13391 SOM012

Rowes Wharf

Design/Completion 1982/1987 Boston, Massachusetts, USA The Beacon Companies 665,000 square feet Steel frame

Brick and precast concrete cladding

Rowes Wharf accommodates a complex program of offlces, condominium residences, restaurants, underground parking, shops, a hotel and health club, and facilities for private and commuter boats in an assemblage of buildings.

The development is on a 5.4-acre land and water site, two-thirds of which is devoted to open space. By continuing the urban facade, the building is decisively reconnected with the urban fabric; by following the curve of Atlantic Avenue, the design reinforces the Street edge and defines the Street as the primary element of the public domain.

Like the existing wharf buildings that characterize Boston Harbor, the new buildings are straightforward, almost industrial in their appearance. The complex is open to those approaching the city by boat, with a central arch that functions as a gateway into the city.

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2    View of ferry terminal

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