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Live/Work Artist’s Lofts First, to restore the exterior of the building to return a proud, contributing civic member to the historic town center fabric. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/982063c7-9252-4ab6-83ec-78733e22995b/Telephone-Exchange.jpg Telephone Exchange Live/Work Artist’s Lofts Photographs from the Town Archives Poster of the Winchester Telephone Exchange 1906 opening day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/32109d3e-baac-4e47-86fe-4644677f88b5/MMA_Telephone%2BExchange%2B10+%281%29.png Telephone Exchange Live/Work Artist’s Lofts The photo above shows the completed exterior renovation a turning point to expand our focus to the second objective to build sustainably reducing the building’s carbon footprint and adding a green building to the community on the interior as well as the exterior of the building. 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We installed brick pavers, raised planting beds with granite curb, planted hedge and pear trees creating a soft edge to the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/ef688c6e-e10e-477d-ac66-f1eda1b5e94a/Picture1+%288%29.png Telephone Exchange Live/Work Artist’s Lofts Also planted a small urban vegetable garden with ground cover and flowers to recharge the soil, reduce the carbon footprint, and attract pollinating bees and Monarch butterflies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/cb440af1-9919-4b67-b5df-52fd2aa248cc/Picture1+%2810%29.png Telephone Exchange Live/Work Artist’s Lofts When completed, the addition will provide views of the town hall, bell tower, the town’s steeples and the ever-changing light of day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/94708d25-dd4e-4eae-96f7-6af4d6935dd1/Kitchen-Loft%2Bcrop.png Telephone Exchange Live/Work Artist’s Lofts Photo showing the completed kitchen and music loft nook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/c4ddcd57-f82b-4dbb-95a6-20fb9e9002f9/MMA_Telephone%2BExchange%2B22.png Telephone Exchange Live/Work Artist’s Lofts Detail photo of the completed kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/2a86cdf0-1c7f-4815-babe-0fa1f1f946d9/Picture1+%289%29.png Telephone Exchange Live/Work Artist’s Lofts Detail at the kitchen glass tile and sapele quoins backsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/72ad6285-132f-4214-a005-59142330baf4/MMA_Telephone%2BExchange%2B24+%281%29.png Telephone Exchange Live/Work Artist’s Lofts Photo of the completed conference area, coffee bar and gas fireplace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/4a68ae33-bc5f-4f19-a56b-5425b7dd6f52/Picture1+%2810%29.png Telephone Exchange Live/Work Artist’s Lofts The photo above shows the completed exterior and interior at twilight illuminated with LED lighting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/a80359c7-9645-4663-b338-c8cc2afca8b0/Picture1+%2811%29.png Telephone Exchange Live/Work Artist’s Lofts Nadine Suhrbier wood sculpture inhabiting the loft stair landing at sunset. https://www.mmckarchitect.com/the-childrens-art-center daily 0.75 2023-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/89c0a6b2-0212-40db-a397-e38a25262dab/Mary+McKenna+Architect+LLC+%2812%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/d6e351c6-36de-47c8-be27-812b99591e75/CAC-photo%2B1cc+%281%29.jpg The Children’s Art Center “Little Glass Treasure Box” restoration and conceptual masterplan to provide a new clay studio, garden courtyard classroom, and stickball play area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/dca7a419-1aef-4794-932a-4ebe12d3d7e7/photo3.jpeg The Children’s Art Center The Children’s Art Centre was established in 1918 and is considered the first public fine arts museum for children. This Italianate building and gardens design in the Beaux-Arts style by Architect A.M. Emerson, are part of Boston's South End Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Mary McKenna and Associates, Architects obtained the necessary approval from the Boston Landmarks Commission for the restoration and redesign of the building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/a9fc393c-363d-46cb-a16a-60b79387c29d/photo5.jpeg The Children’s Art Center This "little glass treasure box" continues today as a community-based project under the United South End Settlements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/ae826b4e-1384-4e58-8d71-4f055a5f5b0a/Picture1+%283%29.png The Children’s Art Center The restoration included the masonry, limestone columns, a new slate roof, and the replacement of the original five pairs of arched French doors with new mahogany, thermally glazed doors. Integrated within these doors are two new egress door matching the door profiles, and the original hardware was restored and reinstalled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/140c2a56-3a7e-4fe8-858d-8ba6011619f1/CAC-photo%2B2cc.jpg The Children’s Art Center A close up of the arched French doors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/69414978-ae28-428f-a905-d33f9faab6ad/cac3_3cc.jpg The Children’s Art Center Shown above are the restored medallions bearing pictures of children reminiscent of Brunelleschi's early renaissance Foundling Hospital in Florence, which was an inspiration for the Architect’s original 1918 design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/15ef8ab2-39bf-4bac-9c48-4a5e4d4fea85/unnamed-101.jpg The Children’s Art Center The conceptual master plan combined and expanded the existing classroom with a new clay studio, display museum teaching gallery, administrative office, ADA ramp, toilets, a new exterior garden courtyard classroom, and stickball play