Reflections is a celebration of the wonderful projects we have had an opportunity to be part of this year. And it is not just the projects — in many ways it is the collaboration with our clients that is the most rewarding. For that, particularly this year, we are most grateful. We have had to adapt to find “new ways” to do things, and our clients have been very supportive and helpful. We at Acentech are looking forward to a much better year in 2021, and I hope and expect my letter next year will address a more “normal” 2021. To all of our clients and partners, we hope that 2021 is a year that brings you health, success, and more opportunities to collaborate.
Jeffrey A. Zapfe, PhD President
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STAFF NEWS NEW STAFF MEMBERS! Josh Brophy
Consultant (Acoustics) Joshua Brophy recently joined our Acoustics group, after interning for Acentech while working on his Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree from Boston University. Before Josh discovered Acoustics, he worked as a film archivist. He became interested in acoustics through his hobbies of music performance and recording. Josh is working on various projects in educational, commercial, and healthcare markets.
Jonathan Goodrich Marketing Specialist
Jonathan Goodrich was promoted to Marketing Specialist, after interning with Acentech for two semesters. He earned his B.S. in Marketing with a concentration in marketing research and brand management from Suffolk University in May 2020. Jonathan supports our clients by creating qualification materials. He also works on a wide variety of marketing and PR initiatives, and monitors our digital analytics.
Allie Lam
Consultant (Acoustics) Allie Lam recently joined Acentech’s Acoustics group. She graduated from Tufts University in 2020, where she earned her B.S. in Music with a concentration in Acoustics and Music Technology, as well as a B.S. in Applied Mathematics. Allie is looking forward to working on the acoustics of performing arts spaces, and is delighted to have found a career path that combines her love of math, science and music.
AWARDS AND PROMOTIONS! Amanda Alcamo
Digital Marketing Manager Amanda was promoted to Digital Marketing Manager. She recently won a 2020 SMPS Boston New Member of the Year Award. Amanda was involved in the SMPS Marketers Make it Happen Video Series, all the way from pre-production to post. We’re very proud of her, and excited to see the results of her new endeavors for 2021! Amanda is a proud alum of Boston College, where she earned a BA in Communications & Political Science.
Jay Bliefnick
Senior Consultant (Acoustics) Jay was promoted to Senior Consultant. He earned his PhD degree in Architectural Engineering with a focus on healthcare acoustics from the University of NebraskaLincoln, where he also completed his MS in Architectural Engineering with a concentration in Acoustics. Jay consults on a variety of acoustic and noise control projects, employing his background experience in acoustical modeling and audio engineering.
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Ethan Brush
Principal Consultant (Noise/Vibration) Ethan was recently promoted to Principal Consultant. His expertise includes technical projects with vibration, dynamic testing, and analysis for aerospace and defense applications, as well as studies at university research laboratories. Ethan earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maine, and an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. In his spare time, Ethan plays baritone saxophone with the Saxyderms, a Boston-based all saxophone group.
Nick Dragoni Lab Manager
Nick was promoted to Lab Manager. He oversees the company’s considerable instrumentation lab, assists consultants with multiple projects in the field, and provides support to Acentech’s sound lab. Nick earned his Bachelor of Music in Sound Recording Technology from UMass Lowell. In his spare time, Nick plays alto saxophone with the Saxyderms (along with colleague Ethan Brush).
John Lloyd
Senior Consultant (Acoustics) John was promoted to Senior Consultant. He provides consulting for architectural acoustics, HVAC systems noise and vibration control, and environmental acoustics consulting for educational, commercial, and residential projects. John earned a Master of Science in Architectural Acoustics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University. John leads our NYC presence.
Sadie Maney
Business Development Manager Sadie was promoted to Business Development Manager, and recently won a 2020 Professional Women in Construction (PWC) 40 Under 40 Award. She is also Programs Director for SMPS Philadelphia; the Founder of the Philadelphia Chapter of WWIRE: Wellness for Women in Real Estate; and was also named New England Real Estate Journal Ones to Watch 2020. We are so lucky to have Sadie on our team!
