Gazette

STA 1 Year Check-Up

It’s been just over a year since we moved into our new offices at 125 Broad Street – (have you not visited us yet, what are you waiting for?!). Now...

Happy New Year from STA

2016 has been quite a year!   For STA, 2016 has been one to remember. In January, we moved into our new space at 125 Broad Street. We love our...

Design Museum Foundation’s Workplace Innovation Summit

On November 3, I had the great opportunity to participate in Design Museum Foundation’s first annual Workplace Innovation Summit. The event took place at the Innovation and Design Building, and...

HAPPINESS

Having just spent a vacation at Disney World, I was amazed at the extremes that Walt Disney went to make it the "Happiest Place on Earth." I was manipulated into...

Papa’s Old Tools in a New Built Environment

I recently went to the Midwest to pick up some of my 82-year-old father’s workshop tools. He is a fascinating man. He spent his professional life as an electrical engineer,...

Connections with Nature – an Inspirational Day in New Canaan, CT

This spring, we had the incredible opportunity to tour three amazing architectural works in New Canaan, CT. The tour was arranged by the Boston Architectural College, and included one well-known...

What Should Remain

A client approaches an architect with an idea for a new space. The project may be a completely new building on a completely new site. The other scenario is that...

Falling (back) in love with Boston

It has been just about 6 months since STA moved our offices to the heart of Boston, and we couldn’t be happier in our new home and neighborhood! For me,...

A Plan[e] for the New Capital

I was born and raised in the city of Sao Paulo in Brazil. From middle-school history classes, I remember learning about our country’s continental size and its strategies to advance...

Zaha Hadid: Vision + Inspiration

With the loss of Zaha Hadid I’m saddened, yet feel fortunate to have found inspiration in her work. While a student I was regularly drawn - as one should be...