area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/badbe419-53c4-4305-84fb-5a0e01a3836f/CAC%2B11-02-19.jpg The Children’s Art Center Proposed site plan and addition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/13c94d67-27f3-44c5-9dcb-bc4fc9d0daf5/MMA%2BCAC%2B01.jpg The Children’s Art Center The master plan, exterior design vocabulary created continuity in concert with the rhythm, proportions, and materials of the existing language of the original Children’s Art Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/b369d6d9-25c0-47b8-b395-7266e2f06e39/MMA%2BCAC%2B08.jpg The Children’s Art Center View to the garden courtyard classroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/881040dc-42d6-421b-ae29-20ec224f0724/Picture1+%284%29.png The Children’s Art Center The Children’s Art Center restored Guardian Angle artifact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/290169ba-7d0f-441e-a038-638000ec62fe/photo6.jpeg The Children’s Art Center Inspired by the existing cross-vaulted ceiling, limestone columns and French doors in the original “Little Glass Treasure Box.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/9b9b1eae-88e3-46ed-b2f5-d2056ac61a9d/unnamed-17.png The Children’s Art Center The addition’s interior master plan design vocabulary comprised pairs of columns that support a system of cross vaults formed by steel straps in between large window with benches creating a daylight filed teaching gallery. https://www.mmckarchitect.com/town-hall-veterans-memorial daily 0.75 2023-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/89c0a6b2-0212-40db-a397-e38a25262dab/Mary+McKenna+Architect+LLC+%2812%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/43e8c1ee-ca88-43bd-ad07-9cf3389efb18/Screen%2BShot%2B2019-10-24%2Bat%2B10.33.15%2BAM.png Town Hall Veterans’ Memorial Town Hall Veterans’ Memorial Conceptual Master Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/d6a3890c-78f7-408e-aff8-9215d5d61119/Town-Hall-Project1.png Town Hall Veterans’ Memorial The development of a conceptual master plan for the Winchester Rotary’s Centennial Celebration to create a new welcoming identity for the Town Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/18cb9d24-0f89-4c13-8851-a2aca38e18c4/Picture1+%283%29.png Town Hall Veterans’ Memorial The mission of the master plan was to bring clarity to the building’s entry and design a new Veterans’ Memorial within the Town Hall Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/cdad47b5-ef0c-42eb-a3c3-6ab07f835346/Town-Hall-Project3.png Town Hall Veterans’ Memorial The concept created a new entry fountain, pedestrian crosswalk island with wayfinding banner light poles announcing town events. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/7e785d12-f86a-4d21-a333-0ac575fe8a31/entry11-07-12.jpg Town Hall Veterans’ Memorial The concept lighting vision for the clock tower, façade, and new entry fountain will illuminate the night sky, beckoning citizens to events and civic meetings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/54fca076-12fd-444f-b840-89ed6634007f/Town-Hall-Project4.png Town Hall Veterans’ Memorial The Winchester Rotary, as part of their Centennial Celebration, requested a conceptual design for a new veterans’ memorial. The town’s memorial had fallen in disrepair and lacked space for veterans’ names beyond the Vietnam War. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/4d0bdcb3-2eb9-491a-aafd-a4de972a7890/Town-Hall-Project6.png Town Hall Veterans’ Memorial Coinciding with our master planning, the catastrophic event of 9/11 transpired, reinforcing our concept decision to place the memorial across the street from the Town Hall in a town neighborhood park, creating a place of peace and joyful remembrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/7c403a06-67f1-4d54-8895-4f567ea91b0c/Town-Hall-Project5.png Town Hall Veterans’ Memorial The concept’s vision placed contemplative seating stones with intermittent engraved transparent walls on the edge of the park defining each war and, within the heart of the peace park surrounded by the veterans' spirits, a living fountain for reflection and interactive ageless play. https://www.mmckarchitect.com/dawning-spirits daily 0.75 2023-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/89c0a6b2-0212-40db-a397-e38a25262dab/Mary+McKenna+Architect+LLC+%2812%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618511387030-5LI1E5QMVTQ2RY9S00A4/20140228_Trade+151_0046+1.jpg Dawning Spirits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/dcd23c0d-a775-4e7b-8b2e-264bc1984936/Dawning-Spirits-1.png Dawning Spirits Dawning Spirits, Danvers, MA The restoration and renovation of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns’ Monastery, Chapel, Grounds and Cemetery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/6301cb1e-438c-4b12-958d-19ca44fa51c4/Dawning-Spirits-2.png Dawning Spirits Dawning Spirits Commemorative Choir Screen A spiritual mission to design and build a new memorial choir screen, commemorating the sisters’ beloved foundress, Mother Francis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/124bdd20-ca17-46d7-8104-aab374fc5f13/Picture1+%289%29.png Dawning Spirits The original 1957 Choir Screen above before the new redesign and installation represented a fixed separation between “the world” and “the cloister.