Felice Silverman

ECHO – Architecture As An Ecosystem for Social Change

ECHO is a Master of Architecture thesis project. The inspiration comes from a personal perspective and community interviews. As a designer I was raised in a country in development and...

Racial Bias in Photography

Kodak introduced the Kodachrome in 1935. This was a breakthrough in photographic technology at the time and brought color photography to the masses. Color photography had begun in the 1850s,...

Working In a Historic District

1904 Image of Commonwealth Avenue -  Photo courtesy of https://www.bygonely.com/old-boston-1900s/ For the past 25 Years working with STA, I have had the the privilege to work within some of Boston’s...

MassRobotics – We Bring Robotics to Life

What is most exciting for us at STA is working with people and organizations like MassRobotics,  who are making such immense contributions to the world through innovation.  MassRobotics is an...

Bodega Makeover – Designing For a Healthy Community

Designing for community impact is an ever-present mission of STA, so when an opportunity to collaborate with Evelyn Brito of Bodega Makeover was presented to us from the Boston Society of Architects,...

25 Years…. And Counting!

They say “time flies when you’re having fun”, and that’s certainly the case as I marvel at the 25th anniversary of Silverman Trykowski Associates!  It’s hard to believe, but on...

Get to know Bobby Main

What’s one thing most people don’t know about you? I spent 5 incredible summers working at a Boy Scout overnight summer camp where I held a wide variety of odd-jobs...

The Sculpture-Like Art of Braiding

A Short History of Braiding Braids are the oldest form of art that is part of tribal customs. It traces back to 3500 BC in Egypt. Every region and tribe...

Reflections on One Year of COVID

Hello, Gazette readers! Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Bobby, an architect and the newest member of the STA team. As we reached the one-year mark of the...

How are Things Better?

In general, I’ve always been a “glass is half full” kind of guy. These COVID-19 times are certainly testing that and I’ve been reflective lately about how the changes of...