Sweeping changes are proposed for Carl Barron Plaza at the heart of Central Square, including new bus stops, bike lanes, a renovated plaza and sculptural elements. Halvorson | Tighe & Bond Studio is collaborating with the Cambridge Community Development Department and HDR, Inc. on the reconstruction of River Street, which also includes the redesign of Carl Barron Plaza and Norman M. Tubman Plaza.

DCR hosted a public meeting to discuss the Christian A. Herter Park master plan being developed by Halvorson | Tighe & Bond Studio. The team provided an overview of the park and its various site features, DCR’s goals for the master plan, and what they’d learned from meeting with various stakeholder groups. This meeting was focused on listening to the community about their hopes for future improvements.

Halvorson | Tighe & Bond Studio’s design for West Laurel Hill’s new Jewish Cemetery—Makom Shalom—is inspired by the natural landforms that makes West Laurel Hill Cemetery’s landscape and experience memorable. The cemetery staff and design team focused on creating a contemporary, contemplative garden cemetery that respects Jewish funeral customs and culture while integrating seamlessly with the surrounding landscape character of West Laurel Hill.

This Memorial Day weekend, the design and development team celebrated the grand opening of Phase 2 at Tuscan Village in Salem, NH with cooking competitions, a charity 5K, and plenty of activities. Tighe & Bond and Halvorson | Tighe & Bond Studio have been working alongside our project partners to restore the natural environment, integrate green infrastructure, and introduce active, welcoming outdoor spaces for this exciting new mixed use development.

The Boston Parks and Recreation Department hosted a public meeting to kick off the planned renovation of Titus Sparrow Park in the South End. Landscape architects at Tighe & Bond (Halvorson | Tighe & Bond Studio) provided an overview of the park and its various site features followed by public comments on potential improvements.

Construction is ongoing for Breakwater, a new walkable, transit-oriented neighborhood that will feature a welcoming new resilient waterfront park and extension of the Lynn Harborwalk.

Working in collaboration with Lynn Redevelopment LLC, HDS Architecture, and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), Halvorson | Tighe & Bond Studio developed the site and landscape design and assisted with permitting for the project.

On March 26th, Rob Adams of Halvorson | Tighe & Bond Studio will join Nick Iselin, General Manager of Development for Lendlease, and Seth Homes, Associate Professor and Architecture Graduate Program Director at the University of Hartford to discuss: “Integrating Climate Resilience into Buildings and the Public Realm” as part of the NESSBE Power of Place Conference.

Bob Uhlig joined David LaPointe of Beals + Thomas to present “Innovation through Green Infrastructure” to the ACEC MA Private Sector Committee. Using a variety of case studies, the presentation focused on collaborations between engineers and landscape architects to successfully incorporate green infrastructure into their projects.

Bob discussed four unique projects—Western Avenue in Cambridge, the Boston Architectural College Green Alley, Boston’s Government Center Plaza, and South Street Landing in Providence—to highlight the various ways Halvorson has collaborated with engineers, incorporating green infrastructure to achieve project success.