Tuesday Tours

TA1 - Big Dig tour
8:00 – noon
Discover the Big Dig on this morning adventure with Big Dig veteran Dan McNichol.

TA2 - The dynamics of two contemporary educational facilities
8:00 am - noon
Project Managers from two leading firms specializing in the design of educational facilities highlight two projects, each with its own unique character and footprint in the community: Led by John Miller FAIA and Jorge Cruz.

TA3 - MIT’s Stata Center and Brain and Cognitive Science Complex
9:00 am – noon
We visit two state-of-the-art buildings at MIT that are both about the same size but are radically different from each other: The Stata Center by Frank Gehry Partners and Cannon Design, which houses dry labs and computer materials, and the Brain and Cognitive Science Complex by Charles Correa and Goody Clancy, which contains wet labs and animal facilities. Led by Denis Doyle AIA and Roger Goldstein FAIA.

TA4 - Boston’s Chinatown in the 21st Century
9:00 am – noon
Join us for a tour and lively discussion of the Archstone Boston Common, voted #1 high-rise residential complex by NAHB in 2008. led by Vicki Alani AIA.

TA5 - Historic preservation on the cutting edge
8:00 am - noon
This tour highlights the award-winning preservation work of Ann Beha Architects (ABA), which is known for a commitment to the revitalization of historic resources. Members of the firm guide us through three preservation projects: the extensive renovation of the Mary Baker Eddy Library, Boston's Symphony Hall, and the restoration of Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory. Led by Ann Beha FAIA.

TA6 - Re-interpreting Alvar Aalto's Baker House at MIT
9:00 am - noon
This tour explores various interpretations of Alvar Aalto's Baker House at MIT. As one of Aalto's two major American buildings, this 1947 structure has been interpreted as an evocative naturalistic response to the Charles River and a diagram of modernist community living. Led by F. Douglas Adams.