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McCormick Gallery

McCormick Gallery exhibits a range of design work that speaks to broad themes of design, architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, sustainability, historic preservation, and technology, and to the BAC’s values of social responsibility, accessibility, and diversity.

All exhibitions are free and open to the public so that the entire community can join together for public opening receptions and exhibition related lectures. Come visit us soon!

People viewing the 2022 Graduate Exhibit in the McCormick Gallery.

A Legacy of Design Innovation: Shepley Bulfinch at 150 and Beyond

Harvard Innovation Lab at Harvard Business School in 2011, Allston, MA. Photo by TKTKTK.

For 150 years, Shepley Bulfinch has countered the status quo with forward-thinking buildings and spaces of inspired living, learning, and healing. Since its inception the firm’s work has been at the forefront of major social movements and moments. The exhibit traces the evolution of the firm that is Shepley Bulfinch today, starting with its 1874 formation in Brookline, Massachusetts by Henry Hobson Richardson. From his foundation of the eponymous Romanesque style to the architects he helped shape through his practice, the legacy of Shepley Bulfinch ripples around the world through the buildings and spaces that touch our everyday lives.


This exhibit will be open from February 24, 2024, through May 9, 2024.

Shepley Bulfinch Closing Reception and Panel Discussion

Outside view of the Shepley Bulfinch exhibit from the front of Boston Architectural College's 320 Newbury Street building. Photo by Raj Das.
Photo by Raj Das.

Join us on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at 6PM in the McCormick Gallery for the closing reception as we celebrate the exhibit A Legacy of Design Innovation: Shepley Bulfinch at 150 and Beyond with cocktails, networking, and a panel discussion: Ever-changing Boston: Urban adaptation in the face of change.


6:00 – 7:00 PM Refreshments and networking in McCormick Gallery
7:00 – 8:00 PM Panel discussion in Cascieri Hall


To build on the question of how Boston will continue to evolve, we invite you to join us for a panel discussion with:

  • Bob Mohr, Principal, Shepley Bulfinch
  • Dr. Mahesh Daas, President, The Boston Architectural College, and ACSA Distinguished Professor
  • Kermit Baker, Chief Economist, AIA
  • Arthur Jemison, Chief of Planning for the City of Boston and Director of the Boston Planning and Development Agency

University of Houston - Health and Biomedical Sciences Building 1 in 2012, Houston, TX. Photo by Robert Benson Photography.
University of Houston - Health and Biomedical Sciences Building 1 in 2012, Houston, TX. Photo by Robert Benson Photography.
Trinity Episcopal Church in 1877, Boston, MA. Competition drawing by Henry Hobson Richardson.
Trinity Episcopal Church in 1877, Boston, MA. Competition drawing by Henry Hobson Richardson.
Yale New Haven Hospital Smilow Cancer Hospital in 2010, New Haven, CT. Photo by Anton Grassl.
Yale New Haven Hospital Smilow Cancer Hospital in 2010, New Haven, CT. Photo by Anton Grassl.
East Tennessee Children's Hospital in 2016, Knoxville, TN. Photo by Denise Retallack.
East Tennessee Children's Hospital in 2016, Knoxville, TN. Photo by Denise Retallack.
Boston Blacking Chemical in 1938, Cambridge, MA. Photo by Paul Weber.
Boston Blacking Chemical in 1938, Cambridge, MA. Photo by Paul Weber.
Ringling College of Art and Design Alfred R. Goldstein Library in 2016, Sarasota, FL. Photo by Ryan Gamma.
Ringling College of Art and Design Alfred R. Goldstein Library in 2016, Sarasota, FL. Photo by Ryan Gamma.

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320 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02115

Monday–Friday:
8 am–10:30 pm
Saturday–Sunday:
8 am–8 pm

All exhibitions are free and open to the public.

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