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Appalachian Mountain Club Opens New Boston Headquarters
The Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) has officially moved into its new organizational headquarters at 10 City Square in Boston’s historic Charlestown neighborhood, positioning the outdoor recreation and conservation nonprofit to better support its staff, cultivate expanded community connections, and achieve its long-term growth and mission objectives.
Interior building renovations to AMC’s space, overseen by RODE Architects, were geared toward completely updating the floor layout to optimize natural light quality, celebrate the “bones” of the building, and highlight the character of the original construction by exposing brick walls and emphasizing details such as the southern yellow pine wood structure.
Learn more about AMC's Boston move here: http://www.outdoors.org/articles/newsroom/new-headquarters/
Designing Buttonwood Restaurant with Chef Francisco Millan
RODE Architects is leading the design for The Sycamore team's new restaurant Buttonwood With Chef Francisco Millan, opening Fall 2017. The space, located in Newton Highlands, is the perfect size for a neighborhood tavern. The restaurant will have a larger bar area, and a proportionally larger beer selection and bar menu—including a “kick-ass burger,”
While Buttonwood is a sister restaurant to Sycamore—the name is another word for the same tree—it will fill another niche in Newton.
Original article featured in Boston Magazine
RODE Architects Discussing Their Approach, Work, and Vision on Channel 7 WHDH Urban Update
RODE Architects co-owners and principals Kevin Deabler and Eric Robinson were invited to discuss their approach, recent work, and vision for upcoming projects on Channel 7 WHDH Urban Update.
Five Story Mixed-Use Building Eyed for Hancock Auto Body Lot
A proposal for a five-story, mixed-used building to replace an auto body shop sits at the intersection of Hancock and Pleasant streets, across the way from the forthcoming mixed-use Dot Block project and less than half a mile from the Savin Hill T station.
As rendered by RODE Architects, “the proposed building has been designed and scaled to complement the busy thoroughfare of Hancock Street and Pleasant Street, the area’s ongoing multi-family residential development, and the surrounding mixed-use development proposals.”
Apartments are a proposed mix of studios, one-, and two-bedrooms. Of the 36 residential units, five will be made affordable to households earning between 80 percent and 120 percent of the area median income.
In the filing with the BPDA, developers said they hope to “revitalize an industrial parcel” and replace the current automotive repair uses with retail and a gallery. The open lobby and community art gallery would be visible to pedestrians through a glass-fronted first floor. The developers will also create “a more pedestrian friendly Hancock Street by improving the streetscape and widening the sidewalks."
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For more information, read the original article by Jennifer Smith at the Dorchester Reporter.
