Public Space

Harvard Square Plaza Slated for Renovation

Harvard Square Plaza Slated for Renovation

The Harvard Crimson discusses the upcoming Harvard Square Plaza renovations and the restoration and adaptive reuse of the Out of Town News kiosk. Halvorson Design is working with engineers HDR and architects Touloukian Touloukian to renovate this active open space in the heart of Harvard Square.

Bob Uhlig participates in East Boston Flood Prevention Design Workshop for NOAH/ULI

Bob Uhlig participates in East Boston Flood Prevention Design Workshop for NOAH/ULI

Organized by East Boston’s Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) of Boston/New England, the East Boston Flood Prevention Design Workshop brought together teams of experts and the community to brainstorm ways to protect East Boston from sea level rise and the effects of climate change.

Vision for McIntyre building comes into focus

Vision for McIntyre building comes into focus

Members of the Redgate/Kane development team, which includes Bruner/Cott, DeStefano Architects and landscape architect Halvorson Design, shared their team's latest updates for the redevelopment of the McIntyre Federal Building in Portsmouth during a recent City Hall meeting. 

Climate Ready South Boston hosts second Open House

Climate Ready South Boston hosts second Open House

Robert Barton of Greenovate recaps some of the feedback received at the second open house for Climate Ready South Boston, an extensive resilience study by Arcadis, Halvorson Design, the Woods Hole Group, and CivicMoxie for the City of Boston to develop strategies to prepare for the short and long-term impacts of climate change and stormwater surges. 

Press: Mayor Walsh helps POAH break ground on Whittier Street Housing Development

Press: Mayor Walsh helps POAH break ground on Whittier Street Housing Development

Mayor Marty Walsh broke ground on phase one of a comprehensive redevelopment of the Whittier Street public housing community. Halvorson Design is providing landscape architecture services for this important project, which will provide a variety of housing opportunities the residents of Roxbury.

PRESS: Boston Gets an Artsy New Public Space in a Former No-man’s Land

PRESS: Boston Gets an Artsy New Public Space in a Former No-man’s Land

On the grand opening of the South End's new Ink Underground, Bob Uhlig shares how to make successful open spaces with The Boston Globe's Tim Logan. "Color will help and so will good lighting. Filling the place with popular, consistent programming will go a long way toward making it a destination...You want to get people to come back, repeatedly."

Vote Halvorson Design for Greenovate Boston Award!

Halvorson Design has been nominated for the Mayor's Greenovate Boston Awards and we would appreciate YOUR vote to become a finalist! Go to the Greenovate Boston page (http://www.greenovateboston.org/greenovate_awards), sign up to complete the survey and vote for Halvorson Design in the "Trees, Open Space and Landscape" category. 

We appreciate your support as we continue to make sustainable, positive changes in the City of Boston at the new City Hall Plaza, Atlantic Wharf, Clippership Wharf and the Boston Architectural College's Green Alley.