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SPOTLIGHT ON | Douglas Sturz, INCE Board Certified As one of Acentech’s longest-term employees and a former employee of our parent firm, Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN), we are training our spotlight on Doug Sturz, recipient of the 2020 Laymon N. Miller Award for Excellence in Acoustical Consulting from the Institute of Noise Control Engineering-USA (INCE-USA).* Doug has been practicing as an acoustician for over 46 years, 43 of those at Acentech (formerly known as BBN), with a primary focus on architectural acoustics and noise/vibration control for mechanical systems in buildings. Over the years, laboratory, technology and hightech manufacturing buildings became one of Doug’s specialties, in particular the control of noise and vibration in facilities with ultra sensitive equipment. Early in the days when the computer industry was building so many ultra-sensitive microelectronics facilities, he was very substantially involved in conceiving the fundamental configurations of the building, from the noise and vibration control standpoint.
*INCE award ceremony. Ceremony: Mike Bahtiarian L toINCE R: MikeAward Bahtiarian, Principal Consultant + President of INCE-USA; Sturz; Jeff Doug Zapfe, President of Acentech (INCEDoug President); Sturz; Jeff Zapfe
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Sturz Stats:
> Number of projects completed during his entire career: 3,000+ (our best guess!)
> Contributions to publications:
“It was clear from an early point in life that I was going to do something connected to the built environment. I thought I wanted to be an architect, but I didn’t really have the creativity to do that from a blank sheet of paper. Wow, do I appreciate how architects can create new things, but I clearly had a more engineering mind; I needed to have a framework in which to create. In college I found Architectural Engineering which married science and engineering principals with architectural design. It was the framework that I was looking for to contribute to building projects, being guided by engineering concepts. I was all set to be a mechanical engineer upon graduation, to design HVAC systems for buildings, when my acoustics professor caught me in the hall and asked what I was planning after graduation and asked if I ever thought of working in acoustics. I said, “I don’t know, can you get a job in acoustics?” Over 46 years later I have never looked back—it was the perfect marriage of the engineering of all those noise making systems in buildings that I had learned about, and acoustics. Even better was that I actually didn’t have to do the design of all those details, I just had to wave my arms and tell others what to do!
Handbook of Acoustical Measurements and Noise Control (Third Edition), edited by Cyril Harris Architectural Acoustics Handbook, edited by Ning Xiang Noise and Vibration Control Engineering, edited by István Vér and Leo Beranek
> Alma Mater:
The Pennsylvania State University Bachelor of Architectural Engineering, 1974
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When people think of acoustics for buildings, they often automatically think of concert halls and auditoriums where the finishes and shaping of the room is clearly important, but it is also critical that the rooms be incredibly quiet (near the threshold of hearing) so that people can hear all the subtleties of the music. It is always exciting to work on such projects, but I have also found it to be just challenging to quiet the airflow to lab buildings where they are served by hundreds of thousands of CFM of air, and to do this without undue energy consumption to overcome the resistance of noise control elements in the system. You need to start with a system that is conceived to systemically minimize noise so that you don’t have to add excess noise control treatment.”
Every project is a new challenge with worthy objectives. To me, it did not matter the type of project— be it a lab, residential, commercial or theatre—each is worthy of the fullest, most thoughtful design effort.” [It’s hard for all of us at Acentech to grasp, but Doug is planning to retire in 2021. We told him we would really miss him, so he promised to keep popping back... or did he?]
Tiny Sample of Doug’s Notable Projects
Four Seasons New Orleans (Cambridge Seven)
Norton Museum of Art (Foster + Partners with CBT Architects)
Amherst College Science Center (Payette)
Harvard University Science and Engineering Center (Behnisch Architekten)
176 Lincoln Street Development (CBT Architects)
Frost Museum of Science (Grimshaw Architects with Rodriguez and Quiroga Architects) Acentech Reflections 2020 | 7
SPOTLIGHT ON | Virtual 3DListening® The rush of excitement as the sound begins, eyes widening with each design change, and then relaxing into our chairs with smiles — it’s always a delight to share 3DListening® (3DL) acoustic simulations with our clients. 2020 was a year of adaptation in many respects, and 3DL was no exception. Though we could not gather physically in our 3DL Studio, with its custom acoustics and over a dozen loudspeakers surrounding the listeners, we adapted our process to create a Remote 3DL experience for online meetings. 3DL’s power comes from immersion: a group of people meeting together, in the accurate soundfield of a space that is still in design. To achieve this in an online format, we provide each participant with an identical headset, calibrate the audio content for this specific headset model, and present the audio unaltered by the online platform (typically Zoom). We also design the content to use the strengths of headset listening — detail and balance among sounds — and to overcome its limitations. For example, in headset listening, we judge the loudness of a cocktail party by our ability to understand the person speaking to us, rather than by feeling the loudness in our chests. We judge direction more by movement of sound sources than by static position. And it’s been highly successful! We look forward to the day, hopefully in 2021, when we can gather safely again. In the meantime, we now know that we can use 3DL to benefit our projects, even across the digital divide.
