DHK Architects Inc.

DHK Architects is a Boston architecture firm focused on buildings and spaces that make cities better places to live and work. Its projects engage the public realm, revitalize neighborhoods, strengthen the urban fabric and preserve historic character, with a notable portfolio in transit and civic architecture. The firm spent decades on design and planning for the MBTA Green Line Extension and served as designer for Medford/Tufts Station, which opened on a cold December morning.

A signature civic project is the Boston Water and Sewer Commission headquarters in Lower Roxbury, where DHK turned an abandoned concrete warehouse into a 315,000-square-foot building clad in glass, aluminum and limestone, nearly double its original size. The design added a floor for offices and parking, a vehicle maintenance facility, and a faceted glass atrium with a customer service pavilion at the most prominent corner. The firm has since returned to design a new accessible entry vestibule.

What to Know

• The Water and Sewer Commission project was meant to spur redevelopment in a district in need of investment.
• Other work includes suburban railway stations and projects in dense urban neighborhoods.
• The firm publishes a newsletter about its projects.