

HANGING BENCH LANDSCAPE ARCH MOVIE
Never too precious for a family movie night or a boisterous dinner party with friends, the interior designer’s polished but welcoming living spaces encourage interaction. Tiffany LeBlanc firmly believes that great design is meant to be experienced-not simply admired from afar. The team’s artful application of time-honored features (grand entry porticos, graceful transom windows, floor-to-ceiling wainscoting) shines in all environments, from freshly built suburban farmhouses to stately apartments on Beacon Hill. This Boston-based firm may be a quarter-century old-an accomplishment in itself-but its impressive knowledge of classical design conventions stretches back much farther. Ī net-zero Harvard home by Paul Lukez Architecture. While the ompany has long been a pioneer in sustainable commercial projects, its new division also serves residential clients by creating net-zero-energy homes with seamless rooftop solar panels, triple-glazed windows, and chargeable carports. Its goal? To address climate change through inspired design. In April 2021, this Somerville standout launched a new addition to the firm: PLASES, or Paul Lukez Architecture Sustainable Environment Studio. So should that mean reimagining an original 1960s-era barn with weathered board-and-batten siding (and creating pine-and-iron stalls for the family’s horses) or re-creating the original entrance to a 19th-century cottage in Chatham, the results are sure to be timeless. Patrick Ahearn and his team of experts are architects by trade, but they also consider themselves to be storytellers, all deeply committed to honoring their projects’ historical roots. Ī Chatham home by Patrick Ahearn Architect. How else could they nail scale, layout, and material choices in every space they touch.

Whether you start with the luxe waterfront condos they dreamed up for the Mark in Eastie or the more low-key, sun-filled spaces they crafted on Chestnut Avenue in J.P., one thing will be crystal clear: Embarc’s architects and designers really know their stuff. If you haven’t yet explored the work of these talented folks, get thee to the Internet immediately. Right now, for example, the firm is working on a project to fill vacant land in Roxbury’s Nubian Square, where a grand cultural hall, an art lab, and artist live-work housing will display nods to North African architecture. As a minority-owned architecture firm, Dream champions diversity and inclusivity while bringing contextual design to the city’s underserved neighborhoods. While mixed-use projects combining commercial and residential space-including affordable-housing units-continue to have their moment in the sun, we can’t take our eyes off the work of Dream Collaborative. While the sleek settings could easily wade into standoffish territory in the hands of a less thoughtful pro, Planeta ensures coziness with inviting touches including expertly curated artwork (one of his firm’s specialties), plush upholstered pieces, and-in the case of one Seaport condo-a leathered-marble floor boasting a strip of bronze inscribed with song lyrics. There’s lots to love about a Patrick Planeta project, but what strikes us the most is the interior designer’s unwavering ability to infuse warmth into his sophisticated schemes. Lucky for all of us, the Boston firm’s contemporary designs grace a number of local landmarks, including the inarguably gorgeous dining room at Pammy’s and the light and airy public spaces at St. We’d wager a guess that even if you haven’t been fortunate enough to collaborate with the brilliant folks behind Bloom Architecture, you’re probably already a fan of their work-and not just because we wrote about the group’s spectacular geothermal lake-house project in 2021. A Duxbury bathroom by Angela Raciti Interior Design.
