We are honored to share PAYETTE has received two 2026 Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards, recognizing the nation’s best new buildings.
PSU Engineering collaborative research & education building (ECoRE)
The ECoRE Building is both flagship and front door to the newly created Engineering precinct located at the western terminus of the main campus axis. It accommodates research laboratories, core facilities, next-generation teaching and spaces for faculty/student gathering and collaboration for over 11,000 engineering students.
Sited along Frederick Law Olmsted’s famed Emerald Necklace in Boston, the Klarman Building is precisely tuned to optimize views, solar performance and thermal comfort for patients and their families. Its distinctive serrated terracotta façade reflects the cadence of individual patient rooms, tuned to optimize thermal performance while providing a delicate scale and texture to the façade. A continuous vertical glass gasket frames the Sky Lobby on the inpatient floors and dramatically transitions to form pedestrian bridges connecting the campus with new public amenities. The building is cantilevered 30′ above the sidewalk to shape an intimate series of landscape spaces, taking the shape of a garden wall.
Congratulations to our clients, collaborators and project teams on these achievements!
Photography (c) Robert Benson Photography; (c) Warren Jagger Photography
From milling to installation: a new feature wall for Breaktime.
This branded feature wall is the first installment of our work for the Breaktime Hub, a resource center in downtown Boston where young adults experiencing housing insecurity can access health services, job training, basic necessities, and shelter.
The custom-milled MDF panels echo Breaktime’s logo while doubling as ledges for photos and personal objects. We’re thrilled to continue our work with Breaktime and look forward to the next installment of custom architectural furniture for the Hub.
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