Social Justice
2025 Philanthropic Focus
>Events
Exploring Campus Strategies with Three Universities
>Events
AIA25 Hard Hat Tour: Public Science Common at the Museum of Science
>Events
AIA25 Committee on Architecture for Education Touring Symposium: Architecture for Education in Boston and Cambridge
>Process
Our Practice
>Process
Designing a Building with a Train Running Through It: Vibration Mitigation at Brookline High School’s 22 Tappan Building
>Social Justice
2024 Philanthropic Focus
>Sustainability
Helping Institutions Move Towards Net Zero
>Social Justice
A Just Office
>Events
ACUHO-I 2024 Conference: Trends in Residential and Student Life
>In October 2024, WRA leaders presented in not one—but four!—sessions at the Association of College and University Housing Officers - International Conference in Bethesda, Maryland. WRA Associate Principals Sindu Meier and Erik Tellander shared their experience working on residential life and dormitory projects in a variety of different sessions geared towards improving student outcomes and campus investment strategies. They presented with representatives from three different universities that we have worked with recently to design innovative student housing: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brown University, and Case Western Reserve University.
Events||Sustainability
SCUP 2023 Annual Conference
>Events
The BAC Practice ConnEx Experience
>Process
Our Process: Engagement for a New Age of Design
>By focusing on listening first, engaging with our clients, and building consensus together we not only make the design process smoother, but we also make informed decisions earlier to create more successful end products.
Events||Social Justice
2023 Women's Leadership Summit
>Social Justice
Firm Commitments on Justice, Equity, Diversity, + Inclusion
>Cultural + Civic Realm
Architecture and Acoustics in an Era of Experimentation
>Architecture and acoustics are inextricably intertwined. This remains true for well-established building types like concert halls, theaters and opera houses. It is also true for new, emerging types that respond to changing client demands.
Social Justice
2023 Philanthropic Focus
>Sustainability
Designing Architecture Around Health + Wellness
>Social Justice
Whose Pipeline is it Anyway?
>Process
Immersion
>A new building type presents an architect with a chance to learn and think rigorously and creatively about something new. Coming to understand this and translating this in design is fundamental to our love of architecture.
Events
BAC Externs: The Next Generation of Boston Architects and Designers
>Social Justice
2022 Philanthropic Focus
>Sustainability
Revitalizing a Brownfield Site: The Lofts at Washington University in St. Louis
>Delmar Boulevard is a vibrant urban corridor in St. Louis designated as one of the “10 Great Streets” by the American Planning Association. Fondly known as “The Loop” by locals and students from the nearby Washington University, this street boasts dozens of restaurants, shops, performance venues, and places to convene.