SMMA Wins IIDA New England Design Award for Waters IMMERSE Project

Last week SMMA was awarded an IIDA New England Design Award for its work on Waters Corporation’s IMMERSE Innovation and Research Lab in Cambridge, MA.  In a virtual ceremony, SMMA’s designers received the award for Best Science & Research Design in the Small Project category, beating out four other entrants. The panel of six IIDA

New Somerville High School Opens its Doors

SMMA is proud to see the renovated Somerville High School open its doors for the first time on March 4, 2021. The six-story, 396,000 sf school is opening to highest needs and younger students first as part of the district’s phased return to in-person learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.  In an article from The Somerville

S2PRINT Project Breaks Ground

In November 12, 2020, the new Soldier and Squad Performance Research Institute (S2PRINT) officially broke ground. SMMA was commissioned by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), as part of an IDIQ with the New England District, to design this first-of-its-kind research and development facility at the Natick Soldier Systems Center (NSSC) in Natick,

Waltham High School Breaks Ground

“We are finally here,” said Waltham Mayor Jeannette McCarthy at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Waltham High School. The new comprehensive high school, a project nearly five years in the making, celebrated officially breaking ground on September 25. Celebrations included speeches from the Mayor, current superintendent Dr. Brian Reagan, and former superintendents Dr. Drew

ACEC/MA Announces SMMA as 2020 Winner of Engineering Excellence Award

Belmont, MA (NAASR) Vartan Gregorian Armenian Center View Project   SMMA was recently selected as the winner of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA) 2020 Bronze Engineering Excellence Award for the renovation of the National Association for Armenian Studies & Research (NAASR) Vartan Gregorian Armenian Center in Belmont, MA.  The award celebrates

Providence College’s School of Business is the People’s Choice

In a landslide, SMMA’s design for Providence College’s Arthur F. & Patricia Ryan Center for Business Studies won the People’s Choice Award during the 2019 AIA Rhode Island Design Awards gala. This year’s recipient, which is voted in by the public every year, was chosen out of 48 entries from 23 firms.  “This building has

North Middlesex Regional High School Wins Edward Kirkbride Award

North Middlesex Regional High School in Townsend, MA, was recognized with the top honor at the annual Association for Learning Environments’ (A4LE) Northeast Regional Conference—the Edward Kirkbride Award. The conference, which took place in Cambridge, MA, also included two of SMMA’s school projects on tours for attendees: North Middlesex Regional High School and Bancroft Elementary

SMMA Wins BSA Design Sustainability Award for Winchester High School

Last week, SMMA was awarded the BSA Design Sustainability Award for its work on Winchester High School. According to the BSA website, the award recognizes “contributions to the built environment which demonstrate beauty and design excellence as a celebration of place, triple bottom line (people, planet, and profit) response and appropriateness, exemplary and measurable environmental performance and conservation,

Winchester High School Wins A4LE Award

Winchester High School, SMMA’s transformation of a 1970s Brutalist-style school into a stronger, lighter, and more energy efficient building, has been awarded the 2018 Project Distinction at the Northeast Regional A4LE Conference in Baltimore.   The is an award given by SMMA’s peers, which recognizes not just the architectural design, but also strategic planning and

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