Epstein Joslin + Picardy Architects Inc

08/20/2025

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Urban Media Arts
Feasibility Study
Malden, MA

This study outlines the strategic recommendations for UMA's existing 7,000 sq. ft. facility to transform their space into a welcoming, modern, and accessible media center featuring:

•A state-of-the-art TV studio with control room
•Public podcasting and production suitesAn expanded art gallery
•Flexible event, classroom, and meeting spaces

The reception lobby welcomes visitors to UMA with a new interior accessible ramp, expanded seating area, reception desk, and accessible lift to the lower level. The storefront podcasting suite allows the public to watch live tapings and events, while the expanded art gallery corridor provides ease of circulation to support spaces and the lower level. Their flagship space, Studio A, features an adjustable platform floor for multiple stage and seating arrangements, and oversized rear doors allow flow during events into the renovated kitchen.

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08/13/2025

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Artist Residency & Studios
Concept Design Plan
Cape Ann, MA

A secluded haven for creative practice, this project expands an existing residency program with new private live/work artist studios, communal gallery space, and administrative offices. Here, built form and landscape come together to frame moments of focus and reflection.

08/06/2025

Woods Hole Residence
Renovation
Cape Cod, MA

A sculpted stair anchors this Cape Cod renovation, bringing warmth, light, and clarity to the heart of the home. Oak treads, built-in storage, and a skylight above transform the entry into a space that feels both grounded and bright.

07/30/2025

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Forest Symphony Performance Center
Concept Design Plan
Cape Cod, MA

Designed to immerse audiences in sound and nature, the Recital Hall is positioned to fully embrace its forest setting. Its northern wall opens and extends the space into the terraced seating beyond. An adjacent outdoor plaza provides the perfect setting for outdoor performances and events.

Render Team: Design Destill

02/13/2024

We are thrilled that both our Groton Hill Music Center and the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center took the two top Honor Awards from the United States Institute of Theater and Technology (USITT) 2024 Architecture Awards program. Special thanks our visionary clients and talented design teams.

Congratulations to all of our award winners! Our Architecture Award winners will be honored on Thursday, March 21, at our Awards Awards Awards ceremony in Seattle as part of our USITT24 Conference & Stage Expo. Join us for the ceremony, and afterward be one of the first on the Expo floor as our winn...

12/14/2023

We are truly honored by this reception to our hall.

“Cambridge-based architecture firm Epstein Joslin and Chicago’s Threshold Acoustics may have created the region’s most acoustically alive concert venue with Meadow Hall, a warm and modern room furnished in handsome blond wood. ‘

Celebrity Series of Boston presented pianist and MacArthur “genius” grant recipient Jeremy Denk on Sunday, December 10, and the show was met with rave reviews from the Boston Globe’s A.Z. Madonna.

09/22/2023

Russian Influence

08/09/2023

View being captured.

08/02/2023

Should you be interested in understanding how a structural engineer, acoustician and architect collaborate on the design of a concert hall, you might enjoy this article from this month's STRUCTURE Magazine by Odeh Engineers, Threshold Acoustics and Epstein Joslin + Picardy Architects, explaining their work together on the design of the performance spaces for the recently opened Groton Hill Music Center.

https://issuu.com/structuremag/docs/aug_2023/32

08/02/2023

Should you be interested in understanding how a structural engineer, acoustician and architect collaborate on the design of a concert hall, you might enjoy this article from this month's STRUCTURE Magazine by Odeh Engineers, Threshold Acoustics and Epstein Joslin + Picardy Architects, explaining their work together on the design of the performance spaces for the recently opened Groton Hill Music Center.

Read STRUCTURE magazine | August 2023 by structuremag on Issuu and browse thousands of other publications on our platform. Start here!

05/03/2023

Another lovely view by photographer Krista Davey as she traces the music center through the seasons

04/30/2023

Little Lamb