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It was an incredible honor for our Boston Athenaeum team to accept the Paul & Niki Tsongas Award from Preservation Massachusetts on June 28th at the Massachusetts State House ceremony. This award recognizes “people and projects that have displayed the highest level of commitment to historic preservation in the Commonwealth”. The team was humbled to be amongst such an impressive group of deserving honorees.

The team was also thrilled to find out that the project won the People’s Preservation Choice Award! We would like to thank all who took the time to vote for our renovation and expansion work for this outstanding institution. We could not be more thrilled to celebrate this award that showcases the Boston Athenaeum’s dedication to the community.

Congratulations to the Boston Athenaeum and the entire design team!

The Boston Athenaeum has received The Tsongas Award from Preservation Massachusetts for its recent renovation and expansion! This highest honor from Preservation Massachusetts recognizes people and projects that have displayed outstanding commitment to historic preservation in the Commonwealth.

Led by Ann Beha, our work with the Boston Athenaeum preserves a National Historic Landmark within a National Register District, while supporting a renewed mission of inclusion and transparency by welcoming everyone to visit. Each space is thoughtfully reimagined to engage visitors and facilitate interaction. Events and art collections, many focusing on women artists and artists of color, are now experienced within functional and dynamic layouts. Reconsidered exhibits connect past to present, creating more transparency for the Athenaeum’s history and for the history of Boston itself.

We are thrilled to celebrate this accomplishment on June 28^th at the Massachusetts State House along with other awardees dedicated to preserving the important history and landmarks of our communities. You can read more on the Preservation Massachusetts Awards page.

Congratulations to the whole project team, including Consigli (Construction Management), Thorton Tomasetti (Structural); Allied Engineering Services (MEP/FP), Richard Burck (Landscape); Solutions Engineering (Code); Available Light (Lighting); Acentech (Acoustical); One Diversified (AV); Workplace Project Management (FF&E); Anna Farrington (Graphic Design); Kiln Brook LLC (OPM); Anton Grassl (Photography).

The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (Penn GSE) expansion and renovation has been awarded LEED v4 Gold.

“I can think of no better day to share the news of our LEED Gold certification than today — Earth Day,” said Penn GSE Dean Katharine Strunk. “We remain deeply committed to Penn’s Climate and Sustainability Action Plan to move the campus closer to becoming 100% carbon neutral by 2042.”

Philip Chen FAIA, Annum Architects President, said, “Sustainability was at the core of this project, which transformed a 60-year-old site and buildings into a modern and vibrant home for GSE, nourishing the community and serving their needs now and long into the future.”

Click to read Penn GSE’s Earth Day announcement.

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.