Timeline
The Beginning
Four architects, including Bob Verrier and Joe Kelly, launch the newly formed design firm, Boston Architectural Team, Inc.
First Turn-key Rehabilitation Project Undertaken by the Boston Housing Authority
Boston Architectural Team designs the rehabilitation of 25 nineteenth-century contiguous bow-front buildings on West Newton Street in Boston’s South End, representing the first turn-key rehabilitation project undertaken by the Boston Housing Authority.
Innovative Design
The firm completes one of the first high-rise adaptive reuse designs in downtown Boston, the Chauncy House.
Early Mixed-use Development
The conversion of RH Stearns, an 11-story department store, located in Boston’s Ladder District, into 140 units of housing and commercial space. The property was rehabilitated for a second time by The Architectural Team nearly 35 years later.
A Napkin Drawing Comes to Life as The Car Barn
The firm completes the conversion of a former trolley car garage into The Car Barn – a senior residential community. The design earns three design awards including Apartment of the Year from Architectural Record.
Grand Restoration
The restoration and renovation of the Riggs-Thompson Building, a former department store in Washington, D.C., into the Samuel Kelsey Apartments. The program includes 150 units of housing and 30,000 square feet of commercial space.
Creative Vision
Architectural Record recognizes Lafayette Place in Fall River, MA with A Neighborhood Restored award.
From BAT to TAT
After rehabilitating and adapting historic buildings and master planning new housing on Admiral’s Hill in Chelsea, MA, the Boston Architectural Team moves its office to the historic Naval Commandant’s quarters on the waterfront campus changing the firm’s name to The Architectural Team (TAT) to reflect expanded work throughout the US.
Restoring a Sense of Community to a Once Under-utilized Site
The firm completes the master planning, restoration, and conversion of Commercial Wharf – a series of historic mercantile buildings along Boston’s waterfront, into a mixed-use residential and commercial development.
The Nation’s First Conversion of an Electrical Power Plant into Residential Use
The Architectural Team restores and converts the former Lincoln Wharf Power Plant on Boston Harbor into the San Marco Condominiums, representing the nation’s first conversion of an electrical power plant into residential use.
Bob Verrier Receives the Prestigious National Historic Preservation Award
President Ronald Reagan presents Bob Verrier with the prestigious National Historic Preservation Award for the firm’s historic conversion of the former Walter Baker Chocolate Factory, which took 25 years to complete.
TAT’s First Historic Conversion in the Charlestown Navy Yard
Located in the historic Charlestown Navy Yard, Building 34 is one of six historic buildings in this neighborhood transformed by TAT.
Senior Living Community, Laurelmead, Receives Multiple Awards
Laurelmead, an award-winning senior residential community, features design elements echoing the architectural vocabulary of neighboring historic buildings.
AIA Award-winning, West End Place
West End Place provides a gateway connecting a busy downtown Boston commercial intersection with a resurgent residential district. The development earns the New England Regional Design Merit Award from the American Institute of Architects.
Historic Conversion Becomes State-of-the-art Biomedical Research Laboratory for Partners Healthcare
The Charlestown Navy Yard Building 114 is converted into a state-of-the-art biomedical research laboratory for Partners Healthcare and receives preservation awards from both the Massachusetts Historical Commission and the Boston Preservation Alliance.
The Gerald and Darlene Jordan Boys & Girls Club Recognized as Design Prototype
The Gerald and Darlene Jordan Boys & Girls Club is honored with three design awards and is featured on the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s “Building Services” website as a design prototype.
23-story Mixed-use Development in the Heart of Chinatown
The Metropolitan, a new 23-story mixed-use development located in the heart of Chinatown, is praised by the City of Boston as a successful model of mixed-use, mixed-income housing.
Boston’s Back Bay Hotel: A Case Study in the Value of Adaptive Reuse
The former Boston Police Station Headquarters is converted into the Back Bay Hotel and receives a Preservation Achievement Award from the Boston Preservation Alliance.
J. Timothy Anderson Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation
The firm earns a J. Timothy Anderson Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation from the National Housing and Rehabilitation Association for The Apartments at Boott Mills.
Curry College’s First Dedicated Performance Space
The Architectural Team completes the design of the new Academic and Performance Center at Curry College.
A First of its Kind
The firm’s master plan and design of The Carruth was the first state-funded transit-oriented development completed in Massachusetts.
Building Battery Wharf
The firm’s largest waterfront development to date, Battery Wharf, opens its doors.
Bob Verrier Honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award
Bob Verrier, co-founding partner and managing principal, is honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award in Affordable Housing Design by Habitat for Humanity Greater Boston.
The Masterplan of Mass Mental Health Center
TAT, in collaboration with Linea 5, completes the master plan for Mass Mental Health Center, a new 650,000 sf mixed-use clinical, research, and residential development located in Boston’s Longwood Medical area.
