Lawrence, MA
Architizer A+ Awards | 2025 Winner Sustainable Adaptive Reuse
Stone Mill Lofts is designed to be completely fossil fuel-free and have an ultra-efficient envelope whose performance is competitive with a modern Passive House development.
Driven by exceptional design
We are storytellers. For 50+ years, our dynamic team has used our creative pragmatism to thoughtfully express the vision of our clients through our designs. Whether the need is architecture, interior design, master planning, or moderate rehabilitation, our holistic approach to our projects allows us to provide inspired design that respects the natural and built environment.
Our Values
At TAT, we believe great design starts with great culture—one built on trust, inclusivity, and curiosity. We celebrate diverse voices, champion sustainability, and give back through community service and volunteerism. From advising clients on eco-conscious practices to rolling up our sleeves at local cleanups, we’re committed to shaping a better future together. Here, every individual is valued, every talent embraced, and every opportunity a chance to learn, grow, and make an impact.
Awards
300+ award-winning projects. One trusted design partner.
Worcester, MA
ENR Best Projects Awards | 2025 Best Project for Residential/Hospitality
A seven-story multifamily community responds to the industrial heritage of Worcester’s Historic Canal District while overlooking the adjacent 10,000-seat Polar Park. The 173-unit building has an amenity-rich live-work-play program with 19,000 square feet of street-level retail space intended for resident and public entertainment uses.
Lawrence, MA
2025 Metamorphosis Award | Retrofit Magazine
Stone Mill Lofts captured Second Place in the Metamorphosis Awards’ Adaptive Reuse category. Retrofit Magazine’s annual awards recognize outstanding work retrofitting commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential buildings.
Springfield, MA
Archello Mixed-Use 2025 Project of the Year (Long Listed)
ThirtyOne Elm is a key element in the City of Springfield’s broader revitalization plan. The 132-year-old former hotel and office building was transformed into 59 market-rate and 15 workforce units with 12,000 square feet of ground-floor restaurant and retail space.
Milford, MA
ENR Best Projects Awards | 2025 Award of Merit for Residential/Hospitality
Developed by AvalonBay Communities under its Kanso brand, Kanso Milford emphasizes modern simplicity, efficient living, and technology-forward features.
Lawrence, MA
MFE Awards | 2025 Mixed-Income Merit Winner
Stone Mill Lofts’ transformation from a former mill into an energy-efficient building that is expected to use 46 percent less energy and emit 33 percent fewer greenhouse gases than a typical gas-fired multifamily structure, allowing the building to become a 21st-century housing model for the future.
Springfield, MA
Mayor Thomas M. Menino Legacy Award | Preservation Massachusetts 2025
Earmarked as one of the most significant buildings within Springfield’s National Register, the project team led extensive stabilization and rehabilitation work with priority given to preserving and restoring the historic features on the interior of the building.
Lawrence, MA
Paul & Nikki Tsongas Award | Preservation Massachusetts 2025
This innovative adaptive reuse project has transformed a nearly 200-year-old mill building into one of the region’s most energy-efficient all-electric apartment communities, meeting ambitious energy code requirements and strict historic preservation guidelines.
Saugus, MA
Architect Magazine RADA | 2024 Fireplace Spotlight Honor Winner
Residents of Atwood are greeted by a two-story foyer, an opulent double-sided marble-style fireplace, and a grand staircase with a gabion wall behind. Jewel tones of deep turquoise, rich plum, and emerald green complement the fireplace’s cream-colored stone surround with gray veining.
Boston, MA
2024 Hospitality Design Awards | Long Bar & Terrace – Winner Bar, Club & Lounge Category
Raffles Boston is a $400+ million luxury hospitality, retail, and residential destination lauded as Boston’s most exciting hotel opening of 2023.
Boston, MA
2024 NAHMA | Vanguard Award for Major Rehabilitation of Existing Rental Housing Community
The rehabilitation of a 43,000 square foot assisted living facility, originally completed by TAT in 2004, into a 48-unit senior living community, transforming an underutilized asset into affordable housing for seniors 62 and older.