Is 3DL right for your project? • Room Acoustics: presentation and performance spaces, social spaces, office workspaces, sports venues • Sound Isolation: between adjacent building spaces, outdoor noise to indoors • Mechanical Noise: new equipment noise sources, mitigation of existing noise • Owner Input: help the owner to provide direction on cost and value 8 | Acentech Reflections 2020
Binaural HEAD used to calibrate audio levels to correspond to realistic levels heard through the specific headset model.
In a project that carefully balanced exceptional acoustics with a constrained budget, the 3DListening helped us through a rigorous process by which to make key decisions. In one of our most important convening spaces, separation from a busy urban street and verbal clarity were of utmost importance. Being able to talk through the advantages (performance) and disadvantages (cost, constructability) of various glazing assemblies created a consensus around the importance of a design upgrade for the sake of acoustical improvement. Design details, and abstract verbiage like “STC” became real concepts that the client quickly understood in a way that only the 3DListening could allow. This was the first project that we used 3DListening and we will surely use it in future projects.” - Dasha Mikic, LEED AP BD+C William Rawn Associates, Architects
Virtual 3DL presentation over Zoom, with the interface shared on the left and participants on the right.
Overall view into the SketchUp model used to produce the acoustical simulation.
View of the SketchUp model corresponding to the listener position being presented in the Zoom meeting above.
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SPOTLIGHT ON | Pandemic Tent Design Prototype Paul Lukez and Tina Lee of Paul Lukez Architecture led an interdisciplinary team on a pro-bono project to develop COVID-19 testing and vaccination tents. Acentech reviewed sound absorptive materials that might be suitable for this environment and discussed tradeoffs in acoustic performance, light transmission, and cleanability. Acentech also participated in a Pandemic Tent presentation to the Metrowest STEM Education Network that was attended by the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, in October 2020. From Paul Lukez Architecture: “In March 2020, the coronavirus pandemic strained Boston hospitals beyond their limits as numbers of new cases exploded, giving rise to pop-up drive-thru testing centers in mall parking lots. Tents typically used for this purpose were designed for weddings and social/recreational events, not COVID-19 testing. In reaction, PLA collaborated with colleagues, consultants, and builders to develop a better COVID-19 tent structure. The tent’s parabolic profile and skin are designed to foster natural ventilation to protect patients from car exhaust and, to some degree, the virus itself. The tent is also very easy to erect; its accordion-like construction makes it easy to swiftly unload from a truck/van and unfold into position. Finally, its triangular structure offers greater stability, and the carrying of lateral loads, hence more patient safety.”
Project team credits: Acentech (Ben Davenny); Hirsch Construction Corp. (Clifford Henderson III); Norian/Siani Engineering Inc. (Matthew Bean); RSE Associates (Jennifer McClain); Sparks (Andrew Changelian & Jim Sabourin); Christa McAuliffe Center for Integrated Science Learning (Irene Porro).
Pandemic tent renderings provided by Paul Lukez Architecture.
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SPOTLIGHT ON | Reichhold Center for the Arts Acentech is pleased to be involved in the restoration and modernization of the University of the Virgin Islands Reichhold Center for the Arts, damaged by hurricanes several years ago. After guiding the team to an acoustically favorable roof assembly, we were invited to assemble a team to address the overall design of the new Reichhold. The design team, led by Acentech, includes acoustics, audiovisual system, information technology infrastructure, electronic security; theatre planning and design (NextStage Design); and architectural design consulting (Paul Lukez Architecture). Through a series of site visits and discussions with university leadership, faculty, and venue staff, we determined the needs of the venue users and the wide range of performers, who include symphony orchestras, gospel choirs, steel drum ensembles, ballet, jazz, and a wide range of popular music from around the world. The Reichhold’s audiences have come to expect and enjoy excellent sound, both in terms of natural acoustics and sound system performance, and the new design will uphold and extend this standard of excellence.
Renderings of acoustical treatment options (provided by Paul Lukez Architecture).
View of the Reichhold Center’s extensive hurricane damage.