The Historic Adaptive Reuse of Eight Former Mill Buildings
LEED Silver Certified, Bourne Mill Apartments in W. Tiverton, RI, receives the J. Timothy Anderson Award for Best Historic Rehabilitation.
New England’s Largest Social Service Center
A catalyst for reinvestment in Dorchester, The Salvation Army’s Ray + Joan Kroc Community Center is New England’s largest social service center.
25 Years Later
TAT completes the final chapter of the Baker Chocolate Factory redevelopment.
One of the Oldest Federal Public Housing Developments in the Country
The firm completes Phase I of the LEED Platinum Certified, award-winning The Anne M. Lynch Homes at Old Colony in South Boston.
The Launch of TAT Interiors
Founded on the principles that guide TAT’s accessible approach to design, the firm’s interior design services offer inspired, pragmatic, and thoughtful brand-sensitive solutions.
Bob Verrier Elected to the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows
AIA Fellows are recognized with the AIA’s highest membership honor for advancing the living standards of people through improved environment and making the profession of ever-increasing service to society.
A Sculpted Modern Addition to the Boston Skyline
TAT completes The Kensington, a luxury LEED Gold Certified 27-story mixed-use tower.
Transforming Harbor Place in Haverhill, MA
Harbor Place breaks ground to begin the transformation of this former underutilized site into a new mixed-use waterfront development. The design reinvigorates the streetscape, creates active pedestrian corridors to the river from Merrimack Street, and offers a variety of uses that significantly enhance the local business district.
Lovejoy Wharf Reimagined into Converse Headquarters
A new 15-story tower and the renovation and adaptive reuse of a remaining building. The certified LEED Gold design also includes the reconstruction of a 30,000 square foot wharf structure into a new waterfront plaza and the construction of a 7,000 square foot wharf pavilion.
New York’s Livingston School Apartments
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Livingston School is thoughtfully restored and converted into a mixed-income senior living community.
A Former Church Campus Transformed into Supportive and Workforce Housing
TAT’s redevelopment of Uphams Crossing provides workforce housing and permanent affordable housing for formerly homeless families
Loft Five50
Loft Five50 receives the Grand Winner Project of the Year Award for Adaptive Reuse, the J. Timothy Anderson Award, and is a Readers’ Choice Awards Finalist.
Breathing New Life into Old Bones
TAT artfully restores the LEED Certifiable Residences at Mill 10 into modern apartments for seniors with amenities.
A Community Focused on Innovation, Incubation, and Education
Located in the 1M square foot Sibley Square in downtown Rochester, N.Y., NextCorps provides co-working areas, private zones and office suites, conference rooms, biotech labs, and maker spaces.
Adaptive Reuse Reknits Community
Yarn Works receives the Preservation Award from Massachusetts Historical Commission.
Framingham’s First Downtown Multifamily Project in 50 Years
Hailed as a model for smart growth and mixed-use development in dense urban centers, Alta Union House transforms a long-underutilized site.
Drawing on the Dorchester’s Industrial Past While Charting a New Path for Smart Growth
The award-winning Treadmark is a sustainable mixed-use building that maintains a strong visual connection to the former Ashmont Tire auto shop it replaced.
A Project for the Next 100 Years: Clippership Wharf
Environmental Business Council of New England grants Clippership Wharf with the EBEE Award, recognizing it as the Climate Change Project of the Year.
Setting National Model, Veterans’ Supportive Housing Campus Opens in Boston
Residences at Brighton Marine is one of the largest veterans’ developments nationwide, and the first complex of its scale to open in Boston since World War II.
Four New Principals Named as Part of TAT’s Leadership Team
“There is an energy and added sense of purpose that comes from empowering new leaders, nurturing a firm-wide sense of ownership, and encouraging fresh perspectives. The integrity of these valued team members will continue to foster the relationships that are so important to the firm.” –Bob Verrier, Founder
Historic Department Store Reimagined into Mixed-Use Hub
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Sibley Square is a former landmark department store transformed into a thriving urban center with residential, commercial, and retail space, including The Mercantile on Main, a modern food hall featuring local restaurants. The $200M adaptation received the 2023 Barber Conable Award.
Award-Winning Expressive Coastal Vernacular
The Residence at Penniman Hill achieves the Argentum Senior Living by Design Award for the assisted living community’s hospitality-inspired design, sustainable approach, and contextual harmony with the scale and character of its coastal location.
TAT’s 50th Anniversary
The Architectural Team celebrates its 50th anniversary, completing 155,000+ units, adapting 300 historic developments, and receiving 200+ design excellence awards.
