As a woman running a business in the construction industry, people may assume I am thrilled that women are honored and recognized for their achievements in the industry during the month of March. We have come a long way, and…
Top image by Peter Vanderwarker Back in 2002, Harvard University began the plans to offer an improved gallery experience by showing its three art collections together. The vision was to leverage the existing location of the Fogg Museum on Quincy…
What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been Who would have thought by the time the project finished, we’d be years into a global pandemic? Yet, that is what happened as we first began our work at Yale University in the…
The restoration and preservation work we do is highly technical; we expect issues and challenges to arise as the work is rarely straight-forward. Historical buildings in New England may be hundreds of years old, so our eyes are wide open…
We have the unique privilege of preserving history. And sometimes we uncover history that has been buried for years. But did we uncover something new? We restore and preserve buildings of historical significance, from the National Portrait Gallery in Washington,…
So much was put on hold or delayed in the past year, but at Harvard’s campus, Claverly Hall has been restored and renovated and M&A Architectural Preservation was privileged to restore this residence house to its former beauty. Claverly Hall…
It is with heavy hearts that we note the demolition of the Villa Victoria Center, a South End landmark at 85 West Newton Street, Boston, MA. The German Gothic-style church building was designed by noted architect Thomas Silloway and built…
All the windows of my heart I open to the day.John Greenleaf Whittier Our work at M&A Architectural Preservation takes us across campuses, city streets and state lines to rejuvenate historical buildings. Through the restoration of windows, we have the…
Let’s celebrate Women in Construction Week! During the first week of March each year we recognize women doing construction jobs to strengthen and amplify their success in our industry. Let’s salute all the women wearing hardhats, as well as the…
Part One of Two about Climate Change We’re always on the lookout for news and views about historic architecture and its preservation. We found a thought-provoking webinar about climate change, Resiliency and Preservation, posted by Preservation Massachusetts in December. Meeting…
