38 Newbury Street - Office Suite

Located at 38 Newbury Street, this eight story building designed by Henry Bailey Alden in the 1920’s represents the style and construction of Boston Renaissance Revival architecture in the Back Bay of Boston.

The Client’s objectives aimed to renovate an existing storage space to reflect their progressive style through inner office connectivity in a socially efficient environment. As a result, visual connectivity became essential for the planning and aesthetic of the design. The inspiration for the design was discovered when the existing ceiling was removed and a panel formed vaulted concrete structure was revealed. This moment of realization focused the ceiling as a main design feature and evoked an architecture of connectivity between spaces.

The overall composition results in an arrangement of surfaces and materials in which the personnel may remain visually connected to the space, street life, context, and overall architectural features.

Touloukian Touloukian Inc. is an award-winning architecture and urban design firm specializing in complex and diverse building types. Our work includes commercial, residential, cultural, institutional and historic projects ranging from new construction to adaptive re-use. We provide comprehensive design services from feasibility and permitting through construction administration to a range of clients including municipal and private entities, non-profit institutions, developers and individuals.

We are an office that promotes a reciprocal model of design practice with design education. Design excellence is at the core of our work. This commitment has been recognized with over fifty international, national and local design awards across thirteen different projects. Most recently, we were listed in Architect Magazine’s Architect 50 - top fifty firms in the country for both 2016 and 2017; and we were shortlisted for the 2017 Practice of the Year by World Architecture News (WAN).