Springfield, MA
2024 Preservation Award | Springfield Preservation Trust
Located in the historic Court Square neighborhood of downtown Springfield, ThirtyOne Elm is a 6-story building that features Romanesque façades of buff brick, ornately detailed with granite and brownstone trim, and features a diverse collection of window types, including flat, arched, round, and bay windows.
Boston, MA
2023 Architectural Design for Residence and Hotel Luxury | LIV Hospitality Design Awards
Raffles Boston is a luxury hospitality, retail, and residential destination with an inventive cantilevered structure and Boston’s only hotel sky lobby. The 400-foot curved glass tower introduces a dramatic and sophisticated addition to the city’s skyline.
Rochester, NY
2023 Barber Conable Award | The Landmark Society
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, The Sibley Building, now known as Sibley Square, has been transformed into a vibrant, mixed-use urban center including multifamily, commercial, and retail space.
Boston, MA
2023 Metamorphosis Award – Addition | Retrofit Magazine
100 Shawmut is a 138 unit luxury condominium in Boston’s South End Landmark District with a design mixing adaptive reuse and new construction. It is the first building in the firm’s master plan for a larger three-building complex.
Everett, MA
ENR NE Best Projects Awards | 2023 Award of Merit for Sustainability
The former site of St. Therese Parish is now a mixed-use community for residents aged 62+ with a 6,500 square foot health center on the ground floor offering services to residents and members of the broader community.
Brighton, MA
2023 Best Affordable Community of the Year | National Apartment Association
A 102-unit LEED Gold Certified veterans’ supportive housing community. The community is one of the largest veterans’ developments nationwide, and the first such complex of this scale to open in Boston since World War II.
Sustainability
Designing today with tomorrow in mind—TAT delivers sustainable solutions that endure.
Designing Award Winning Projects for 50+ Years
From humble beginnings as the Boston Architectural Team, Inc., Bob Verrier FAIA NCARB, developed a culture of collaboration, collegiality and exceptional design expertise withinThe Architectural Team. TAT has evolved into a nationally recognized design firm and there have been many key milestones along the way.
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The Beginning
Four architects, including Bob Verrier and Joe Kelly, launch the newly formed design firm, Boston Architectural Team, Inc.
1972
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First Turn-Key Rehabilitation Project
Boston Architectural Team designs the rehabilitation of 25 nineteenth-century contiguous bow-front buildings on West Newton Street in Boston’s South End, representing the first turn-key rehabilitation project undertaken by the Boston Housing Authority.
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Innovative Design
The firm completes one of the first high-rise adaptive reuse designs in downtown Boston, the Chauncy House.
1980
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A Napkin Drawing Comes to Life as The Car Barn
The firm completes the conversion of a former trolley car garage into The Car Barn – a senior residential community. The design earns three design awards including Apartment of the Year from Architectural Record.
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Creative Vision
Architectural Record recognizes Lafayette Place in Fall River, MA with A Neighborhood Restored award.
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From BAT to TAT
After rehabilitating and adapting historic buildings, and master planning new housing on Admiral’s Hill in Chelsea, MA, the Boston Architectural Team moves its office to the historic Naval Commandant’s quarters on the waterfront campus, changing the firm’s name to The Architectural Team (TAT) to reflect expanded work throughout the US.
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The Nation’s First Conversion of an Electrical Power Plant into Residential Use
The Architectural Team restores and converts the former Lincoln Wharf Power Plant on Boston Harbor into the San Marco Condominiums, representing the nation’s first conversion of an electrical power plant into residential use.
1988
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Bob Verrier Receives the Prestigious National Historic Preservation Award
President Ronald Reagan presents Bob Verrier with the prestigious National Historic Preservation Award for the firm’s historic conversion of the former Walter Baker Chocolate Factory, which took 25 years to complete.
1991
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TAT’s First Historic Conversion in the Charlestown Navy Yard
Located in the historic Charlestown Navy Yard, Building 34 is one of six historic buildings in this neighborhood transformed by TAT.
1996
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Senior Living Community, Laurelmead, Receives Multiple Awards
Laurelmead, an award-winning senior residential community, features design elements echoing the architectural vocabulary of neighboring historic buildings.
