Salem Street Medford Branch – Brookline Bank

Description Presenting a welcome face for customers at of one of Brookline Bank’s busiest branches, Torrey Architecture recently completed this major renovation, accomplishing  Brookline Bank’s goal of encouraging personal connections between customers and bankers to better serve its customers and improve the working environment for its dedicated staff. From the glass canopy sheltering the entrance …

Massachusetts State House Doric Hall Universal Access

Description Located directly below the Senate Chamber of Charles Bulfinch’s 1797 Massachusetts State House, the Doric Hall is a historic public display and assembly space with views onto Boston Common. The Massachusetts Bureau of State Office Buildings retained our firm for the design of a vertical wheelchair lift and architectural enclosure to provide wheelchair users …

Bedford Old Town Hall

Description Built in 1856 in the Greek Revival style with Italianate influences, the Old Town Hall rises two-and-a-half stories above grade on the Bedford Town Common. Following an exterior preservation phase, a rear addition was designed to allow public occupancy by providing universal access and life safety to meet current building codes. This adaptive re-use …

Peabody Institute Library

Description The Peabody Institute Library, the city of Peabody’s public library, was constructed in 1854 and received major additions in 1869 and 1971. The Romanesque Revival building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is protected by a preservation restriction from the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Our firm was involved in the installation …

Allin Congregational Church

Description The 1819 Allin Congregational Church stands on Dedham’s historic town center green, displaying Georgian and Greek Revival stylistic influences. Our firm worked with the church leadership in two separate phases, first to restore the historic exterior and subsequently to make improvements to better serve the church and neighborhood community into the 21st century. This …

Museum of Science 4D Theater

Description Within Boston’s famed Museum of Science exhibit halls, a little-used lecture hall was transformed into the new specialized movie theater. The non-profit educational museum partnered with SimEx-Iwerks Entertainment of Toronto to build a “Fully-Immersive Sensory Film Experience”. For this technically-demanding design and construction project, Torrey Architecture and its team of engineers were responsible for …

Worcester Jewish Community Center

Description The expansion of the Worcester Jewish Community Center comprised three segments: an educational addition, a recreational addition and general renovations to the existing facility. The educational component, a day care center for 104 preschool age children located in a separately controlled wing, is composed of seven classrooms equipped for state-mandated skill development programs. The …