Utile brings home hardware from PhiusCon!
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10/14/2025
115 Kingston St.
Boston, MA 02111
In Boston's Chinatown. Five minute walk from South Station.
110 Union St.
Providence, RI 02903
In the historic Telephone Building. One block from City Hall.
We’re Hiring!
New kids on the block!
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Senior Associate Rachelle Hassan Ain receives AIA Young Architects Award!
Utile Takes Home Two of the Boston Society of Architects’ Highest Design Awards
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Black History Month with artist and community engagement leader Ashley Armand
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Native American Heritage Month with Sebastian Ebarb
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Utile recognized as Best Large Practice in the Northeast by The Architect’s Newspaper
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152-158 Broadway Earns Passive House Design Certification
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Boston City Hall Public Spaces Renovation recognized by Architizer
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Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library Renovation receives two BSA Awards
Three Utile projects recognized in the 2021 AN Best of Design Awards
Utile visits The Quinn & The Harris
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Ranu Singh to Speak in PLA.CE BOSTON’s Seminar Tonight
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Utile Providence Launch Block Party
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Climate Justice in the Built Environment: Virtual Public Lecture with New Frameworks
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Artist Michelle Perez re-envisions Utile logo for Hispanic Heritage Month
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Isaac Turkington and Alexander Porter receive architectural license
New photography: MIO in Weymouth
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PRIDE PANEL on 6/29 – Noah Grigni & Geo Soctomah Neptune
Recognizing the first national Juneteenth
VOTING OPEN – Two Utile projects selected as finalists in 2021 Architizer A+ Awards
International Yoga Day with Courtney Bell!
Happy LGBTQIA2S+ Pride Month!
Belmont Day School Barn wins 2021 AIA Education Facility Design Award of Excellence!
Front Street receives PHIUS+ CORE pre-certification
Utile Celebrates Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month with logo design by Olivia Li
Happy Earth Day!
Two Utile projects receive PHIUS+ CORE Pre-Certification
Two affordable Passive House projects receive funding
Associate Alexander Davis and Rachelle Ain become Utile’s newest Certified Passive House Consultants
Stop Asian Hate.
PLUG-IN+ is a Runner-Up in MassCEC’s Triple Decker Design Challenge
Progress on Harvard University’s Enterprise Research Campus in Allston
Utile Celebrates Black History Month with logo designed by Mykael Tucker
Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion wins Harleston Parker People’s Choice Award & additional projects honored at the 2021 BSA Awards Gala
Mayor Walsh holds annual State of the City address at newly reopened Roxbury Branch Boston Public Library
Utile recognized in AN Interior Magazine’s Top 50 Interior Firms of 2020
Happy Holidays from Utile!
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Three Utile projects receive recognition from The Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Awards
Utile’s sessions at ABX20
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The Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library reopens its doors!
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Black Lives Matter.
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Mio at 1500 Main Street from above
Boston Coastal Flood Resilience Design Guidelines wins 2020 APA Excellence in Sustainability Award!
Happy 50th Earth Day!
Yuting Zhang receives architectural license
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Utile’s Autodesk Boston Workspace Expansion featured in AN Interior!
Tim Love to lecture at Tulane School of Architecture
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Michael’s first podcast – with Real Estate Addicts!
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Michael LeBlanc’s Docomomo Québec Conference lecture on Rethink City Hall available online
Progress at 1500 Main Street in Weymouth
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Construction begins at Sycamore on Main in Brockton
Utile accepts two BSA Design Awards!
Announcing Utile’s 2020 promotions!
Utile’s work on the Boston Coastal Flood Resilience Design Guidelines highlighted in BuildingGreen
Two Utile projects receive American Planning Association Massachusetts Chapter Awards!
Utile receives two Architects’ Newspaper Editors’ Picks!
Our Autodesk Boston Workspace is an Interior Design Best of Year Finalist!
Topping off The Quinn!
Utilians past and present speaking at ABX 2019
Jeff Geisinger to present at Building Resilience 19 conference in Cleveland, OH
Matthew Littell interviewed by Enterprise Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute
Houston celebrates launch of Buffalo Bayou East Master Plan
Boston Coastal Flood Resilience Guidelines win USGBC Resilience Award!
Utile designer Shelly Chipimo profiled by Northeastern University
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Happy Energy Efficiency Day!
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Climate Ready Dorchester Open House and Bike Ride
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1500 Main Street in Weymouth has broken ground!