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PROJECT UPDATES | Science + Research Facilities
LabCentral 238 (Perkins & Will)
Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology (Behnisch Architekten)
IN PROGRESS Astellas Pharma Inc., Westborough, MA [Perkins & Will] Boynton Yards Mixed Use Research Development, Somerville, MA [SGA] Moderna Research Lab Fitout, Norwood, MA [DPS Group Global]
Boynton Yards Use Center Research Development (SGA) Amherst College,Mixed Science (Payette)
Saddleback College, Advanced Technology + Applied Sciences Bldg., Mission Viejo, CA [Harley Ellis Devereaux]
RECENTLY COMPLETED
University of Connecticut, Science One STEM Building, Storrs, CT [Payette Associates]
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, One Brave Idea Cardiovascular Medicine Research Space, Boston, MA [Imai Keller Moore]
University of Connecticut, Gant Science Complex, Storrs, CT [Goody Clancy and Mitchell Guirgola]
Dana Farber Cancer Institute Lifetime Center, Newton, MA [Payette Associates]
UMass Medical School New Research Building, Worcester, MA [Architectural Resources Cambridge]
Harvard University, Science + Engineering Complex, Allston, MA [Behnisch Architekten, LLP]
University of New Hampshire, Biological Sciences Building, Durham, NH [Ellenzweig]
Swarthmore College, Martin Bio Lab Building, Swarthmore, PA [Goody Clancy]
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Translational Pathology Lab, Chapel Hill, NC [UNC Chapel Hill]
Yale University, New Science Building, New Haven, CT [Pelli Clarke Pelli with Stantec and Dimeo Construction]
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PROJECT UPDATES | Healthcare
Boston Children’s Hospital Brookline Place (Elkus Manfredi)
RECENTLY COMPLETED Albert Einstein Learning and Research Center, Atrium Acoustics, São Paulo, Brazil [Safdie Architects with Perkins & Will] Brigham & Women’s Hospital Innovation Space, Boston, MA [Imai Keller Moore Architects]
CHOP Roberts Center for Pediatric Research (Ballinger with Pelli Clarke Pelli)
Boston Children’s Hospital, Brookline Place, Brookline, MA [Steffian Bradley Architects]
IN PROGRESS
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Roberts Center for Pediatric Research, Philadelphia, PA [Ballinger with Pelli Clarke Pelli]
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, New University City Inpatient Tower, Philadelphia, PA [Ballinger]
Dana Farber Cancer Institute North Project, Methuen, MA [SmithGroup JJR]
Children’s National Hospital, Research and Innovation Campus, Washington, DC [Elkus Manfredi Architects]
Frequency Therapeutics, Hearing Loss 3DL® Auralization, [Frequency Therapeutics]
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, New Inpatient Unit, Boston, MA [Payette]
Lehigh Valley Health Network Hospital, Nazareth, PA [Lehigh Valley Health Network]
University of California Los Angeles, MRI/CT Replacement, Los Angeles, CA [SWA Architects]
Maine Medical Center, Center for Excellence in Autism + Developmental Disorders, Portland, ME [Maine Medical Center]
University of Texas Southwestern, Brain + Cancer Center, Dallas, TX [EYP Architecture & Engineering]
University of Vermont Medical Center, Noise Mitigation, Burlington, VT [Parklane Mechanical Acoustics]
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PROJECT UPDATES | Studio A | Performing + Visual Arts
New England College Putnam Performing Arts Center (Dewing Schmid Kearns)
Nashua Performing Arts Center (Icon Architects)
IN PROGRESS Cambridge Foundry Theater, Cambridge, MA [Cambridge Seven Associates] Caroga Lake Performance Hall, Caroga, NY [Lacey Thaler Reilly Wilson] Coolidge Corner Theater Addition, Brookline, MA [Hรถweler + Yoon]
New Brunswick Cultural Center (Elkus Manfredi Architects)
Lancaster Country Day School, Gardner Theatre, Lancaster, PA [Centerbrook with Murray Associates]
RECENTLY COMPLETED
Mosesian Center for the Arts Renovation, Watertown, MA [Sasaki Associates]
Brooks School Center for the Arts, North Andover, MA [Ann Beha Architects]
Nashua Performing Arts Center, Nashua, NH [ICON Architecture]
New England College, Putnam Performing Arts Center, Henniker, NH [Dewing Schmid Kearns Architects]
Southeastern Regional Community Theater, South Easton, MA [Drummey Rosane Anderson, Inc.]
