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Carole Wedge and the future of the architecture profession

Monday, 10 January 2011

It’s more than just a matter of current economic cycles. Carole Wedge talks about technology, client expectations, and the future of the architecture profession in this month’s issue of Architect magazine.

Architect magazine article

Shepley ranks among country’s top design firms

Thursday, 16 December 2010

Shepley Bulfinch has maintained its strong ranking among top architecture firms in the US, in the results of the Giants 300 survey published in Building Design + Construction magazine this month. The firm was ranked 29th overall, and 29th and 54th respectively in education and healthcare design. The survey also gave a nod to Shepley’s environmental commitment, ranking the firm among the country’s top 100 green design firms for the third consecutive year.

The firm’s sustainable projects in the past year include McClay Library at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland, which ...[more]

How can we leverage BIM for Building Performance Analysis?

Wednesday, 15 December 2010

There are some topics that keep coming up when we talk about leveraging BIM for Building Performance Analysis (BPA). In presentations to peers, clients, and students alike, discussion inevitably comes back to the applicability and timing of BPA, and the interoperability of BIM models and BPA models. What does this mean for design teams?

Last year a colleague at Vanderweil Engineers approached me with a challenge: “How do we leverage our BIM models for Building Performance Analysis?” I took the bait. Armed with the support of our firms and numerous knowledgeable resources, we ...[more]

Interior Design names Shepley to Top 10 Healthcare Giants

Tuesday, 30 November 2010

For the third consecutive year, Interior Design magazine has ranked Shepley Bulfinch 10th nationwide in its survey of the country’s Healthcare Design Giants. The rankings and accompanying articles appear in the November 2010 issue of Interior Design. The ranking is based on 2009 interior design fees for healthcare projects.

The firm’s major healthcare clients in 2009 included Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven Hospital; Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI); Sherman Hospital (Elgin, IL); Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary (Boston, MA); and Mass General/North Shore Center for Outpatient Care ...[more]

Shepley Bulfinch: How we work

Friday, 8 October 2010

What do we mean when we talking about working collaboratively? This video was filmed in our Boston office this summer as architects, planners, and designers work through series of diagramming exercises.

Designing for a future

7 October 2010

NOMA 2010 conference, Boston, MA

Rod Henmi, HKIT Architects, moderator
Ralph Jackson, Shepley Bulfinch
Curtis Moody, Moody-Nolan

Building Success – Legalities of BIM

5 October 2010

Seaport Hotel, Boston, MA

Steve Erwin and Jim Chambers, Shepley Bulfinch
Nicholas Holmes, Esq, Nelson Kidder Mosseau & Saturley PC
Timothy Vadney, Microdesk

Interior designer Courtney Janes profiled

Thursday, 23 September 2010

Courtney (Stern) Janes, an interior designer with Shepley Bulfinch, is profiled in the latest issue of Suffolk University’s alumni magazine.

In the article, Interior Motives, Courtney (Suffolk MAID ’08) discusses interior design, her work at Shepley Bulfinch; and what it means to have a personal commitment to sustainability and to work in a firm that makes it a priority.

Suffolk magazine article