Project Description
This project was selected as an Honor winner in the 2024 Residential Architect Design Awards, Spotlight Focus Fireplace category.
This marble-style, double-sided fireplace anchoring a two-story foyer of a multifamily community called Atwood in Saugus, Mass., warmly welcomes guests and provides the lounge and coworking spaces a shared focal point.
The large-scale glass firebox provides a view into each space and radiates luxury with a cream-colored stone surround with gray veining that complements the environment’s deep turquoise, rich plum, and emerald green jewel tones.
Residents can grab a book from an adjoining library and read by the fireplace’s comforting glow. During New England’s long winters, especially, the fireplace is a popular gathering spot in a community with no shortage of amenities. The first floor features a chef’s kitchen, pub and gaming lounge and a dog spa, while the second floor includes a rock-climbing wall, a dedicated children’s play area, and a fitness and yoga center overlooking the grand staircase and foyer below. Making your way to the top floor, you’ll find a maker space, a roof-top deck and sky lounge offering sweeping views of a wooded hilltop. And that’s just the inside. Outside: pool, dog park, fitness equipment, resident gardens and more.
The fireplace, however, remains the beating heart of the 300-unit Atwood community.
PROJECT CREDITS:
Project: Atwood
Location: Saugus, MA
Client/Owner: Toll Brothers
Architect:
The Architectural Team: Tom Schultz, Mitchell Lowe, Matt Johnson, Shaun Mackell
Construction Start Date: December 13, 2021
Construction End Date: December 1, 2024
Interior Designer: The Architectural Team: Meghan Van Dorn, Erin Casey
Mechanical Engineer: Wozney/Barber & Associates Consulting Engineers
Structural Engineer: Veitas and Veitas Engineers
Electrical Engineer: Wozny/Barber & Associates Consulting Engineers
Civil Engineer: Allen & Major Associates, Inc.
General Contractor: Callahan Construction Managers
Landscape Architect: Verdant Landscape Architecture
Lighting Designer: The Architectural Team
Building Enclosure: Building Enclosure Associates, LLC
Hardware: Allegion
Specifications: The Architectural Team
Geotechnical Engineer: McPhail Associates, LLC
Code Consultant: Code Red Consultants
Size in Square Feet: 323,000 sq. ft.
Cost: Withheld
MATERIALS AND SOURCES:
Acoustical System: Armstrong
Adhesives, Coatings and Sealants: Carlisle Coating and Waterproofing
Appliances: GE Appliances, Summit, Perlick Whirlpool, Bosch
Bathroom Fixtures: Moen
Carpet: Shaw Contract, Moooi
Cabinets: J Suss Industries
Ceilings: Armstrong
Countertops: Element Surfaces, Daltile, Stone Source
Energy source, including back-up source: Electric, with gas for fireplace and grills, back up diesel generator
Exterior Wall Systems: James Hardie, Glen-Gery, TABS II
Fabrics and Finishes: LDI,Architex, Carnegie, Momentum, Knoll, Maharam, Mayer, Bernhardt, CF Stinson, P/Kaufmann Flooring: Daltile, Shaw Contract, Mats Inc, Armstrong
Fireplaces: Heat & Glo
Furniture: Marquis, Charter Furniture, Designforms, Keilhaur, Sandler Seating, Davis, Global, National, Bernhardt, Herman Miller, JSI
Glass: Guardian Glass
Gypsum: USG
HVAC: Carrier
Insulation: Owens Corning, Rockwool https://www.rockwool.com/north-america/
Kitchen fixtures: Symmons, Delta Faucet, Kohler https://www.kohler.com/
Lighting Control Systems: N/A
Lighting: Flint Lighting
Masonry and Stone: Glen-Gery
Metal: Alculabond, Englert
Paints and Finishes: Sherwin Williams
Photovoltaics or other Renewables: Planned for the future
Plumbing and Water System: Watts
Roofing: Johns Manville
Site and Landscape Products: Belden, Hanover Architectural Products
Structural System: Post tension cast in place concrete and wood frame
Wallcoverings: Momentum, MDC, Maharam Knoll, Walls: Wood frame
Windows and Doors: Kawneer, Intus
Photo Credit: Gunnar Glueck