As 2026 quickly approaches, we’re counting down the firm’s milestones and accomplishments in 2025.

10 New Projects

This year, we embarked on 10 new projects in the K-12, Higher Ed, Civic, Preservation, Development, and Religious sectors.

9 Team Member Promotions

We are grateful for the hard work that our team members dedicate to their projects and the firm. We celebrated the promotions of Mary McCarthy and Ron Lamarre to Senior Associate, Lauren Hickey to Director of Marketing and Business Development, Leah Wolkovich-Quartey and Megan Brown to Associate, Micajah Tucker and Dan Wilder to Architect, and Juanita Libreros and Utsav Kalathiya from interns to full-time Designers.

8 Notable News Features

Finegold Alexander projects and insights were featured in multiple publications this year. Here are some of the highlights! The 45 East Central St. project’s completion was spotlighted in the New England Real Estate Journal. Construction progress on Gladstone Elementary School was featured in the Cranston Herald. Senior Associate Ron Lamarre and Associate Megan Brown were guests on A4LE’s Better Learning podcast, talking about school design, sustainability, and educational planning through the lens of the movie WALL-E. Project milestones like The Community Group beam signing and the Natick project were featured in High Profile and the Boston Real Estate Times.

7 Projects in Construction

This year, we broke ground and continued construction on Gladstone Elementary School in Cranston, Rhode Island; 45 East Central Street, now completed; 25 Isabella Street; 581 Boylston Street; Jones Library in Amherst, MA; J.V. Fletcher Library in Westford, MA; The Community Group new educational facility in Lawrence, MA; and 440 Granite Avenue.

7 New Faces in the Office

We welcomed seven new team members: Designer Garrett Jones; Architects Becky Baierwick, Kate Cusick, Dan Guzas, and Rena Yang; and Interns Keval Patel and Aakash Mukherjee. Happy to have them at the firm!

6 Awards Won

Finegold Alexander won multiple awards from six different organizations this year. The list includes Cambridge City Hall and BU Kilachand Hall for Preservation Massachusetts, The First Church of Christ, Scientist for Partners for Sacred Places’ Faith and Form award, The Newbury of Brookline for NAIOP Massachusetts Suburban Development Award, Recruitment and Retention Communications at SMPS Boston, Cambridge City Hall and Inman Square Fire Station for Cambridge Preservation Awards, and the 200 Club at 200 Clarendon and The Newbury of Brookline for the ENR East Best Projects.

5 Completed Projects

The firm completed five projects this year, with a few fun photoshoots along the way to showcase the finished buildings. The new academic building at the Advanced Math and Science Academy in Marlborough, Claflin Hall at Wellesley College, Eaton Hall at Tufts University, the Fens Gatehouse, and the multi-use residential building at 45 East Central St. in Natick were all completed in 2025.

4 Fun Office Events

Earning a break from our desks and projects, the firm headed out to a few places around the city to learn more about other projects and have some fun together. In the spring, we toured the construction site at our 581 Boylston Street project in Boston to see the progress on the renovated office building. The firm-wide spring event was at Lucky Strike in Fenway for a competitive night of bowling and good food and drinks. In the fall, a group went out to the Greenway to clear trash and pull weeds from the wildflower garden. Lastly, we held a couple of potlucks lunch in the office and got a taste of each other’s cooking skills with some delicious entrees and desserts.

3 Project Celebrations

We love celebrating our project milestones with the team, and this year, we celebrated the ribbon cutting at AMSA; groundbreakings at Jones Library in Amherst, MA and J.V. Fletcher Library in Westford, MA; and the beam signing for The Community Group new educational facility in Lawrence, MA. What an exciting time to see these projects progress!

2 Mini-series of What’s the Scope? with Finegold Alexander Architects

In the spring, we launched our podcast, What’s the Scope, to create a new space where we could share project insights and design approaches by our experts at the firm. We released two three-episode series: one about historic preservation and another on K-12 school design. Listen now on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3iQuzvN5pTKTK8bx6tTaVQ?si=6WmcvlVfTWK99nwThez4ig

And 1 Happy Office!

Thank you to our colleagues, clients, and friends for all your hard work. Here’s to a successful 2026!