Taunton City Hall Interior and Exterior Signage
DBVW Architects designed the City of Taunton’s new municipal complex. The project involved the restoration of Taunton’s fire-damaged historic 1896 City Hall building and the creation of two large new additions respectful of the original building’s historic character. DBVW designed all interior and exterior signage to complement the building and to reflect the town’s distinguished history. A signature part of the project is the City Walk that converts a would-be alley way into an inviting and educational main connector for pedestrians navigating from the cityside to the riverside of the building. DBVW worked with Taunton’s Old Colony Museum to curate a series of historic photographs to be placed on environmental graphic panels. Each graphic panel highlights key milestones within the city’s history to both inform and create a sense of communal pride. Throughout the project, DBVW’s graphic designer collaborated with our architectural and interiors staff and the City of Taunton to design inspiring and timeless signage and graphics for this prominent public building.
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Martha is a nationally-recognized expert in the field of historic preservation. She has directed multiple phases of important preservation projects at some of the region’s most treasured landmark buildings. As an advisor to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Martha served on a national Sustainability Task Force focused on strengthening the important relationship between sustainability and historic preservation. Martha serves on the boards of GrowSmart RI and the Historic Preservation Education Foundation. She is a Governor-appointed member of the Capital Center Commission, a member of the RIHPHC review board, and a past-President of AIA/Rhode Island. When Martha is not climbing up steeples or through abandoned buildings, she can be found playing tennis or kayaking on the Narragansett Bay.
Interesting fact:
Martha has dual citizenship in the United States and Switzerland
You may or may not be surprised that:
She is a two-time winner of the Women’s Statewide Squash Championship