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, New Brunswick, NJ [Elkus Manfredi Architects]
SUNY Potsdam, Crane School of Music, Potsdam, NY [JMZ Architects and Planners]
Umbrella Center for the Arts, Concord, MA [OMR Associates]
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall,Troy, NY [Lacey Thaler Reilly Wilson]
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Warner Theatre, Acoustics + AV Design, Erie, PA [Coffey Group Architecture]
PROJECT UPDATES | Museums + Public Institutions
Faith & Liberty Discovery Center (JacobsWyper Architects)
Mt. Auburn Cemetery Bigelow Chapel (William Rawn Associates, Architects)
RECENTLY COMPLETED Boston Public Library, Rare Books Collection, Boston, MA [Finegold Alexander Architects] Cambridge Public Library, Recording Studio, Cambridge, MA [Utile, Inc.]
Medford Public Library (Schwartz/Silver Architects)
Concord Public Library, Noise Assessment, Concord, MA [Johnson Roberts Associates]
IN PROGRESS
Delaware Art Museum, Environmental Noise Study, Wilmington, DE [Delaware Art Museum]
Bowdoin College, Arctic Museum, Brunswick, ME [HGA Architects and Engineers]
Medfield Cultural Arts Center, Medfield, MA [DBVW Architects]
Crystal Bridges Museum Expansion, Bentonville, AR [Safdie Architects]
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Bigelow Chapel, Cambridge, MA [William Rawn Associates, Architects]
Medford Public Library, Medford, MA (Schwartz/Silver]
Museum of Science, Omni Theater Renovation, Boston, MA [LDa Architecture & Interiors]
Mingei International Museum, San Diego, CA [Luce et Studio]
Williams College, Museum of Art Study, Williamstown, MA [Oudens Ello Architecture]
New Canaan Public Library, New Canaan, CT [Centerbrook Architects & Planners]
Worcester Art Museum, Vibration Monitoring, Worcester, MA [Worcester Art Museum with Conform Lab]
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PROJECT UPDATES | Higher Education
Dartmouth College, Arthur L. Irving Energy Institute (Goody, Clancy)
University of La Verne, Ludwick Center for Spirituality (Steinberg Hart)
IN PROGRESS Case Western Reserve University, South Residence Village, Cleveland, OH [William Rawn Associates, Architects] Glendale Community College, Instructional Building and Conference Center, Glendale, CA [Steinberg Hart] Harvard Divinity School, Swartz Hall Renovation, Cambridge, MA [Ann Beha Architects]
UMass Amherst, Student Center Renovation (Shepley Bulfinch)
Harvard University, Memorial Hall Commons, Cambridge, MA [Deborah Berke Partners]
RECENTLY COMPLETED
Kutztown University, College of Business, Kutztown, PA [Voith & Mactavish Architects]
Berklee College of Music, 1120 Boylston Practice Rooms, Boston, MA [Miller Dyer Spears]
LA Trade Tech Design and Media Arts Building, Los Angeles, CA [HGA Architects and Engineers]
Fairfield University, Dolan School of Business, Fairfield, CT [The S/L/A/M Collaborative]
University of Chicago, New Science Building Vibration Study, Chicago, IL [LAB/ Life.Science.Architecture]
UMass Amherst, Isenberg School of Management, Amherst, MA [BIG with Goody Clancy]
University Delaware, New Science Building, Newark, DE [HGA Architects and Engineers]
UMass Amherst, Student Union Renovation, Amherst, MA [Shepley Bulfinch]
Yale University, Center for the Humanities, New Haven, CT [Ann Beha Architects]
University of La Verne, Ludwick Center, Los Angeles, CA [Steinberg Hart]
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PROJECT UPDATES | K-12 Schools
Somerville High School (SMMA)
King Open/Cambridge Street Upper Schools & Community Complex (William Rawn Associates, Architects, with Arrowstreet)
RECENTLY COMPLETED Belmont Middle/High School (Perkins & Will)
IN PROGRESS Belmont Middle/High School, Belmont, MA [Perkins & Will] Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School, New London, CT [Perkins Eastman] Choate Rosemary Hall, New Admissions Center, Wallingford, CT [Perkins Eastman] Greenwich Country Day School, Upper School, Greenwich, CT [Centerbrook Architects & Planners]
Appoquinimink Fairview Campus High School & Middle School, Middletown, DE [ABHA Architects] Brookline Early Education Program (BEEP), Brookline, MA [CBT Architects] Dearborn STEM Academy, Middle-High School [Jonathan Levi Architects] Esperanza Academy Charter School, Black Box Theater, Philadelphia, PA [PZS Architects] King Open/Cambridge Street Upper Schools & Community Complex, Cambridge, MA [William Rawn Associates, Architects with Arrowstreet]
Hamilton High School, Los Angeles, CA [LPA, Inc.]