Matthew Littell on climate resilience at TEDx Boston College
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Acadia’s Ribbon Cutting!
Martin’s Park is now open!
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The Barn is open!
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Jamaica Plain Branch of the Boston Public Library wins 2018 Preservation Achievement Award!
Utile attends the Getty Foundation’s London Conservation Management Planning Workshop
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Jeff Geisinger earns Passive House Consultant Certification
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Utile’s 2018 Staff Promotions
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Boston University’s BUild Lab grand opening!
Utile wins domestiCITY Affordable Housing Design Competition!
Boston City Hall improvements ranked in Boston Preservation Alliance’s TOP 10 of 2017
New faces at Utile!
Contract awarded for 6-10 Connector improvements
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Imagine Boston 2030 wins 2017 APA-MA Comprehensive Planning Award!
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Common Boston 2017 – Utile Project Tours on Saturday June 3rd
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The Jamaica Plain Branch of the Boston Public Library officially reopens!
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New Photography of MIT’s Samuel Tak Lee Building Renovation
Recent Lecture: Modern Landscape Architecture and the Pedestrian City
New photography of Girard in Boston’s South End
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Congratulations to Tim Love, FAIA!
Meet Utile’s New Associates
Progress on the JP Branch of the Boston Public Library addition
Matthew Littell contributes to ArchitectureBoston’s latest issue
Construction continues at Utile and ACDC’s 88 Hudson St. in Boston
Utile Case Study: Designing for the Public Sector
Tim Love serves on AIA Portland Design Awards jury
Weston approves Town Center Master Plan
Utile tours Assembly Row
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City of Boston releases draft of Imagine Boston 2030 Strategic Plan
Boston celebrates an illuminated City Hall
The City of Providence unveils proposed redesign of the 6-10 Highway Connector
Join us to Light Boston City Hall on Thursday!
Girard is now open in Boston’s South End!
Drew Kane presents in the UMass Amherst Zube Lecture Series
Utile celebrates Downeast Cider’s new East Boston facility
An interview with the Utile Co-ops
Weston Town Center reimagined
MIT celebrates renovation of the Samuel Tak Lee Building
Groundbreaking ceremony for Union Point’s new downtown area
The 2016 softball season comes to a close
Construction begins at Union Point Town Center
MetroMark Apartments: A Boston Herald “Hot Property”
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A history of One Beach in Revere, MA
New photography for Belmont Day School’s Coolidge Hall
Utile leads plan of New Haven’s historic Wooster Square
Summer Interns and Co-ops
Tim Love goes to “Design Camp”
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Joshua Simoneau enters Northern Avenue Bridge ideas competition
A New Brick Façade for the JP Library
Meet Joshua Simoneau, Kyle Belcher, and Paul Miller
Utile participates in Boston Design Week
600 Harrison under construction
On the road with Imagine Boston
Rethinking the public meeting in Cambridge
Taking action in Upham’s Corner
Utile goes to Detroit
Utile welcomes Nupoor Monani
Lighting Boston City Hall
Welcome, Kelly Lynema!
City of Boston selects Utile, with Grimshaw Architects and Reed Hilderbrand, to study City Hall and City Hall Plaza
Union Square Neighborhood wins APA-MA Award!
Utile featured in Compass Quarterly
Metro Boston covers Imagine Boston 2030’s traveling photo booth
Utile to begin Cambridge Citywide Plan
Utile welcomes Jessica Robertson
Our newest team member: Ingrid Bengtson
New photos of 26 West Broadway in South Boston
Groundbreaking ceremony at the JP Branch of the Boston Public Library
Charlotte Lipschitz joins Utile
Utile welcomes Sara Al-Otaibi!
The Architect’s Newspaper Studio Visit with Utile
BostInno tours the Utile office!
Thoughts on Widett Circle planning for The Boston Globe
Boston Harbor Islands Pavilion receives IAA 2015 honorable mention
Interactive visualization featured in Boston Globe
Groundbreaking at VietAID’s Upper Washington in Dorchester
Somerville Open Space Typologies
Final piece installed at 22-26 West Broadway
Tactical Urbanism + The Lawn on D panel
Planning for a new Boston neighborhood at Beacon Yards
Debate at UT’s Center for American Architecture & Design
BSA Housing Urban Design Workshop organized by Tim Love
Boston Complete Streets wins APA National Planning Award