HONOR / General Design

Boston City Hall Plaza

This project successfully balances a complex and historic site with programmatic and sustainability goals to transform what once felt inhospitable into an inviting and accessible civic space. The central accessible sloped walkway as a primary and organizing feature is especially noteworthy and commendable.

Client: City of Boston

Owner's Project Manager: Skanska

Construction Manager: Shawmut Design + Construction

Architecture: Sasaki

Civil Engineering: Sasaki

Lighting Designer: LAM Partners

Environmental Graphics: Over Under

Geotechnical + Geostructural Engineering: Weston & Sampson

Irrigation Consultant: Irrigation Consulting, Inc.

Play Safety Consultant: Abundant Playscapes

Soils Consultant: Pine and Swallow Environmental

Fountain Mechanical: Martin Aquatic

Site Specifications: Rico Associates

Building MEP / Sustainability: Arup

Building Structural Engineering: SGH

Code Consultant: Code Red

Architectural Specifications: The Friday Group

Commissioning Agent: Skanska Integrated Solutions

Security Consultant: DVS / Ross & Baruzzini

LEED Consultant: The Green Engineer, Inc.

Events and Programming Consultant: Zaragunda

Estimating Consultant: Ellana, Inc.

Photography Credits: Sahar Coston-Hardy/ESTO (images 1, 4, 5), Matthew Arielly (image 2), and Jeremy Bittermann (image 3)

The BSLA Design Awards are published in BSLA’s annual publication, Fieldbook