Pope Francis Preparatory School, Springfield MA [CBT Architects]
Hawthorne High School, Black Box Theater, Hawthorne, CA [WLC Architects]
Templeton Elementary School, Templeton, MA [SMMA]
Lewis Cassidy Elementary School, Philadelphia, PA [EwingCole]
Wheeler Elementary School, Plainville, CT [Kaestle Boos Associates]
Westport Middle/High School, Westport, MA [Jonathan Levi Architects]
Somerville High School, Somerville, MA [SMMA]
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PROJECT UPDATES | Corporate Commercial
Autodesk Boston (Utile, Inc.)
Akamai Headquarters (Sasaki Associates)
IN PROGRESS 40 Thorndike Street Office Development, Cambridge, MA [Elkus Manfredi Architects] 60 First Street Office/Lab Building, Cambridge, MA [Elkus Manfredi Architects] AmeriHealth Office HQ, Newtown Square, PA [AmeriHealth] Analog Devices Video Studio, Wilmington, MA [Baker Design Group] Converse Showroom Interiors, Boston, MA [IA Interior Architects] Bulfinch Crossing and One Congress Street, Boston, MA [Pelli Clarke Pelli with CBT Architects] Johnson & Johnson HQ Master Plan, New Brunswick, NJ [Ballinger] National Landing Complex, Arlington, VA [NBBJ] Ticketmaster Office HQ, West Hollywood, CA [Watchdog Real Estate Project Managers]
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Non-Profit Biotech Organization Collaborative Workplace (Miller Dyer Spears)
RECENTLY COMPLETED Akamai HQ, Cambridge, MA [Sasaki Associates with Stantec] Lincoln Financial Group Media Production Studio, Radnor, PA [Lincoln Financial Group] Mathworks Lakeside Campus, Natick MA [Gensler] OrangeTheory Fitness, Chesapeake, VA [OrangeTheory Fitness] New Balance Sports Complex, Vibration Mitigation, Allston, MA [Elkus Manfredi Architects] Non-Profit Biotech Organization Collaborative Workplace, Cambridge, MA (Miller Dyer Spears)
PROJECT UPDATES | Residential + Mixed Use
Bulfinch Crossing at One Congress St. (CBT Architects with Pelli Clarke Pelli)
176 Lincoln Street Development (CBT Architects)
RECENTLY COMPLETED One Dalton Street High-Rise, Boston, MA [Cambridge Seven] 110 Broad Street Mixed Use Development, Boston, MA [Finegold Alexander Architects]
Ora Seaport | Parcel K (Arrowstreet)
IN PROGRESS Arsenal Yards Mixed Use Development, Watertown, MA [PCA] Fan Pier Parcel E, Boston, MA [Elkus Manfredi Architects] Regent Square Mixed Use Development, Houston, TX [CBT Architects] Union Square Parcels D2.2 + D2.3 Development, Somerville, MA [bKL Architecture with Hรถweler + Yoon] Newton Northland Development, Newton, MA [Cube3 with Stantec] Worcester Ballpark Mixed Use Development, Worcester, MA [Cube 3 Studio LLC]
Echelon Seaport Mixed Use Development, Boston, MA [Kohn Pedersen Fox with CBT Architects] The Fenway Center Mixed Use Development, Boston, MA [The Architectural Team] The Hub on Causeway, Boston, MA [Gensler with Stantec and Solomon Cordwell Buenz] Northpoint Parcel 1 Residences, Cambridge, MA [CBT Architects] Riverwalk West Lofts, Lawrence, MA [Cube 3 Studio] North Quincy Station Mixed Use Development, Quincy, MA [ICON Architecture] Rowes Wharf, Digital Signage, Boston, MA [Gensler] St. Gabriel Monastery Residences, Brighton, MA [BH+A]
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PROJECT UPDATES | Environmental + Transportation
UMass Amherst North Chiller Plant (Leers Weinzapfel / RMF Engineering)
Solar farm installation
RECENTLY COMPLETED Bradley Airport, Terminal Renovations, Windsor Locks, CT [Fennick McCredie] Campus Point Master Plan Environmental Noise Study, San Diego, CA [Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.] Harvard University, District Energy Plant, Boston, MA [Leers Weinzapfel Associates] Neo Organics Cultivation, Noise Mitigation Plan, Medway, MA [Neo Organics]
Antrim Wind Energy Sound Monitoring
IN PROGRESS
Ohio State University, New Combined Heat + Power, Columbus, OH [TRC Companies]
Antrim Wind Project, Post Construction Sound Monitoring, Antrim, NH [Antrim Wind Energy LLC]
Massachusetts DOT, Chelsea Viaduct Rehabilitation Project, Chelsea, MA [Skanska USA Civil Northeast]
Guernsey Power Project, Noise Evaluation, Valley Township, OH [Gemma Powers Systems, LLC]
Ring Road Solar Project, Kingston, MA [Next SunEnergy LLC]
National Grid Substation, Lawrence, MA [National Grid]
Southern California Edison, Multiple Projects, CA [SCE Edison]
Schneider Electric, Project Atlantis Site, Foxborough, MA [Genesis Engineers, Inc.]
