PERSPECTIVES
RODE is working with Dorchester Brewing Company to open Boston’s first contract brewery and second full-pour taproom. The 25,000-square-foot facility at 1250 Mass Ave, consists of a large tasting room with a 40-foot bar re-purposed from the buildings original wood flooring, brewery observation, beer garden and a new grain silo which highlights the buildings newly fenestrated facade. Stay tuned for updates as we get closer to the grand opening this spring.
Learn more about our collaboration with Dot Brewery at BostInno!
It has been a great week for RODE at the Boston Redevelopment Authority, with 232 Old Colony Avenue and 35 South Huntington approved!
Situated between two major red line MBTA stations and bus hubs, 232 Old Colony has been approved for construction. The 24 condo unit building will include commercial/retail opportunity and an offset entry and wider paths, creating a stronger public realm by pushing sidewalk back for outdoor space.
The 35 South Huntington mixed-use 5 and 6 story development includes 38 units and retail space opportunities. Additionally, the building will widen the sidewalk that runs along the first floor commercial space in order to activate a public environment and increase pedestrian interaction.
‘Tis no secret that Boston is in the mist of a historic building boom. Some projects planned or under way are particularly portentous because of their sheer size, the prices-slash-rents they’re bringing, or the specifics of either their locations or what they are to contain. One of the projects featured on Curbed Boston’s list of ‘Seven Boston Developments Everyone Should Be Watching’ is RODE’s Dot Block.
As it now stands, Dot Block will include three residential and two mixed use buildings. All totaled, we’re talking around 360 apartments as well as 37,000 square feet of retail and an accessory parking garage of some 450 spaces.
Learn more at Curbed Boston.
There are few areas of the city that are changing more rapidly than the section of South Boston near the Broadway T station. For some visitors, it seems like the landscape looks different every time they amble off the Red Line escalator.
And there are few firms more involved right now in this transformation than RODE Architects, the South End firm run by Eric Robinson and Kevin Deabler.
“We’re seeing the movement of pulling the density toward the train stations [all over the city] and we think that’s a good thing,” Robinson says. “West Broadway, in our minds, is an interesting case study of that happening and it’s been successful so far.”
Read the full article at the Boston Globe.
In our recent interview with Christine Cipriani, from Architect Magazine, we share our design philosophies and diverse portfolio of work, including large-scale industrial projects in Boston and New York City.
We discuss how we seek out projects with the potential to transform a space or an entire neighborhood, bringing buildings into the foreground with strong formal moves. According to Eric, one of RODE’s principles, “Many of our projects have a commercial or retail component that serves the community, and a way to talk about the project to neighbors who otherwise get turned off by development.”
Read the full interview at Architects Magazine.
