Boston Society of Architects

Matter & Opinion: Existing Buildings Higher Ed Arts Education, August 30, 12-1:30pm

"Build the will" around adaptive reuse for performing arts and education spaces! Join a presentation and interactive discussion with designer-and-client teams about transforming existing buildings to host performances, arts education, and creative collaboration. The Matter & Opinion: Existing Buildings series will begin by addressing the first hurdle to embracing existing buildings as climate solutions: building the...

Matter & Opinion: Existing Buildings - Multifamily Housing, August 26, 12-1:30pm

"Build the will" around multifamily existing building work! Join a presentation and interactive discussion with designer-and-client teams about senior living and affordable housing. The Matter & Opinion: Existing Buildings series will begin by addressing the first hurdle to embracing existing buildings as climate solutions: building the will. Video Archive: View past sessions here. This page will be updated after each...

Matter & Opinion: Existing Buildings - Residential Design, August 23, 12-1:30pm

"Build the will" around smart and sustainable renovation of single-family homes.  Boston cannot meet its climate goals without utilizing its greatest built and cultural assets: existing buildings. With aims to become carbon-free by 2050—and with 85 percent of floorspace that Boston will need in 2050 already built—we must recognize and leverage existing buildings for what they are: banks of embodied carbon and...