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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!

It was a beautiful day to top off Engine 17 in Dorchester! Working with the City of Boston Public Facilities Department (PFD), our new firehouse on East Street celebrated this exciting construction milestone. We’re thrilled to help bring this sustainable, welcoming, and safety-focused facility to the firefighters and residents of Dorchester.

Construction progresses at Emma Willard School’s Alice Dodge Wallace Center for the Performing Arts with the recent pouring of foundation for the new Arts Wing.

Our design repurposes the circa 1910 Alumnae Chapel, adds to it a new below-grade building, and connects both to the existing studio arts building, consolidating the arts in the center of the campus in Troy, NY.

Stay tuned for interior demolition progress of the Chapel!

Read about our new 22,000 square foot Science Center in “Designing Possibilities” from the Spring 2023 issue of Pomfret Magazine. The feature covers the project’s history and Shawmut Design & Construction’s progress on the three-story building. The new Science Center will serve as a hub for science, technology, engineering, and design for the Connecticut boarding and day school.

Harvard Divinity School’s rejuvenated Swartz Hall is now LEED Platinum certified. Our design of this new campus gateway reflects HDS’s commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship. The existing granite building envelope is upgraded to exceed current efficiency standards using internal insulation, a seamless air barrier, and new high-performance windows. A new underground mechanical plant accommodates heat recovery and direct outside air handling units. Congratulations to HDS on their dedication to campus leadership in environmental sustainability.

Read more on Harvard Divinity School’s website.

Out with the old, in with the new! Demolition took place at Pomfret School to make way for the new 22,000 square foot Science Center. The three-story building will serve as a hub for science, technology, engineering, and design for the Connecticut boarding and day school.

Read more about the history of the project on The Pomfret School Blog.