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Our work for Harvard Divinity School’s Swartz Hall has been honored with an Architect’s Newspaper 2023 Best of Design Award! Our LEED Platinum project received an honorable mention in the Religious category.

Congratulations to the whole team and Harvard Divinity School and thank you to The Architect’s Newspaper for this exciting recognition.

Read the full announcement from The Architect’s Newspaper here.

Our renovation and expansion of Harvard Divinity School’s Swartz Hall has received a 2023 New England Architecture Award. It was a pleasure to attend the celebration in Mystic, Connecticut to accept the Merit Award in the Educational category.

Annum was also recognized as a 2023 New England AIA Components Emerging Professional Friendly Firm.

Thank you to Flory Makuwa from Harvard Divinity School for helping us celebrate!

We are proud to announce that Xue Fei Lin, John Turnbull, and Tayyaba Anwar have all recently passed the Architectural Registration Examination (ARE), a last step of many in becoming a registered architect. Congratulations to our evolving and awesomely talented team!

Our three-story, 22,000 square foot science center at Pomfret School has an official name: VISTA – Venue for Innovation, Science, Technology, and Academics.

The acronym, selected as a memorable descriptor of the new community-centric space, also celebrates the beautiful expansive views of Pomfret’s playing fields and the valley beyond.

VISTA is anticipated to open in Fall 2024. Read more on The Pomfret School Blog.

We’re thrilled to announce recent advancements at Annum!

Jackie Flanigan, AIA, LEED AP BD+C is now a Senior Associate, and Rita Terjeki, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP is our newest Associate. We’re proud to have these two talented architects on our team and are grateful for their many contributions to the studio.

Jackie’s work in programming, planning, and design focuses on building relationships and gaining a deep understanding of client needs and goals. With a decade of experience at the firm, Jackie has managed projects for the Smithsonian Institution, the US Embassy in Manila, Springfield Technical Community College, Georgia Tech, and MFA Boston.

Rita has been a key team member on complex academic and civic projects, with a focus on technology, sustainability, and human-centered design. Her projects include work at Hamilton College, Greenwich Academy, Engine 17 Fire Station, and Madison Park Technical Vocational High School.

“We’re pleased to promote Jackie and Rita for their extraordinary leadership and commitment to excellence in projects and at Annum Architects. Join me in congratulating them for their accomplishments and dedication to our growing practice.”

– Philip Chen, FAIA, President

Annum was honored to open our studio to attendees of the 2023 AIA Women’s Leadership Summit, taking place in Boston. The Summit “exists to support and empower women on their leadership journeys and break down the barriers that get in their way”.

Highlights included meeting industry professionals from around the country and hearing from Ann Beha on the challenges and triumphs of founding a design firm over 40 years ago.

We are proud to sponsor organizations such as the American Institute of Architects that celebrate women’s important contributions to the flourishing design industry.

Award-winning photographer Anton Grassl artfully captured our renovation and expansion of the Boston Athenaeum in historic Beacon Hill. The new photos showcase the varied spaces offered by the library, museum, and cultural center in the landmark 10 1/2 Beacon Street building.

Our middle school renovation and expansion at University School in Shaker Heights, Ohio has gained all required approvals to move forward. The project is combination of a new 40,000 gsf three-story library and classroom addition, 24,000 gsf of renovation and landscape improvements for play and learning. The new design honors the style of the 1926 Walker and Weeks building, while transforming to meet current education demands, on this independent school campus.

Read more in “University School gets passing marks – and then some – on Shaker campus renovation plan”.  

Is was an honor to receive the 2023 SMPS Boston Marketing Communications Award for both the Website and Brand Awareness categories at this year’s Awards Gala!

Rebranding our firm with a rich 40-year history involved a robust and carefully phased plan. London-based Greenspace was hired to help rename the firm, building on the strategy work by brand and strategy consultant Daniel Vogelzang. Following a thorough strategy process and visioning workshops, the concept of “Your place in time” was developed to address the practice’s spirit of collaboration with clients, its approach to timeless and sustainable designs, and the creation of buildings that bridge the past and future to create new places with meaning. The chosen name of Annum – meaning “in or for each year” – evokes these principles.

The firm continued working with Greenspace to design the new website to showcase its breadth of design work – from the American Campus and Arts + Culture to Libraries and Planning.

Thank you to SMPS Boston for this exciting recognition, and to our dedicated design and consultant team!