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/f8a80da9-279d-47f9-9238-c4b7fb6e301c/Picture1+%283%29.png Dawning Spirits View from the choir toward the chapel showing the partially opened 1957 screen during Eucharistic Adoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/1a20981d-bc4b-4bd0-87d9-0fa78d14cbc5/DCN%2B09%2BHR.jpg Dawning Spirits The Prioress is closing the original 1957 screen following daily mass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/2a55f8cd-df6f-4831-a002-e17b89c94d00/Picture1+%284%29.png Dawning Spirits The new bronze screen and oak panels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/637816a6-9731-47ac-af8c-683c9a5b0dc0/DCN%2B04%2BHR.jpg Dawning Spirits The new screen has a transparent metal coil drape that allows a veiled connection to the chapel during daily Mass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/1518d8c7-6062-45fb-8c6d-08a2c05cfbe3/DCN%2B06%2BHR+%281%29.jpg Dawning Spirits The fully opened screen drapes provide an unobstructed view of the Altar during daily Mass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/3495516a-bf3e-45b6-aa76-674ef593088a/Dawning-Spirits-3.png Dawning Spirits A second inner, linen drapes are closed following daily Mass, recreating the tranquil privacy of the inner sanctum for prayer in the Choir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/c5434268-5248-426d-a2d9-c0b958848071/Dawning-Spirits-4.png Dawning Spirits Bronze screen detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/9ab22f16-ffee-4ea6-9d5b-5b9402fd91b8/DCN%2B13%2BHR.jpg Dawning Spirits Integrated into the bronze sculptural framework and flanking the side altar are two candleholders, reflecting the abstracted form of wheat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/1938cd02-ce06-4f3b-a8f8-179e47f22577/Dawning-Spirits-5.png Dawning Spirits The view towards the Altar from the Choir during Eucharistic Adoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/07f2584e-c4f3-4e34-8d6c-421cd498a429/Dawning-Spirits-6.png Dawning Spirits As the peaceful sunsets through the newly renovated and redesigned Our Lady stained glass window in the sanctuary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/26276f92-14de-4ce9-82b8-fd2651887aac/Picture1+%2810%29.png Dawning Spirits The renovated and redesigned Trinity stained glass window in the sanctuary’s choir loft. 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Bronze sculpture by Penelope Jencks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/8e3bf38e-3024-4cdc-bf9b-730b1c89eb0e/Dawning-Spirits-10.png Dawning Spirits Arriving at the garden of Prayer on the Path of Mercy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/ba5de9e6-7e3a-44de-85d9-335d96c56cb1/DSC_5675.jpg Dawning Spirits A bronze medallion placed within the first stepping stone adorned with the crown of daisy welcomes one with the beginning verse of the Carmelite profession “Veni,” “Come.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/9b838c8a-392f-47b6-b55e-77c36c87413f/Dawning-Spirits-8.png Dawning Spirits This Garden of Prayer, outdoor choir and cemetery was created for the sisters to be with and pray with their beloved sisters, who have passed into eternal life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/4180fce8-8a7b-4634-838d-ea5dd5bdccdf/Dawning-Spirits-12.png Dawning Spirits The Path of Mercy, beckoning one to walk barefoot upon its giving rubber surface as it journeys through the Garden of Prayer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/39a92dbe-c210-4847-8f31-b30312d778d1/Dawning-Spirits-13.png Dawning Spirits Stone reflection walls, built at a height for seating comfort, provide a place of pause, visually connecting across the field to Calvary upon a sacred hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/4b118e3e-b418-456c-aff5-b9c1b4a527fc/Dawning-Spirits-14+%281%29.png Dawning Spirits A reflective moment near the path on the tidal river’s edge. https://www.mmckarchitect.com/sacred-harbor-yoga-and-meditation-studio daily 0.75 2023-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/89c0a6b2-0212-40db-a397-e38a25262dab/Mary+McKenna+Architect+LLC+%2812%29.png 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for yoga, meditation, reading, and rest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/14463fcd-2cda-402e-8fc5-cd31c73277a5/Sacred_Harbor_3.jpg Sacred Harbor Yoga and Meditation Studio The sanctuary filled with natural light filtered views, and refreshing air for rejuvenation and reflection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/d40fa36c-0ab1-4aad-bd72-3d2d760b8690/Sacred_Harbor_1.jpg Sacred Harbor Yoga and Meditation Studio Built with a design vocabulary of prefabricated steel frames, interlocking translucent glass channel, glazed opening, sliding glass door, exterior aluminums panels, bamboo flooring, precast birch roof panels, and Noguchi rice paper lanterns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/9f137ba0-a52d-4754-8da7-4951f65f19c2/Sacred_Harbor_4.jpg Sacred Harbor Yoga and Meditation Studio A meditation loft overlooks the yoga studio and stairs leading to the dressing area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/3a12b0ef-3750-4266-9a43-630206b93bcc/Sacred_Harbor_5.jpg Sacred Harbor Yoga and Meditation Studio Detail of the meditation loft and glass railing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/dec82c4e-8073-4186-bd9c-3015d26cb71a/2-060717-208.jpg Sacred Harbor Yoga and Meditation Studio View toward the sliding entry birch door which separates daily life stresses from the sanctuary and begins the three-dimensional journey to the yoga studio and meditation loft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/6605c71b-58ba-4564-825d-1e8a56e17bd9/2-060717-199.jpg Sacred Harbor Yoga and Meditation Studio Entering through the door into the sanctuary and arriving in the dressing area with an adjacent built-in seat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/fc9e6d94-b836-413e-a0dc-5e8b9636af6a/2-060717-144.jpg Sacred Harbor Yoga and Meditation Studio The dressing area’s four-season custom birch cabinetry alcoves with channels glass at the ends naturally lighting the space while