1999
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AIA Award-winning, West End Place
West End Place provides a gateway connecting a busy downtown Boston commercial intersection with a resurgent residential district. The development earns the New England Regional Design Merit Award from the American Institute of Architects.
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2003
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The Gerald and Darlene Jordan Boys & Girls Club Recognized as Design Prototype
The Gerald and Darlene Jordan Boys & Girls Club is honored with three design awards and is featured on the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s “Building Services” website as a design prototype.
2004
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Boston’s Back Bay Hotel: A Case Study in the Value of Adaptive Reuse
The former Boston Police Station Headquarters is converted into the Back Bay Hotel and receives a Preservation Achievement Award from the Boston Preservation Alliance.
2008
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Building Battery Wharf
The firm’s largest waterfront development to date, Battery Wharf, opens its doors.
2010
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Bob Verrier Honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award
Bob Verrier, co-founding partner and managing principal, is honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award in Affordable Housing Design by Habitat for Humanity Greater Boston.
2011
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One of the Oldest Federal Public Housing Developments in the Country
The firm completes Phase I of the LEED Platinum Certified, award-winning The Anne M. Lynch Homes at Old Colony in South Boston.
2012
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Bob Verrier Elected to the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows
AIA Fellows are recognized with the AIA’s highest membership honor for advancing the living standards of people through improved environment and making the profession of ever-increasing service to society.
2012
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The Launch of TAT Interiors
Founded on the principles that guide TAT’s accessible approach to design, the firm’s interior design services offer inspired, pragmatic, and thoughtful brand-sensitive solutions.
2015
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Lovejoy Wharf Reimagined into Converse Headquarters
Harbor Place breaks ground to begin the transformation of this former underutilized site into a new mixed-use waterfront development. The design reinvigorates the streetscape, creates active pedestrian corridors to the river from Merrimack Street, and offers a variety of uses that significantly enhance the local business district.
2016
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A Former Church Campus Transformed into Supportive and Workforce Housing
TAT’s redevelopment of Uphams Crossing provides workforce housing and permanent affordable housing for formerly homeless families
2017
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Breathing New Life into Old Bones
TAT artfully restores the LEED Certifiable Residences at Mill 10 into modern apartments for seniors with amenities.
2020
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New Principals Named as Part of TAT’s Leadership Team
As part of an ongoing strategic initiative to recognize key talent and expand senior roles within TAT, Edward R. Bradford AIA NCARB LEED AP, Gary M. Kane AIA NCARB LEED AP, James J. Szymanski AIA NCARB LEED AP were elevated to Principal. These new appointments reflect an emphasis on innovation and advancing core practice areas while cultivating a creative and diverse leadership team.
2020
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A Project for the Next 100 Years: Clippership Wharf
Environmental Business Council of New England grants Clippership Wharf with the EBEE Award, recognizing it as the Climate Change Project of the Year.
2021
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TAT’s 50th Anniversary
The Architectural Team celebrates its 50th anniversary, completing 155,000+ units, adapting 300 historic developments, and receiving 200+ design excellence awards.
2023
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Celebrating Growth & Advancement at TAT
As part of a dedicated strategic effort to expand and diversify senior roles, Director of Interior Design Meghann Van Dorn, LEED AP, ID+C is elevated to Associate, and reflects a broadened emphasis on client relationships, integrated service offerings, and employee culture.
Nate Thomas, AIA, CPHC, is named Director of Sustainability and is responsible for leading the firm’s environmental design and planning initiatives across various building types and market sectors.
2024
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Continued Growth & Advancement at TAT
TAT is proud to announce the elevation of four exceptional longtime team members: Elizabeth Peabody, Venket Holi, Matt Duggan to associate, and Tom Schultz to principal.
2025
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Architizer A+ Awards
Stone Mill Lofts is announced as an Architizer A+ Awards Winner for Sustainable Adaptive Reuse.
2025
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TAT Names Managing Principal, Advancing Key Leader
TAT announced the elevation of principal and longtime leadership team member Thomas Schultz, AIA, NCARB, CPHC to the official role of managing principal. This evolution in leadership underscores TAT’s focus on long-range planning and its consistent approach to nurturing successive generations of design leaders.
