News / December 2009

MCLA Project Receives Honor Award for Accessibility

Published December 1, 2009

KRA received an Honor Award from the Boston Society of Architects and the Massachusetts Architectural Access Board for our project at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams. The award recognizes design excellence in a building with a special approach to access for persons with disabilities. The MCLA Berkshire Towers project involved renovations and additions to a high-rise dormitory, built in 1973.

“Accessible design is a natural part of all of our work, so we are gratified that the MCLA Berkshire Towers addition has been recognized regionally in this way,” said Chris Riddle, KRA principal. “We feel that this project does much more than simply providing the minimums for access. We strived to make it easy and fun for everyone—disabled or able-bodied—to make convenient use of the new common spaces and the other existing above-grade levels of this college residential complex.”