2001 AIA New England Design Award

Built in 1816, this massive military arsenal site includes 750,000 square feet and thirteen buildings on 37 acres. Bruner/Cott transformed this former industrial park into a state-of-the-art commercial complex.

The building interiors incorporate original large traveling cranes and other reminders of the complex’s industrial past. The design integrates an underused park with the open space of the campus site, reestablishing long-lost links through the site while connecting residents of Watertown to the waterfront along the Charles River. New uses for the site include offices, research and development space, an arts center, a community theater, plus parking, traffic and infrastructure improvements.