Finegold Alexander Architects Explained
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.[1] 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.[2] 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,[3] 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.[4] Finegold and Alexander retired as principals in 2021.[5] 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.[6]
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)[7]
- Sidney R. Yates Federal Building rehabilitation, Washington, D.C. (1987)[7]
- Ellis Island adaptive reuse, New York City (1990)[8]
- William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building renovation, Washington, D.C. (1993)[7]
- 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)
Notes and References
- "Anderson, J. Timothy" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1970): 18.
- http://www.oldcityhall.com/ Old City Hall
- "Notter Architects PC" in ProFile 1996 (Atlanta: Construction Market Data, 1996): 388.
- Massachusetts corporation records
- "Finegold Alexander Announces Retirement of Maurice Finegold & James Alexander," Finegold Alexander Architects, July 8, 2021. Accessed April 11, 2023.
- "Team," Finegold Alexander Architects, no date. Accessed April 11, 2023.
- 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.
- http://www.nps.gov/archive/stli/serv02.htm STLI Service 2 Description
