Cutler Design Team Recognized by AmericanSchool & University Magazine

American School & University magazine awarded Cutler Design, the in-house architectural team at Cutler Associates, a citation for Outstanding Design for its recent residence hall renovation project at Mount Holyoke College. The competition recognizes architecture firms nationwide for educational interior design excellence.

 

Cutler Associates, an east-coast architecture and construction firm headquartered in Worcester, Massachusetts, offered a single-source, design-build solution to renovate the century-old Mead Hall student housing complex. The 42,000-square-foot project reconfigured underutilized spaces to create new common areas, add student beds, address accessibility concerns, and restore the facility to its original historic grandeur. The team was able to implement the award-winning design while also meeting the college’s goals for schedule and budget.

 

“With Mead Hall situated directly on the main campus green, the key was to accomplish each of these objectives, while maintaining the original architectural character of the building,” explained Michael Bass, Cutler’s lead architect for the project. “Essentially, all of the renovated spaces were designed to appear as though they had always been that way.”

 

A jury of American Institute Architects (AIA) members and education administrators evaluated submissions from architectural firms, schools, and universities across the country. Outstanding designs were chosen by AS&U based upon high performance, innovation, functionality, contextual relationship, humanism, and quality.