Former Suffolk University Law Buildings Become The Archer Residences
The Archer Residences combines two existing buildings in Boston’s historic Beacon Hill neighborhood and showcases the minimal nature of Mid-century Modern design.
A Clever Integration of Adaptive Reuse and New Construction
100 Shawmut integrates an existing six-story brick warehouse structure with a contemporary addition to create a 138 unit luxury condominium.
The Conversion of the Landmark Worcester County Courthouse into Multifamily Housing
The courthouse building, which was built in 1845 and vacant since 2007, is a major component of the larger revitalization of Worcester’s historic Lincoln Square district.
Expanding Housing Opportunities Through Exemplary Design
A.O. Flats at Forest Hills is honored with design awards from Multi-Housing News, Multifamily Executive, and the Jack Kemp Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Housing Award from the Urban Land Institute. Designed to LEED-Homes Platinum standards, this 78 unit transit-oriented, mixed-use multifamily community is built on a once-vacant MBTA parcel.
Reconnecting the Community to the Waterfront
Harborwalk Residences and Harbor125 Apartments replace decades-old public housing with a new mixed-income transit-oriented multifamily community, creating active pedestrian corridors from the East Boston neighborhood to the Boston Harbor and offering over 4,400 square feet of retail space and gathering areas.
Boston’s First Air-Rights Project in A Quarter-Century
Bower comprises two buildings at eight and 14 stories and 40,000 square feet of commercial space designed to reknit the existing Fenway and Kenmore neighborhoods. The LEED Gold and Fitwel Certified development earned awards from Rethinking the Future, Multi-Housing News, the Massachusetts Apartment Association, and The Center for Active Design.
First Adaptive Reuse Project in the U.S. Designed to Passive House Standards
Passive House EnerPHit certified, The Tyler is a 90-year-old decommissioned high school adapted into a mixed-income 55+ community named Best Overall Development and Green Building of the Year in Affordable Housing Finance. The development was also honored with awards from the U.S. Green Building Council and Preservation Connecticut.
Historic Worcester County Courthouse Adaptation Honored
Converted to residential use, the historic Worcester County Courthouse sets a precedent for rethinking large-scale institutional properties as housing alternatives. The design earned Retrofit Magazine’s Metamorphosis Award, a Rethinking the Future Award, Urban Land Institute’s Jack Kemp Award for Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Housing, and honors from Preservation Massachusetts.
Former School Reimagined into an Award-Winning Senior Community
The Mary E. Wells School is adapted into Residences at Wells School, a mixed-income age-restricted 55+ multifamily community, honored with a Mayor Thomas M. Menino Legacy Award from Preservation Massachusetts and first place in the renovation category for Senior Housing News’ Architecture and Design Awards.
Second Phase of Public Housing Master Plan Redevelopment Complete
Phase Two of Flat 9 at Whittier consists of two new three-story stacked flats buildings organized around a central interior courtyard with outdoor recreation space, walking paths, and a playground, providing connectivity to the other phases while activating the newly created streets for the public housing campus.
Senior Community of the Year: The Machon
The adaptation of the 1920s Machon Elementary School into a 38 unit independent living community involved the design of a new contemporary addition, earning the firm three awards, including Senior Community of the Year by the Massachusetts Apartment Association.
Sustainability, Accessibility, and Senior Wellness
Phase Three of The Anne M. Lynch Homes at Old Colony redevelopment represents a $150 million investment and includes three subphases. Phase Three A and B offer 250 new apartments, while Phase Three C, an award-winning four-story Passive House-certified building, provides 55 affordable units for seniors and people with disabilities.
Celebrating Growth and Advancement, Expanding the TAT Leadership Team
As part of a dedicated strategic effort to expand and diversify senior roles, Director of Interior Design Meghann Van Dorn, LEED AP, ID+C, and Director of Marketing Kelly Ranieri, BBA, are elevated to Associate. These appointments reflect a broadened emphasis on client relationships, integrated service offerings, and employee culture.
Sustainability Leadership at TAT
Nate Thomas, AIA, CPHC, is named Director of Sustainability and is responsible for leading the firm’s environmental design and planning initiatives across various building types and market sectors.
Winner of the Preservation Massachusetts Award
The $19.2M phased historic conversion of Manomet Place, a former cotton textile mill, is recognized with the Paul and Niki Tsongas Award for the highest level of commitment to historic preservation in Massachusetts.
The Cordwainer: A Biophilic Design Approach for Memory Care
The 54 unit award-winning complex reimagines care for a growing population of adults with memory impairment through biophilic design, enhancing resident well-being through a greater connection to nature.
One of ENR’s “Best Projects” in New England
St. Therese, a new affordable community for residents ages 62+ with on-site senior supportive services, receives a Merit Award for Sustainability from Engineering News Record’s annual Best Projects Awards.