DiMella Shaffer

DiMella Shaffer

Architecture

In Business Since 1965

AIA 2030, AIA Materials Pledge

DiMella Shaffer Office

Art of Balance

  • 1.9M GSF
  • 20 Projects
  • 1 Professional

Professionals

  • Lauren Gunther

    CPHC®

    Director of Sustainability | Associate

    Boston, MA

    1.5M GSF

    9 Projects

    20 Years Experience

Projects

  • Block 9

    Mixed Use

    Somerville, MA | 2028

    336K GSF

    Net Zero Ready Designed to be highly efficient and DOES NOT offset ≥100% of the building energy with on-site and/or off-site renewable energy, on a cumulative annual basis.

  • UMass Amherst Undergraduate Housing

    Lodging

    Amherst, MA | 2023

    319K GSF

    Net Zero Ready Designed to be highly efficient and DOES NOT offset ≥100% of the building energy with on-site and/or off-site renewable energy, on a cumulative annual basis.

  • 65 First Ave

    Laboratory / Tech / Science

    Waltham, MA | 2028

    233K GSF

    Net Zero Ready Designed to be highly efficient and DOES NOT offset ≥100% of the building energy with on-site and/or off-site renewable energy, on a cumulative annual basis.

  • 350 Mass Ave

    Laboratory / Tech / Science

    Cambridge, MA | 2028

    133.6K GSF

    Net Zero Ready Designed to be highly efficient and DOES NOT offset ≥100% of the building energy with on-site and/or off-site renewable energy, on a cumulative annual basis.

  • UMass Amherst Graduate Housing

    Lodging

    Amherst, MA | 2023

    119K GSF

    Net Zero Ready Designed to be highly efficient and DOES NOT offset ≥100% of the building energy with on-site and/or off-site renewable energy, on a cumulative annual basis.

  • The Pryde LGBTQ Senior Housing

    Senior Living

    Hyde Park, MA | 2024

    107.6K GSF

    Net Zero Ready Designed to be highly efficient and DOES NOT offset ≥100% of the building energy with on-site and/or off-site renewable energy, on a cumulative annual basis.

  • Olympia Place

    Lodging

    Amherst, MA | 2016

    102.5K GSF

    Net Zero Ready Designed to be highly efficient and DOES NOT offset ≥100% of the building energy with on-site and/or off-site renewable energy, on a cumulative annual basis.

  • Lasell Village Expansion

    Senior Living

    Auburndate, MA | 2026

    99K GSF

    Net Zero Ready Designed to be highly efficient and DOES NOT offset ≥100% of the building energy with on-site and/or off-site renewable energy, on a cumulative annual basis.


Contact

Office Location Boston, MA


About

We believe good design exists in “The Art of Balance.” It is the critical piece to achieving the aspirational goals of our clients built out of team collaboration rather than individual successes. We take pride in finding and creating this balance in our process; it defines how we help our clients make the world more beautiful, functional, and sustainable.

Above all else, design is a human endeavor. Creating purposeful, sustainable environments requires a high degree of empathy and a knack for helping clients take creative risks. Our projects are fueled by a co-creation of ideas, experience, and expertise. And we welcome the challenge of finding new ways to balance the social, environmental, and aesthetic forces that shape our world. Clients benefit from this tenacity, a kind of restlessness that reflects both our high professional standards and our drive to explore different ideas.

A building or a space is a lasting expression of the unique relationship that develops between a client and a design firm. Our job is to foster an inclusive working process so that everyone involved – architects, interior designers, clients, and users – will embrace the outcome of that collective effort. Our achievements reflect the diversity of clients with whom we work, the varied talents that we as a firm possess and our integrity to push design intentions and outcomes.

Building Types

  • Assembly
  • Education: Higher Ed
  • Laboratory / Tech / Science
  • Lodging
  • Mixed Use
  • Office
  • Residential: Affordable Multi Family
  • Residential: Multi-family
  • Senior Living