SMMA
About
SMMA is a Cambridge design firm that integrates architecture, engineering, interior design and site design under one roof. It describes itself as a design collective rather than an architecture or engineering firm, approaching projects through a continuous dialogue among disciplines. Its work spans schools, lab and office buildings, corporate headquarters and research facilities, with a focus on complex design challenges in education, research, governance and security, and the workplace.
The firm pioneered this integrated approach about 70 years ago and is employee-owned, which it ties to its independence. Recent projects include eight stories of lab and office space over a parking garage in Boston’s South End, the Entrada Therapeutics headquarters in the Seaport, Cambridge Mobile Telematics headquarters, a merged PreK-5 school in Andover and Wellesley’s Hunnewell Elementary School. Staff also publish analysis on Massachusetts energy reporting rules and lab building codes.
What to Know
- SMMA won the 2026 Edward Kirkbride Award from A4LE Northeast, the region’s top honor for educational design and planning.
- Its projects include the SFC Jared C. Monti Soldier and Squad Research Facility.
- It helped turn a MetroWest legacy campus into a home for Amazon Robotics.
- SMMA has published an argument for licensure of interior designers in Massachusetts.
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