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!
Ann Beha FAIA | Consigli Construction | TyLin | Kohler Ronan | Nextstage Design | IQ Landscape Architects | C.T. Male Associates | Acentech | Available Light | Acoustic Distinctions | Chuck Choi Architectural Photography
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.
Annum has been selected to lead the highly anticipated renovation of the University Library at the University at Albany. Designed by the legendary Edward Durell Stone in 1966, this iconic 290,000 GSF mid-century gem sits at the heart of The State University of New York flagship campus. Annum will work in collaboration with JMZ Architects and Planners and our expert consultant team to reimagine and revitalize this architectural masterpiece in multiple phases. We are thrilled to be part of this meaningful transformation on the University at Albany campus!
A special thank you to our consultant team, including: Kohler Ronan, TYLin, The LA Group, NV5, Acentech, Available Light, Encorus Group, and Trophy Point, LLC.
We were thrilled to celebrate our 2025 Buildy Award Honorable Mention for the Mattatuck Museum Renovation & Expansion at the Building Museums Symposium in St. Louis, Missouri. This national award from the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums (MAAM) recognizes the most outstanding recent museum building projects, and to help increase awareness of the value of museums and the need for their ongoing rehabilitation and expansion to serve future generations.
Founded in 1877, the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, Connecticut is a keeper of artifacts and place for community engagement around regional history and Connecticut-based art. Our revitalization project transformed the museum into an inclusive, community-focused cultural hub. Key features include a new public entry plaza, a 3,300 square foot roof terrace for programming and events, and light-filled classrooms to support educational initiatives. Large windows invite passersby to engage with exhibitions, creating a seamless connection between the museum and downtown life.
Thank you to MAAM for recognizing Mattatuck Museum’s dedication to community impact through its renovation and expansion. Congratulations to our client and design team, including:
Our renovation and expansion of Harvard Divinity School’s Swartz Hall has received a 2024 Boston Society for Architecture (BSA) Award for Built Design Excellence in the Adaptive Reuse, Renovation or Historic Preservation category!
LEED Platinum certified, our inclusive design aligns the historic Swartz Hall with the modern mission of Harvard Divinity School and its international, diverse student population with over 45 faith traditions. We are grateful for this recognition, which honors projects “that embody the values of the the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Framework for Design Excellence and the BSA’s vision of building a just and sustainable Boston, together”.
Our team is excited to attend the March 5th, 2025 Award Gala at the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport to celebrate the excellent work of our community and to find out which level of award our project has won. Stay tuned for what is sure to be a lively event!
Our work for the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (GSE) was featured in Architectural Record. Written by Ian Volner with contributions from Annum president Philip Chen FAIA and senior associate Josh Aisenberg AIA, this story details our renovation and expansion to create a new home for the GSE.
“Connecting a pair of 1960s buildings at the southwest corner of Walnut and 37th Streets, the new volume provides additional classroom space, enhanced accessibility, and a degree of visual consistency to the school, which had formerly been spread out across multiple sites. Annum president and principal Philip Chen quotes another Penn administrator—the GSE’s own dean, Pam Grossman—when he says the objective was to create ‘one GSE,’ forging a distinct architectural identity for a program that had long lacked it.”
Awarded LEED Gold v4, the project creates a sustainable gateway to education that expands access and connectivity, making Penn GSE a resource for the entire University.
Our renovation and expansion for Peterborough Town Library received an AIA New Hampshire Honor Award for Excellence in Architecture Design and we were thrilled to celebrate! The AIANH Awards Celebration took place at the Capitol Center for the Arts Bank of NH Stage in Concord, New Hampshire, where we learned about the excellent work of our peers across the design community.
Peterborough Town Library in Peterborough, NH was founded in 1833 and is the oldest tax-supported public library in the world. The awards jury noted, “The design celebrates the rich history of the original building in its use of similar building materials, proportions, and rhythm. The jury was struck by the restraint in the building materials palette, and particularly by the thoughtful and sensitive orientation of fenestration to create either lively public spaces or contemplative reading areas.”
Thank you to AIA New Hampshire Chapter for this honor and memorable celebration, and congratulations to our project team!
It was a lively celebration at the ribbon-cutting for the new Engine 17 Firehouse! Participants and attendees included City of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Boston Fire Commissioner Paul Burke, City of Boston officials, firefighters, and community members.
Located on historic Meetinghouse Hill in Dorchester, the new Engine 17 is the second firehouse to be built in Boston over 40 years. Sited on a former parking lot next to the existing firehouse, our ground-up facility with the Boston Fire Department and the City of Boston Public Facilities Department was designed to benefit the health and wellness of firefighters. The new high-performing building is targeting LEED Silver, with features include energy-efficient boilers and large windows to introduce daylight into program spaces and create a welcoming entrance. Second-floor spaces include an open-concept kitchen and dayroom, fitness area, lockers, and sleeping and office spaces.
Thank you to our construction partner, J&J Contractors, and the rest of our team. See more of our professional photos by Randy Crandon here.
You can read more about the project in the City of Boston’s announcement here.
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