retaining privacy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/837b6e55-10c8-40c1-bf8f-fc261748b7a3/Sacred_Harbor_7.jpg Sacred Harbor Yoga and Meditation Studio Sliding glass doors at the stairs mid landing to the meditation loft opens to a soaking tub placed on a raised deck overlooking the landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/2396b4cd-d653-4f39-9ddb-e2935ac94d2b/Sacred_Harbor_6.jpg Sacred Harbor Yoga and Meditation Studio Detail image of the dressing area’s bamboo and glass staircase rising behind the built in seating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/939619ab-9884-4731-bca2-29acc078982a/Sacred_Harbor_8+%281%29.jpg Sacred Harbor Yoga and Meditation Studio Rice paper lanterns dance above in the filtered light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/4289820d-f45b-4ac2-ab3e-f60f0f77a001/2-060717-250+%281%29.jpg Sacred Harbor Yoga and Meditation Studio The south-facing skylight above the loft allows woodland views, the sun, the rising and setting moon, the sound of the wind, rain, and the visual delight of falling snow to penetrate the meditation zone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/4487e4e4-a213-4c0b-ab49-03727d7c2863/Picture6.png Sacred Harbor Yoga and Meditation Studio Colors of the channel glass poetic dance changing from golden honey to subtle shades of green illuminate as the sun moves around the sanctuary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/646f919f-be2d-4034-9a54-027d9304f134/Picture7.png Sacred Harbor Yoga and Meditation Studio Communal Retreat, Conceptual Elevation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/b48e0ef4-4723-49eb-9ca8-85ba737fa13f/Sacred_Harbor_2ex.jpg Sacred Harbor Yoga and Meditation Studio In concert with the sanctuary area, we designed and built a new communal retreat and Indiana Line Stone and Fletcher Granite terrace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/ddcd51ac-254c-46ff-ac2a-1be909690172/Sacred_Harbor_15+%281%29.jpg Sacred Harbor Yoga and Meditation Studio In contrast to the sanctuary, the communal retreat provided a forum for social interaction, conservation, and casual entertaining. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/ba20b073-ff86-487d-b920-fe0205aa6116/Sacred_Harbor_3ex.jpg Sacred Harbor Yoga and Meditation Studio Flowing onto an adjacent terrace for year-round entertaining enjoyment and relaxing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/afb089a6-b2e2-4dea-8d07-ebe50cc1c82c/2-060717-124.jpg Sacred Harbor Yoga and Meditation Studio The custom home office desk set into the bay, creating a three-dimensional exchange with the terrace and large operable windows for fresh air and natural light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/a5365fa5-d097-4f68-bf54-e102c7013566/Sacred_Harbor_11.jpg Sacred Harbor Yoga and Meditation Studio The dining area’s custom birch cabinets and maple table with a stainless steel base adjacent to the terrace grilling area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/0aff7efe-d651-41df-aa11-003dd7dbb85d/2-060717-089.jpg Sacred Harbor Yoga and Meditation Studio Detail of the lofts skylight bay with channel glass reflecting the cerulean color of the sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/9213720d-6b1e-44c5-9179-d4349962f162/Sacred_Harbor_13.jpg Sacred Harbor Yoga and Meditation Studio Integrated operable windows set between the bay’s steel frame provided cross ventilation and private views to the woodlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/39d1cda9-2432-4c55-ab32-fb438bd8c6da/Sacred_Harbor_4ex.jpg Sacred Harbor Yoga and Meditation Studio The warmth of the fireplace fills the communal retreat and terrace as twilight beckons. https://www.mmckarchitect.com/garden-wall daily 0.75 2023-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/89c0a6b2-0212-40db-a397-e38a25262dab/Mary+McKenna+Architect+LLC+%2812%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618511387030-5LI1E5QMVTQ2RY9S00A4/20140228_Trade+151_0046+1.jpg Garden Wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/795f7781-46c4-4ed3-816b-f927753a5d31/Garden_Wall_1.png Garden Wall Garden Wall Piano Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/aa05f745-5289-4825-9b90-cee84448f7d1/Garden_Wall_5+%281%29.png Garden Wall Designed and built a private home piano studio and sculptural garden retreat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/9c6cefdc-bb07-4bfc-8cc7-557c3544469c/MMA_Garden%2BWall_1.png Garden Wall The glassed wall containing French doors and a through the wall glass fireplace creates an intermit peaceful refuge within the garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/75203c97-2fb9-4649-a5f4-dd8b8f1dd435/Garden_Wall_3.png Garden Wall Within the retreat one enjoys the calming view and sounds mingling in the air from the piano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/ee84130b-d489-4eb9-889e-816428af13d9/Garden_Wall_4.png Garden Wall The window seat on the edge of the garden creates a place for reading and enjoying views of the fountain and garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/c96545f4-0257-4371-94b6-7c69e8d76af8/Garden_Wall_6.png Garden Wall The piano is placed at the heart of the studio, facing the fireplace and garden wall for enjoyment while playing playing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/bbb0fa7d-b804-440c-91a5-4ecf4c89bcec/MMA_Garden%2BWall_6.png Garden Wall Mounted on Irish Bluestone over the fireplace is a metal sculptural abstraction of a thresher harvesting stalks of wheat whose gear when turned lights the gas fire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/5e7bda19-cfec-481c-b8fb-40ec120d317b/Garden_Wall_7+%281%29.png Garden Wall The cooking