SHA showed its holiday spirit this year by participating in the Toys for Tots drive sponsored by Union Office and Allsteel. In addition to donating lots of unwrapped toys, we entered the Architecture and Design toy box contest and transformed our plain cardboard box into a large wooden block. Thanks to the creative efforts of [...]
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Ellis Marsalis Center for Music opens at Musician’s Village in NOLA
Photo © Richard Talaske, FASA Sometimes we are fortunate to have the opportunity to help on a project which offers rewards not only architecturally – but also socially. In rare cases, the benefits extend even further. Through our involvement in the creation of the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music (EMCM) at Musician’s Village in New [...]
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Supporting our Troops
Raffe Khazadian, Project Manager at Signer Harris Architects, showed his support for our troops this past weekend by taking part in the second annual Warrior Run in Foxboro, MA. Organized by the mother of a US Marine Corps Soldier, this hour-long scenic motorcycle ride benefits Home for Our Troops, a national non-profit organization that raises [...]
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The New Massachusetts Building Code: What You Should Know
Raffe Khazadian, a Project Manager at Signer Harris Architects and Carl Nelson at Rolf Jensesn & Associates gave a presentation about changes to the Massachusetts Building Code at the Northeast Buildings and Facilities Maintenance Conference. Raffe and Carl addressed a large crowd of Facility Managers and summarized some critical differences between the 7th Edition and the [...]
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Go Team SHA
On Thursday, June 2nd, Team SHA gathered on the Boston Common to run in the 28th Annual J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge. Our 11-member team ran the 3.5 miles on a cool, windy night with 12,000 other participants, all out to give back to the community – proceeds from this year’s race were donated to [...]
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Real-world training for BAC Students
Signer Harris Architects was recently invited to lead top-performing students at the Boston Architectural College in Teknion’s WorkplaceOne Design Challenge. Helene Guezennec led the SHA team, coaching students throughout the semester as they developed and designed a workplace solution that incorporated specific design trends identified by Teknion. Drawing on her experience and keen design sense, [...]
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Signer Harris Architects lends a hand in NOLA’s Ninth Ward
The Ellis Marsalis Center for Music in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans is the centerpiece of the 8-acre 77-unit Musician’s Village, a project conceived in the wake of Hurricane Katrina by famed jazz musicians Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr., along with Jim Pate, the executive director of New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity, and Ann Marie Wilkins, founder and CEO of Wilkins Management, to restore New Orleans’ musical heritage by welcoming displaced artists back to the Crescent City…
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