UMass Amherst, North Chiller Plant, Amherst, MA [Leers Weinzapfel Associates with RMF Engineering] Winona Water Treatment Plant, Peabody, MA [Weston & Sampson]
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Skyworks Solutions, Sound Study, Woburn, MA [Skyworks Solutions] Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA [WHOI]
Not-to-miss BLOGS
TOP BLOGS for 2020 SPEAKING WITH N95 RESPIRATOR MASKS: COMMUNICATION IN CRISIS [Alex Odom] YES, SOLAR FARMS CAN PRODUCE NOISE! [Mike Bahtiarian] LONG RANGE ACOUSTIC DEVICES (LRAD) AND PUBLIC SAFETY [Tyler Tracy] THE ART OF PROJECTION MAPPING: AN UNLIMITED CANVAS [Ken Bourinot, Jr.] SINGING IN THE BATHROOM: ACOUSTICS IN TIME OF QUARANTINE [Jonah Sacks] SOCIAL DISTANCE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT [Sadie Maney] HOW ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION HEADPHONES REALLY WORK [David Bowen] SOUND DESIGN: FILM AND ARCHITECTURE [Alex Odom + Colin Worrich] DRONE NOISE – A NEW CHALLENGE IN ACOUSTICS [Ethan Brush] MICROSCOPIC SOUND: QUIET NOISES AND HIGHLY NOISESENSITIVE EQUIPMENT [Alex Odom]
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Isenberg School of Business at UMass Amherst, Winner of the UNESCO Prix Versailles - Special Prize Exterior Award [Bjarke Ingalls Group with Goody Clancy]
CELEBRATING Recent Accolades + Awards UNESCO PRIX VERSAILLES AWARD - SPECIAL PRIZE EXTERIOR University of Massachusetts Amherst, Isenberg School of Management [Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), with Goody Clancy]
AIA NEW ENGLAND AWARDS HONOR AWARDS Boston University, Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre and College of Fine Arts Production Center [Elkus Manfredi Architects]
Dearborn STEM Academy, Middle-High School [Jonathan Levi Architects] Deerfield Academy, Athletics Center [Sasaki Associates] Harvard University, ArtLab [Barkow Leibinger with Sasaki Associates] Phillips Academy Andover, The Snyder Center [Perkins & Will] The Exchange at 100 Federal [Perkins & Will] University of Massachusetts Amherst, North Chiller Plant [architect: Leers Weinzapfel Associates / client: RMF Engineering]
Lafayette College, Rockwell Integrated Sciences Center [Payette] Mount Auburn Cemetery Bigelow Chapel and New Crematory [William Rawn Associates, Architects] MIT.nano [Wilson HGA] CITATION AWARD Community Servings [Jacobs]
AIA NEW HAMPSHIRE EXCELLENCE IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN St. Paul’s School, Campus Community Center [Ann Beha Architects]
ACCESSIBLE DESIGN AWARDS Boston City Council, Council Chambers Renovation [Finegold Alexander Architects] Boston Public Library, Jamaica Plain Branch [Utile, Inc.] Massachusetts State House, Senate Chamber Renovation [CBT Architects] Salem State University, Sophia Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts [Leers Weinzapfel Associates] EDUCATION Brooks School, Center for the Arts [Ann Beha Architects] Lesley University, Lunder Arts Center [Bruner/Cott]
SCUP AWARDS EXCELLENCE IN PLANNING Washington University in St. Louis, Jubel Hall [Moore Ruble Yudell] Emerson College, Campus Relocation [Elkus Manfredi Architects]
Noble & Greenough School, Academy Inquiry Center, Putnam Library and Baker Science Building [William Rawn Associates, Architects] SMALL FIRMS / SMALL PROJECTS Lumen at Beacon Park [Touloukian Touloukian]
SCUP/AIA-CAE EXCELLENCE IN ARCHITECTURE Amherst College, New Science Center [Payette] Princeton University, Firestone Library Renovation [Shepley Bulfinch]
BOSTON PRESERVATION ALLIANCE Cathedral of the Holy Cross [Elkus Manfredi Architects] Boston University, Miles Standish Hall [Miller Dyer Spears]