island and seating areas provide screened views of the historic ash tree and neighborhood, as well as to the fireplace and garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/adef9a76-65de-4228-a512-a34703a83aec/Garden_Wall_8.png Garden Wall Dusk arriving on the terrace, one enjoys the calming harmonic blend of the piano with the flowing sculptural fountain beside a Japanese maple tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/2609b50d-3132-4726-9101-19f541c41fd4/MMA_Garden%2BWall_14.png Garden Wall Light sparkles through the gentle stream of water over the Irish Bluestone and bronze sculptural fountain. https://www.mmckarchitect.com/arbor-falls-corporate-retreat daily 0.75 2023-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/89c0a6b2-0212-40db-a397-e38a25262dab/Mary+McKenna+Architect+LLC+%2812%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/d995a67b-7492-4348-91b6-856baad89874/AF%2B1.jpg Arbor Falls Corporate Retreat Arbor Falls Corporate Retreat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/cfd457f5-cdb1-430a-ac0e-c642763449a2/MMA%2BAF%2B07.jpg Arbor Falls Corporate Retreat Concept design master plan for a corporate retreat located on a 15-acre site bordering the edge of a northeast Massachusetts mill town, designed to meld with the natural beauty of the 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The design was conceived to create an environment to host and harbor free-flowing thinking and the exchange of new and emerging ideas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/a97ebdfd-64cf-45ee-8868-2e0dfa64dbb7/MMA%2BAF%2B03+%281%29.jpg Arbor Falls Corporate Retreat Concept model showing the west entry bridge leading to the drop-off courtyard between the guest house and residence carriage house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/0dde8c84-0b6a-4c94-9fa4-27dfe25a6dad/MMA%2BAF%2B14.png Arbor Falls Corporate Retreat The heart of the concept places the client's grand piano within his painting and sculpture collection and overlooks the stream, pond, waterfall, and new swimming pools and terraces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/ad43b123-ebce-4491-867f-810459b4429d/MMA%2BAF%2B13.png Arbor Falls Corporate Retreat Sectional drawing through the residence and waterfall pool showing the pool level connected with the guest house via an interior exercise area, spa, breakfast room, and lecture theater below the entry drive courtyard terrace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/ad9d6e78-b9ab-4c85-9197-c8073992e965/Waterfall%2Bmodel%2B10-16-19.jpg Arbor Falls Corporate Retreat Model study of the waterfall pool entry to the exercise and spa area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/60a29fa0-7c78-4391-9efc-085609cd59fa/Picture1+%283%29.png Arbor Falls Corporate Retreat Aerial view of the music and sculpture court looking east. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/30b48ee8-07f9-44c5-ab47-5f025596d35c/MMA%2BAF%2B23.jpg Arbor Falls Corporate Retreat Exterior terracing stairs descending from the entry court to the sculpture and music court at the edge of the art gallery, dining room, and wine cellar. https://www.mmckarchitect.com/murdock-charter-middle-school daily 0.75 2023-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/89c0a6b2-0212-40db-a397-e38a25262dab/Mary+McKenna+Architect+LLC+%2812%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/c65e600e-550a-4712-acd4-767cf37f0242/MMA%2BMurdock%2B02.png Murdock Charter Middle School Murdock Charter Middle School Concept Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/65b3bb57-b23d-49df-9c75-9121f29c46c5/Picture1+%283%29.png Murdock Charter Middle School Located on the remnants of a New England farm, the concept design nestles the building into the side of the hill, envisioning a contemporary metaphor of a New England barn – pastoral and well-built, yet simple and utilitarian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/4f64dde7-9149-41c6-a0ff-d9e2cbbf61fd/Picture1+%285%29.png Murdock Charter Middle School It houses a single collective roof over a central common area with home bases for classes and surrounding support areas. The common area acts as the village square where the school’s community gathers for activities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/e3450f54-d79b-4b56-851b-a5b6e774b808/Picture1+%286%29.png Murdock Charter Middle School A mezzanine, with connecting interactive stairs, and an elevator surround the common area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/2003ef5d-5b51-4e32-8526-f5c451b24c84/Picture1+%287%29.png Murdock Charter Middle School The library, located below the common area village square, with views of the pastoral field and access to an overlooking terrace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/3c309250-8115-41bd-941b-f661bc18fdcc/Picture1+%284%29.png Murdock Charter Middle School The concept mirrors the school’s vision of young people applying critical thinking skills in a building that functions as a laboratory of innovation for holistic learning. https://www.mmckarchitect.com/harry-b-little-holme daily 0.75 2023-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/89c0a6b2-0212-40db-a397-e38a25262dab/Mary+McKenna+Architect+LLC+%2812%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/81bb37fc-9429-40df-a0fb-24c3170af88f/Ex-FM-CA-1.jpg Harry B. Little Holme Following extensive research into the history of the home, grounds and Little’s Colonial Revival architectural plans and details, we created a master plan for the renovation, restoration, and new addition. Sited on eight acres of wooded land, the masterplan included the re-creation of the original gardens and koi pond, design of a new pool and pool house and restoration