Boston
Brian Healy Architects

Photography © Bruce Martin

The prevalent architectural discussion of the urban conditions tends to focus on the delineation of physical edges. The renovations to Lincoln Street Garage afforded us the opportunity to address the emotive edge of the city as well.

It is an edge attached to an element of uncertainty, both unkempt and unfinished. It is inconstant and indiscreet.

Unlike most buildings in Boston, this building does not maintain a discreet presence on the street. It is well worn, commonplace. It puts the layers of its own evolution on public display: an evolution of use. The hybrid structure, topped by an internet startup company, points forward to a new information culture, while its lower garage and supermarket -- active and open to the life of the street -- embrace the economics of the passing industrial culture.

Lincoln Street Garage represents a forthright stance in the development of a place as it evolves from things familiar to those imagined.

For more on this project please see the October 2001 issue of Architectural Record.

The Winners: Chesapeake Bay | Corning Museum | Dulwich Galllery | Kuhonji Temple Gate | LVMH Tower | Pedestrian Bridge | Phillips Plastics | Saitama Arena | SAP Headquarters | Chiller Plant | Wieden + Kennedy Headquarters

The Finalists: Allegheny Jail | Hansen Construction | Helmut Lang Perfumerie | Herman Miller Showroom | Lincoln St. Garage | TBWA/Chiat/Day | U.S. Courthouse | Westpac Stadium

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