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Annum’s renovation and expansion of the Boston Athenaeum was awarded a 2026 Preservation Achievement Award from the Boston Preservation Alliance. The Boston Athenaeum was also thrilled to host the event, celebrating the outstanding achievements in historic preservation and compatible new construction in Boston. We look to these projects as models for future preservation work.

Event photo by Elisif Brandon.

Annum Architects ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­has been named a 2026 New England AIA Components Emerging Professional Friendly Firm for our commitment to the development of our emerging team members. Annum recognizes the important contributions of our emerging professionals, offering support through equitable opportunities such as team leadership roles, mentorship, and continuing education. We’re proud to receive this honor and look forward to continuing our dedication to our emerging staff!

Annum Architects will be recognized as part of the 2026 New England Architecture Awards presentation hosted by AIA Western Mass on October 2nd at Northampton Center for the Arts. We are looking forward to celebrating!

The Muskegon Museum of Art has received a 2026 AIA Michigan Building Award!

Founded in 1912, the Museum is known for its distinguished permanent collection, innovative exhibits, and educational programming. Working with Mathison | Mathison Architects, Annum’s design for the Museum doubles its size, creating new galleries for changing exhibits and new spaces for education, permanent collections, and visitor amenities.

The team was excited to celebrate together at the AIAMI Awards Ceremony on June 5th at St. John’s Resort in Plymouth, Michigan.

The transformed Muskegon Museum of Art has become both a cultural anchor for Muskegon and a nationally recognized model for the future of museums in mid-sized cities.

Congratulations to the entire project team!

Phillips Academy in Andover has received a 2026 Paul & Niki Tsongas Award from Preservation Massachusetts for the recent renovation of Graves Hall. This highest honor from Preservation Massachusetts recognizes people and projects that have displayed outstanding commitment to historic preservation in the Commonwealth.
 
Graves Hall has served the Academy for nearly a century and a half, supporting evolving academic and administrative needs while maintaining its architectural character. This renovation and adaptive reuse reflects Phillips Academy’s commitment to stewardship, ensuring that Graves Hall continues to serve the institution’s mission well into the future.

Working with construction manager BW Kennedy & Co., Annum’s design repositions the building as a centralized administrative hub, balancing contemporary operational requirements with the careful preservation of character‑defining features. Through architectural restoration, sensitive spatial adaptation, and comprehensive systems upgrades, the project honors the building’s layered history while enabling its next chapter as an integral part of campus life.

We are thrilled to celebrate this accomplishment on June 11th at Fenway Park along with other awardees dedicated to preserving the important history and landmarks of our communities.

Annum’s new Stoddard Exhibition Hall made its debut with the “The Secret World of Elephants” Exhibit Opening at the EcoTarium in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Founded in 1825 as the Worcester Lyceum of Natural History, the EcoTarium is the second-oldest natural history museum in the United States. Working with Timberline Construction Corporation, Annum’s 8,320 SF addition to a 1971-built Edward Durell Stone building provides a transformative resource for the museum. A large flexible gallery space host science exhibits and immersive experiences and programs for all ages and audiences. To accommodate a wide range of uses the new gallery features a tall, black-box style ceiling with exposed building systems, flexible exhibit lighting, and infrastructure to support technology-rich traveling exhibitions.

The traveling, interactive “The Secret World of Elephants” is organized by the American Museum of Natural History, New York and will be open at the EcoTarium through September 2026.

Annum is excited to announce our new office location in Washington, DC, expanding our Boston-based practice to continue serving our Mid-Atlantic clients.

Headed by our DC Office Director, Neil Stroup AIA and joined by architect Meghann McMahon AIA, this new location reflects the continued growth of our work with cultural, civic, and institutional organizations, including our ongoing collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History, pictured above.

Our presence in Washington allows us to deepen relationships and remain engaged with the region’s rich architectural and cultural landscape. Our DC office will operate as an integrated extension of our Boston office, bringing the same collaborative approach, design innovation, and commitment to excellence that defines our practice. We look forward to continuing existing partnerships and building new ones in Washington, DC and beyond!

Our renovation and expansion for the Alice Dodge Wallace ’38 Center for the Performing Arts at Emma Willard School has received several notable honors.

Architectural Record Award in the Performance Spaces category. Our team was on hand for a lively ceremony in New York City, where the editors of RECORD announced their selection of best recent projects—built and unbuilt—across 14 categories in their inaugural awards program. Our team was thrilled to receive such recognition in the Performance Spaces category. You can read more about our project in Architectural Record.

New England Architecture Honor Award for Excellence in Architecture. This award program through the New England AIA Components celebrates projects that demonstrate design excellence over a wide range of building and project types, sizes, and budgets. Our team celebrated at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club in Portsmouth, New Hampshire alongside our industry peers.

2025 AIA New York State Design Awards, Honor Award in the Adaptive Reuse | Historic Preservation Category. Since 1968, AIANYS has celebrated through their awards the best in architectural achievement across the state demonstrating design excellence, technical skill, innovation, and a profound commitment to enhancing the built environment.

“Best Project” award in the K-12 Education sector from ENR East. Projects were evaluated on the ability of the project team to overcome challenges, safety, construction/design quality, and contribution to the industry and the community. Winners were celebrated at the ENR New York Best Projects event and featured in the November issue of ENR East.

The Wallace Center places dance, theater, music, and community at the heart of the Emma Willard School campus, repurposing a 1910 chapel as a multipurpose theater and adding a new arts wing, set into the landscape, with dance, studio, and orchestra rehearsal spaces. Founded in 1814, Emma Willard School in Troy, New York is a national leader in education for young women. Emma Willard has a long commitment to the arts as common ground. This center offers every student and faculty member a chance to participate, to assemble, and to connect.

Congratulations to our entire project team!

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Annum was proud to participate in Harvard University’s Global Day of Service. For our assignment, we assisted Breaktime in setting up its new Resource Hub in Downtown Crossing. Breaktime aims to break the cycle of homelessness by equipping young adults with the job and financial security they need to establish housing security. We are excited to continue to support their important work in our community.

Construction is well underway for Annum’s renovation of the DM Smith Building at Georgia Institute of Technology. Annum hosted Professor Leslie Sharp’s Historic Preservation class as well as the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents for tours of the building. As one of the most historic buildings on GT’s campus, these tours are an exciting opportunity to share progress and for students to learn first-hand about applying historic preservation principles, and Annum’s unique approach to preserving but modernizing the building for the future.