and preservation of artifacts. The addition included a new cherry library, family room, kitchen, breakfast garden room, and home theatre, accommodating and integrating the demanding requirements of a contemporary family’s lifestyle within the historical context of the original home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/13b6bad0-d0c0-49cd-b4ad-626823609b90/Picture1+%289%29.png Harry B. Little Holme First Floor Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/cc20423a-b8de-49dc-b8a4-2d7c78deb2d7/Picture1+%2810%29.png Harry B. Little Holme Cross-section A of the Little Holme’s new library-family room addition, south terrace, and wisteria trellis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/b38c574c-36c3-4759-9ff8-0c2949aea1d2/FM-S-CA-1.jpg Harry B. Little Holme The new library opens onto the south garden terrace and wisteria trellis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/ad745c4f-53af-49ed-a956-9be228275def/MMA_Little%2BHolme%2B3.png Harry B. Little Holme Detail sectional drawing of the custom sequenced cherry architectural millwork in the library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/283b6194-1823-4cda-8a02-9918e1909a07/FM%2BFP-CA-1.jpg Harry B. Little Holme Photo of the completed custom sequenced cherry architectural millwork in the library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/a2093e9d-af6e-41a7-88d7-c52b0551c428/spiral%2Bplan.jpg Harry B. Little Holme Custom crafted spiral stair and railing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/398931f3-dbb3-47ea-afaa-09f518ec7e77/MMA_Little%2BHolme%2B3+%281%29.png Harry B. Little Holme Custom crafted spiral stair and railing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/da573858-c54f-450e-baad-ba3fcee8db72/FR%2Bstair-CA-1.jpg Harry B. Little Holme Custom crafted spiral stair and railing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/1fb16dfc-ccb5-49cf-9477-cb53256e71bb/MMA_Little%2BHolme%2B2.png Harry B. Little Holme Hand carved cherry clamshell installed in the new library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/682df25a-cf95-4e63-b2d9-17260339eb20/Island%2Bscan%2B12-17-12-ca.jpg Harry B. Little Holme The centrally located cooking island adjacent to the garden breakfast room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/16471c4a-e10a-42d8-8ced-2e8e60096083/Picture1+%2811%29.png Harry B. Little Holme The centrally located cooking island adjacent to the garden breakfast room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/143ddad5-5edc-4403-86e7-2223c2b6599d/Back%2Bof%2Bisland%2B12-17-12-ca.jpg Harry B. Little Holme The cooking island proximity to a kitchen home office and pantry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/f6e6181a-4025-4faa-89d3-9c82ecd94a62/Picture1+%2812%29.png Harry B. Little Holme A close up of the cooking island details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/44c71e95-8b79-4a10-8d6a-08351f588ec2/Picture2.png Harry B. Little Holme Another closeup of the cooking island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/71bf972c-a01f-4ad6-9ab1-32a5c9fd3dc1/Picture4.png Harry B. Little Holme A close up of the bottom of the cooking island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/21735127-0a76-4856-ad40-f5119b0acaae/island%2Bplan-crop-ca%2B12-16-12.jpg Harry B. Little Holme The cooking island plan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/ce9a69e6-d926-487d-baf3-570051bec6de/desk%2B12-16-12-ca.jpg Harry B. Little Holme Conveniently located kitchen home office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/33d48dac-4cba-44bc-9eed-02e2c09a72d7/View%2Bto%2BGM%2B12-17-12-ca.jpg Harry B. Little Holme Spacious garden room pantry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/4cde4dbd-085c-4f3a-aa3b-7244eb5f19ae/terr-rosette-crop.jpg Harry B. Little Holme Hand carved cherry dogwood flower motif. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/3a50e2bb-64a6-4a48-899e-63c4b813cada/Bar%2Bscan%2B12-16-12ca.jpg Harry B. Little Holme The garden room bar looks out to the south terrace wisteria trellis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/5b0fc0ea-1b99-42d4-940e-e16bfb34c4f6/Bar%2Bdetail%2B12-17-12%2Bscan.jpg Harry B. Little Holme Garden room details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/eb1638e7-d8e6-4371-ba4f-60311c80abde/Bracket%2Bdetail%2B12-17-12.jpg Harry B. Little Holme Garden room details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/bc857acf-411a-42e0-b223-44229f8d34fb/Bench%2Bdetail%2B12-17-12-ca.jpg Harry B. Little Holme Garden room details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/b096e391-4d97-42ba-b8c7-c463dd9b8fb7/bench%2Bdeatil%2Bdwg-ca.jpg Harry B. Little Holme Garden room details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/96e0ebea-65ca-4952-8712-61244a3643e9/bar%2Bcolumn%2Bdwg-ca.jpg Harry B. Little Holme Garden room details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/0687433b-00eb-4c16-9641-f6aa3e8e662c/Grm%2Blooking%2Bnorth12-16-12ca.jpg Harry B. Little Holme An intimate setting for the garden breakfast room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/c5b88b64-1c44-4b83-80e1-6fccd0cc2d81/Grm%2Blooking%2Bsouth%2B12-16-12ca.jpg Harry B. Little Holme The room opens to the south terrace, connecting with the gardens. https://www.mmckarchitect.com/sacred-ground-the-international-family-church daily 0.75 2023-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/89c0a6b2-0212-40db-a397-e38a25262dab/Mary+McKenna+Architect+LLC+%2812%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/0648d626-fee4-4fdd-8e3e-765a4671e432/Picture1+%289%29.png Sacred Ground, The International Family Church Sacred Ground, The International Family Church, Concept