By Matthew Gifford, AIA, LEED AP, and Carrie Leneweaver, AIA, WELL AP, LEED GABloomberg Student Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Photo by Laurian Ghinitoiu.At Johns Hopkins University, sustainability isn’t an afterthought;...
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Shepley Bulfinch Listed in Largest Architecture Firms Lists
American City Business Journals in four locations listed Shepley Bulfinch in their 2026 Largest Architecture Firms Report. Information on The List was obtained through Business Journal research or supplied by individual firms. The ACBJs...
Designing in Relationship: How Collaboration with Indigenous Communities Shapes Place Based Futures
By Associate Principal Sonja Bochart, IIDA, LEED AP, LEED AP BD&C, WELL AP, LFA, and Designer Nicholl Hubbell, Assoc. IIDA, WELL APCofrin Technology and Education Center, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. Rendering © Shepley...
Boston Business Journal Explores Shepley Bulfinch’s New Boston Studio
The Boston Business Journal recently profiled Shepley Bulfinch as we prepare to open a new downtown Boston studio and advance several high‑profile projects across the region. The feature highlights our continued influence on the city’s...
A New Standard for Wellness & Sustainability at Johns Hopkins
Join Principal Matthew Gifford, AIA, LEED AP, and Associate Principal Kalyn Pavlinic, NCIDQ, LEED AP, IIDA, at Tradeline’s College & University Facilities 2026. They will be joined by Amanda Garvey, Vice President at Thornton...
Student Housing Is Affordable Housing
By Pete Rasmussen, AIA, NCARBAcross the country, universities and their surrounding communities are grappling with the shared challenge of housing affordability. While conversations about skyrocketing rents often focus on families, local...
Planning with Purpose: Building Trust and Resiliency in Higher Education
As higher education faces mounting challenges during increasingly uncertain times, integrated planning is essential. Join Principal Janette S. Blackburn, FAIA, NCARB, LEED AP, for the closing keynote of The Society for College and...
WoodWorks Innovation Network Spotlights Bloomberg Student Center
The WoodWorks Innovation Network showcased John Hopkins University’s Bloomberg Student Center. WIN showcases mass timber and innovative light-frame projects and their design and construction teams.One of the most complex mass timber...
Holistic Renewal for the Next Generation of Learners
by Amanda Vigneau, IIDA, NCIDQFor over a century, Wellesley College’s Clapp Library has been a cornerstone of academic life—a place where students gather to study, explore, and connect. When our team partnered with the college to reimagine this beloved building, the...
Integrated Planning for Mind and Body at Wellesley College
Join Principal David Whitehill, AIA, at The Society for College and University Planning North Atlantic 2026 Regional Conference. Together with Wellesley College’s Assistant Director of Design Alvin Hung and Boston University’s Associate...
Building Green: Save the Birds
Senior Architect, Associate Lynn Petermann, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, weighs in on the evolving standardization of bird frit in design for Building Green. With at least a billion birds dying each year from impact with the built environment, bird...
Bad Bunny’s Casita: When Architecture Becomes a Cultural Symbol
Mariela Ortiz and Omar Bailey, AIA, LEED AP, NOMAAs architects, we’re trained to read form the way others read language. We look for meaning in scale, in material, in the way a space holds memory. But every so often, architecture shows up...