The BSA is proud to continue our long-term partnership with Apprentice Learning to bring hands-on design to Boston students during the COVID-19 pandemic. This week wraps up the fall workshop series with Boston eighth graders, where they worked at a variety of scales understanding the impact of design on the built environment.

At the third annual Housing Innovation Workshop, “Distributed Density: Middle-Scale Housing for Sustainable Communities'', participants were asked to apply an anti-racist lens to their proposed solutions and strategies to address the ways in which racially exclusionary policies have materialized as barriers to the creation of multifamily housing today.

The BSA’s Race and Architecture series kicked off in July with an engaging town hall featuring a panel of Black architects. Following the town hall, the BSA introduced a new visual identity for the series, created by a diverse group of talented teenage graphic designers in partnership with Artists for Humanity. The series continued with M. David Lee FAIA furthering the discussion on barriers to equity and inclusion within the industry.

The BSA Foundation is proud to announce that we are one of 130 Massachusetts nonprofits to receive a 2020 grant through the Cummings $20 Million Grant Program, to strengthen our support of children, communities, and cities through architecture and design.

The BSA keeps its focus on housing equity.

Let's have people-centered neighborhoods driving development at the 1-90 Interchange in Allston.

BSA member firms present their design ideas for a community space within the historic Ropewalk Building at the Charlestown Navy Yard. The participating firms—designLAB architects, Charles Rose Architects, and EYP—have been working closely with the BSA, the National Park Service (NPS), the City of Boston, Boston Landmarks Commission, and Charlestown community members to transform approximately 3,000 sf at one end of the building into a useful and inspired amenity for the neighborhood.

Throughout the month of October, BSA members have been volunteering their time and skills with small business owners in the Hyde Square section of Jamaica Plain.