Master Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/b20b4547-e244-4347-b613-a2e076ce263f/IFC%2B2.jpg Sacred Ground, The International Family Church The development of a feasibility study and concept master plan for The International Family Church (IFC) to investigate the creation of a new holistic, LEED-certified, ADA accessible campus, bringing together family and friends through the enrichment of learning, service, and worship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/564236bb-bb3c-41e6-b9de-85ce7e69e6b9/IFC%2B3.jpg Sacred Ground, The International Family Church The new campus program would provide a 1200-seat sanctuary, children’s church, television and media production center, offices, school, nursery, daycare, gymnasium, and youth center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/06832475-cc08-40b2-b53c-2aa9b08514b8/IFC%2B4.jpg Sacred Ground, The International Family Church The campus program includes a 400-car parking garage beneath a rooftop playground and garden as well as the restoration of the deteriorated Aberjona riverfront and wetlands, which bisected the site into a flood retention rain garden, a meditation garden, and a community bike path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/684e533f-316d-40d2-bb4f-6e6dbf3cd1cf/Picture1+%2810%29.png Sacred Ground, The International Family Church The new community campus located on a former 1896 Winn Watch Factory, an 8.5-acre industrial site in Winchester MA, the current home of IFC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/cb98d8fa-6eba-4bb5-a7ef-c8507cffabde/winn%2Bfactory_1.jpg Sacred Ground, The International Family Church The site included a historic mill building along the Aberjona River and presented many challenges with enormous environmental issues, which impacted the implementation of the program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/38f67dbd-2987-442e-9ec4-19ff2294b687/IFC-StockPhoto-2.png Sacred Ground, The International Family Church The feasibility study, master plan, and concept design brought to light the need for IFC to sell the existing property and relocate to new facilities to meet its mission and goals. The plan became instrumental in showing the potential of the site to future buyers, resulting in its sale. https://www.mmckarchitect.com/disney-cultural-experience daily 0.75 2023-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/89c0a6b2-0212-40db-a397-e38a25262dab/Mary+McKenna+Architect+LLC+%2812%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/d65e8dd4-0691-48a5-8ac1-b36b96d6be84/Untitled%2Bdesign%2B%2897%29.png Disney Cultural Experience Vista Federal Credit Union Concept Design and Master Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/4edd16e0-7287-4b93-82fc-99b43022c603/Picture1+%289%29.png Disney Cultural Experience Vista envisioned creating a new credit union branch for its cast members to enjoy the Disney cultural experience while performing banking transactions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/85c9038c-e813-41c0-a41d-f768de2dd3eb/Vista%2B8.jpg Disney Cultural Experience The design concept inspired by hummingbirds dancing in flight over water lilies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/c28e22df-4ec6-4762-9b6e-c12a6a03413b/Vista%2B6.jpg Disney Cultural Experience Evolved into an innovative steel armature rising over cast stone garden walls within a pergola water lily garden with fountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/7333c0ad-cfb7-45d4-8dca-b4c11dc61ed2/Vista%2B12.jpg Disney Cultural Experience The steel armature creates a light, airy interior banking court. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/7ca7c48b-3858-46e4-8fd3-d8859df18967/Vista%2B5.jpg Disney Cultural Experience Located on five acres of land at Disney’s cast members’ Maingate Entry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/ff4b887f-e40c-477e-b25c-a91a384e66f0/Picture1+%2810%29.png Disney Cultural Experience The credit union’s program, universally designed meeting the American Disability Act requirements, includes five drive-up banking bays with teller stations, parking for 80 cars, training center, and support space for 33 cast members. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/5b8b40ab-3711-4c6e-8819-20cf0f75a2cd/Vista%2B9.jpg Disney Cultural Experience A concept sketch is expressing the beginning articulation of the programing work zones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/f906f7df-5745-4e47-a545-0d82abf14e81/Picture1+%2811%29.png Disney Cultural Experience Elevation drawings of the steel armature, glass screens, and cast concrete walls relationships. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/b874dd51-a165-47e6-bfa9-784cb6b37d25/Vista%2B10.jpg Disney Cultural Experience Modeling of the steel armature lifting over the cast concrete wall of the training center and drive-up canopy canopy. https://www.mmckarchitect.com/lyceum-hall daily 0.75 2023-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/89c0a6b2-0212-40db-a397-e38a25262dab/Mary+McKenna+Architect+LLC+%2812%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/97193041-2f04-406f-8948-dd00618e701f/Lyceum-1.png Lyceum Hall Lyceum Hall Conceptual Design https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/e22064e1-5c9c-4659-86da-20b09ef7b372/Picture1+%289%29.png Lyceum Hall The conceptual design was provided for Tara Realty Trust Company to investigate the feasibility of rebuilding the 3-story, 1852 timber-frame retail and office building, formerly Lyceum Hall located in the Winchester Town Center Historic District. