MFDS Office Promotions!!!
Congratulations to Alex Yoon, William Lee, Emily Driscoll, & Tom Merchel!!!
A New Team Member – William Lee
We are thrilled to announce the addition of William Lee to our team as a project architect. Despite starting during current covid conditions, his knowledge, experience and positive demeanor have enabled him to slot right into our team and workflow.
William brings over a decade of experience to the firm, with a background in both construction and architecture. With a BFA and M.Arch from Massachusetts College of Art & Design, his educational background contributes to the creative problem-solving skillset he now provides at MFDS and our projects. He endeavors towards artistic and pragmatic solutions that are in service to a project’s owners, users, and the community at large.
Beyond practice, William enjoys furniture making in his woodshop, mountain biking at the local trails, and hiking on the weekends with his family.
MFDS is Connected Remotely
As the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic continues to impact people and businesses worldwide, MFDS continues to diligently monitor this situation and take appropriate actions to ensure we are able to continue providing the same high levels of design services and support to our clients and to the development and construction industries.
An important part of business at MFDS is collaboration and continuity. We have successfully transitioned our employees to a work from home status with only limited personnel continuing to work in the office. We will continually take the necessary steps to ensure the safety of those employees.
Our production levels have remained steady as we transitioned to a work from home status. Although our ability to meet in-person to discuss projects is limited, we are using technology to remain connected through online applications such as Gotomeeting, Zoom, Skype and Teams.
Thank you for keeping connected with MFDS. Please stay safe and healthy.
ABX 2019
Our projects were featured at ABX!
We were excited to have our projects selected for display at ABX 2019 – Boston’s annual architectural tradeshow. We were also pleased to make some new connections with a potential vendor in our ongoing mass timber/CLT research, stay tuned for more updates on our efforts to implement this novel sustainable building system into a new project!
Marketing Lookbook
2019 MFDS Recent Work!
We’ve been fortunate to have worked on and started some great projects recently, and this lookbook highlights the broad portfolio of work in development and nearing completion. 1065 Tremont Phase 2 will be completed in August and ready for September move-in, the Admiral’s Condominium renovations are on their final punchlist, and Area 207 Salons and Monomoy Residence are complete – ready for photoshoots this summer! One Newcomb Place will start construction soon, while 44 N Beacon will be submitted for permit early summer. We have a few more projects in the pipeline, stay tuned for more updates!
44 N Beacon has been approved by the BPDA
We are excited to announce that our project, 44 N Beacon, has been approved by the BPDA!
After a collaborative and fruitful process with the BPDA, city, and community – our project has been approved by the BPDA Board, allowing us to proceed with permit documentation. The 30 unit rental building will have dedicated unit decks, large windows for ample daylighting, and off-street parking. We look forward to developing this project further, and start construction in fall 2019. See the link below to our dedicated project page for more info.
44 N Beacon Project Page
BPDA Project Page
A New Hotel Alexandra
MFDS to collaborate with CBT Architects on a 150 key boutique hotel.
We are excited to announce that we will work with CBT as Associate Architects to realize a 150 key boutique hotel in the former Hotel Alexandra building on Massachusetts Ave, just blocks from our office in South End! The project will bring to fruition a long held desire by the community to restore and revitalize the historic High Victorian Gothic architecture; as well as bring back a once proud and vibrant hotel experience to the area. The project has just been filed with the city, stay tuned for more updates!
Below are links to a news article, as well as the EPNF filing to the BPDA.
Link to news article
Link to EPNF filing
We are now MFDS
We are excited to relaunch our practice as Monte French Design Studio!
After many successful years as Francke French Architects, we have now relaunched our practice as Monte French Design Studio. Our re-brand reflects our continued commitment to an collaborative and nimble culture of professional practice. As such, beyond the visual changes – our website and email addresses have been updated, please see our contact page for relevant info. Our old email addresses will still work to contact us as well. We at MFDS look forward to working with you!
