Special Events
Celebrate architecture, design, and community with Special Events scheduled throughout Common Boston Week!
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dParty
Join Boston’s architecture, design and nonprofit community at Massachusetts College of Art and Design for the launch of Common Boston week 2011 for music and dancing DJed by Mark E. Moon and DJ Pink Sweatshirt from the Big Digits in a vast topographic bookscape…
Pecha Kucha
A presentation format devised in Tokyo, PechaKucha (Japanese for “chit-chat”) has grown into a massive celebration with events happening in hundreds of cities, inspiring creatives worldwide. It rests on a simple idea: Present 20 images for 20 seconds each…
Defining the Spirit of Boston’s Innovation District: Boat Tour and Forum
One year ago, the City of Boston declared the South Boston Waterfront an “Innovation District.” As we know, the ID comes with great amenities: proximity to the city’s financial center, great views of Boston Harbor, and Fort Point Channel – a neighborhood that has already been home to artists and innovators for thirty years. The ID is also an unusual opportunity for a major American city: few if any can boast as much undeveloped land in such a prime location…
Common Build (Including Kickoff, Online Voting and Awards Ceremony)
Even when created in less than 72 hours, an innovative and influential response to real problems can alter the way we interact with and understand the built environment and create tangible benefits for the community…
Carpenters Center Photo Project
Who builds our neighborhoods? That’s the question photographers across the city responded to for this year’s photo project, showcasing the people who build the places in which we live—the builders, designers, carpenters and others who have shaped the physical, intellectual and social fabric of our neighborhoods…
Night Sites
Join board members of the Designers Lighting Forum of New England (DLF-NE) for a stroll around Fort Point Channel and the South Boston waterfront to view and discuss the creative, colorful and sustainable ways we illuminate our civic realm. …
Chalk One Up with Sidewalk Sam
Join Sidewalk Sam and Common Boston to turn our sidewalks into artistic creations. Bring your imagination! Show off your creativity! Chalk One Up lets architects, designers and people in the building trades be recognized as visionary leaders in Greater Boston…
Ed Glaeser’s Triumph of the City
Urban economist Edward Glaeser provokes and inspires with his thoughts on the economic, social and environmental potential of cities as illustrated in his book Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier…
Social Wednesday with Boston Preservation Alliance
A relaxed and informal gathering of young professionals who share an appreciation for the built environment of Boston. Enjoy a cash bar, tasty bites as you meet, mingle and exchange ideas on historic preservation, architecture, sustainability, real estate and urban planning. As always, entrance is free!
Please check back as more events will be added!