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/63d48cf5-d885-4e71-aa7b-ad9d8679e9ff/Lyceum-4.png Lyceum Hall Lyceum Hall was built between 1850-1852 by The Young Men's Literary Association. The building provided retail stores on the ground floor, office on the second floor, along with a sizeable hall on the third floor for the Lyceum of the Town of Winchester Corporation. The organization held lectures, debates, concerts, and religious services in the Lyceum Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/5795ce3d-f1ba-481f-80a7-642d46c78bf2/Lyceum-2.png Lyceum Hall The structure had lost the third floor and gabled roof to past fires as well as all of its historic architectural details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/ef11dfb2-3566-4baa-8d7d-a6524672557c/Picture1+%2810%29.png Lyceum Hall We carefully researched photographs from the town’s archives, measured and drew what remained of the existing building’s original 1852 Carpenter Gothic proportions and streetscape scale to create a new building vocabulary. The concept’s village scale reactivates the pedestrian streetscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/8118c54f-8897-454b-a393-c95db54f75f8/Picture1+%2811%29.png Lyceum Hall The new vocabulary’s conceptual goal was to recreate the roof silhouette, building proportions, and façade’s material sightlines and depth of shadowing. https://www.mmckarchitect.com/civic-engagement-advocacy daily 0.75 2023-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/89c0a6b2-0212-40db-a397-e38a25262dab/Mary+McKenna+Architect+LLC+%2812%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/62790a63-4d77-4065-98ec-1342b9bf8e11/Picture1+%289%29.png Civic Engagement Advocacy Civic Engagement Advocacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/d3c9e910-8a03-4c90-8ea4-2fad78cbd052/Slide1.png Civic Engagement Advocacy While serving for four years as an elected member of the Winchester Planning Board, Mary developed visionary concepts for the Town Center Initiative and zoning reform. Mary also served as liaison to the Housing Partnership Board, the Board of Appeals, High School Renovation, Sustainability Subcommittee, and the Wright-Locke Farm Conservancy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/60798b05-097a-478b-9e58-81342516fb5b/Slide3.png Civic Engagement Advocacy She served as the Planning Board’s representative for the MBTA’s renovation of the town center train station and currently represents the Winchester Cultural District’s, Managing Partnership on the Core Working Group for the station’s ongoing renovation planning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/09338367-393c-4648-a03f-695f36ab7de8/Picture1+%2810%29.png Civic Engagement Advocacy Mary developed the beginning conceptual concept planning for sustainable smart growth in the town center, with the Mass Smart Growth Alliance funded by a grant from the Barr Foundation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/31a17159-1b7b-4cbc-9f6a-581698a80b95/Slide2.png Civic Engagement Advocacy She was a former elected town meeting member for nine years and past chairwoman of the Winchester Historical Commission. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/faff6f6d-c056-4e31-be02-57e4bb8a0189/Slide4.png Civic Engagement Advocacy Mary spearheaded the establishment of the Winchester Cultural District and Managing Partnership via the Select Board and the Massachusetts Cultural Council approval process and is a member of the Arthur Griffin Foundation, Board of Trustees. www.thearthurgriffinfoundation.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/b655cfcd-23bf-44ce-b908-4ec19f62317f/Picture1+%2811%29.png Civic Engagement Advocacy She worked in collaboration with the Winchester High School Photography Department, The Griffin Museum, and The Arthur Griffin Foundation to coordinate the Winchester Cultural District's first outdoor public photography installation on the train viaduct wall at the Town Common. https://www.mmckarchitect.com/team-credits daily 0.75 2023-12-14 https://www.mmckarchitect.com/built-stories daily 0.75 2023-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/32109d3e-baac-4e47-86fe-4644677f88b5/MMA_Telephone%2BExchange%2B10+%281%29.png Built https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/dcd23c0d-a775-4e7b-8b2e-264bc1984936/Dawning-Spirits-1.png Built https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/795f7781-46c4-4ed3-816b-f927753a5d31/Garden_Wall_1.png Built https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/17506ae2-1956-4662-8fde-ec94a6db19ba/Sacred_Harbor_9.jpg Built https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/81bb37fc-9429-40df-a0fb-24c3170af88f/Ex-FM-CA-1.jpg Built https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/140c2a56-3a7e-4fe8-858d-8ba6011619f1/CAC-photo%2B2cc.jpg Built https://www.mmckarchitect.com/conceptual-stories daily 0.75 2023-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/d995a67b-7492-4348-91b6-856baad89874/AF%2B1.jpg Conceptual https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/d65e8dd4-0691-48a5-8ac1-b36b96d6be84/Untitled%2Bdesign%2B%2897%29.png Conceptual https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/c65e600e-550a-4712-acd4-767cf37f0242/MMA%2BMurdock%2B02.png Conceptual https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/0648d626-fee4-4fdd-8e3e-765a4671e432/Picture1+%289%29.png Conceptual https://www.mmckarchitect.com/community-stories daily 0.75 2023-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/43e8c1ee-ca88-43bd-ad07-9cf3389efb18/Screen%2BShot%2B2019-10-24%2Bat%2B10.33.15%2BAM.png Community https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/97193041-2f04-406f-8948-dd00618e701f/Lyceum-1.png Community https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64d2f8bad04bce6f97c66c66/c28bd7f9-392f-4e90-848c-80fc7a972393/unnamed-22.png Community