Core Project Team
ICON Architecture is a 40-person, Boston-based, women-owned (WBE) architectural
practice focused on sustainable, transformative projects that create new paradigms
for living. Our designs range from infill transit-oriented development to innovative
adaptive reuse, creating sustainable communities that energize residents and
communities. Our projects creatively reposition aging buildings and sites to celebrate
their rich history while embracing contemporary life. A leader in innovation, ICON
work engages sustainable building practices, such as Passive House and Fitwell, and
efficient construction methods, such as modular and mass timber.
ICON delivers projects that not only meet program and budget goals, but deliver
enduring value. Regardless of size, each project demonstrates sensitivity to context
and displays our ability to work thoughtfully with residents, neighbors, and
administrators to achieve quality planning and design with superior lasting value. We
have extensive experience working with public agencies and both public and private
developers (sometimes together!) throughout the northeast, and we have designed
and built over 18,000 housing units. We have deep experience designing for unique
sites and programs, with an appreciation for the rich architectural fabric of New
England downtowns.
ICON’s projects have been case studies for nationally distributed books on urban
housing, published by the Urban Land Institute, Harvard University Press, and Global
Green. Our work has won numerous awards, multiple Builders Choice Design Awards,
a Governor’s Smart Growth Leadership Award, and multiple Preservation
Achievement Awards from the Boston Preservation Alliance and the Massachusetts
Historical Commission.
Key Staff:
ICON Architecture’s Design Team will be led by Kendra Halliwell AIA, LEED AP.
Kendra has extensive design and permitting experience in communities across New
England, with depth of knowledge in mixed-use and sustainable, cost-effective
construction and will be the point of contact throughout the project. Ned Collier, AIA,
will collaborate throughout the design process, providing insight into design
opportunities and facilitating communication in the programming and concept
phases. Michelle Apigian, AIA, AICP will bring her knowledge of sustainable design
and construction into discussions of the site options, preferred option refinement and
the final document.
