Showcases

Originally built more than a century ago, the administration building for the Walter Baker Chocolate Factory, Dorchester, Lower Mills, MA, went mostly unused after the company relocated in 1965. As part of a multi-phase, 25-plus-yr.-long historic adaptive reuse project, The Architectural Team Inc., Chelsea, MA, converted the Georgian Revival-style structure into artist live/ work loft apartments, community, and gallery spaces. This three-story central atrium, now serving as gallery space, retained the original marble sweetheart staircase and skylight. Photo by Bruce T. Martin, courtesy The Architectural Team Inc.