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Architect Jim Collins Jr., principal and president of Payette, talks about the infill development project that expanded and renovated the original group of buildings at MIT, known as the Main Group, for the Physics, Dept. of Material Science, Spectroscopy and Infrastructure Project.

Jim Collins talks about the inspiration for the MEDITECH Computer Science Building. Sited near the decaying mills of Fall River’s industrial past, this computer science building for a leading health informatics software company is part of a new 17-acre campus on the Fall River waterfront. The program called for open office areas, conference and meeting spaces, and a full kitchen and dining area. The design is organized around a south-facing atrium which visually connects the building’s four levels and a continuous curved glass wall facing the water.

Architect Jim Collins talks about the unique sustainable aspects of Gary Comer Geochemistry Building that has been recognized as a 70,000 GSF LEED Silver geochemistry building, and a key addition to Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory campus, located on the Palisades bluffs north of Manhattan. Its researchers seek fundamental knowledge about the origin, evolution and future of the natural world, and much of the group’s work is at the forefront of climate change science. The program called for highly specialized and unique performance requirements that introduced significant challenges for developing a sustainable design.

Architect Jim Collins talks about the URI campus quad which are comprised of different buildings. CBLS represents the first phase of the North District at URI, a new science and technology hub which transforms a series of irregular campus spaces into two, well-defined campus quadrangles bordered by a new pedestrian promenade. The highly cost-effective, LEED Gold building accommodates 30 faculty members and their research groups, in addition to teaching labs, classrooms, a 300-seat auditorium, a genomics lab and a GSL-3 lab for life sciences education.  The relationship that these buildings have to the quad and to each other holds them together as an academic ensemble of buildings.

Larry Chan discusses the architectural renovations at 8 Story Street. The original building was completed in 1965 by Walter Gropius and TAC. 

Boston-based architect Larry Chan discusses the Signature Aviation terminal at Logan Airport 

Boston-based architect Larry Chan discusses the design of the City Hall Plaza Arcade.

Boston-based architect Larry Chan discusses the 27-acre proposal that makes up the Central Artery in the city.

Alex Krieger, Professor in Practice of Urban Design, Emeritus at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, discusses the urban renewal of Boston city, describing what it was, how it was done and what it looks like today.

Alex Krieger, Professor in Practice of Urban Design, Emeritus at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, discusses the urban renewal of Boston city, describing what it was, how it was done and what it looks like today.