By Jason Costello and Janet Morra, Margulies Perruzzi Entering the office post-quarantine will be like entering the hospital – workers will be admitted only after they are determined to be fever and symptom free. Once inside, they will avoid contamination, touching as few surfaces as possible, staying six feet apart from others, and making…
By Tim Logan Globe Staff If you think working from home these last two months has been strange and unsettling, wait until you head back into the office. Temperature checks. Long lines to get on the elevator. Desks cleared of personal items. One-way corridors and closed meeting rooms. And lunch? Let’s not even go…
By Steve Adams, Banker & Tradesman Staff Apr 24, 2020 Office tenants are eager to resume collaborative work styles in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic but expect companies to provide sufficient social distancing and sanitizing measures, according to a new survey by Boston-based architects Margulies Perruzzi. “They missed collaborating in person and being around…
By Steve Adams | Banker & Tradesman Staff | Apr 19, 2020 Architects and property managers are studying once-unthinkable changes to office environments as corporate America envisions a gradual return to work in the COVID-19 era. Recent trends toward bench seating, unassigned desks and playful amenity spaces could be swept away by public health recommendations…
Keeping Track of the Industry’s Vital Signs edited by Anne DiNardo Opening UP Home Base embraces an open, flexible office model for its new clinic that delivers outpatient mental healthcare and support services to veterans and their families Founded in 2009, Home Base, a Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital program, is dedicated…
Disruptive Technologies “Smooth” Facility Management for PTC’s New Global Headquarters By Marc Margulies and John Civello New technologies are disrupting traditional ways of working and standard concepts of workplace design and facility management. These so-called “disruptive technologies” for real estate and facility management functions offer opportunities to fundamentally change the workplace paradigm in three…
Gold Award: PTC began its fitout even as 121 Seaport was still under construction. BUILDING TEAM AWARDS | JUNE 10, 2019 | JOHN CAULFIELD, SENIOR EDITOR For its new headquarters, PTC, a market leader in Internet of Things and augmented reality systems, took an 18½-year lease on the top nine floors of the…
Moving from suburb to booming Boston Seaport District required a huge HR change management effort and interior design that ensures the right ratio of collaborative and private space. David Essex, executive editor PTC’s entire image is built around practical applications of bleeding-edge technology. The maker of computer-aided design software and related tools for…
In a seven-story office, “Where are you?” is a frequent question By Lucia Maffei – February 19, 2019 Things didn’t look like this in Needham, for sure. After 18 years in the greater Boston area, industrial software maker PTC – one of the biggest software companies in Massachusetts, with more than $1 billion in revenue and…
by MaryBeth DiDonna Laboratory Design spoke with John Fowler, AIA, EDAC, LEED AP, Associate Principal with Margulies Perruzzi Architects. Laboratory Design (LD): How did you get into your field? John Fowler (JF): I’ve had a passion for design since I was young, even though I didn’t recognize it until I was finishing high school.…