Elkus Manfredi Architects
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Elkus Manfredi Architects is a design firm providing architecture, master planning, urban design, interior architecture, programming and workplace consulting. The firm was founded in 1988 by Howard F. Elkus FAIA, RIBA, LEED AP (d. 2017) and David P. Manfredi FAIA, LEED AP.[1]
The largest architectural firm in Massachusetts,[2] and the 11th-largest U.S. architectural firm,[3] the firm’s work includes a broad portfolio of projects in higher education, corporate, hospitality, residential, preservation, science and technology, retail-entertainment, and sports facilities. The firm focuses on creating community and sustainable environments through design and master planning (the firm is a signatory to the AIA 2030 Commitment framework for sustainability).
Elkus Manfredi is also noted for its work planning and designing for innovation and innovation districts. CEO and Founding Principal David P. Manfredi has said, “[Innovation districts] thrive on interaction, and what that means for universities and the private sector is that they are suddenly in the business of building the public realm…. One of the fascinating things about innovation today is that innovators want to be around other innovators, and we need to create spaces where they can think and work in public.”[4]
History
Howard Elkus and David Manfredi founded Elkus Manfredi Architects in 1988. At the time both worked in Cambridge, Massachusetts at The Architects Collaborative, a groundbreaking firm led by Bauhaus architect Walter Gropius.[5]Elizabeth O. Lowrey IIDA, RDI was the firm’s first employee, and is a Principal and Director of Interior Architecture. John H. Martin AIA, LEED AP; Mark D. Sardegna AIA, LEED AP; and Andrew P. West AIA are also Principals. The firm is a signatory to the AIA 2030 Commitment[6] framework for sustainability.
References
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- ^ Marina, Claudia (January 2017). "Think Tank: The Rise of Innovation Districts and the 21st-Century City". Metropolis: Architecture and Design at All Scales.
- ^ Marquand, Brian (April 9, 2017). "Howard Elkus, 78; architect transformed parts of Boston". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "2030 Commitment signatory firms". American Institute of Architects.