BSA 2019 DESIGN AWARDS HONOR AWARD FOR DESIGN EXCELLENCE Boston University, Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre and College of Fine Arts Production Center [Elkus Manfredi Architects]
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CELEBRATING Recent Accolades + Awards ARCHITECTURAL RECORD COVER STORY
RESTORATION & PRESERVATION
Billerica Memorial High School [Perkins & Will]
Mount Auburn Cemetery-Bigelow Chapel Renovation and New Addition [William Rawn Associates, Architects]
JANUARY 2021 - SCHOOLS ACROSS THE GLOBE
INTERIOR WORKPLACE
IIDA NEW ENGLAND DESIGN AWARDS
Autodesk Boston Workspace Expansion [Utile]
Billerica Memorial High School [Perkins & Will]
INSTITUTIONAL RELIGIOUS Cathedral of the Holy Cross [Elkus Manfredi Architects]
AIA RHODE ISLAND HONOR AWARD
Mount Auburn Cemetery-Bigelow Chapel Renovation and New Addition [William Rawn Associates, Architects]
Rhode Island School of Design, North Hall [NADAAA]
INSTiTUTIONAL K-12 Deerfield Academy Athletics Complex [Sasaki Associates]
THE ARCHITECT’S NEWSPAPER 2020 AN BEST OF DESIGN AWARDS GREEN BUILDING + INSTITUTIONAL INTERIORS King Open/Cambridge Street Upper Schools & Community Complex [William Rawn Associates, Architects with Arrowstreet]
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The Barn at Belmont Day School [Utile] INTERIOR HEALTHCARE Yale Child Study Center [Svigals + Partners] MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL Rhode Island School of Design, North Hall [NADAAA]
Billerica Memorial High School (Perkins & Will)
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ACENTECH SPIRIT!... or, 2020 survival strategies...
© Ethan Brush
© David Bowen
© Khaleela Zaman
© Jeff Zapfe
© Aaron Betit
© Mariana Botero
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© Ken Bourinot
© Marielle Frederick
© Tom Testagrossa
© Mery Meas
© William Chu
© Tyler Tracy
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And lastly, we kicked 2020 to the curb with a dazzling VIRTUAL VARIETY SHOW, featuring original songs, brilliant musicianship, original visual art, and a lot of canned applause. Sometimes laughter really is the best medicine! [We hope the 2021 show will be LIVE!]
you don’t want to miss
Acentech’s Virtual
Variety Show! UNFORGETTABLE PERFORMANCES! Live and recorded music, visual art, LAUGHTER and APPLAUSE! December 16, 2020 4:00 - 5:30 pm via ZOOM
Special appearances!
Emcee Terry Tyson DJ Nick Dragoni
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IMAGE CREDITS p1
Benny Chan
p 3 Frank Monkiewicz p 4 Acentech Staff; Frank Monkiewicz p 5 Acentech Staff; Frank Monkiewicz p 6 Frank Monkiewicz; Acentech Staff p 7 Cambridge Seven; Behnisch Architekten; Nigel Young; CBT Architects; Chuck Choi, Rafael Gamo p 8 Acentech Staff p 9 Acentech Staff p 10 Paul Lukez Architecture p 11 Paul Lukez Architecture; Acentech Staff p 12 Behnisch Architekten; Perkins & Will; SGA p 13 Ballinger with Pelli Clarke Pelli; Elkus Manfredi Architects p 14 Icon Architects; Anton Grassl, courtesy of DSK Architects; Devco, courtesy of Elkus Manfredi Architects p 15 JacobsWyper; William Rawn Associates, Architects; Schwartz/Silver p 16 Benny Chan; Goody Clancy; Shepley Bulfinch p 17 SMMA; Robert Benson; Perkins & Will p 18 Anton Grassl; Chuck Choi; Chuck Choi p 19 CBT Architects with Pelli Clark Pelli; CBT Architects; Robert Benson p 20 Unsplash; Brad Feinknopf; Acentech Staff p 21 Unsplash p 22 Max Touhey p 23 Eric Laignel p 24 John Horner p 25 Chuck Choi; Robert Benson p 26 Acentech staff p 27 Acentech staff
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