Winchester High School Earns Bronze in ACEC/MA Engineering Excellence
Winchester, MA Winchester High School View Project Winchester High School is among the top ten best high schools in Massachusetts, and can now add another state-wide title to its list: Winchester High School has been recognized by American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA) as a Bronze winner in the 2018 Engineering Excellence Award
Bancroft Wins Top A4LE Honor
Andover’s Bancroft Elementary School was recognized with the top honor—the Ed Kirkbride Award—at this year’s Northeast Regional Conference of the Association for Learning Environments, held March 15-18 in Providence, Rhode Island. Per the A4LE website, the winner of the Kirkbride Award “exhibits exceptional strength in each of the judging criteria,” defined as the learning, physical,
Two Higher Ed Projects Win AIA Awards
Framingham, MA Framingham State University’s McCarthy Dining Commons Addition View Project Two SMMA projects—Framingham State University’s McCarthy Dining Commons Addition and Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Elevated Athletic Fields over Parking—were recognized for excellence at the annual AIA Central Massachusetts Design Awards Dinner, held Saturday night in Boylston. The event celebrated four architecturally noteworthy projects, either built
Bancroft Wins AIA People's Choice Award
Although winning awards is never at the forefront of our design intent, it’s always nice to be recognized for a job well done. Which is why we’re happy to announce that our Bancroft Elementary School project was selected as a People’s Choice Award winner—for Favorite Space to Study—in this year’s AIA New England Design Awards.
Two RI Schools with SMMA Ties Named Blue Ribbon Winners
Archie R. Cole Middle School Above: Archie R. Cole Middle School in East Greenwich, RI SMMA is happy to congratulate our friends at Rhode Island’s Archie R. Cole Middle School (East Greenwich) and Francis J. Varieur Elementary School (Pawtucket) on being named among 2015’s National Blue Ribbon Schools (NBRS) Award winners by the U.S. Department
McCarthy Dining Commons Showcased as Outstanding Design
Framingham, MA Framingham State University McCarthy Dining Commons View Project The Framingham State University McCarthy Dining Commons expansion has been selected as part of the 2014 Educational Interiors Showcase, sponsored by American School & University magazine. The project, designed by SMMA, is one of only six Cafeterias/Food-Sevice Areas projects nationwide to win this honor, and
Grafton High School Wins CEFPI Project of Distinction Award
Grafton High School and SMMA were honored with a Project of Distinction award by the Council of Educational Facility Planners International at the association’s northeast regional conference. Opened last September, the school’s 187,000-square-foot campus is designed to support a variety of learning styles while fostering essential career skills including collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving.
Quincy High School Named Green Ribbon School
Quincy High School, designed by SMMA, is one of 64 schools, and only four in Massachusetts, honored by the U.S. Department of Education with the Green Ribbon School Award. The school was honored as one of the schools that, according to the USDE, have made “exemplary efforts to reduce environmental impact and utility costs,
Cole Middle School Earns AIA RI Honor Award
SMMA’s design for Archie R. Cole Middle School was given an Honor Award by the Rhode Island Chapter of the American Institute of Architects along with special congressional recognition. The AIA Rhode Island jury cited the contextual nature of the project and celebrated Cole Middle School for its sensitive massing and imaginative use of natural
Wellesley High School Wins 2012 Outstanding Green School Award
Wellesley High School won a 2012 Green Difference Award in the Outstanding Green School category during ceremonies held today in Nurses Hall at the Massachusetts State House. SMMA submitted the project on behalf of the Wellesley School Department. The Green Difference Awards are given annually by Project Green Schools in recognition of outstanding environmental leadership
