Finegold Alexander Architects is an architecture firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1961 as J. Timothy Anderson & Associates, the firm is best known for its work in the field of adaptive reuse.
History Finegold Alexander Architects was established in Boston in 1961 as J. Timothy Anderson & Associates by J. Timothy Anderson (1932-2001), a 1958 graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In 1965 he was joined by his former classmate George M. Notter (1933-2007) and in 1970 the firm was renamed Anderson Notter Associates."Anderson, J. Timothy" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1970): 18. In 1976 Anderson Notter received the first AIA Honor Award for Extended Use for the 1971 conversion of Boston's Old City Hall to a private office and restaurant use.Old City Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. In 1977 Maurice Finegold (born 1932) became a principal and the firm was renamed Anderson Notter Finegold. In 1984 Anderson retired, James Alexander became a principal and the firm was renamed Notter Finegold & Alexander.
In 1992 Notter, who had been managing the firm's Washington, D.C. office, retired to establish his own practice,"Notter Architects PC" in ProFile 1996 (Atlanta: Construction Market Data, 1996): 388. and the firm became Finegold Alexander & Associates. This name was changed to Finegold Alexander + Associates in 2011 and to the present Finegold Alexander Architects in 2015.Massachusetts corporation records Finegold and Alexander retired as principals in 2021."Finegold Alexander Announces Retirement of Maurice Finegold & James Alexander," Finegold Alexander Architects, July 8, 2021. Accessed April 11, 2023. As of 2023 the firm is led by president Rebecca L. Berry, vice president Ellen K. Anselone, treasurer Jeff Garriga, and secretary Regan Shields Ives."Team," Finegold Alexander Architects, no date. Accessed April 11, 2023.
Architectural works Works by Finegold Alexander Architects and its predecessor firms have included:
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts (1969) Old City Hall adaptive reuse, Boston (1971) Long Wharf Custom House Block adaptive reuse, Boston (1973) New London Union Station adaptive reuse, New London, Connecticut (1976) Mechanics Hall restoration, Worcester, Massachusetts (1977) Intelsat headquarters, Washington, D.C. (1984 and 1988) Cabot House and Pforzheimer House rehabilitation, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1986)R. Randall Vosbeck, A Legacy of Leadership: The Presidents of the American Institute of Architects, 1857–2007 (Washington: American Institute of Architects, 2008): 161-162. Sidney R. Yates Federal Building rehabilitation, Washington, D.C. (1987) Ellis Island adaptive reuse, New York City (1990)STLI Service 2 Description, National Park Service, USA. William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building renovation, Washington, D.C. (1993) United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C. (1993) Nott Memorial restoration, Union College, Schenectady, New York (1995) Jose V. Toledo Federal Building and United States Courthouse restoration, San Juan, Puerto Rico (1999) Union Station rehabilitation, Worcester, Massachusetts (2000) Students' Building renovation, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York (2003)
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