Boston Bricks with a Dutch Touch

The Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building in Boston will officially be opened by Mayor Martin J. Walsh. Designed by Dutch practice Mecanoo, together with United States based firm Sasaki Associates, the building houses the Boston Public Schools (BPS) department and plays a central role in the reactivation of Roxbury’s Dudley square. It is Mecanoo’s first U.S. project to be completed.

As a testimony to the vision of the late Mayor Thomas M. Menino, the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building stands proudly over Dudley Square. It was Menino who decided the City of Boston would develop the vital plot of land by consolidating 500 civil servants from the Boston Public Schools department into a new municipal office building for education, in conjunction with a community center and retail space. The building’s second floor is home to the Roxbury Innovation Center, initiated by Mayor Walsh.